Price Three CentsVol. 40, No. 78 Z-149 THE UNIVERSITy OP CHICAGO, TUESDAY. MARCH 5, 1940Adler Claims AmericaIlliterate In New Book—_—^ j _ \H. MahonI To Head BoardOf Federation Katz Reviews ThreeYears Of New Plan“How to Read a Book”Called Guide to Good Lit¬erature.By ERNEST LEISER(HOW TO READ A BOOK. Mor¬timer J. Adler. Simon & Schuster.$2.50).America is “shockingly illiterate."Because he believes this so implicitly,Mr. Adler, associate Professor of Lawat the University, has written whathe calls a “guide-book," to the endthat readers may know what authorsmean, not just what authors say.Sugar-coated so that it will appealto the almost wholly unread bodythat Mr. Adler thinks comprises the.4merican public, “How to Read aBook" is methodical, competentlywritten, and derives its strength notfrom anecdote or analogy, but fromthe importance of the message thatthe author has to convey, and thesystematic trail that he blazes out ofthe intellectual wilderness.The first section of the 400 pagebook is an outspoken polemic againstthe present American educational sys¬tem, which has failed wholly to teachits pupils to read. Because of theover-emphasis on research, to the al¬most exclusion of books, Americanstudents only develop half of their in¬tellects, and waste time finding outempirically for themselves what greatminds have known for two thousandyears.Not textbooks, but the original‘‘great books" are necessary if Amer¬icans are to learn to read for enlight¬enment, and this is the kind of read¬ing Mr. Adler thinks the most vital tothe life of reason. Moreover, hethinks that “almost all of the greatbooks in every field are within thegraps of all normally intelligent men"if they acquire the skill necessary forreading, and if they try.The second section of the bookgives the rules for gaining that skill..Mr Adler presuppo.ses the will tolearn, and then sets forth the ways toloam through reading. To “pull them¬selves up by their bootstraps," Amer¬icana must learn to read a book inthree ways. He warns that it will takethree actual readings at first, butthat through practice, good enoughBy JOHN STEVENSHarold F. Gosnell is a frustratedman.He conducted an impartial strawvote to find out who would get theRepublican gubernatorial nomination.By using methods similar to those em¬ployed in previously accurate Galluppolls, he decided that Dwight H. Greenwould get more than twice as manyvotes as his principal opponent Rich¬ard J. Lyons. So he sent the results tothe Chicago Tribune for publication.But the Tribune supports Mr. Lyons,so the Tribune did not print the re¬sults of Mr. Gosnell’s poll.This did not frustrate our hero. Heknew that he could strike back atvested interests through the Voice ofthe People, so he composed a letterwhich set forth the results of his in¬vestigation. He gave the Tribune alittle ribbing about some sort of par¬tiality, and ended with the words“Perhaps I should have sent the re¬lease to the Voice of People in thefirst place. All I wish to do is recordProf. H. H. NewmanReceives CitationH. H. Newman, professor of Zo-‘^Jogy, has been selected by the com¬mittee on awards of the AmericanEducational Research Association toreceive a citation for his distin¬guished contributions to educationalresearch. This award was made at theAssociation’s last meeting at St.Louis.The citation was made in recogni¬tion of his work with Drs. Freemanand Halzinger on “Twins: a study inHeridity and Environment”. Mortimer J. AdlerWrites "Guide-Book''...Collegium PresentsSecond PerformanceOf St. John PassionAudience members will be invitedto join in singing chorales in an uncutversion of Johann Sebastian Bach’s“The Passion According to St. John”to be presented in Joseph Bond Chap¬el tonight at 8:15.The presentation will be given bythe Collegium Musicum of the Uni¬versity’s Department of Music, underthe" direction of Dr. Siegmund Lev-arie. Audience-singing of the choraleswas a custom of Bach’s period.Instrumentalists and a chorus ofapproximately twenty will presentthe work as it was given in Bach’s |time, with a new English translation,prepared by Dr. Levarie and RobertWadsworth.Soprano arias will be sung by Hen¬rietta Chase; alto arias by BarbaraRussell; tenor arias by Emanuel Tzu-ker, and bass arias by Lee Hewitt.Julian Miller will appear as Evangel¬ist; John Neher as Jesus and Mr.Hewitt as Pilate. Gilman Chase willbe at the organ.the voice of the people." Even in thiscolumn the Tribune turned him down.This was a severe blow, but Gos¬nell was not yet frustrated. He wroteanother letter to the same misnamedcolumn in which he admitted thatperhaps his first endeavor was “a tri¬fle too long, lacking in the literarystyle, or perhaps too close to theTruth.” To represent the Voice of thePeople he then drew a cartoon, of theVictor dog listening to a victrola. Thevictrola, ‘His Master’s Voice’, was la¬beled “Passed by the Morning Colo-(Continued on page two)Nominate MirrorBoard C€indidatesRuth Steel and Doris Daniels werenominated for the presidency of the1941 Mirror Board at yesterday’smeeting. Peg Hutchinson, this year’spresident announced. Candidates forBoard membership are Mary Rice,Betty Ann Evans, Marian Castleman,Mary Hamel, Blanche Graver, andHenrietta Mahon. The votes of thelosing presidential candidate willcount toward her election as a Boardmember, along with the three or fourother nominees piling up the mostvotes.Balloting will be held Friday from2:30 to 5 in Mandel Corridor. Allw’omen who worked on the 1940 Mir¬ror show as revuers, dancers, or com¬mittee workei’s, and have paid their$3.00 Mii ror-D.A. membership fee areeligible <o vote. Candidates are elec¬ted as- juniors, take office duringSpring Quarter, and serve in the fol-j lowing year. Appoint Sophomores toJunior Jobs for Orienta¬tion,Henrietta Mahon has been electedpresident of the Federation of Uni¬versity Women for the coming year.She was stage manager of the recentMirror show, was elected “most rep¬resentative student," and is a memberof Esoteric. Amy Goldstein was se¬lected for BWO representative, andClarabelle Grossman is the new pub¬licity chairman.In addition, five sophomore girlswere appointed to Junior positions onnext year’s Board. They are Char¬lotte Ford, Kay Kellam, Virginia Al¬len, Clarabelle Grossman, and Anna-beth Hamity. The’ outgoing boardconsists of Thelma Iselman, president,Jane Horwich, BWO representative,Betty Glickson, Areta Kelble, and PatHutchinson.The duties of this organization con¬sist for the most part in the orienta¬tion of incoming Freshmen. Theboard, consisting of ten upperclasswomen, selects a number of womenwho have themselves been Freshmen,to act as counselors. Those who haveshown the most interest as counselorsare elected to the board.Installation of the new membersand officers takes place tonight in IdaNoyes. Each board member is givena corsage of violets, and according totradition, must wear the corsage atleast until noon of the next day, whenthe entire Board meets at noon infront of Cobb Hall.RepresentativesMake Survey OfA committee of faculty and stu¬dent representatives of the Univer¬sity last Saturday made a prelimi¬nary survey of the 480-acre Mill RoadFarm estate given to the Universityrecently by Albert D. Lasker.Under the terms of the gift byLasker, a trustee of the Universityand formerly chairman of the boardof Lord and Thomas, the Universityis asked to hold the property for atleast two years. If at the end of thattime no educational use is found forit, the University may dispose of itas it sees fit.The property near Lake Forest,valued at several million dollars,, in¬cludes a large residence, barns,theatre, greenhouses, farm land, agolf house, and the celebrated MillRoad Farm golf course, known asone of the three best in the UnitedStates.The survey committee includesEdith Ballwebber, associate professorand chairman of the women’s divisionof physical education; T. Nelson Met¬calf, professor and chairman of thedepartment of Physical Education;Leon P. Smith, dean of students in thecollege; Marguerite E. Kidwell, as¬sistant director of Ida Noyes hall;William M. Randall, assistant deanof students, and Barbara Crane andHarry Topping, student representa¬tives.Miss Crane is a member of the IdaNoyes council, and Topping is cap¬tain of the University’s golf teamand a member of the board of con¬trol of the Daily Maroon, studentpublication.The next meeting of the committeeis scheduled for Wednesday nightwhen members will discuss their re¬cent tour of the estate.Blackfriars TicketsTickets for the Blackfriars produc¬tion, “Patients, Please!" will go onsale tomor’’ow in the Mandel Cor¬ridor box office. In an effort to in¬crease sales, junior manager CharlesPaltzcr.is offering a free ticket toany salesman who sells 10 tickets.He also plans to give fraternities twofree seats for every block of 25 thatthey take. Wilber G. KatzDiscusses "New Plan"...Bernard DeVotoDelivers MoodyLecture in MandelBernard DeVoto, lecturing on “NewLight on Mark Twain" in Mandel to¬night at 8:30 will discuss recently dis¬covered and unpublished Mark Twainmanuscripts, that throw new light onthe last twenty years, and incidentallythe controversial years of Twain’slife.Mr. DeVoto, a well known contrib¬utor to American periodicals, haswritten numerous books. Among them“T h e Writer’s Handbook,” “MarkTwain’s America,” “We Accept withPleasure" and “Forays and Rebuttals.’’At present the editor of “‘The EasyChair,” in Harpers magazine, DeVotowas formerly editor of the SaturdayReview of Literature and general edi¬tor of “Americana Deserta.-’’Tickets Available;,.Tickets are available free 'of chargeat the information office. The WilliamVaughn Moody Foundation was es¬tablished in 1917 by an anonymousdonor to bring outstanding lecturersto the University. It was named tohonor the poet, William Vaughn Moo¬dy, who was a member of the Univer¬sity’s faculty from 1896 until 1908.Keep Out of WarPlans Peace StrikeThe Keep Out of W’ar Congress metlast Friday to prepare for a “Unified,Non-Partisan Peace Strike” in April.Student leaders such as Bob Boyer ofChapel Union, Esther Durkee andHarriet Augustus of the YWCA, wereinvited to help the Congress attemptto make the strike include the ma¬jority of campus students.The program will be based on keep¬ing America out of war, social se¬curity, and civil liberties. Among theslogans that will be used are, “Schol¬arships and Not Battleships"; “TheYanks are Not Coming”; and “Use¬ful Job Overe Here Instead of a Use¬less Job Over There.”A proposal by Sydney Rolfe andJim Leonard to form a committee of6 members, 3 each from the Keep Outof War Congress and the Youth Com¬mittee Against War, to promote thepeace strike in April was voted downby a large majority. No further ef¬fort was made to incorporate the lat¬ter group in the “unified” strike.YWCA PresidentialRiinoff TodayThe tie between Esther Durkee andHarriet Augustus for president ofYWCA will be run off today in thelobby of Ida Noyes hall betw’een 10and 4. All members of the organiza¬tion are eligible to vote. Both candi¬dates have been active on ChapelUnion committees and are at presentmembers of the Y cabinet.In the election last week, MargeryWoodrich was named vice-president;Jean Cooney, secretary, and PhyllisRichards, treasurer.(Continued on page three)Tribune Frustrates Gosnell;Rejects Story, Letter, Cartoon Lasher Estate Law School Dean Dis¬cusses “What’s Behind andWhat’s Before.”Nearly three years of the “newplan” in the Law School will be re¬viewed Thursday night when DeanWilber G. Katz, head of the LawSchool, presents the plan in its mostimportant aspects and explains thereasoning and some of the principlesunderlying it. After his lecture, tobe entitled, “What’s Behind andWhat’s Before the New Plan” mem¬bers of the audience will be allowed toquestion him. The meeting will beheld in Law North at 8 and is beingsponsored by the Bar Association.Bob Cook, president of the associa¬tion, will introduce the speaker, andPaul Rothschild will act as moderator.Four years ago the Law Schooladopted the so-called new plan whichintroduced economics, psychology, his¬tory, and philosophy into the LawSchool curriculum, makes extensiveuse of seminars and tutorial groups,and did away with course examina¬tions. Under it students may enterthe Law School after two years incollege and take four years to grad¬uate from the school, or they maytake three years in college and threein the Law School. Since it was a de¬parture from many of the traditionalmethods of legal education, the prog¬ress of the* new plan has been ob¬served with a great deal of interestby both the faculty and students ofthis and other Law Schools. Evidenceof this interest is the fact that sev¬eral other law schools have adoptedsimilar plans during the last threeyears, and Dean Young B. Smith ofColumbia University Law School rec¬ommends the adoption of such a planin his current Report of the Dean.cLochard SpeaksOn The Negro^His Problems“In no country in this little-think¬ing w’orld of ours can the Negro de¬velop to his fullest social and cul¬tural capacity, for he has been sup¬pressed to a servile position in prac¬tically every civilized country.”So began Dr. Metz Lochard in hissecond lecture on the American Ne¬gro. (The last talk by Lochard willbe today at 3:30 in Ida Noyes Li¬brary, there is no charge.) Despitethe fact that nearly every textbookin the country degrades or doesn’trefer to the contributions of the Ne¬gro, he has had many outstandingrepresentatives throughout the an¬nals of history.The vessels of Columbus were allnavigated by Negros; Dumas was pre¬dominantly negroid; so was EmpressJosephine: there have been manygreat Negro educators, but whenmentioned in books their racial differ¬ences are never spoken of.The Negro in Ih years has madesome adjustments but the economiclatitude has not allowed him to keepup with the intellectual norm. Ifgiven the proper atmosphere, econom¬ic impetus, and social surroundings,the Negro will show the same capa¬bilities as the white man.Only a combination of differentcultures can make one culture whichwill withstand time. It is an Ameri¬can not just Negro problem, andeveryone is anxious for a solution.“The chief and only obstacle,” endedMr. Lochard, “is the determination ofthe white world to keep the blackworld poor and itself rich; there hasto be a complete change in this eco¬nomic attitude before any effectivesolution can be reached.”Chapel Union DancesFor Tenant Farmers“Share with the sharecroppers”was the slogan of the Chapel UnionBarn Dance last Saturday. Resultswere $10.38 contributed to the South¬ern Tenant Farmers’ Union. Of thisamount $7.41 was profit from thedance which had a 15c admissioncharge and the other $2.87 was do¬nated.l/\>> mUBAPage Two THE DAILY MAROON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940^aroonFOUNDED IN 1901MEMBEK ASSOCIATED COLLEGIATEPRESSTb^ r«ilT Maroon m tlie official studentnewsvapei of the University of Chicago,published mornings except Saturday, Sun¬day snd Monday luring the Autumn,Winter and Spring quaitcrs by The DailyMaroon Company, 6831 University avenue.Telephones: Hyde Park W21 and 9222.A*ter 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. Singlecopies: three cents.Entered as second class matter March18, 1903, at the post office at Chicago,Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879...t.SitO FOR NATIONAL ADVSRTISI^Naiional Advertising Service, Inc.College Publishers Representative420 Madison Ave. New York, N. Y.CHICASO ■ BOtTOR ■ Lot ARSlLIt - SAN FRANCItCOBoard of ControlRUTH BRODYHARRY CORNELIUSWILLIAM H. GRODYDAVID MARTIN, ChairmanALICE MtlYERBusinessHARRY F. TOPPING, Business Mgr.ROLAND I. RICHMAN, Advertising Mgr.EDITORIAL ASSOCIATESDemarest Polacheck, William Hankla,Pearl C. Rubins, Hart Wurzburg, MarianCastleman. John Stevens, Ernest LeiaorNight Editor:Dan V. MezlayGone With the WindAnyone concerned about theinfluence of education and thepromise of American youthought not to miss the columnswritten by Arch Ward in theChicago Tribune. Every nowand then he slips little gemswhich are of great local interestinto his daily outpourings. Theseoccasional precious bits leave usopen-mouthed with wonder andawe.For Mr. Ward has gotten holdof a great point about the Uni¬versity of Chicago. Evidentlyhis anxiety to get this import¬ant truth across to his readersenables him to overlook anyminor hindrances of accuracy,honesty, fair-play and relevancein writing. At any time, he islikely to pop up with another ofthose amazing little items whichadd so much stimulation tolearning and charm to life. Andnot only is Mr. Ward in posses¬sion of noteworthy truth aboutthe University and its variousparts; he also has very remark¬able ways of communicating hisstartling information. So in¬teresting have his techniquesappeared to us in the past thatwe have already examined oneof his columns in order that ourreaders might see how the deep¬ly zealous Mr. Ward was able toreach his conclusions despiteany valid evidence.Most of us remember Ward’scolumn for its attack on the viril¬ity and manliness of Universitymen. To their lack of such quali¬ties Mr. Ward seemed to attrib¬ute much of this school’s in¬ability to play good football.While the Maroon did not at¬tempt to demonstrate thatWard was mistaken in his ac¬count of masculine characteris¬tics, here, we were at least ableto show that any such charac¬teristics constituted no adequateexplanation for our failure towin football games.But that didn’t stop Mr.Ward. Plunging bravely on withhis little burden of truth hecame down hard again lastweek. Continuing lines of at¬tack he has already set forth,he announced that our with¬drawing from football has leftthe game in a stronger posi¬tion than it had before; and, inhis own charming style, heseems to have attempted to ac¬cuse President Hutchins of dis¬honesty.No one who believes all ArchWard says can doubt for a mo¬ment that his assertion aboutthe present security of intercol¬legiate football is correct. Wardhas said it. No more evidenceis needed and none is given. Thecause^ and effect implication isimmediately obvious and just as acceptable. We realize nowthat the best way to get otherschools to accept something isto have the University of Chi¬cago reject it. Our next editorialcampaign will center aroundforcing the University to aban¬don its efforts at educating. Thiswill almost immediately causeall other middlewestern schoolsto start emphasizing the in¬tellectual life.What makes us wonder mostof all about Mr. Ward is theproblem of where he gets his in¬formation. Though we tried aw¬fully hard, we could not makeourselves believe that he wassuggesting a merely theoreticalinvestigation when he said “Itwould be an interesting after-math to compare the honestyand integrity of college athleticadministrators as a group withthe honesty and integrity ofsuch groups as doctors, lawyers,politicians, farmers, and busi¬ness men... It might even be moreinteresting to compare the char¬acter of athletic men with thecharacter of those who haverealized a generous profit frommagazine articles attacking col¬lege presidents, athletic direc-' tors, and coaches... No namesare mentioned; no libellous par-jticularizations hazarded. Yet(just like everyone else whojread those sentences we knewto whom the columnist was re-j ferring there. But since wehave failed to hear anything[proving notable dishonesty a-(bout either Hutchins’ criticisms,I administration, or personal life,we were forced to conclude thatthe columnist must know some¬thing about our president thatnobody we know is aware of.Almost as interesting as whatthis column says is the way inwhich the material is presented.Three dots separate each sen¬tence. Three dots are so little,and yet can suggest so much.Sometimes the Maroon uses thistechnique in the Travelling Ba¬zaar. That should be enough tocharacterize this particularmethod.Arch Ward writes for theChicago Tribune... It would beinteresting to compare what iswritten in the Tribune withwhat actually happens... the first act. Hugh Rendelman is a PsiU who didn’t go to the bb game. He’sgoing back into the show with athoughtful smile on his face. He musthave just gotten one of the Atkinsonjokes. They get the late comers backin the house by blowing a late trum¬pet. Deafening and gorgeous likeCaroline Wheeler or Judgment Day.“Watch My Dust’’ says a short littleman with a fat cigar. We did and fol¬lowed it.Alpha Delt Partywhich we could hear all the waydown the street. That’s because ev¬eryone’s here like people like MaryLu Price, Virginia Larsen who would¬n't tell us her name is sitting quietlyby people like Bob Herschel. If wewere Bob we wouldn’t be sittingquietly...but then, we arent... HarryBarnard is with a nice girl namedBitsy Goes. She’s obviously a nice girlsince she doesn’t want her name inthe Bazaar. Joe Batchelder waltzesby with a beautiful thing in a likeblue sweater. His heavy left pocketsags. We lean over to Mr. Randallwho has been looking straight aheadand ask “would you say that was aWanzer Milk Bottle or a BowmanMilk Bottle sticking out of his pocket.Mr. Randall says, “I’m a guest here.”Lots of Alpha Delts here includingSigma Joe Stampf. Ed Gilbert, whoain’t no ADPhi is here too. Incidental¬ly Chuck Paltzer is not with JeanCameron since the War of JohnnyStevens right eye. People keep askingus where our roller skates or skootersare. We have none, but on to the man on campus. Ah, here’s the futurebiggest woman on campus, littleRuthie Steele. At long last here weare at thePhi Psi PartyWe heard squeals a block away butour fears were allayed when we findit’s only snake dance. Bob Reynoldswelcomes us with open arms, sets usup a card table, brings us Jean Peter¬son to look at for inspination. BettyVan Liew has jilted everyone else andis here with Bob Trout, All of thewomen have orchids — like PeggyO’Neill who has a green grocery inher hair. The glamour girl of La-Grange, population 62, Marcia Holt,is here with Jim Hohtsan. Of coursethere were a lot of other people...and they had their own TravelingBazaar in their pi'ograms or whatever...lots of names. But we haven’troom. Helen .4nderson, we think it is,is dancing a London Bridge with Bet¬ty Van Liew and Bill Macy. Helen’sdress, one of those topless affairs,took a slip. Helen flung herselfscreaming into a corner while she gotthings under control. We shrugged indisgust and figured it was time toleave for Today on theQuadranglesHanleys.Phi Delt Partywhere the first face we meet as weenter is that of Daddy Randall. He’sdancing with Ruth Wehlan. Bigelowis looking happily into the eyes ofHenrietta Mahon as we push our waypast to get to the stairs. Bob Nyesays that the stairs have never beenused.. .typing before. Prettiest girlin the place is his mother. There’s EdBates, the worst dressed best dressed Bob Reynolds, the younger, comesup and says “I wit h you wouldn’twrite about Mary Lou. It makes me solonely.” Dorothy Weiss, —shall wesay woman or date, —comes over andleans on our shoulder and says wewon’t write anything we shouldn’twill we. Did we? We drink a coke,.sure, and leave. It’s 3 Sunday andwe’re tired. Divinity Chapel: Joseph Bond Chap,el, 11:56. Worship Leader, DonaldBaldwin.Junior Mathematical Club, “Math¬ematical Biophysics and the CentralNervous System”, Alston S. House¬holder, Eckhart 206, 4:30.Public Lecture: “Great English Ro-mantic Poets. What Is Their Present-Day Significance? Lord Byron: Poetof Adolescent Revolt”. Associate Pro¬fessor Grabo. The Art Institute ofChicago, 6:45.Concert by the Collegium Musirum:St. John’s Passion.” Joseph BondChapel, 8:15.William Vaughan Moody Foundation Lecture: “New Light on MarkTwain”, Bernard De Voto. Leon Mandel Hall, 8:30. Tickets may be obtained without charge at the Information Office.Labor Problems Council: “The S.T.-F.U.”, Rev. Watson, Haskell 108, 2:30.Collection.A.S.U. Social Problems CommitteeMeeting, Social Science 105, 12:30YW V ’EKPresidency election, re-held becauseof tie in last one. All Y members.Lobby of Ida Noyes.12:00 Joint Cabinet meeting in theAlumnae Room in Ida Noyes.3:30 Third of a series of lectures onNegro hi.story by Metz Lochard. IdaNoyes Library.Gosnell—(Continued from page one)nel”, while the dog was termed “poordogs like us.” With this work of art init, Mr. Gosnell was positive that theTribune would print his letter. But he was snubbed again.Now he is frustrated. It was allright when the Tribune refused toprint an impartial story; it was allright when the Voice of the Peopleturned out to be nothing more thanthe voice of the ‘Morning Colonel’;but when his cartoon was rejected,this was too much.By ERNEST LEISERand DAVID MARTINWe Went Travelingwith the Traveling Bazaar, fromthe press table at the basketballgame, to the Shop, to Mandel Cor¬ridor, between Acts of Mirror, to theReynolds Club Dance, to the AlphaDelt party, the Phi Psi party, andended up in Hanleys.Of course I (Leiser) did most of thetyping, but on the other hand I (Mar¬tin) had the job of shepherdingLeiser.Chicago Lost/ but Where to Buy Booksid How to A BOOK IN THE GREAT TRADITIONOF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOIt does tell how; it gives reasons; it provides thetotal perspective necessary to the constant seekerof a liberal education.the art of gettinoA LIBERAL EDUCATIOEMORTIMER J. ADLER ThLs is the book which will heap fuel on the flame.s of theProgressive Education controversy with which ProfessorAdler and I*resident Hutchins of the University of Chicagohave identified themselves Price $2.50\we looked around and saw lastyear’s basketball captain. Bob Cas-sels, back again with last year’s JimMahoney. There’s Wally Angrist withbow tie but without Teller. There’s al¬so some guy here who must have justpledged Phi Gamma Umlaut. He’s goton one tennis shoe, and one saddleshoe, a white pant and a brown one,and a cute yellow pot. There’s sweetlittle Betty Van Liew, with sweet bigMarty Levit, and some other sweet...prima donna Aronson isn’t here.Must be dressing with the ZBT for¬mal. Five minutes left but Carey jCroneis takes a powder. |Mirror Intermissioncomes and out pops Chuck Toweyrunning from the ghost of a Black-friar’s show. Next, Ralph McCollumwith Caroline Flotto (who doesn’t).Some little high school kid came up—peeked over our shoulder, blushedand ran. Then Dick Shoemaker witha luscious looking babe. We ask peopleif they think the show is dirty. Somedon’t know—like Mr. Randall says itwas this afternoon—the show muststill be three skits ahead of the au¬dience. Towey wants to know if we’veseen Margy Grey. We wonder too.Ruth Early looked like a glamourgirl. She say’s the humor is subtle...wants to know if it’s dirty. She’sfrom the South. There’s the GermanClub’s Mr. Behannessy. Randy Snive-ly liked Jean Scott’s singing best in The List of GREAT BOOKS readby students at the University of Chicago and at St.John’s College is contained in Professor Adler’s book.Many are available in these editions:EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY (EL) $ .90 WORLD CLASSICS (WC)OXFORD TRANSLATIONS (OT) 1.75 LOEB CLASSICS (LC)MODERN LIBRARY (ML) .95 & 1.25 OPEN COURT (OCL)MODERN STUDENT'S LIBRARY (MSL) $|.00 and $1.25 $ .802.50.50 and upA few of the MODERN CLASSICS ... others also availableFREUD: General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (Lectures) *DEWEY: LogicWHITEHEAD: ADVENTURES IN IDEASEINSTEIN: EVOLUTION OF PHYSICSMARITAIN: FREEDOM IN THE MODERN WORLD $1.393.004.002.502.00A limited number of autographed copies of Dr, Adler*s book is available at5802 ELLIS AVENUEUniversity of Chicago BookstoreTHE DAILY MAROON. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940Sharecropper TalksTo Labor CouncilOne of the nation’s several millionsharecroppers, Dave Griffin, will ad¬dress the Labor Problems Council to¬day in Haskell 108 at 2:30. This ispart of the LPC’s observance of Na¬tional Sharecroppers Week.Griffin is now a “crack” organizerfor the Southern Tenant FarmersUnion. He engaged in strike activi¬ties last year and ended up in thehospital. The STFU is trying to getnation-wide support for its program.WINSPopularity ContestAmerica’s favorite oxfordshirt is Arrow’s hand¬some GORDON—and wehave a swell collection ofGordons — including somejust your size! Gordon’s agreat shirt for sports andbusiness both. Get it to¬day. Only $2.Read the Maroon C.T.S. PresentsMennonite DramaWednesday EveningInterested in German Mennonites?If so, hurry over to Graham TaylorHall at 7:30 Wednesday eveningwhere the Chicago Theological Sem¬inary players are going to present aone-act comedy “But Mother.” It istrue drama. Mother’s baby son fallsin love with an American girl andGerman Mennonite’s do not approveof such goings-on. But the course oftrue love eventually becomes smoothand everyone has a lot of fun until itdoes.This comedy was written by MarieI J. Regier, who is associated with thej Seminary and it has just been nation-I ally published by the Samuel Frenchi and Co.The players who were chosen fromthe dramatic class taught by Profes¬sor Fred Eastman are Elizabeth Cuth-I rell, Alma King, Dorothy Bird, Fran- ices Eastman, Olaf Stoeve and Jean-'nette Huntington.1Matchett to Run inRepublican PrimaryDavid F. Matchett Jr., a graduateof the University of Chicago LawSchool in the class of 1935, yesterdayfiled a petition so that his name willappear on the Republican primaryballot as a candidate for RepublicanWard Committeeman. His petitionhad the maximum of names, 3,000, asdid that of his opponent James East.Matchett, whose father has been onI the Circuit Court bench for 25 years,has been practicing law since 1935. Hehas been active in the RepublicanParty ever since he became a voter.Matchett Senior is a member of theBoard of Trustees of the University.PLEDGINGDelta Sigma announces the pledg¬ing of Mary Graham of LaGrange,and Dorothy Stejskal of Chicago.Does Your Roommate HaveA Way With Your Shirts?Arrow white shirts go with any suit, any tie,any time. Xheir all-purpose qualities makethem top drawer favorites.Gordon Dover with tlie button-down rollcollar is a eollege prerequisite. Its oxfordcloth is durable and long-wearing. Smart forall informal oeeasions— $2.Other whites are Trump, Hitt, and Huron.Sanforized-Shrunk (fabrie shrinkage less than1%). Every Arrow has a superb eollar, theMitoga fit, and anehored buttons. Your Arrowdealer has these famous whites. Eaeh $2.ARROIV SHIRTSPull? 40 Pounds of ItThe anchored buttons on Arrow Shirts will withstanda 40 pound pulll Just one of the many reasons forArrow*s popularity. Large selection in all sizes atThe Hub.fHECf^Ui\ State and Jackson • CHICAGO Page ThreeGeorge T. PeckTo report on the Collegium’s Sun¬day performance of the “Passion Ac¬cording to St. John”, which will be re¬peated this evening, places the re¬viewer in a quandary. That Mr. Lev-arie and the Music Department shouldhave the ambition to continue to pre¬sent such difficult music as this andthat the house should be sold out twoor three times over is a source ofcontinual wonder to me. The effort de¬serves the highest praise.But not so the execution. If onetakes into consideration the limitedrehearsal time and the lack of expe-I rience of the Collegium and also theacoustical horrors of Bond Chapel, theGiovanni MartinelliOpera Singer \Make TentativeConference PlansTentative plans for a conference onmethods of spectrographic analysis,to be held in Kent Chemical Labora¬tory of the University Saturday,March 30, were announced today byWillis C. Pierce, assistant professorof Chemistry of the University andspecialist in spectrographic methods.Discussions of spectrography, a re¬cent important addition to metal-test¬ing, will include considerations of va¬rious methods, and of both ferrousand non-ferrous methods, by expertsfrom all parts of the Middle West.Adler—(Continued from page one)reading habits will be produced sothat experienced readers can read thethree ways in one or two perusals ofthe book.In the final part of the book, Mr.Adler tells why citizens must learn toread. In itself, the pleasure of read¬ing intelligently is an end. But thereis a higher end for which reading wellis an important means. He expoundsthe thesis that “free minds make freemen.” And good reading is an import¬ant way for men to use their freeminds well, and create for themselvesgenuine freedom.Appended to the work is a list ofthe “great books” the books whichMr. Adler feels it is important to readin the manner he has set forth.This then, is the book on how toread a book. In itself, it is thoroughlyreadable, and written down to thelevel of this and other reviewers. Itseems valuable enough to be placed onthe list of required readings for Col¬lege students, just as is Thouless’“Straight and Crooked Thinking.” Forit is certainly true that almost allstudents read crookedly, and it istherefore silly to expect them to pro-I duce straight thinking from theirI reading. Launch ContestTo Pick TalentFor Radio, StageBy M. C. POAMCecil B. DeMille may not stick youin a bathtub, but the Stevens Hotel inconjunction with the Daily Maroonfully intends to give you every chanceto get ahead if you have talent. OnFriday evening, March 8, a “Searchfor Talent” contest will be launchedin the Continental Room of ■'he Ste¬vens Hotel. Every Friday night there¬after singing and dancing collegianswill be presented in a series of talentauditions. The contest continues forseven weeks, and at the end of thattime, the most talented students willbe selected and awarded prizes.Any freshman, sophomore, junior,or senior man or woman is eligible toenter, providing the contestant iswithout professional stage or nightclub experience. If you’ve ever beenpaid for it you can’t play, and evenJerry Gordon, selected as the Univer¬sity of Chicago talent scout, won’t ac¬cept you.Students wishing to enter the con¬test should contact Gordon at the Ma¬roon office immediately so that he canset a definite date. All contestantswill be the guests of the Stevens Ho¬tel the evening they appear in theshow.Preliminary selections will be madeby popular vote or,audience applause.Final judging will be made by severaltheater and radio talent scouts whowill be announced at a later date.ClassifiedBASEMENT ROOMS to rent. Cooking Privi¬leges, reasonable. 5475 Ellis Ave.RELIABLEPRESCRIPTION SERVICESpjecial Prices to StudentsReaders Campus Drug StoreSIst and Ellis Ave.4 MONTH INTENSIVE COURSEperformance was good. It seems, how¬ever, disgustingly supercilious tojudge student efforts as “kid stuff”and not on the standards of near¬perfect execution which the greatwork demands and which can be theonly end of such a sincere musicianas Mr. Levarie. -Such choruses as the rapid, dra¬matic one beginning “Not this man jbut Barabbas” and as the fugallycomplicated ones, “We salute thee theKing of the Jews” and “We have a!law”, were presented with admirableclarity and force; and the grand,sweeping, heavenly calm of the finalchorus, “Rest here in peace”, wasoverwhelming.Also more than capable were the“Jesus” sung by a visitor, John Ne-1her, the alto aria “It is fulfilled” of IBarbara Russell, and the sopranosoloist, a graduate, Henrietta Chase.But with only a few other exceptions,the arias and dialogues did not tendto brighten the emotional tension ofthe drama; and the conducting, byemphasizing many minor climaxes,lost the total significance of the work.A mistake, I believe, was madewhen the congregation was encourag¬ed to sing the chorales. If the audi¬ence had been a choir, the effect of jthese chorales would have been great.As it was, they came out as ratherabove-average hymns, and the varia¬tions which science can give themwere lost. Possibly this reconstitutionof old custom was to break up thework; it could have been done muchbetter by an intermission.For the last four days of this week,the Saidenberg Symphonietta will re¬peat their performance of “La ServnPadrona” and of a series of dances,which was written up last week.- ♦ * *The Chicago Symphony starts twonew series this week. Hans Lange willuse a suitable selection from the or¬chestra this afternoon in the Black-stone Hotel to present the first ofthree concerts. The music will con¬sist of concerti grossi, such as Han¬del’s eighth this afternoon, stringquartets, and contemporary composi-I tions for chamber orchestra. |The first of the visitations of sing¬ers will take place next Sunday after¬noon. With the orchestra under Dr. jStock, Giovanni Martinelli will pre-1j sent three operatic selections. Casel- jI la’s “Italia” is also on the program.V « VItzler Solomon is back on the po¬dium of the Illinois Symphony, nowhoused in the Great Northern Thea-! tre. Last night’s performance of Pou-, lenc’s new “Concert Champetre” hap¬pens too late for this edition. A night Iof Beethoven is on the schedule of jMusic Appreciation Concerts for nextFriday night. 1 But, among other questions, one'primary one was raised in our minds.“Will the book do any good?” Grant¬ing its truth and validity, can it changethe reading habits of those adults itis aimed at? Mr. Adler says it can“somehow,” and he realizes the dif¬ficulty when he says that reform muststart far below the college level. Butuntil that reform is made, we feelthat a venture like Mr. Adler’s is al¬most futile. 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Atthis greatly reduced priceWOODWORTH’S BOOK STORE1311 E. 57th St. Dorchester 4800 Open Eves.oPage Four THE DAILY MAROON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940THE DAILY MAROON SPORTSCagers LoseLast GameTo BadgersEnd Season in Cellar Los¬ing 11 Out of 12 Tiltsin Conference.The Midway basketball team closedthe season last night firmly ensconcedin the cellar, dropping their last gameto Wisconsin at Madison 46 to 31. TheSaturday game against Minnesota inthe Fieldhouse reversed the decisionwhich the Maroons had won in Min¬neapolis, hir.ce the Chicago cagers lostto the only team they have beaten inthe conference.Last night’s game was the last ap¬pearance in the Maroon uniform forCaptain Dick Lounsbury, Art Jorgen¬son, Ralph Richardson, and Cftrl Stan¬ley. The season was one of the mostdisappointing Coach Norgren’s menhave experienced, since they droppedseveral very close decisions. The bestexample of this was the home-and-home series with Illinois. The Ma¬roons lost the first game by one pointin overtime, and then dropped thegame in Chicago on Captain Bill Ha-pac’s last second long shot from thecenter of the floor.The Minnesota game Saturday wasprobably the worst game the Maroonshave played at home since the firstWisconsin game. The home team ledon five different occasions, but whenthe visitors put on the pressure in thesecond half, they moved ahead andstayed far out in front. About themost remarkable fact in the contestwas the banishment of Chuck Wagen-berg on four personal fouls. This isthe first time that this promisingsophomore has been called more thantwice in any one game.The losers played without any sem¬blance of the fight and drive thatmade them look like a team againstIllinois and Purdue. Lounsbury ledthe Chicago scoring, and played thebest game on the floor.The two honors which the Maroonshave managed to salvage from theseason are Joe Stampf’s free-throw¬ing title and Dick Lounsbury’s posi¬tion on the AP all-conference squad.Netmen StartWith Victory Conference Stars RunIn Conference MeetLed by such oustanding men as RoyCochrane, Ralph Schwartzkopf, andArchie Harris, 350 track and fieldmen have been entered in the Big Tentrack meet to be held in the Field-house Friday and Saturday nights.Since 1932 when the Fieldhouse wasbuilt, the meet has been held at Chi¬cago. - .Despite the loss of Big Bill Wat¬son, Michigan is expected to retain itschampionship. Under a new coach theWolverines have as much power aslast year’s squad. /Cochrane is perhaps the outstand¬ing individual entered. An Indianarunner, he was ranked third last yearin the low hurdles. This year he hasswitched his talents to the quarter-mile. Last week on the comparativelyslow Indiana track he broke the rec¬ord in this event by a full half-sec¬ond. Since there are three other top¬flight men also entered in the 440,this race should be the feature of themeet.Schwartzkopf CompetesRalph Scwartzkopf, great Michigandistance man, Archie Harris, Indianashot-putter, Dan Canham, Michiganhigh-jumper, George Franck, Minne¬sota sprinter and football star, aresome other track greats whose namesappear on the entry lists of the va¬rious schools.In several of the events, the fieldis big and evenly matched. In thepole-vault, for example, there areseven men who have all done between13’ and 13’6”.The speed of the Fieldhouse track isattested to by the fact that the Con¬ference and American records forboth the 60-yard dash and the lowhurdles were made here. The 440mark, broken last week by Cochrane,was also made here by Ray Ellinwood,Decide LMFinalists■J-T^he most crucial game of the cur¬rent I-M basketball season takesplace tonight, when Alpha Delta Phi,j present leader in total points, locksI horns with undefeated Phi DeltaTheta in the fraternity finals. SinceIn the Maroon’s opening meet of race is very close, it is probablethe current tennis campaign, the Mid¬way netters eked out a four to threedecision over Kalamazoo College Sat¬urday afternoon in the Fieldhouse.Playing a five-man team minus theservices of eager Art Jorgenson, theChicago team scraped through thesingles thanks to victories by TollieShostrom, Ben Fox and Bud Lifton inthe one, four and five spots, and splitthe doubles. Shostrom and Dick Nor-ian took the number two doubles,while Atkins and Sawyier dropped thefirst match.Cal Sawyier lost his debut matchin the number two position to Prattof the visitors, while Jim Atkinsdropped a tough one to Don WorthWrestlers RemainUndefeated inConference MeetsChicago added another Big Tenvictory to its list Saturday when thewrestlers beat Wisconsin, 23-11 atBartlett. So far this season, Chicagohas been undefeated in Big Ten com¬petition. However, the conferencemeet at Purdue over the week-endwill probably tell a different story, forthen Chicago men will come upagainst Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota,and Michigan—the big four in BigTen wrestling.Zaphros and stone of the 128 poundand 155 pound classes respectively,put up the most impressive fights andwon by falls. Captain Thomas andWeiss also won their matches byfalls. Moore lost his match to Rob¬ertson of Wisconsin. that the outcome of this game willdecide the Intramural leader at theopening of the Spring quarter.Because of an early season victoryover the AD’s, Phi Delt ranks as aslight favorite in the forthcomingtilt, but in view of the fact that themargin of victory was a single basket,campus dopesters are loath to giveeither team much of an advantage.The independent finals are also onthe docket for tonight. The impres¬sive Burton-Judson Eagles have hoop¬ed their way into the last bracketwith C.T.S., a team which is alwaysa cage threat but never a contenderfor the participation points trophy.The two winners in tonight’s tilts areto meet for the University champion¬ships Thursday.Faux-pa8 CausesTrack UpsetTRACK ATTENDANTSTwelve men are needed to serveas ushers, field managers, andmarshalls at the Conference TrackMeet on Friday and Saturday eve¬nings, March 8 and 9. Apply at theAthletic Office in Barlett.Read the Maroon With Northwestern leading Chi¬cago, 37 to 35, in the track meet Fri¬day afternoon, the final event of theday, the relay, was called.The Maroon lead-off man finishedhis duties with a 10-yard lead. BillPlumley, running his first relay, setoff fast and maintained the lead. Ashe drew near the third man, he be¬came confused by the similarity be¬tween the jersies and the method ofalternating pole positions and triedto pass the baton to the Northwesternman. In the mixup Bill Stabenau,Chicago’s third man, was knockeddown. By the time he regained hisfeet, the Northwestern man had a25-yard lead. Wallie Beatty made up15 yards running as anchor man, butthe Purple won the race by 10 yards.This gave them the meet, 42 to 35.TARPON MEETINGMembers of Tarpon Club areurged to attend the meeting to¬night at 7:30 in Ida Noyes Hall.At that time election of officers forthe coming year will take place,and all old business will be clearedup. a Chicago runner, in 1936.Preliminaries of the meet will beheld Friday night at 8 p.m.; finalsSaturday night at 8. With C-books thecost is 25 cents and 50 cents. .Generaladmission tickets cost $1.00 and $1.50.Students may sit anywhere Fridaynight, but must sit in the eastern sec¬tion Saturday night. Upsets FeatureBowling MatchesAlthough it has appeared unlikelythat any team could catch theChamps, who have led the Ida Noyesbowling league from the beginning ofthe season, the last week brought up¬sets that all but shook the leadersfrom their position. Their closestrivals climbed to within a singlegame of tying them for top honorswhen the Timbler Topplers crushedone of the best teams in the circuit,the high scoring Alley Rats.The Champs now lead the leaguewith an average of 400.5 followed by the Timber Topplers with 185.17.THE NEWLEX THEATREFEATURING “PUSH BACK” SEATS1162 E. 63rd St. Open 11:30 A.M. DollyWednesday & ThursdayAlice Faye Warner Baxter'"Barricade''andJoseph Allen Jr. Jean Cagney"All Women Have Secrets"VlVUN BOSWELL, operatorat the busy switchboard ofChicago’s Stevens Hotel,largest in the world, takestime out to enjoy a Chest¬erfield.Chesterfield is America'sBusiest Cigarette becauseit’s Cooler-Smoking, Bet¬ter-Tasting and DefinitelyMilder.Copyright 1940,Liggett & MyeesTobacco Co. ASK FOR CHESTERFIELDToJat^s Definitely Mi/c/erCOOLER-SMOKINGBETTER-TASTING CIGARETTECall for all the good things you wantin a cigarette... Chesterfield has them.COOLNESS... Chesterfields are Cooler/WLDNESS... 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