the Doilu ThnAocn.Vol. 41, No. 26 Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940 Price Three CentsIron MaskDanceFriday Janies Weber LinnHomecoming Queen to BePresented During the Fes¬tivities.IJy BOB UKYNOLDS('olk'Kiana reaches its frolicsomehoieht Friday nijfht in Ida Noyes withMask entertainiiifr the campusalumni at its annualIronand returningHoniocominjr dance.The junior honorary society has;gathered for the dance two orchestras, jtwo dance floors, a beauty court of;four attendants to surround the Home- joomintr queen, a floor show, and var-lou" other accompaniments of im-portaiit University functions.Queens ReignThe Homecoming queen, .selected byIron .Mask, will preside over a courtmade up of four University women,each representing her class. .leanRotf. late freshman beauty queen, ^Mike Kathje, from the sophomoreclass, .Margaret Peacmk, junior classchoice, and Senior Patty Wolfehope,constitute the court. The queen will ■he presentcKl during the floor show. Beta, DU, ZBT, Top FiveYear Fraternity AverageHis play presented.// //Deceitful Dean'Makes AppearanceIn Mandel TonightReginald Blondin, the “DeceitfulDean,’’ who tries to abolish study at“Rockefeller’s Refinery,” otherwiseknown as the University, returns tothe campus tonight in a hilarious re-an.l' wuth’Vhat her functions will be-i'ival of James Weber Linn’s 1899uMti. She is scheduled to pre.sent lov¬ing cups to the winners of VictoryVanities and dorm and fraternity dec¬orations at the l)on-fire in the circleSaturday night.Two Dance FloorsMoth the Cloister club and the gym-will bt* used as dance floors. musical comedy, then and now pre-senUsl under the auspices of the Uni¬versity Settlement Board. Fraternity BoxScholastic Standings of Fraternities,1935-19401. Beta Theta Pi .... .2.791 9. Phi Gamma Delta. . .2.2992. Delta Upsilon .2.534 10. Phi Kappa Psi .2.2983. Zeta Beta Tau .2.457 11. Phi Sigma Delta. .. .2.1674. Kappa Sigma .2.389 12. Alpha Delta Phi... .2.2475. Kappa Alpha Psi.. .2.386 13. Phi Delta Theta. .. .2.2376. Phi Kappa Sigma.. .2.385 14. Chi Psi .2.1297. Pi Lambda Phi. ... .2.380 15. Delta Kappa Epsilon 2.0358. Sigma Chi .2.320 16. Psi Upsilon .2.031Basis for Scale: A = 4; B = 3; C = 2; D = 1; F = 0 Psi U Hits Bottom as DeanesOffice Releases ScholasticRankings.FraternitiesPRO CONWilliam Rainey Harper, first presi¬dent of the University, is portrayedin the play by Paul C. Hodges, ace.\-ray man at Billings. From his state-nasium will tx- us'Hi as ‘mnte ..ou. ^ ^ apparent that the Uni-Hal Munroe, ^ versity needed money in the good oldI’umi) Room, and Tiny Parham, a lo- , ' ,, ' .Pump Room, and Tinycally famed collection of negro swingmusicians, have been engaged to pro¬vide music.Decorations have been put up withthe idea of simplicity and effective¬ness. .According to Clayton Traeger,President of Iron Musk, no effort willhe made to clutter up the dance floorswith elalmrate streamers and bulkydisplays. To date, he says, clustersof l>all(H)ns have been draped from theceilings and Iron Mask symbols willprohahly be added.Coming Out PartyThis dance serves as a coming outparty for new fraternity members. days as well as now. The present mon-ey-getter, Robert M. Hutchins, is onlyan infant in the play, but that doesn’tstop him from spouting Greek.Fine for StudyThe “Deceitful Dean,” played byRalph Gerard, not only prohibitsstudy, but he orders a fine of $0 forevery rational remark heard on cam¬pus. In addition he makes love to oneof the beautiful students, and to oneof the dorm heads.Rightfully is the show called a mu¬sical comedy, for theie are twenty-two tuneful melodies in it. They rangePit (Iging will take place on the morn- from the "Holy City” to “Hello Mymg Ilf the dance. Traeger claims that; ” other bits are “Barcarolle,”the ilance will simplify the old prob¬lem of what to do <)n the night ofpledging.Women Try ForPositions InBig Ten DebateRed letter event on the Studentt'onim's calendar is its participationm the annual Big Ten w’omen’s dis-< iC'Sioii tournament to be held on No-vemher 29 and 30 at the University ofWisconsin. Representing the Univer¬sity of Chicago will be two studentsselected through a series of try-outs.The first of these try-outs is sched¬uled for 3:30, Friday, in Lexington 5All women interested in participatingin the tournament must come to thismeeting prepared to give a four tosix minute talk on the topic to be de¬bated at the tournament.This topic reads as follows: “ShouldAdmission to the Western ConferenceUniversities Be Limited?” (to thosestiulents who are in the upper twenty-five per cent of their high school grad¬uating class). ‘‘3,000,000 Dollies,” ami “Ta, Ra, Ra,Boom De .Ay.”Tonight’s |)erformance is specialfor students. Curtain in Mandel goes Any discussion of the value of fra¬ternities must be divided into twoheadings, the intangible and the con¬crete.The first consideration includes suchrare and indescribable things asfriendship, the exchange of opinions,likes and dislikes, and experienceson a basis of mutual understanding,the feeling of belonging to a group ofselected and similar people, and thecultivation of contacts that probablywill be the strongest tie to your col¬lege days.The second may be more easilygrasped, for all can easily understandthe pleasures that comes from havinga definite and accepted social programoutlined for undergraduate days. Itisn’t as though the fraternity wereforcing or molding its members intoone set pattern of social conduct.Rather that pattern was set when JohnHarvard built his first bon-fire, andthe fraternity is the agency whichfacilitates the details of it most con¬veniently.Dean Leon I*. SmithIn this vein it may be well to quoteDean Leon P. Smith, who said recent¬ly that “fraternities are by far themost effective orienting devices in theUniversity.”“Usually,” he claims, “it is the fra¬ternity man who adjusts himself mosteasily to the University way of life.They are the men who run activitiesup at 8:30; tickets $1.75 and 50 cents i and are generally aware of happen-available at the Travel office in the I ings around campus.”j (Uontinued on page 4)Press Building. To make the assertion that frater¬nities on the University of Chicagocampus are either good or bad wouldbe a ridiculous statement of absolutes.The entire system can be analyzedonly in terms relative to the psycho¬logical makeup of the individual af¬fected by it.To best illustrate the tipping of thebeam it might be only fair to mentionthe most obvious benefits which themembers of the inner sanctum enjoy,after parting with a definite amountof the coin of the realm, and learningintricate drinking songs.F’irst, the brothers partake of awell organized “social” program thatfinds expression in parties, dances,and miscellaneous activity. Secondly,the physical plant of the average fra¬ternity house offers to members ahomey dwelling place where their op¬portunities for study are limited onlyby their ability to concentrate.A Capital FThe term “fraternity” with whichwe are dealing is spelled with a capi¬tal “F” rather than a small letter.This is a matter of concern.Primarily, it is a matter of concernbecause it sponsors a loyalty which isdivided between Alma Mater and a se¬cret society. And all too often it isthe university, which in these timesneeds all the support which it canmuster, that suffers grievously by thedivision.Secondly, Greekdom offers in someinstances to the boy with a bankbookan opportunity to buy his way into an(Continued on page 4) The scholastic “Big Three” amongUniversity fraternities are BetaTheta Pi, Zeta Beta Tau, and DeltaUpsilon, according to a list releasedyesterday by the Dean of StudentsOffice.The rankings were based upon “aweighted average of grades (Collegecomprehensive examination. Bachelorscomprehensive, and course grades re¬quired for the Bachelor’s degree) offraternity members who graduatedduring the five year period from Au¬gust 1935, through June, 1940.” Therankings thus made do not actuallyrepresent the present make-up of anyof the houses as the grades of no pres¬ent members were used in the aver¬age. It does, however, represent thescholastic trend of each house duringthe past five years.Size No CriterionThe averages range from Beta’s2.791 to Psi Upsilon’s 2.031. As agrade of 3 represents a “B” and oneof 2 a “C” all the fraternities areabove the “average student’s” C aver¬age but none of them reach the realmsof straight B’s.There seems to be little correlationbetween scholastic average and sizeof the house as all of the larger fra¬ternities are located in the lower halfof the list, and the so called “BigThree” running twelfth, fifteenth andsixteenth.Sigma Alpha Epsilon, dormitoryfraternity, was not included in the listas it has not been active for the pastfive years.The complete list of the 16 frater¬nities and their averages will be foundin the adjoining column.Mr. Adler and the Professors Discuss PoliceAdministrafionIn Law LectureOpelira Hour ReviewsVerdi's FalstaffThe first Opera Hour of a seriesof five is to be held this afternoon4:30 in the Reynolds Club Lounge.The opera to be reviewed is Verdi’sFalstaff. The Director of Public Re¬lations of the Chicago Opera Com¬pany, Giovanni Cardelli, will supplythe analytic comment.Sarah Jane Haven, LauretteCreighton and Anastasia Majarak^'ill usher and Mme. Sonia Sharnova,Miss Virginia Haskins, and Mr. JoseMojica will be guests at the affair. By RONALD S. CRANEThe professors, says Mr. .Adler inhis address before the Conference ofScience, Philosophy and Religion,“give true-false tests, but never takethem. They will, therefore, avoid thetest I have presented by saying thatit is all a matter of how you usewords, or that it all depends on yourpoint of view, or something equallyevasive.”Well, the professors who give true-false tests know at least two thingsabout them: first, that their utility islargely confined to determining thestudent’s possession of informationrather than of understanding, i.e., ofopinion as distinguis’ned from know¬ledge; and second, that it is a validrequirement of such tests that thepoor students asked to take them begiven at least a dim idea of what theprofessor’s words mean.Professor StudentsThe students in this case are pro¬fessors, and it would hardly seem tomatter whether they subject them¬selves to Mr. Adler’s test or not, sincein any event he has already decidedto flunk them all, the test being setmerely for the purpose of convincingthe class that they deserve their fate.Should they be so obliging, however,as to look over the questions teacherhas prepared for them, I think evenMr. Adler, as a professor himself, They would say,that the sixteen in the first place,statements whichmake up Mr. Adler’s test are merelyassertions of opinion, and they wouldbe able, without very exacting re¬search, to support their protest by cit¬ing Mr. Adler’s own teachers—not¬ably Plato and Aristotle—as of thesame mind. For how, according tothese philosophers, can we be said tohave any knowledge, philosophical orscientific, apart from the statement ofit in reasoned discourse proceedingfrom premises the truth of which cansomehow be tested and involving re¬lationships of terms the meanings ofwhich in the context have somehowbeen made clear. It is nothing butdogmatism, therefore, to demand yesor no answers to propositions put for¬ward, like these, without either ra¬tional argument or clarification oftheir terms. And what is dogmatismbut a species of opinion, reducible, inPlato’s language, to the lowest levelof the divided line as a mere shadowof science or philosophy; reducible,in the equivalent terms of Aristotle,to the apparent reasoning or sophis¬tic that depends on manipulations ofwords? “For reasoning rests on cer¬tain statements such that they involvenecessarily the assertion of some¬thing other than what has been stat¬ed, through what has been stated....Now some of them do not really Directed not at the lawyer or thepoliceman, but at the “intelligent citi¬zen,” Professor Ernest W. Puttkam-mer will deliver a series of lecturesthis month titled “Problems of Ad¬ministrative Policy in Criminal LawEnforcement.”The first lecture of the series,delivered yesterday at 3:30 in theSouth Room of the Law Building, at¬tempted to give an outline of thecharacteristics of the police station,rather than technical details, impor¬tant only to the policeman.After .ArrestThe second lecture, on November13, will deal with the procedures afteran arrest has been made, and withthe rudiments of trial proceedings. Inthe third and last lecture, to be giventhese the most prolific and usual do¬main is the argument that turns uponnames only. It is impossible in a dis-1 on November 20, Professor Puttkam-cussion to bring in the actual things mer will deal with the punitive meas-discussed: we use their names as | ures to be taken after a convictionsymbols instead of them; and there- 1 has been obtainedfore we suppose that what follows inthe names, follows in the things aswell, just as people who calculatesuppose in regard to their counters.But the two cases (names and things)are not alike. For names are finite,and so is the sum-total of formulae,while things are infinite in number.Inevitably, then, the same formulae,and a single name, have a number ofmeanings. Accordingly just as, incounting, those who are not clever inmanipulating their counters are tak¬en in by the experts, in the same wayin arguments too those who are notwell acquainted with the force ofnames misreason both in their own(Continued on page 4) T. V. TrailingOn Ballot Returnsmight be able to predict what their achieve this, though they seem to doreactions would be. so, for a number of reasons, and of Pledge RulesThere must be no spoken or writ¬ten communication between frater¬nity men and Freshmen after 10tonight. Rushees who want to takea fraternity should sign up tomor¬row morning between 7:30 and12:30 in the Trophy room of Bart¬lett. Thomas Vernor “T. V.” Smith, theUniversity’s philosopher statesman, isrunning a poor third in the race forposts as Congressman-at-Large. Atpress time last night he was reportedtrailing the Republican candidatesStratton and Day by more than 28,000votes.Smith rode into office in 1938 whenhe teamed up with the downstateDemocrats led by the late Henry Hor¬ner and won the Democratic nomina¬tion, which, at that time, was tanta¬mount to election. While in the Houseof Representatives he has been notedfor his rounded oratory, his sharp hu¬mor, and his square stand with theNew Deal.HomecomingAll Freshmen and Sophomoresinterested in working on the Home¬coming Carnival should meet withA1 Schmus in Room A of the Rey¬nold’s Club today at 2:30.•V \ mtiaimm mPage Two THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 19407^ Oculcj THa/ioon.POUNDED IN 1001The Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of the Uni-•’ersity of ChicaRo, published morninRs except Saturday, Sunday,and Monday during the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters byThe Daily Maroon Company, 5831 University avenue. Telephones:Hyde Park 9221 and 9222. • .•After 6:30 phone in stories to our printers. The Chief PrintingCompanv, 148 West 62nd street. Telephones: Wentworth 6123and 8124.The University of Chicago assumes no responsibility for anystatements appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for any contractentered into by The Daily Maroon. ,,TTie Daily Maroon expressly reserves the rights of publication ofany material appearing in this paper. Subscription rates : $3 a year i34 by mail. Single copies: three cents.Entered as second class matter March 18, 1908, at the post officeat Chisago. Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.MemberAssociated Golle6iatG PressDistributor ofCblle6iale Di6estBOARD OF CONTROLEditorialWILLIAM HANKLA PEARL C. RUBINSERNEST S. LEISER JOHN P. STEVENS, ChairmanBusinessJOHN E. BEX, Business ManagerWILLIAM LOVELL, Advertising ManagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESJames Burtle, Mark Fisher, Chester Hand, Richard Himmel, DanielMezlay, Richard Philbrick, Robert D. F. Reynolds, and DanielWinograd.BUSINESS ASSOCIATESRobert Dean, George Flanagan. Lyle Harper, and Myles Jarrow.Night Editor: Dan WinogradAssistant: Mary GrahamIgnore Fraternity RatingsWe are extremely dissatisfied with the scho- ^lastic ratings compiled by the Dean’s office forfraternities.It seems at best highly irrelevant, and atworst, extremely unfair, to present an averageof grades for the past five years. We are un¬able to understand the action of the Interfra¬ternity Council, first, and Dean Randall, second,in allowing such compilations to be published,'especially just before rushing closes.It is irrelevant whether any fraterir’^y hadbrilliant men for years, if those men have grad¬uated. They will not be able to lend their'scholastic aid to incoming freshmen. It is onlythe grades of the active members of the var¬ious houses that are important to prospective,members. Just as we have advised rushees to Iignore alumni to a great extent, so we advise jthem to ignore the records of former members'of fraternities. iUnfair to Tabulate ResultsIt is unfair to tabulate the results over a ifive year period, especially for those houses who jhave had bad grades in the past, but whosepresent actives have good academic records. IFor it is worth stressing again that only those ■present actives will be in a position to influence jthe scholarship of their brothers-to-be. jIt is extremely unfortunate that these re¬sults have been released. They are interesting ■and valuable insofar as they do indicate whatthe long run trend of each particular fraternity !might be. It is nice to know that the peoplewho were Betas from 1935 through June, 1940,were remarkable scholars.Not SignificantBut it is not particularly significant to thisyear’s freshmen. And the results, if taken asa reliable index of what each fraternity is nowlike, or will be like in the immediate future, aredangerously misleading.Results of compilation of the acadmic rec¬ords of the active members of each fraternitywill be ready for publication in a few weeks.Until then, we recommend that freshmen with¬hold their judgment as to how high in the graderatings each fraternity actually ranks this year.E. S. L.Letters to the EditorBoard of Control, Daily MaroonPoor Mr. Metcalf. Poor Mr. Anderson. Six man foot¬ball isn’t what they thought it would be. There are fourteams in the intramural league, and they have playedeach other so many times that they now call eachother’s plays before the ball is snapped. Strategy, theheart and hope of the six man game, is conspicuouslylacking when the rival aggregations know what is com¬ing off before the opposition puts it on.Of course, this is not a single opinion. We would notdare venture on this holy ground, which is being blownup to Inter-collegiate proportions, if we were alone inour feeling. But, quite by chance the other day, wedropped into the memory now known as Stagg Fieldand stumbled upon a group of friends, similarly inter¬ested in the midget game, who were lolling along thesidflines watching a six man tiff. They, too, saw noth¬ing in the six man idea if only four squads made upthe circuit.Most of the better pigskinners are engaged in theeleven man version; albeit spasmodically. No doubt, |the inter-collegiate proposal as stated in Mr. Lawson’s icolumn is a valid one, but Messrs. Metcalf and Ander-f.son look long faced and wry-necked as they see the !“Big Four’’ battle each other with endless monotony.Yours, l‘aul Kjeff(We don’t like monotony, either. That’s why wesuggested an intercollegiate program in the first place.Sign one of the Maroon’s petitions, Mr. Rieff, and lifewill bloom with variety again. Ed.) i j The Traveling Bazaarby DICK HI.MMELInformation Please?The Maroon has received phone calls asking for ev¬eryone from John the Janitor to Robert MaynardHutchins, but never have has anyone asked for the “vice-president-in-charge-of-word-usage.’’ Today it happened.“This is the McDougal sign shop,’’ a chipper cockneyvoice chirped, “I am about to paint a sign. The copyon it reads, “we teach all musical instruments.’’ Now 1want to know if it is grammatically correct to say ‘all’or if it would be better to say ‘any.’ I called up theTribune and spoke to the editor and he didn’t know.So now I am calling you.’’ .... “It makes little dif¬ference,’’ the Maroonman obliged. “It makes all the dif¬ference in the world,” said the woman. “Well, I shall askour vice-president-in-charge-of-word-usage about it.”.... “I would appreciate it,” the woman .said . . . Hold¬ing his hand over the receiver he thought and came toI the conclusion that the woman would be happier if theword were “any” so back he zipped and said, “Our vice-president-in-charge-of-word-usage says ‘any’, is cor¬rect.” Sometimes it is so easy to make people happy.! The Election.... Coffee shop patrons at the front tables were sadyesterday as they mourned from table to table about theelection .... Hob Crow, Willkie booster, was carried inbv Heati Gaidzik and Hart Perrv and laid mercifullv at IIBeat!...she's busy!.Margaret Peacock’s feet, who were weeping .... JohnBex went back to F'ort M’ayne to vote for Willkie ....Betty .Ann Evans zipped back to Gary to do likewise. . . . The .Maroon had an election party for Rooseveltbackers and Ruth Steel and Donna Culliton came ....Hell froze over .... Dick Philbrick lost a dinner toNels Fuqua .... The election was a riotorious successas is not this Bazaar.Rushing. . . . Stuart Schulberg tells the latest dorm anecdoteabout rushing .... It seems a young man was busily Iengaged being rushed by a Psi F when ten Alpha Delts |walked in to talk things over. The Psi L’ was determined !to outsit the .Alpha Delts. After a half hour the Alpha 'Delts left. No sooner out the door than the freshman 'asked, “What do you think those Phi Delts wanted?” It jpays to advertise! jNeatest Tricks of the Week '. . . . Dick Philbrick reports thrt three freshmen havemistakened him for Paul P'lorian .... (overheard oncampus) “Of course he’s not infallible. After all, he’s jonly a freshman” .... F’rank Etherton reports that jthree freshman have mistaken him for Stud Ruml ....Chloe Roth reports that three freshmen men mistook herfor Beati Gaidzik, .so she took ’em .... That this columnever got out.See Ragged Edgeby MARGARET ANNE KUEFFNERBen Reitman, Chicago “sociologist,” will conduct atour through West Madison Street tomorrow. A groupwill meet with him at 7 in Ida Noyes lounge. The priceis 25 cents plus carfare.A habitue of the old Seven Arts Club, Reitman isone of Chicago’s few remaining true Bohemians. For¬merly known as King of the Tramps, he was an inti¬mate friend of Emma Goldman, head of the I. W. W.A tall, genial man with dangling ape-like arms, he isproud of the fact that he was a tramp and not a hobo.Will Lead TourHe will lead the tour through darkened streets, tak¬ing the group into a mission, a cabaret, flophouses, andpenny cafes, ending with a discussion at Hobo College.He will stop people on the streets and talk to them; dere¬licts, 15 cent girls, crooks^ petty thieves, homosexuals,prostitutes, what have you. Tho.se who live in this areaare aimless wanderers who, drift in to spend the winterfe Chicag9,.na'*,hope>'no ambition left. They enjoy talk-mg to'tJhiversity students. To put it mildly, we amusethem. ■ .. , ...i. On last year’s trip, students danced at’the cabaret—danced to the music of a pock-marked mail bangingaimlessly at a piano, cigark in mouth, beer at hand,!leering like a Chinese god. Real experience? Nothing!can really be learned from this trip that can’t be read in {a book. But seeing makes one feel forgetting is slower. i Wyvern1 Hv SHIRLEE SMITHand SALLY ADAMSThe Wyvern club was founded in1898 to promote the intellectual andsocial life of its members. The clubstrives to further the cultural inter¬ests of its members through musicalcozies, trips to the Art Institute, andan occasional play or opera. The so¬cial life of Wyverns is well taken careof with this well-rounded program;two formals, one tea dance, exchangeluncheons with other clubs, houseparties and numerous cozies.BWOC’sProminent activity women are pres¬ident Lois Whiting, red-haired PeggyFlynn, Beverly Smith, rushing chair¬man Lois Stromwall, Eloise Procter.These girls participate in over 20 rec¬ognized campus activities. Pulse, Capand Gown, Maroon, Y.W.C.A., W.A.A.,Mirror, Federation, Volunteers Serv¬ice, Tennis Club, Tarpon Club, IdaNoyes Council, Chapel Choir.FeesThe club meets weekly at Ida Noyeson Monday nite. The fees required I for membership are an initiation fi.,>of $20, a pledge fee of $5 and quar-terly dues of $5.Prominent alumnae of Wyvern aivRuth Stagg Lauren, daughter ofAmos Stagg, Agnes Sharp, and RuthBabcock of Dana Hall. The alumna.-chapter edits a magazine containingalumnae news, and awards a scholar¬ship each year.Wyverns will long remember lastyear’s Interclub Sing when garbed inyellow sweaters and ably led by ArdisMoliter, they carried off top honor-after a beautiful performance.GREGGSECRETARIAL TRAININGAdequately prepares young menand women for the better typestenographic, secretarial and ac¬counting positions.ENROLL NOW!DAY AND EVENING SESSIONSCall, writ* or t*l*phon* St«t* IB8|for BulUttnFREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAUThe GREGG CollegeHome of GreffR Shorthand6 N. MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGOHOTELSt. George Dining Room“On the .WiV/irnv”1433 East 60th StreetLiiiirheons 25c - 40c DiniierH 35c • 40c.Special Evciiiiif; Six ("oiirsie niiiiier 45cOpen 7 AM. to 8 P.M.Some 21,500 cars and trucks are in regular day today service with the Bell System. The great majorityhave bodies specially developed by telephone engi¬neers. Many are equipped with power winches, aircompressors and pole derricks. Each of the manytypes is designed to handle particular functions in theconstruction and maintenance of telephone plant.Planning, purchasing and operating the world’slargest fleet of commercial motor vehicles is a bigjob in itself. Yet it is but part of the far bigger job:providing the finest, fastest, friendliest service tothe millions who daily use the telephone.Why not give the family a ring tonight?Rates to most points are lowest after7 P. M. any night—and all day Sunday.THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940 Page ThreeTHE DAILY MAROON SPORTSAs I WasSaying-Hy BOB LAWSONThe appearance of the Maroon pe-asking that the University\thletic Department investigate theno^^tbilitv of intercollegiate competi-Jion' in six-man football has given riseto many questions.Olio of the main questions concernsopposition. Armour Tech (now IllinoisInstitute of Technology), Loyola, andPoPaul all play six-man football in•oMitioii to their regular intramuralmogram. According to Marvin Mc-C'aithy of the Times, these threeschools are also favorable to a six-man league composed of themselvesand ('hicago.Why?\pother frequent question is whyshould Chicago play intercollegiatesix-man. There are over sixty boysnow playing the game here. Abouttoitv are playing in the “B” leaguecomposed of those boys about equalin size, ability, and experience. The"A" league is made up of those whoaiv more advanced, many having col-Icire experience. This league, however,ha> not played any games but is de¬voting it.self to practice scrimmageswith small colleges and junior col-1,.^ros. An intercollegiate programwould give the more advanced playersa chance to compete with players whoan more their class.( im ago has loudly and publicly de¬nounced the standard game of foot¬ball a> played by universities and col-Icgr.s throughout the country. Here,mdoed. is its chance to pioneer in thelicld of sports as well as in the field,.f harning. Rather than burying itsIn ad in the sand ostrich-like, the Uni-V, I -ity has a fine opportunity to pre-SI n! an alternative to other schoolswho are likewise nauseated by thecoinmerciali>m of football.Commercialism UnlikelyIt m extremely unlikely that six-man football would lend itself to com¬mercialization. In the first place thebigger schools who are the worst of¬fenders in this respect would notihange from the lucrative eleven-mangame to the new game. The schoolsthat would be playing it would be do¬ing '() for substantially the same rea-snns: lack of man-power or disgustwith the present football situation.Siiiely, schools who arc starting outwith these same ideas could guardagainst any infiltration of the hatedLonimercialism.It is self-evident that the presentset-up at the University is inadequateif the Athletic Department must'^ehedule i)ractice scrimmages withether schools. The moat logical sug¬gestion to remedy this, then, is toform a four school league composedof Chicago, Armour Tech, Loyola, andDel’aul to play six-man football.Petitions are being circulated bymembers of the sports staff and arealso available in the Maroon office inI.exington Hall. Why PracticeGames AreCancelledAlumni To SeeSix-Man GameDn the schedule of events for thellmnecoming Celebration you will find'he following announcement; Satur¬day. .November 9, 2:30—Six-man foot-hall exhibition.1 he Athletic Department has nowloiiipleted plans for this event. Thegame will be held on the field just""iih of Ida Noyes Hall. The Unex-P'cteds and the Gophers of the six-"lan league will compete. The game'^ill be re-play of the game which washeld on October 22. This game waswoi by the Gophers 12-8 but the Un-*"^P“cteds protested on grounds thatDie two touchdown passes were com-ph'ti'd over the end zone and not in the' "d zone. The protest was granted by'■ oach Kyle Anderson and the rest of'he officials.1 he two teams are now tied in thelandings but their regularly sched-uled game of this afternoon will prob-'dily alter this situation. Further in¬humation about Saturday’s exhibitiongame and the probable starting line-”ps will be published in tomorrow's‘dition of the Maroon For the past week the Maroon hasbeen running confusing announce¬ments about the 11-man football squad.Several games have been scheduledand then cancelled. Neither the Ma¬roon nor the Athletic Department isresponsible for this situation.Since there are no tickets sold forthese games, there is really nothingwhich compels the games to go on,and the coaches do not care to takeany chances when some of the boysare injured, nor do they care to playon muddy fields. All of the gamecancellations thus far have been madeby the opponents of the University.Armour CancelsThe game with Armour Collegescheduled for yesterday was cancelledat their request.A definite schedule for the near fu¬ture has been arranged, however. TheUniversity will meet Armour Collegeon Stagg at 3:00 tomorrow. CoachKyle Anderson swears that, not with¬standing the elements, this game willdefinitely take place.To WheatonOn Wednesday, November 13, thes(iuad will travel to Wheaton, Illinois,to meet Wheaton College in a game.This game will also definitely takeplace. Coach Anderson can prove iti)y a letter from Wheaton Collegewhich has been posted on the FieldHouse bulletin board.The 11-man team has thus farplayed in four contests. The firstgame resulted in a loss to the Ameri¬can College of Physical Education.Since then the team has beaten Ar¬mour College of the Illinois Instituteof Technology and has twice beatenWilson Junior College. Wilson is un¬defeated in the league in which itcompetes.Billiards TournamentTo Begin MondayAn Intramural billiards tourna¬ment will bt‘ held in the ReynoldsClub, starting on Monday, November11. An organization may enter anynumber of teams, each team to becomposed of 3 men.The total score of the 3 membersdetermines the team score. Registra¬tion clo.ses on Friday, November 8. Phi Gams Keep Going;Beat Phi Sigs, 19-0Dekes Also Going Strongand Turn Back Phi Psis;Warren Lorenz Stars.Today on theQuadranglesLecture—“Silver as Money: TheNineteenth Century,’’ Social ScienceAssembly Room, 4:30.Opera Hour—Verdi’s “Falstaff,’’Reynolds Club Lounge, 4:30.Psychology Club— PsychologyBuilding, 4:15.Child Development Club—GraduateEducation 126, 8:15.Poetry Club—“Walt Whitman, Poetor Orator,’’ Classics 16, 3:30. Heading an afternoon of experttouchball play were two decisive vic¬tories for two of the ace units in theInter-Fraternity league: Deke burst¬ing the Phi Psi bubble, 25-6, and PhiGam larruping Phi Sig, 19-0.Deke clinched the Gamma Leaguetitle with a workman-like perform¬ance dominating play from the open¬ing gun. Sporting a fast and trickybackfield, skilled at tricky reversesand laterals, the Dekes jumped to a7-0 halftime lead on Bud Long’s 80yard punt-return and conversion. Mil¬ler’s rifle-like passes to the Lorenzbrothers and Long accounted for theremaining Deke points. Wally Beattyled the game Phi Psis, who managedto score on a pass to Palmer on thefinal play of the game.Phi Gams InvinciblePhi Gam looked invincible in mow¬ing down Phi Sig, with Art Lopatka,Jack Rider, and Armand Doniansparking a deceptive attack. W’innerin the Beta league. Phi Gam .is favored to retain the Inter-FraternityChampionship. Donian’s brilliant dashthe length of the field with an inter¬cepted aerial set Phi Gam up with thelead it never relinquished. W’isely’s.snagging of several aerials completedthe .scoring.A game Chi Psi outfit nearlywhipped Phi Delt “B” with a belatedrally that overcame an early 13 pointdeficit, but Hand, Wilner, and com¬pany braced long enough to push overa final touchdown to sew up a PhiDelt victory, 19-13. A1 Teague playeda beautiful game for Phi Delt, mak¬ing two tallies.Sigma ('his WinSigma Chi needed two overtimes todown Alpha Delt “C,’’ 13-0 on twolast-minute touchdowns by Fairservis.A triple pass, involving McLean, Galeand Fairservis broke through thedeadlock.D. U., though held scoreless in thelast half, piled up a 21-0 score onPhi Psi B, with Jack Randa’s fancypitching as the spark plug in a steady,pressing attack. Boyes and Drag-stedt turned in good performances.Bill Barnard’s perfect pass to Gib-ler gave Psi U B a hard-won vic¬tory over Kappa Sig, 6-0. Paulingstarred for Kappa Sig, with Wallisand Senn copping defensive honorsfor the winners.NO HOOKNumerous calls have been re¬ceived requesting the Maroon to re¬print Sidney Hook’s article in theNew Republic in which he attackedMortimer J. Adler. We regret thatthis is impossible. We feel it ismore important to have the com¬ment of our own faculty. Touchball Games3:004:00 Psi U. vs. Phi DeltPhi Kap vs. I). U. “B”IAlpha Delt “B” vs. Phi Psi “C’Beta vs. Deke “B”Alpha Delt vs. Pi LamMolkup Wins at FirstLake Shore AC MeetIn the first Open Epee and SabreMeet held at the Lake Shore AthleticClub Sunday the University fencingteam was represented by five men.Captain Herb Ruben, Bob Hull, DonRichards, Jay Mullen, Don McDonald,Joe Molkup, and Henry Morris par¬ticipated.Ruben was able to take fourth placeand Hull fifth in the epee event whileMolkup won the sabre contest in anextremely close match.Main reason for the poor showingin epee was the iiresence of two for¬mer champions. Loyal Tingley andP'led Siebert. Tingley took first placeand Siebert second, Tingley is a Chi¬cago graduate. Wilkins Favorite inPing Pong TourneyOverwhelming favorite to cop firsthonors in this year’s Reynolds ClubAll-Campus Ping-pong touiney is theperennial J. Ernest Wilkins. The top-ranked Wilkins has already reachedthe second round and is expected toadvance without much trouble.George BaliaOnly seeded player to fall by thewayside in early play was GeorgeBalia, forfeiting his opening match.Seeded men advanced to the secondround are Len Swee, 4; Bill Wright,5; Lawrence Markus, 6; and Jack Da¬vidson, 8. Alan Green, 2; and HarmonGinsberg, 3, have not yet played.Opening Round MatchesOf the 32 opening round matches,25 have been played. First matchcompetition must be ended by Nov.11, with succeeding rounds finish¬ing Nov. 23, Nov. 30, Dec. 6, andDec. 11. The finals are scheduled forDec. 13.GOOD FOOD, WELL COOKED"Affraettv* and tmmaea*lat*'' says Dnaean Hines,I a ■ f b 0 r, ''AdvMtnrts la' Good Eating,"^Mon far d«nc/mn bean aodn lot reffilfMe 0lc€mkPRESENTSGRIEE MimsAND HIS BANDSTUDENT RATE CARDSAvailable at Daily Maroon OfficeBe A Santa ClausSave Your OLD CLOTHESFOR THEStudent Settlement BoardCHRISTMAS FUND IPage four THE DAILY MAROON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940fraternitiesPRO CON(Continued from page 1)Few can press the charge thatthrough the Greek houses does onemeet scholastic disability. As a matterof fact the academic results just pub¬lished elsewhere in today’s paperprove that the “C plus” average of thefraternities scales above that of thegeneral student body.Joy Boy Tag ViciousAnd whoever charges that as onebecomes organized one loses initiativetowards the more serious pursuits ofthis artificial academic world, revealsa completely superficial view of boththe purpose and the execution of fra¬ternities. Not one senior member ofany house on this campus has everurged the displacement of studies forjoy-boy activities. Again, enumeratefor yourself the men who have beencalled joy boys and theo in all hon¬esty to them also enumerate their ac¬tivities and scholastic achievement.The distasteful name-calling trick asexemplified by the joy boy tag is avicious device that holds no water.The Old SawThere is the old saw that wouldhave freshmen and independents be¬lieve each and every fraternity is atype, and the men belonging to thathouse invariably follow the dictates ofthat type. Common sense dictatesotherwise. How any group of men,conceivably of average intelligencewould allow themselves to be led intosuch a state is beyond the test oflogic.None of the critics has ever men¬tioned the assuring comfort found ina fraternity house. There is no suchthing as a rapid turn over of friends.Compare this to the dorms. There isgreater possibility of understandingche personalities and appreciatingthem when one lives intimately withmen who have entered willingly intoa bond with others.Organized Social ProgramIn summary, the fraternity offersan organized social program, an in¬centive towards becoming the wellrounded student in the true sense ofthe phrase, a more pleasing method ofliving while in school, ties with thefuture, and above all friendships thatin all probability will endure longafter the name of your universitypresident has lost its magic.McDowell Speaks toSocialist Club TodayArthur McDowell, Socialist candi¬date for governor of Illinois in therecent election, will speak at a meet¬ing of the Socialist Club today inCobb 211. The meeting, scheduled tostart at four, will be the first theclub has had since its mass meeting.The Socialist Club is also known asthe Labor Socialist International. (Continued from page 1)artificial system of social prestige towhich he might not ordinarily attainmerely by virtue of his own capa¬bilities.Thirdly, the caste system nurturedby the set-up, is a viciously paradox¬ical contradiction of the unspokenideal on which the organization sup¬posedly is based. Blackballing, classhouses, the long slope of the nasalappendage down which the brotherscollectively gaze at those who dare todate and associate with “furriners”re-echo its injustice.Employment?Fourthly, great over-emphasis hasbeen laid on the value of after-grad¬uation contacts made through thehouses. Should this comprise a majorcause for affiliation, the institutionhas degenerated into an employmentbureau for men incapable of obtain¬ing positions on their own initiativeand merit.Joining Phi Waza Drip will narrowthe individual sphere of acquaintance,and prevent the brother from meetinga multitude of personalities who com¬prise a vital part of the school. Itmay kill initiative and prevent the de¬velopment of many latent qualitiesthat might have been brought outthrough individual adjustment to theUniversity community.The process known as “rushing” hasdone much to develop a superficialityand hypocrisy that cannot be said tocontribute much to the character quo¬tient of the participants.At the present time it may be fairlysaid to the benefit of fraternities thatthey do not control the infrequentelections that take place on this cam¬pus. But this should serve as an indi¬cation that fraternity membership isby no means a requisite for partici¬pation in any general campus groupor activity.Scholarship No BetterThe belief that fraternity affiliationwill better scholarship is fallacious.Members may rate as high or higherthan specific abstainers from the sys¬tem, but on the whole, comparisonsbetween the ratings of individualhouses, and those of dorms or otherindependent groups serve to contra¬dict the false inference.In the long run membership andfees for house dwelling brothers willtotal more than the sum the “bar¬barous independent kicks in for room,board, and amusement.”In conclusion it should be affirmedthat the system may fill a need forsome individuals who either lack thedesire or natural curiosity to solvetheir individual problems of orienta¬tion. It should not be taken as anindictment of the individual’s abilitythat he has so affiliated himself, formany Greeks could doubtless find a Zeta BetaTauBy ALLAN DREYFUSSAlphabetically last, but by nomeans least among campus houses,ZBT with twenty-one actives and twopledges has achieved an efficient di¬versity in activity that has caused on¬lookers to doff their collective hats,scratch their collective pates, and col¬lectively whisper in barely audibletones “How do they do it?”“Don’t ask me*’ said Peter Chip¬munk. “Me neither” quoth TommyTortoise. So we asked the breeze, andit told us. It sang that that the boysgo into activities merely because theylike to, and, then asked can they helpit if they like to do everything well?House president Bud Aronson is astudent marshall, president of theStudent Settlemei;*^ Board, head cheerleader, member of 0. and S., theSFAC, and advisory board of the So¬cial Committee. Prominent seniorHart Warzburg of the Hillel LeagueCouncil, and juniors Jay Fox ofBlackfriars, Pulse, and Iron Mask,Ray Witcoff, president of Hillel andthe Int House Council, Doc Mitchellof the IF council and Mike Jarrow ofthe Maroon Business staff. Soph¬omores number George Galinsky ofthe Student Forum, Dick Levin of theMaroon, Stan Claster of the trackteam. Gene Slottow of the nators, KenOlum of the soccer squad, and DaveEllbogen of Political Union.According to figures on scholarshipstandings listed in today’s Maroon,ZBT stood third among all canipushouses last year.On the social side of the ledger thebrothers feature the Fall quarterpledge party, a Hill Billy Party in thewinter period, a Blackfriars Party inthe spring, two seasonal formals andnumerous closed parties and dances.Initiation fee is $100. Each monthcity men pay $25, pledges $20 andhouse men $55.Officers of the Alpha Beta chapterare: President, Bud Aronson; Vice-President, Hart Wurzburg; Treasurer,Dick Kahl; Secretary, Howie Winkel-man, and Gerry Hahn, steward.workable program of social balancelor themselves among hermits. Withno tears of self pity or envious re¬morse the independent should be ableto make his adjustment the gloriousadventure it can be, rejoicing in thefate that gives to his University thetotal manifestation of his regard. Mr. AdleContinued from page one)discussions and when they listen toothers” (I)e Sophittticis Elenchis chap.i)-No ExcuseSo it is that the professors who maybe disposed to test their intellectualvirtues by the true-false questionsset by Mr. Adler need not be surpris¬ed at being told by him that it is noexcuse for failure on the examinationto protest that the wording of thequestions is unclear. But surely theywould have goon warrant In the chap¬ter of .Aristotle just quoted for in¬sisting that their protest is at leastthe beginning of true philosophy,since it is aimed precisely at bringingback the whole problem to a pointwhere the relation of names andthings can be profitably discussed bymethods more relevant to genuineknowledge than the sophist’s art ofproducing the semblance of wisdomwithout the reality.It is not a denial but rather an af¬firmation of philosophy, then, to wantto know what sort of necessity it is—for there are several kinds— that un¬derlies Mr. .Adler’s statement that“the following propositions must beaffirmed.” Or to wonder whether,when Mr. .Adler says that the meth¬ods of philosophy are “distinct” fromthose of science, the formula is to be Aristotle and to Plato. Or to inquireinto the precise meanings and relationships of his distinctions betweentheory and practice, reality and anpearance. Or to probe into his assertion that “there are no systems ofphilo.sophy” by asking him, for ex¬ample, whether this means that Platocould, without abandoning his characteristic method, give us an analysisof the internal structure of tragedysuch as we get in the Poetics orwhether Aristotle, proceeding as hedoes, could construct a critical treat¬ise like that of Longinus on the sub-lime. Or to insist, finally, that beforewe assent to the proposition that“metaphysics is valid knowledge ofboth sensible and supra-.sensible be¬ing” we ought to know whether we aremerely committing ourselves to some¬thing like the dialectic of the dividedline in the Republic, or whether vemust be prepared to receive the truthabout angels.The only regret one may have isthat Mr. Adler, in his preoccuiiationwith the contemporary, did not thuikof first applying his catechism to thefew great philosophers he admires inthe past. The result would certainlyhave been a marked increase in theliterature of subtle disputation he sojustly appreciates in the Middle .Ages.But, alas, the number of positivistsand professors would have been ap¬preciably enlarged.STUDENTSYou save 20% to 40% dis¬count on all laundry broughtin and called for.CASH and CARRYMETROPOLELAUNDRY1219-1221 East 55th St.Between Woodiwn and Kimbarit Ave.—Open 7 A. M. to 8 P. M.— MAGAZINESUBSCRIPTIONSA WORD TO THE WISE# Place your magazine orders early and avoidthe Christmas rush.• Magazine Subscriptions are ideal giftswhich last throughout the year. Place yourCHRISTMAS GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW.You may have them start whenever you wish.A CHRISTMAS GIFT CARD with each order.VERY SPECIALLIFE MAGAZINE orders may still be placed forone year at $3.50. Only good until Nov. 10th.After Nov. 10th $4.50.READER'S DIGEST we have a special price of$2.75 per year. Ordinorily $3.00 per year.U. of C. Bookstore5802 Ellis AvenueA. Bludsucker, the Walking-Talking Cash Registrar!• William Rainey Harper, theUniversity's First President!• Winifred Worthington, thePristine Queen of the Quad! "Deceitful Dean” was born before Blackfriars. Heplayed to capacity crowds in 1899 and 1907. He isproduced by the Settlement Board and acted by facultymembers. If you don't see them in the classrooms, thisis your chance to see professors and their wives at play—and play it is!SPECIALSTUDENT PREVIEWTONIGHTat 8:30in Mandel HallTickets on sale in the Travel office in the Press Building(Call Local 377 for reservations.)SPECIAL REDUCED RATES: $L .75, and .50Proceeds to theUniversity Settlement The Deceitful Dean's Remark-able Leer as he Eyes Winifred!# Harold Heartbreaker in Ac¬tion—Smoother than the leadin the Travelling Bazaar!★