CampusSocietyIs RottenA BULL SESSIONBy PEREZ DE SOLA ZAGORIN(The opinions expressed in this col-in,in are those of the contributor, notnecessaynly those of the Maroon. Ed.)However rotten the social setup inAmerican colleges may be today, it isdoubly so at the University of Chi-capo, because we pretend here to realcampus democracy in our social life,whereas, in reality, all around us issTiobbery, hypocrisy, and a crude ex¬hibitionism, whose greatest fullfill-inent is to occupy a niche in that mon¬ument to the Maroon pone wrong, theBazaar.The organized manifestation of thisundemocratic system of fakery arethe clubs and fraternities. Here onecan find the people who set the socialstandards, and who, significantlyenough, are least aware of, and mostindifferent to, the problems of thatlarger world of which the Universityis but a small part.Corrupt FellowshipThese are the people who perpetuatea corrupt idea of good fellowship, anidea which operates in such a way asto keep the negro fraternity from theinter-fraternity council and from par¬ticipation in inter-fraternity social af¬fairs.These are the people who think somuch of good fellowship that theymake sure that Jews keep out of Gen¬tile fraternities, that Gentiles keepout of Jewish fraternities.They are also the people who talkvery loudly about democracy, whilethey proceed to be undemocratic.Among the clubs, they are the oneswho organize Women’s defense corpsas a stunt to get themselves publicity,defense corps which are supposed tohelp defend democracy, while at thesame time they form a tight and pettyundemocratic caste among the wom¬en. In short, men and women, theyrepresent the worst evil in college life,and yet are the ones most socially ap¬proved.Develop the Stereotyped MindThe fraternities and clubs are tothe college what the Rotarians, Ki-wanis, Lions, Eagles, Masons, etc.,are to non-collegiate American life.They aid in the development of thestereotyped mind; they produce theBabbit with a college education. Thefraternity and club mores lay greatstress on the “all-around boy or girl.”This all around type is one that dress¬es well, studies slightly, dates fre¬quently, and above all, conforms. Onemust never be eccentric, or skepti¬cal. The amount of genuine individu¬ality among these people is minus ze¬ro.The most poisonous thing about theGreek system is that it deadens thesen.se of social responsibility in theindividual, it induces complete in¬difference to the world’s problems, itcontributes to the increasing separa¬tion of the university and the livesof the majority of mankind. We standhere faced with the question of keep¬ing America out of war, of protect¬ing civil rights, of defending democ¬racy, and in this crisis the clubs andfraternities can think only of theirpetty sectarian problems.Maroon Encourages SystemThis whole setup is encouraged bythe Daily Maroon. The Maroon catersto these people, and by doing so itbelies its statement that it is an all-campus publication. All one finds inits pages are names of people whosemain business in life is to get Maroonpublicity.Surely these people are not repre¬sentative of the best part of the Uni¬versity. Surely they are not thosefor whose education the Universitywas conceived. Hypocritical, snobbish,undemocratic, they are the worst partof the University. The future willteach them the lesson that they ireincapable of learning here. Ihe VeuLu TIfaAOGn.Vol. 41, No. 35 Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1940 Price Three Cents"Icebound"To Be NewDA ShowBy DOROTHY TUELLNext on the docket of DA shows isOwen Davis’ Pulitzer prize piece,“Icebound”. Under the direction ofChloe Roth, this modern New Eng¬land drama promises to take on theproper aspect of stark realism whenproduced December 10, 11, and 12.Heading the cast are Marian Cas-1 tleman, as Jane Crosby, an heiress notI of the usual type, and Demarest Pol-achek, in the part of Ben Jordan, theI black sheep who should have been theheir. Besides devoting quite a bit ofattention to Heiress Jane, Black SheepJordan carries on a quaint flirtationwith his niece, Nettie, a wild littlenumber played by Mike Rathje.Stark DramaAs Nettie’s mother, Emma, MaryLaura Collins has the part of the not-exactly-welcome wife of Henry, theolde.st of the Jordans, who is playedby David Pletcher, Ruth Apprich, anewcomer, takes the role of Ella, thespinster sister. Chris Fryar, in theguise of a widow, is the mother ofGeorge Tressel as Orrin.Another disinterested lover of Janeis the Judge, played by Bill Godsave.The parts of the Doctor, Hannah (amaid), and Sheriff Jim Jay belong toEarl Rubbell, Joan Mitchell, and JohnMartin, respectively. Assisting Direc¬tor Roth is Barbara Deutsch.Hutchins FailsTo Make SocialRegister of '40 Harper to LectureOn Soviet Union'sForeign PolicyWith each new crisis in Europe,the question of what Russia will dois raised. Dr. Samuel Harper, pro¬fessor of Russian language and in¬stitutions, will attempt to shedsome light on the Soviet enigmatomorrow night 8 in SS 122, whenhe delivers a lecture entitled “TheSoviet Union and the War: InternalConditions.”Dr. Harper will deliver a secondlecture on December 5, on “TheSoviet Union and the War: ForeignPolicy.” Dr. Harper, widely knownas an authority on modern Russia,has followed the affairs of the Sov¬iet Union closely for 20 years. Thelectures are open to the public.Harper, son of William RaineyHarper, first president of the Uni¬versity, was first interested in Rus¬sia from a cultural standpoint. Students Vie For 'Trip to New OrleansSamuel Harper Immediate Families of Ma¬roon Board ineligible forContest.Discusses Russia's ProblemsUniversity Band Gives FirstConcert Next Sunday inMandelHarold BachmanC-DanceFridayComes Friday night and the lastand by far the best, according to So¬cial Committee head Dale Tillery, ofthe current season’s C-dances will oc¬cur in Ida Noyes.Tillery’s ace in the hole for the eve¬ning is Eddy Barrett’s Deep RhythmOrchestra. “Fifteen pieces of what isby far the best band ever to appear ata C Dance,” modestly stated Tillery.“In fact,” he continued growing moreand more eloquent, “we would be un¬able to get them except that they areinterested in getting an introductionto the campus so that they may playat other dances later in the year andhave given us a reduced price.” Mrs. Van Swipe Hattchett; Mr. Con¬stantine Htay; Mrs. Van BlodgettHuspan; Mrs. Dodge-Wayne Hxel-sorsi III. Such read the social registerwhich appeared early this week.“Yip”, said a reader, “Where is Mr.Hutchins? He is usually sandwichedbetween Mrs. Huspan and Mrs. Hxel-sorsi III. I must look for his name.”But the search was in vain, Mr.Robert Maynard Hutchins no longeris listed in the social registery.Mr. Hutchins would not commentlast night. It was rumored he was toosick at heart to talk about it. . . . leads concertStudents BackAid To AlliesRobert Woellner Turning at least temporarily fromthe problems of internal politics,Youth for Democracy has decided tothrow all its resources in the supportof William Allen White’s “Aid the.Allies Committee.”1 The first .step in associating theI general aims and objects of the Com-I mittee will be a mass meeting to beI held some time within the next few’weeks. The completed plans for themeeting have not been formulated yetbut an attempt is being made to bringVincent Sheean, famous author andjournalist, here as the principal speak¬er.No PoliticsBecau.se this subject is completelydivorced from politics Youth for De¬mocracy invites any interested stu¬dents, whether they be liberal or con-(Continued on page three) Accustomed to doing things inhalves, the University band will gothe whole way on Dec. 1, when theygive their first legitimate concert inMandel Hall, at 3:30.Relieved of the necessity of prepar¬ing spectacles for the weekly footballgames, the members of the band have,this fall, been able to devote theirfull rehearsal schedule to the prepara¬tion of this concert.Many well-known compositions willbe played among which will be someby Humperdinck, Grieg, Morton Gould,Bainbridge Crist and Borodin.Organized in 1898 by President Har¬per, the University band has been incharge of Harold Bachman for thelast six years.Bachman has performed miracleswith the band material he has hadsince he took over the baton.Possessing a flair for the novel andthe sensational, he inspired themarching band to original and highlysuccessful routines, and, since theband’s football days have been over,he has devoted his gifts of imagina¬tion to the presentation of differentand effective musical arrangements.The Band Association is perhapsbest know’n for the twilight concertsit presents »i the spring quarter. Remarkable student interest hasbeen demonstrated in the Maroon’scontest to send the most glamorousman and the most glamorous womanto the Mardi Gras.Rules for the contest are simple.Anyone who either sells a Maroonsubscription or buys one is eligible tocast a ballot for his choice before theend of January. The man and womanwho receive the most votes will winthe titles, and more important a weekin French New Orleans, when it is atits most festive and fantastic.“. . . fascinating”Among students who have evincedinterest in a trip to the Deep Southare Ruth Steel, who said, “I may notbe glamorous, but the idea of theMardi Gras certainly is fascinating.”Those who are expected to roll up im¬pressive vote totals are Dick Salz-mann. Ash Taylor, Tom French, BruceMitchell and Allen Greenman.Women who resemble glamor girls,Chicago model, and who also conven¬iently have many friends are MimiEvans, Ruth Ahlquist, Beati Gaidzik,Shirley Burton, Betty Mueller, DianaWinston, Mary Hammel, CarolineWheeler, Agle Argiros, Ginny Ailing,Jean Roff, Shirlee Smith, and DonnaCulliton.In order to keep the contest strictlyethical, members of the Maroon Boardof Control, their wives and childrenare not eligible to win a trip to theSouthland.Pressure TacticsPressure tactics are expected to beemployed in the competition to sendeach group’s choice to the Mardi Gras,and club women and fraternity mcirare expected to have the best chance.“What I would like to see happen,though,” commented John Bex, Ma¬roon business manager in charge ofthe contest, “is for an independent tocrash through with the honors. It canhappen, too.”University DebatesPurdue Big Ten TeamThe public is invited to hear Pur¬due’s debate team sound off with theUniversity’s debate team this after¬noon at four o’clock in Law North.This session is part of the Big Tenmen’s debate tournament now in prog¬ress.Babylon^s EconomyTo Be Lecture SubjectThe Board of Vocational (jiiidanceand Placement is aliening registra¬tion for Senior men and ivomen whoexpect to receiee degrees at the Juneor August co,{vocations, and who areinterested in securing business posi¬tions after graduation.A.s business orgu nizations begintheir interviewing of this group inearly January, complete /i7c.s of cre¬dentials mu.st be compiled for candi¬dates prior to this time. Seniors areurged in their own interest to registerat once.The Board of Vocational Guidanceand Placement is located in Cobb Hall,Room 215, and interviewing hoursare between and 12.-OU a. m., andbetiveen 2:00 and 2:00 p. m. Menshould register with Mr. Calvin, andwomen with Miss Larsh. Mr. RobertWoellner is the executive secretary ofthe Board of Vocational Guidance. Count KorzybskiVisits Campus('ount Alfred Korzybski, notedauthority on Semantics, the sciencewhich deals with the meaning ofwords, will be the guest speaker atStudent Forum’s annual banquet, Fri¬day night, at 6, in the Coffee Shop.Korzybski believes that by helpingindividuals gain a proper understand¬ing of everyday concepts many of themental ills of today can be overcome.As an illustration of his theoryone might take the various interpreta¬tions of the word “apple.” To some,it is a red, round, hard fruit. To others,(Continueii on page three) By S\\< Y LESSER“Clay tablets show us that the long-!est stretch of documented economichistory took place not in«modern timesbut in three thousand years of longI uninterrupted Babylonian h i s t o r y,”says Dr. Dubberstein in anticipationof his lecture “Capitalists and Workersin Babylonia,” today.Dr. Dubberstein will give a generalpicture of economic life in early Bab¬ylonia, emphasizing agriculture andindustry, his lecture is in connectionwith the current exhibit at the Or¬iental Institute.First Labor Legislation“Alexander’s conquest,” continuesDr. Dubberstein, “ended one of theSocial CommitteeAll juniors interested in workingon the Washington Prom are re¬quested to see Dale Tillery in RoomD of the Reynolds Club at 3:30 thisafternoon. Red Cross ReportsSuccessful DriveRed Cross Chairman Mary Harveyreports a very successful drive thisyear, a slight increase over last yearbeing noted. Int House and Gi’een Hallcame through hardest with $63.99 and$18.10 respectively, while the totalamount came to $177.51. The drivewas termed quite successful as thestudents have had an unusually largenumber of funds to which to contrib¬ute. Miss Harvey asks that all unpaidpledges be paid in the main office ofIda Noyes at once. important eras of world history dur¬ing which the first definite attemptsto legislate in favor of the workingman took place.” Hammurabi earlyconstructed a code to regulate wagesof labor but in actuality employersoften shaved down the wages theypaid as much as one-third the legalI’ate, and unlike today no specific ac¬tion apparently was taken by the state.When dissati.sfaction developed into“labor troubles” the workers employedtheir own particular brand of strikingwhich was to desert.The laboring man became highly or¬ganized, apprenticeship and craft andtrade organizations being comparableto the medieval Guild System. Insome cities there were separate livungquarters for workers in each trade andthe various quarters bore the namesof the professions.Socialism Vied with CapitalismEarliest Babylonia had an embryonicform of socialism by which the stateand temple controlled economy. Thiscouldn’t last because private capital¬ism, represented by big banking andrealestate houses, grew. The two mostwell known firms were Egibi andMurasha, the Morgans of 2,500 yearsago.Mr. Dubberstein will also discussthe old banking techniques such asinterest, loans, and witnesses, the dataof which has all been gathered fromhundreds and thousands of clay tab¬lets.Page Two THE DAILY MAROON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1940OcdLi TIh/iDon.POUNDED IN 1001The Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of the Uni-••ersity of Chicago, published mornintrs 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, i-jg West 62nd street. Telephones: Wentworth 6123and 6ii:s.The University, of Chicago assumes no responsibility for anyitatements 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 rales: $3 a year;14 by mail. Single copies: three cents.Entereil as second class matter March 18. 1908, at the post officeat Chicago. Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.MemberPissocided GollG6»citG PressDistributor ofCbliGbiate DibestBOARD OF CONTROLEditorialWILLIAM HANKLA I’KART, C. RUBINSERNEST S. l.EISEU JOHN P. STEVENS. ChairmanBusinessJOHN E. BEX, Business ManagerWILLIAM I.OVEI.L, Advertising ManagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESlames Burtle, Mark Fisher, Chester Hand. Richard Himmel, DanielMezlay, Richard Philbrick, Robert D. F. Reynolds, and DanielWinog rad.BUSINESS ASSOCIATESRobert Dean, Lyle Harper, and Myles Jarrow.Night Editor: Jim Burtle.Assistaiit : Beth Cornly The Traveling BazaarI By ALL.VN DKEYFI SS ,It’s ju.st about stopped snowinii: now, except that ievery short once in a while a little flurry sporadically jj drops out of nowhere much in the manner of the salt in |i a Stajrjr l.unch salt cellar, and then the air is still and,j damp. We saw a fellow who had two extra pairs of ii socks in his pocket, a bottle of apricot brandy, and acopy of “Men on the Move.” The Phi Kaps built a snow] in replica outside their house. New Orleans at Mardi(iras time i.s pray, warm, and dry. Winter must bejrettinir down to business.Happy Apple 'About a month ajro. a happy apple, red-nosed at the. time, wrenched the door plaque from the portals of the’ above-mentioned Phi Kap House. This has broujrht ona wave of similar happenings that has deprived the Pi^ I.ams, the Betas, the Chi l*sis, and the Kappa Sips ofj their markers in the last week. The ingenious DC’s in ;I fearful apprehension of v.hat might befall their emblem !j have rigged up a super-duper hyper-sensitive photo■ electric attachment that reacts immediately to theI slightest touch. It first rings an alarm bell, takes theI mauraudt'i’s picture, pours him an .\lka Seltzer, andi then beats his ears around his head until lu' looks likea I'ulton Street cabbage.Shag.\hout five Phi Belts on campus are hoping that jI .Stanford beats California this week. Kenny Axelson. |I one of the number, who kept ex-Maroon Coach ClarkI Shaughnessy’s daughter .lanice company when footballI and not the radio filled Saturday afternoons, tells us |tliat a block of clucats has been set aside for that Rose Coffee ShopJuke Box StandsAlone, UnafraidTheir faces to wall, their bright col¬ors faded to a paleness, lined up theystand, the juke boxes on parade. Be¬cause city hall mugwumps foundsomething fishy with this joy ofAmerican youth, they branded them asinstruments of the devil and a step¬ping stone to sin. And so in eveiytavern and eating hall the juke boxeswere disconnected. Even Hanley’s feltthe piessure, but not in the Coffee.‘'hop.There it stands, red and green lightsand Tommy Dorsey, consuming nick¬els like water, playing to a full house.No plain clothesmen have stopped itsfunctioning. No Courtney riot squadhas raided it. There it stands. Theheat may be on for its sister jukeboxes, but the pride of the CotfeeShop stands triumphant protected bythe veil of an educational institution.MEET ME atTHE RANCH8 COURSE DINNERS FROM 75cOriginators of the Round-Up SkilletGrorge T. Dr.'ike, Mgr.123 E. OAK ST. AT MICH, AVE. ClassifiedHOUSE AND GARAGE FOR RENT—6047 ITmversity Ave. Availablr Jan. 1 6 rirComrietely furnished. Oil heat.’mech rVfrigeration. piano & radi «. $46 iwr'n,,.Dor. 0913. ‘ ^ •j WANTED: Young woman. intrreMed in rhil.dren, for part time services from 4 to 7 - in; daily. In return for room A board llf-lt,I’k. 8979. ■ ^ 'I PY "62 E. 63rd StLb /V Open 11:30 A. M. DailyThe U. of C.'s Choice——Joan Blondell & Dick Powell"I WANT A DIVORCE”and"MELODY AND MOONLIGHT" 1Johnny DownsRelax in Pushback Seats BMore on the Reading PeriodThe Maroon had an intere.stin^ and prolit-able talk ye.sterday with the a.s.sociate Dean ofthe Social Science divi.sion, John Dale Rus.sell.He expre.s.sed approval of .some of the ideaswhich our editorial reque.stinR abolition of thereadinjr period in the Social Science.s put forth.He .said, however, that our case was iirobablyoverstated, and added that there had been no.scientific, intensive study made of the readinj?period's effect on the number of books whichwere read, or of any increa.sed knowledge thatit had caused.His further su^^^estion was that the Maroonwait to make a thorough investigation of stu¬dent reaction to reading periods until the springquarter, when the Dean of the Division. RobertRedfield, returned.(tinkI SuggestionThis request we are happy to comply with.It was an excellent suggestion for the additionalreason that Social Science students will havemore knowh'dge of how good the reading iieriodhas been for them, after they have been subjectto it for another quarter or two.But, in the meantime, we suggest that thegentlemen in the Department of Education,who.se business it is to estimate the value ofvarious educational experiments, devise somemethod by whicivthe effect of a reading periodmay be determined.One further point, and we will temporarilysuspend further editorial discussion of our pro¬posed reform. Mr. Rus.sell informed us that theoriginal plan of the men who inaugurated areading period was to have a six week lectureperiod, a three we6k reading period, and thenat the end of the quarter, a two or three weekdi.scussion period.Plan is Not FollowedIn almost none of the courses in the divisionis this plan followed. Most of the profes.sorsdevote the last weeks of the quarter to merelydelivering additional lectures. Discussion pe¬riods are not sponsored, unless they are supple¬mentary to the regular lectures, in the original.plan for the reading jieriod. it was intended thatif the students did not have questions to rai.se,the jirofes.sors would disband the class untiltime for the final examination. This is done innone of the classes that we know'* about.We suggest further, then, that next quarterat least some of the Social Science faculty fol¬low the original plan. We know that this willmean less time still can be devoted to lectures,;and w’e remember saying yesterday that thereis too little lecture time already. 'Faculty Should Be Con.sistent^^ !But if the faculty w'hich has approved con-1tinuance of the reading period each year since |its inauguration is convinced that its ow'n ideas jare right, it mu.st, to be con.sistent, adhere tothe schedule it laid down. !Then students will be able to judge effective-jly ju.st how' good this experiment is, and will be!able to give answers which are based on actual jexperience with the institution as it was set upunder Dr. Judd in 1034. I Bowl fneountor. Reliable sourees say that the iiunibi|'of the faithful who may jouniey to the coast to see ^.Stanford represent Chicago in proxy is >rrowinir.Did You Knowthat current pin hanpinprs at the Phi Belt and Blhouses are the occasion for cijrar handouts to thehiT'thien. Phi Belts are havimr their collective kissersjrraeed v ith F3 Hopos as a result of W arren W ilner’spinnine: of Si>?nia Khdse (ioewle. Bl ’s are on the re-ceivinir end in the award of stories from the lunchhooks Iof Alf Bjorkland as a result ol his hardwarial deposition jion the object of his affection; one Lucy Coolidse. jThat .loe Lorber. <loinp j^raduate dabblinjj in the 1’ Bioloprical Sciences will have several pictures in the jI next number of Coronet, which another breeze swears j1 has suspended publication permanently.That -Marcel Dupre, affectionately and a bit irrever-u.tly ki’own as the “Count Basie of the Orfian” and;^reate.>t living virtuoso of that instrument will give a Icourse on the Chapel Organ during the summer quarter. |Saroyan Speaks:I By .STCART ,SCHl LBKHti ii “That's a fine hookVou’re reading.” The first words\\ illiam Saroyan ever said to me were in reference to |j “Little Children" by William Saroyan. But Fresno’sgift to literature drama, verse, the ballet and almostHollywood, failed to get a surprised reaction—failedto get a reaction at all because 1 knew Saroyan to hean egotist from way hack. From way hack in the dayswhen, sitting in Stanley Rose’s Bookshop on Holly¬wood BoulevaiW, he used" to tell anyone interested thathe was The Createst Writer on the American Scene, i.Still a likeable guy IEven when the Man v ith the FLxagerated Ego car-1lies to such extremes, however, he remains a likeable' guy. Egocentric and childlike, his personality is alwaysdifferent, never offensive, sometimes brilliant. But what-j (‘ver accusations are levelled at this literary jack-of-all-i trades, a “swell head” due to his sudden success can notI he among them. For W. S. was as conceited at the agej of 12, when he ran telegrams in Fresno as he was last. winter when he refu.sed the Pulitzer prize. .Superficial jj as he may seem, no fine doubts that William Saroyan, has always been William .^aroyan's favorite subject., Traveling tourist class on the Normandie, where' he addressed that first self-centered sentence to me,Saroyan was a frightening prosiiect. A three-daygrowth on his Armenian chin, a very slouchy hat pulled pdown to the level of his nose and coat collar turned up,he resembled something from South State Street morethan the author of “Love’s Old Sweet^ong.” He car¬ried the illusion further than the “promenade deck’’ bybetting five times as much as anyone else on the night¬ly horse races around the lounge. To the chagrin of a jmixed group of bourgeois French and Americans fromMain Street, he generally won.Happy in BohemiaLast time I saw the White Hope of American Lit¬erature, ho was on a slight hinge in “Cafe Society,” aGreenwich Village night club with a pinkish reputa¬tion and a hot jazz atmosphere. Obviou.sly happy in hisfavorite surroundings, Saroyan was talking about him-.self, “The Time of Your Life,” his latest Broadwaysmash, and all the plays, poems, short stories, novels,ballets and movies he was going to write next week.Looking at him that evening, one realized what aunifiue character he was, if only for writing bookscalled “The Trouble With Tigers,” “Love, Here Is MyHat,” or “Inhale and Exhale.” In good form, the words“I,” “me” and “my” were iiopping up four times for Iseemed to notice it. Or if they did, they just chalked it Iup to Saroyan’s “self” complex and sat hack to enjo\ 1him. Because you can enjoy him. In fact he’s probablythe most enjoyable man either Saroyan or I has ever •met. “Delicious and refresh¬ing,”—ice-cold Coca-Colanever loses the freshnessof appeal that first charmedyou. Its clean taste is ex¬hilarating and a refreshedfeeling follows. Thirstasks nothingTHAT REFRESHESBottled under authority of The Coca-Cola Co. bySHUFFLEALONGTO THESocial C-DanceSaddle Shoes and SweatersINFORMAL—LAST ONE OF THE QUARTER—FRIDAY NIGHTTHE DAILY MAROON. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1940Chapel Groups FormReligious Council Papre ThreeIn an efTort to find the relation be¬tween relijrion which has been a vitalforce for so lonjf and the problems ofmodern life the Chapel organizationshave banded together in a Council onIJeliffioiis Truth. Four discussions willbe held each week to consider the va¬rious aspects of modern religion.A discussion on “Contemporary Re-li-rious Thinking” will be held eachThursday afternoon at 4:30 in the( hiciigo Theological Seminary. How¬ard Schomer, Chapel assistant will ad¬vise this group. Thursday eveningCourt Rylarrsdam, a research assist¬ant in the Oriental Institute will in¬troduce students to the best modernknowledge about the “Teachings of.Ii'SUS.”History of Religious Thought“The History of Religious Thought”will be traced by Geil Duffendack.head of the Inter-Church Council withthe assi'tance of an outstanding au¬thority who will be a guest leader atthe discussion pertaining to his spe¬cial field. This group will meet Fridayat in Ma Noyes where the othertwo groups will also meet.A study of the implications whichreligious thought bears to the person-Ringo DevelojtsInstrument ToStudy IsotopesDevelopment of a convenient and'^imple magnetic spectrograph, enab¬ling scientists to study isotopes likethe noted without the necessityfor large mechanisms and extremely'high voltage, was reported by RoyRingo, of the I'niversity of Chicago.The magnetic spectrograph, bywhich scientists can utilize small num¬bers of the particles was reported atthe 237th meeting of the AmericanF'hysical Society, held at the Univer¬sity in connection with the celebrationof its Fiftieth Anniversary Year..More than 200 physicists from allparts of the nation are attending theSociety’s sessions.Tiny ParticlesThe magnetic spectrograph develop¬ed by ftingo sends the tiny high-ener¬gy particles into a photographic plate,where they can readily be examinedwith a microscope. Previously sci-enti.sts have had to collect thousandsof the particles, using elaborate ap¬paratus and great electric power, inorder to carry on their investigations.Each particle makes a tiny “crater”in the photographic plate, and the"crater” is lined with a blackeninglaused by the i)article. Only a smallamount of power need be used to pro¬duce a few of the “craters,” which.>tudied microscoiiically, are valuablein many of the isotopic re-'^eaich proj¬ects. al practices and problems of the in¬dividual will be led by student BillStrube with the assistance of the fac¬ulty. The discussion of “Personal Re¬ligious Living” will meet Friday at4 o’clock in Ida Noyes. All membersof the University students, facultyand employees are invited to takepart in one of these discussions. Today on theQuadrangleSeidle HeadsYWCA DriveY.VV.C.A. is sponsoring a finance'drive this week to raise one hundredand fifty dollars, and is asking for;campus-wide participation. The fundcollectetl will supplement the generalbudget. Miss Powell, secretary of theclub, stated yesterday. Contributionsmay be made at a desk set up for thatpurpose in the Lobby of Ida NoyesHall. ‘ jMarion Seidle is acting as the,chaiiman of the finance committeewhich includes: Audrey Earl, BetsyKiih, .Miriam Petty. Emilie Rashev-sky, Phyllis Richards, Mary Stevens,and Peggy Zimmer. i Noon Phonograph Concert, SocialScience Assembly Hall, 12:30.Big Ten Debate, Chicago vs. Pur¬due, “Resolved, that the Powers of theFederal Government Should Be In¬creased.” Law North, 4.Public Lecture, “The DemocraticProgram: External,” Charles E. Mer-riam, Kent 100, 4:30.Divinity School Faculty .Meeting,Swift 100, 4:30. !Carillon Recital, Frederick L. Mar¬riott, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel,4:30. IZoology Club, “Recent Studies ofFish Growth,” Asher J. Finkel, Zool¬ogy 14, 4:30.Chapel F.vensong. Rockefeller Me¬morial Chapel Chancel, 5:30.Social Service .Administration Club,Alice Shaffer, speaker; Ida NoyesHall, 7:30.Public Lecture, “Capitalists andtVorkers in Babylonia,” Waldo H.Dubberstein, Oriental Institute Lec¬ture Hall, 8. Chapel UnionitesPlan Saturday Trip! Chapel Unionites and all others in¬terested will have a chance to spendI a day in the great outdoors next Sat-I urday when Chapel Union will spon¬sor a trip to Palos Park.' Outdoor activities will be largelyI dependent on the weather but they; probably consist of hiking or if pos-.«ible touchball and baseball,j Cost of the trip will be approxi- j! mately ,$1.50 which will include dinner iI Saturday night. TYPEWRITERS All MakesSOLDTRADEDREPAIREDRENTEDPortable or LargeCash or TermsWOODWORTH'SBOOK STORE1311 E. 57th St. Open EveningsNear Kimbark Ave. Dorchester 4800Socialists DiscussI Liberties of LaborI David Clendenin, national secretaryof the M'orker’s Defense League, willI discuss, “Labor’s Vanishing Liber-■ ties” bi'foie inembei’s of the SocialistClub tomorrow at 4:30 in RosenwaldRobert Kreider, president of theclub, will act as chairman. The speech,which any student may hear, will bej followed by audience discussion of thetopic. Ban On StudentTour ProtestedBy Hobo ChiefKorzybski—(Continued from page one)ConstitutionGets Meaning:Prom 3 WordsHow a great jurist, who paradoxi¬cally had ‘stretched the (’onstitutionby adhering to fine jioints, stretchi'dthree words to give the IHiited Stati'sgovernment its present extensive pow¬er over commerce was told last nightby William T. Hutchinson, associateprofes.sor of .American history at theUniversity, sjieaking at the .Art Insti¬tute..Marshall, Professor Hutchinson'^aid, in th(> case of Gibbon vs. Ogdentook the phrase “regulate commerceamong the several states” ami moldedit into a groundwork for a whole sys¬tem of federal laws. “Commerce,” ac¬cording to .Justice Marshall, was notsimply “commerce,” but shipping and,in fact, virtually any type of materialinter-relation, Profes.sor Hutchin.sonexplained.“Regulate,” in Marshall’s interpre¬tation, al.so took on its fullest jiossiblemeaning, liecoming anything from“prohibit” to “encourage,” as well asthe commonly understood meanings.Even “among,” by .Justice Marshall,was given a broad meaning. ProfessorHutchin.son pointed out. Although op¬ponents of Marshall held that it re¬ferred only to articles of commerceas they pas.sed across state boundaries,Alarshall extended “among” to meanfrom the beginning of an article’smotion, in one state, until it was re¬moved from its package in the <lesti-nation state. the word brings to mind a fermentedjuice, cider. To a child on Hallowe’enit means a bucket of water and a gameof “bobbing.” Thus, me noun is notidentical with the object it repre.sents,but is merely a label for iihenomenawhich vary as do the individual con¬ceptions of them.This is the essence of the .sciencethat has helped to cure in.somnia, hal¬lucinations, and chronic alcoholism.Practical applications of Korzybski’stheory as .set forth in his book, “Sci-..•nce and Sanity” have been made atthe University of Chicago with amaz¬ing results.Tickets for the banquet which isopen to all students are (H) cents, andmay be purchased at the InformationDesk or in the Student Forum otlicein Lexington. Dr. Hen Reitman, author of “TheSecond Oldest Profession” and chiefguide to Chicago hobos, is protestingthe University’s action which pro¬hibited him from taking a group ofstudents on a hobo tour last week.According to Reitman, he drove upto Ida Noyes to pick up his group andwas met by Dean Gilkey who toldhim “you can’t take my children ona tour because you’re a wicked man.”Reitman claimed he later found outthat the order had come from Mr.Hutchins’ oHice.The University based its refusalon an incident which occurred duringa Reitman tour several years ago.On this official tour, a Universitywoman was seduced by Reitman andhad to leave school. Reitman did notdeny the charges.Vice-president Filbey said that theaffair caused the University a greatdeal of emliarrassment and they feltthat Reitman was unfit to conduct thetour. Finally it was led by a grailuatestudent in sociology and as one stu-(ient said. “Reifman’s tours were muchmore exciting.”SFACThe Student Fiftieth Anniver¬sary Committee will meet tomor¬row at 4:30 in Lexington 15. It isof vital impoitance that all mem¬bers be there.Smiths Far In Lead of JohnsonsIn New Student DireetoryThat the Smiths are undisputedchampions cannot be denied, accordingto flu* results publi.sbed in the StudentDirectory. Exactly fit) Smiths wereli.^tcd, as compared to the next high¬est competitor, the .Johnsons, whonumbei'<'(’ only 42.Far (lo'vTi the list are the .Joneses,with only 11. Definitely at the bottomof the score sheet is .Miss KiyokoN’ishiyama, whose geographical originis .Azusa, California.Directory Has Her NumberLooking at the publication from adifferent point of view, Peggy I'lynnstill has the same phone number; PatWolfhope comes from Pontiac; MikeJvathje means Dorchester 7070; Mar¬garet Peacock is in the BusinessSchool; and .Jean Rotf lives at 7806Euclid .Ave.—she al.-m has a sister,I..ois.Rules in the Mardi Gras ContestPrize: An all-expense paid vaca¬tion at the Mardi Gras for theglamor king and queen of the cam¬pus.Eligibility: Every student is elig¬ible.How the winner will be chosen:For each Maroon subscription sold,the salesman and the customer willeach get one vote which they maycast for themselves or their fav¬orites in the glamor contest. Theman and woman w’ho receive themost votes will go on the trip. Thesalesmen will get a vote for everysubscription they sell.Dates: Contest is open now, andcloses .January 31. Trip starts Feb¬ruary 21. Peering at the situation from thedilitante’s jioint of view, three Kritch-evskvs are noted—David, Gene andTheodore. The hitter two are brothers.The full name of another registrantis Sister Thomas .Aquinas Carey, whocomes from Seton Hill College inGreensburg, Pa..A nam<' picked at random haepenedto be Ki'Pm'th Carpenter, freshmanfrom St. Louis. Yvonne Markus of3122 .Sheridan Road, maiks approxi¬mately the middle of the directory.Students Back-(Continued from page one)servative, to cooperate with them inthis movement. President Molkupstated “We feel that aid to Britain isthe most vital problem facing thiscountry and we welcome students ofall political opinions as our step to-waids national unity.”To better forward this work. Youthfor Democracy has undergone an in¬ternal reorganization; the gioup isnow divided into four major commit¬tees. Edward Ullman heads the FactFinding Committee and Dorothy Grenethe Organization Committee. MaryHarvey has been placed in charge ofthe .Arrangements and the Member¬ship Committee is co-chairmaned byIMarion Castleman and Marjorie Good¬man.Pledge NoticeBeta Theta Pi announces thepledging of Hugh Bonar, Manito¬woc, VVis., and .John D. Taylor,Norton, Kansas. ENJOY YOUR EVENINGS WITH YOUR FRIENDS ATMIDWAYREFRESHMENTSYOU'LLENJOY HUDDLE BETTERFOODPLUSCOMFORTNORTHWEST CORNER OF 59fh & STONY ISLAND AVE.ENNEin ..OLIVER America’s greatest his¬torical novelist — Ken¬neth Roberts, the famousauthor of NorthwestPassage — has written agreat new novel of theAmerican Revolution —teeming with generals,scholars, light ladies,knaves, heroes, battlesand adventure. 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Delicious,is cooling, real-mint flavor helps make your mouthfeel refreshed . .. adds fun to everything you do.Chewing this healthful, inexpensive treathelps sweeten your breath . . . aids your diges-M;- ticn . . . helps keep your teeth attractive.Treat yourself daily to healthful, deliciousII: DOUBLEMINT GUM.j i Buyseveral packages of DOUBLEMINT GUM todayV U7J-._ / rPage four THE DAILY MAROON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1940By The Orderof theSecond Guess Minnesota IsPower Team1Says BaumBy VINCENT BURKEThe gods who take pleasure inbrewing bitter potions for mortals toquaif must chuckle evilly when theycontemplate the concoction they havein store for Coach Nels Norgren thisyear.Norgren and his basketball chargestruly are in for one heluva year.Fair Team Last YearLast year the Maroons had a fairteam on paper, but ended up in the cel¬lar. This year even the pencil andpaper boys are pessimistic. Gradua¬tions have taken Dick Lounsbury,high scorer; Art Jorgensen, Carl Stan¬ley, and Jim Charleton. Tiny Paul(“Zim”) Zimmermann, for whom theypredicted great things, also is gone.He’s been accepted by the Army AirCorps, and waits in his Dallas, Texashome to be assigned a flying field.StampfOnly lanky, bespectacled JoeStampf, brilliant but erratic eager re-- turns. Stampf tallied 95 points in lastseason’s play, and will undoubtedly bethe big offensive gun this year. RalphRichardson, sluggish but tall guard,may join the squad in the winter quar¬ter. Outside of this Norgren mustbank on sophomores, and other candi¬dates of unproven calibre.Lacking the advantage he had inheight last season. Norgren plans tomodify the Maroon defense. He willdiscard his shifting zone, which func¬tioned fairly effectively last year, infavor of man-to-man play. He willemphasize speed to make up for otherdeficiencies.Norgren’s own private estimate: “Ifwe’re lucky, we might do as well aslast year.”But gloomy prospects are no inno¬vation in recent Chicago basketballhistory. The Maroons haven’t won atitle since 1924, and then had to shareit with Wisconsin and Illinois.PublicityThe bitterest ingredient in Nor-‘gren’s potion is the glare of publicitythat undoubtedly will attend Midwaycage fortunes this year. The effect offootball’s departure will zoom gen¬eral off-campus interest in Marooncontests. There were many of ChicagoTribune Sports Editor Arch Ward’smental stature who saw in football’sban the first step in general abolish¬ment of athletics here. They will bewatching, and waiting.Student InterestAlso, the athletic department’s newpolicy in free admissions for studentsto athletic contests will bring an up¬surge to student interest. In this re¬gard, T. Nelson Metcalfe, athletic di¬rector, points out that fieldhousestands have a maximum capacity of3,400 seats, of which only 2,700 seatswere erected at any time last year.Metcalfe believes the seating capac¬ity may be somewhat of a problem,“if we start winning a few games.”Victory Draws CrowdsChicago fans, used to being on theshort end of the final score, may notneed a winning club to draw them outin hordes.It’s free, and you can always drownyour sorrows at Hanley’s afterwards.Alice ShafferSpeaks at DinnerMiss Alice Shaffer, who has just re¬turned from a two year stay in Berlinas a member of the Friends ServiceCommittee, will be the guest of honorat an informal dinner to be given to¬night by the Social Service Adminis¬tration Club.The Friends Service Committee isan international organization whichalthough mainly interested in GermanQuakers, has taken substantial actionin the emmigration of German Jewswithout particular religious affilia¬tions.Miss Shaffer, an alumna of Chica¬go and now on the staff as a field Iwork instructor in Social Service, will!speak on “Experiences in Germany.”She will speak especially on Jewish jemmigration. Don Richardson will iprovide a short musical interlude.Discuss USSR andUSA on Round Table By WERNER BAUMAnother football season has goneinto the record books as the WesternConference has completed its scheduleand only a few scattered games re¬main to be played in the nation. Hav¬ing followed the season pretty closelyin conjunction with our Pickin’ ’Emcontest we should like to offer ourcomments and impressions.Power TeamPow’er Team of the Year: Minne¬sota is the team of the year on a pureability basis. Although victories overNorthwestern and Michigan were at¬tained by only one point, it must beremembered that these two teamsthemselves must be rated among thebest in the country. It is seldom onefinds a team with a weight averageof over 210 pounds in the line andMinnesota certainly took advantageof this fact.Surprise Team of the Year: ForTHE team of the year we must go tothe Pacific Coast. No one can denyStanford this title. Last year Stanforddid not win a game. This year theyare in the Rose Bowl.Hard Luck TeamHard-luck Team: Many teams arein the competition for this title but inour opinion, Purdue deserves thistitle. Purdue lost three of its games,Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Indianain the last minute of play. At that, thelast minute field goal which gave OhioState its victory over Purdue wasmade by an ineligible player.Player of the Year: There havebeen many heroes in this year’s grid¬iron wars. One, however, stands abovethe others. Tommy Harmon deservesthis title by way of his 33 touchdownswhich beat Red Grange’s record of31.Shaughnessy Coach of the YearCoach of the Year: Just as Dr.Eddie Anderson of Iowa was the onlychoice for this position last year,Clark Shaughnessy is the only choicethis year. He took a team which waslast in its conference last year andput it into the Rose Bowl. Practicallythe same team played both years. Wesincerely hope that America picksShaughnessy to coach the All-Starteam next fall.Special titles should be awarded toYale and the other eastern schoolswho started preaching de-emphiza-tion immediately after losing several |lop-sided contests and to Ohio Statewhich first beat Purdue by an illegalsubstitution and then started squawk¬ing about side-line coaching in theCornell game.Gymnasts Point forWinter MeetsAlthough the schedule has not beenofficially completed, it is certain thatthe U. of C. Gymnastic team will meetMinnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and Penn¬sylvania State. A meet with a smallschool will probably be held at theend of the month.All five of the men comprising thelast years squad are back. They arethe Shanken twins, Courtney andEarl, Jim Degan, Glenn Pierre, andAlan Robertson, Lee Tennyson andHoward Heller, the most promising ofthe new men, are expected to bolsterthe team.Last Year’s Team SmallThe indivodual scores of last yearsteam were better than the team score—the team was a small one, having5 all around men. Three of them com¬peted in all 5 events—the Shanken ibrothers, and Glenn Pierre. Robertsonwas runnerup in the National Inter¬collegiate Tumbling Meet. Earl Shan¬ken was the National IntercollegiateChampion on the long horse. Deganwas the ring man.The last team championship was in1938, when Captain Beyer, the Assist¬ant Coach of this year’s team, made75 per cent of the points.America’s relations with SovietRussia will be discussed Sunday (De¬cember 1) on the University of Chi¬cago Round Table broadcast (1:30P.M. CST-NBC Red Network).Samuel N. Harper, professor ofRussian language and institutions,will participate in the Round Tablebroadcast with Harley F. MacNair,and W’alter H. C. Laves. Earl Shanken is unable to practicejust now, owing to an injury incurredwhile perfoiming on the high bar.Advice to Lovelorn“If they love you don’t troubleyourself, and if they hate you don’tspend more on them.—Ancient Moroccan Adage. 6-MAN FOOTBALLThere will be an important meet¬ing for all who played six manfootball this fall, in Bartlett tro¬phy room at 3:45 tomorrow.Paul Derr, coachFons, Stampf, Wagen-berg Sure to StartAgainst GeorgiaThe traditional writer’s cliche aboutthe Coach laughing best who laughslast seems to have become the policyof gray Nels Norgren as he watches jhis basketball charges pass and break iin their practice sessions In the Field-house. Coach Norgren refuses to!scramble out on a limb these wintrydays, parrying all queries about hisMaroon 40-41 hardwood edition withthe “it’s too early,” “they don’t lookbad” type of answer.When asked about the potentialstarting names that would face theUniversity of Georgia quintet on thenot too far off Dec. 5, Norgren didloosen up by saying that Jack Fons,Stampf, and Wagenberg, on the basisof past experience, are certain start¬ers. “But I am going to give theyounger boys all the work they canstand,” qualified poker-faced Nels.“Shaver is doing well, and a couple ofthe sophomores are coming along infine shape,” Norgren added.Warmed up by this bit of conversa¬tion, Norgren ventured further alongthe path of prophecy by stating thatthe C-men are too small, physically,to play a zone defense so the Maroonfans will see a man to man defensethis season. Because of this lack ofheight, Norgren is hoping for a fastbreaking, clever passing attack. 6-ManFootballStill UndecidedThe six-man football league situa¬tion is just as bad as it ever was, ifnot worse. Yesterday’s scheduled re¬play of the second half of the Gopher-Red Devil game had to be postponedon account of the snow-storm.It is very likely that the rest ofthe schedule, including the re-play,may be forgotten altogether. The boysmay be asked to turn in their equip¬ment and end the season withoutcrowning any official champion. This is deemed an advisable moveas the players are out of conditiondue to the long lay-off and they arevery susceptible to injury. At anyrate, there will be no game today.It is still to be decided whether therewill be a game tomorrow.Coach Kyle Anderson has calledtwo very important meetings. All stu¬dents planning to come out for base¬ball in the spring are to meet at 12noon today, Wednesday, in the Bart¬lett Trophy Room.A meeting of the captains of all theUniversity teams is called for 12noon tomorrow,. Thursday. 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