The VcuLcj 'PloAocn,Vol. 41, No. 72 Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1941 Price Three CentsEvzones Parade ForGreek War FundMarchers Will Gather Con¬tributions in Flags.Capitalizing on the publicity GreekEvzones have received, marchers wear¬ing their colonel costumes will paradewith torchlights through the Univer¬sity district March 4 on behalf ofGreek war relief. They will carry twohuge flags which require fifty-fivebearers apiece in which onlookers maythrow contributions.The parade will begin about four inthe afternoon and end in the circle.The following evening, a week fromtoday. Youth for Democracy will holda Greek War Relief Rally in MandelHall. Among the speakers alreadyscheduled to address the meeting areBishop Athenagoras, leader of theGreek Orthodox Church in this hemi¬sphere, Hugh M. Cole, well-known-military strategist and an instructorin the History department of the Uni¬versity, and Irving Pflaum, ForeignEditor of the Daily Times. Joe Molkup. . . aids Greeks Faculty SeesBiology FilmsIn BreastedFour new biology films will beshown to the members of the facultyin Breasted Hall this afternoon at4:30. The films which deal with en¬docrine glands, foods and nutrition,the work of the kidneys, and the con¬trol of body temperatures were madeby the Erpi Pictures Consultants un¬der the scientific direction of Dr. A.J. Carlson, H. G. Swann and F. J.Mullin of the physiology department.The showing of the films will be pre¬ceded by a brief talk by Dr. Carlson.The University was a pioneer in thedevelopment of sound films in educa¬tion. The films shown today are cor¬related with the physiology text. TheMachinery of the Body by Carlson andJohnson. The film on kidneys is saidto be the best produced up to thistime. All faculty members are invitedto see the movies. No tickets will benecessary.Mr. Cole has chosen as is subject,“Blitzkrieg in the Balkans.” The otherspeakers have not yet announced theirtopics. Joe Molkup, president of YouthFor Democracy said in an interviewyesterday that his organization feltkeenly the justice of the cause forwhich the Greeks are fighting andwished to take this concrete action toshow their sympathy. Committees AssistMirror ProductionShotts ShowsShots Of QuakerWork ProjectsThe Quaker Work Relief campswhich were instituted several yearsago as unique experiments in appliedsociology will be the subject of anillustrated lecture by Claude Shottsthis evening at 8 in the library of IdaNoyes. Movies of projects which wereundertaken last summer will showgraphically what the campers do.Fifteen camps located throughoutthe country, will not only do practicalwork such as building roads and clear¬ing off vacant lots but will also studythe basic social problems of the com¬munity. Last summer 12 campers in¬cluding several Chicago studentsturned three vacant lots into play¬grounds in Chicago's fifth ward andthis summer they will continue theirwork and also give special attentionto the problem of Negrro-White rela¬tionships in an urban setting.Most interesting feature of thecamps is the fact that the UnitedStates government has declared that ayear’s service there will be acceptedin lieu of a years military service forconscientious objectors.Marion HarkinsWins 1941 ChicagoMusical Guild AwardMarion Harkins, a graduate of theUniversity, and a former graduatestudent in Chemistry, is the 1941 win¬ner of the annual audition of the Chi¬cago Musical Guild. The audition isopen to all young musicians. MissHarkins, a soprano, and member of theUniversity of Chicago Choir is thefirst singer to win this award duringthe last three years.Life Goes to MirrorPhotographers from Life Mag¬azine will be at Mirror dress re¬hearsal tonite in Mandel Hall. Theyplan to take pictures of chorusnumbers, skits, and specialtieswhich will show the development ofthe University during the last 50years. Working under Mirror Board, whichconsists of Ruth Steel, Betty AnnEvans, Mary Hammel, Henrietta Ma¬hon, and Marian Castelman, are sev¬eral committees. These committees^ake up the production staff.The costume committee is headed byMarjory Brooks, secretary of the Set¬tlement Board and Quad. This commit¬tee decides on what costumes are tobe used, where to get them, gets them,and makes some of them. During theperformance they are the girls whohook and snap the snaps.The publicity committee, headed hyDorothy Teberg, is the one who ar¬ranges for stories like this, plays hostto people like Gypsy Rose Lee, andgets Pathe News and Life Magazineout to take pictures.Shirley Latham, newly-elected headof Federation, is chairman of the pro¬gram committee. The duties of thiscommittee include sponsoring a cover-design contest, getting advertisers,and having the program printed.The properties committee is co-chairmanned by Chloe Roth and AnnHaight. Their committee rounds up ev¬erything from meat balls to hay racksto bombs.And then there’s the problem ofgetting chorus girls, actors, and sing-Harold Gosnell. . . census surveyorGosnell StudiesCensus ResultsA general census of the UnitedStates is taken every ten years. Dur¬ing the interim the figures are closelyscrutinized by Social Scientists. Har¬old Gosnell, professor of political sci¬ences, is currently engaged in suchwork. He has several students makinga study of the effects of populationshifts on reapportionment in Chicago. ers to rehearsals, the right rehearsals,and on stage when and where theyshould be. Shirley Borman is stagemanager and has a committee of girlsworking under her.These, then, are the girls behindthe scenes, the girls who have thetoughest jobs, the girls who make theshow possible, the girls who bask onlyin reflected glory. To them belongs thecredit for a smooth-running, technical¬ly perfect show.Nominate SevenWomen ForBeauty ContestSeven girls have already been nom¬inated in Cap & Gown’s All CampusBeauty Queen contest. Joan Lydingand Helen Bickert, Mortar Board; LouEaton and Virginia Both, Quadrang-lar; Punky Johnson, Sigma; AnnHaight, Esoteric; and Dorothy Hager,Wyvem, are the early nominees.Earl Carroll, Hollywood beauty con-nisseur, will pick the winner fromphotographs and measurements andthe Queen will be presented at Black-friars with appropriate fanfare andflowers. Any three subscribers to Cap& Gown may nominate their choice,but all nominations must be in byFriday at six o’clock. The contest win¬ner will also be given a free Cap &Gown and tickets to Blackfriars.Four of the seven girls; alreadynominated, Joan Lyding, Helen Bick¬ert, Punky Johnson and Ann Haightwere chosen “Most Photogenic” on theQuadrangles in last year’s Cap &Gown. Punky was a member of theFreshman Beauty Queen court lastyear and had her picture in this year’sHandbook. Joan was Cap & GownBeauty Queen last year and also wonthe annual’s contest as FreshmanQueen her first year.Dorothy Hager, raven-haired Wy¬vem pledge, was one of her club’snominees for the Mardi Gras contest.Flying ClubMembers of the University FlyingClub will meet tonight at 8 in Ryer-son 251 to hear Dr. Ricketts, assistantProfessor of Medicine, present a dis¬cussion on the physical requirementsfor aviation. The Standing Commit¬tees of the group will meet at the sameplace an hour earlier, and CivilianPilot Training students will gather inthe same room at 7:30 tomorrownight. Webb Fiser SucceedsMolkup As Forum HeadEdith Balwebber. . . train womenBalwebber CallsFor CompulsoryGym TrainingMiss Edith Balwebber, director ofIda Noyes, feels that some type ofcompulsory physical education shouldbe instituted for University women.“If every women entering the Uni¬versity of Chicago were psychological¬ly and physiologically mature; if theyhad adequate backgrounds in phys¬ical activities based upon individualneeds; if .they had. well functioningand coordinated bodies; and in addi¬tion had acquired habits of regularactivities to maintain correct bodyfunctions, then the program of op¬tional physical education existing herewould be adequate. Theoretically theoptional program is ideal but prac¬tically it doesn’t work,” she says.Glamour Girls Need ExerciseIt’s the freshmen glamor girlsthwarted by bad body alignment andpoor body mechanics who never takeadvantage of the opportunities of¬fered them.Back in 1932 requirements for phys¬ical education were eliminated withthe idea that this would put the de¬partment on the same basis as otherdepartments in the school. The errorthere is that other departments payattention to the educational back-(Continued on page three)Wilder. . . Uur TownAnnounce Wilder’sSummer CoursesAnnouncement has been made bythe English Department of the cours¬es which Thornton Wilder, the notedplaywright and author will give hereduring the summer quarter. The cours¬es are English 209, 282, and 282A.They consist of studies of literarymasterpieces, advanced compositionand narration, and criticism respec¬tively. Wilder will also be here onequarter next year but the^ courseshave not been selected. Durka, Hinton, Whitgrove,Zimmer in New Cabinet.Webb Riser, cabinet member of theStudent Forum, was elected presidentof that organization yesterday duringthe last meeting of the gfroup for thisquarter in Lexington Hall. Joe Molkupis the retiring president.Those who were elected to the For¬um cabinet, which helps the presidentin making policies and carrying outthe organization’s program, are. BillDurka, Deane Hinton, Velma Whit¬grove, and Peggy Zimmer. Forummembers will hold their first meetingof the next quarter on Tuesday,March 25.Mary Elizabeth Davis and DorothyMeier wei’e selected to represent theForum in taking the negative side ofthe topic, “Resolved: That the PressShould be Regulated by the FederalPress Commission” at the Big TenWomens Debate Conference to be heldMarch 27 at the University of Illinois.Upholders of the affirmative side ofthe same topic will be, Margaret Rol¬lins and Velma Whitgrove. They willdebate the University of Minnesota ata banquet to be held somewhere inthe loop on April 3.Warren Nulter, Bill Durka, andGordon Tullock presented a RoundTable yesterday before students inSchurz High School on the subject,“Union of the Western Hemisphere.”Ida Noyes AsksAnn SchroederTo Head CouncilAnn Schroeder will serve as presi¬dent of Ida Noyes Council next year,and Miriam Petty will be its secre¬tary, Mary Hammel, retiring presidentof the Council, announced yesterday.Miss Schroeder is a Junior transferfrom Beloit; Miss Petty a Freshmanand Wyvern pledge.Seniors-elect on the council for nextyear include: Shirley Latham, presi¬dent-elect of Federation and an Eso¬teric, Betty Jane Nelson, a MortarBoard and active in Mirror, MurielThompson, and Muriel Frodin, bothChi Rho Sigmas.Representing the Junior class on thecouncil next year will be; MarjorieSullivan, a Wyvem, Mary Herschel,a Quad and a Mirror worker, BetteHinkel, Chris Fryar, one of the DAproduction crew and a Sigma, andHelene Eichenbaum, a Wyvem.Newly-elected Freshmen are: Car-roll Russell, a Mirror choms girl andEsoteric pledge, Betty Lou Simson,a pledge sister of Miss Russell’s, Mir¬iam Petty, Ruth Rowe, a Wyvempledge, and Dorothy ’^ell of theDaily Maroon staff.Ida Noyes Council is the studentgoverning board of Ida Noyes Halland sponsors several social functionsduring the year to better orient Uni¬versity women.Noted Judges WillAward Prize forAltar Cross DesignDr. Ulrich A. MiddeldoiT, Mr. Ed¬mund Geisbert and Miss Laura VanPappelendam of the University ArtDepartment, Dean Charles Gilkey ofthe Chapel and Mrs. Robert MaynardHutchins, will be the judges in thefifty dollar Art Competition sponsoredby the Board of Social Service andReligion it was announced.The closing date of the competitionfor an altar cross has been changed toMarch 31. The winning design to beexecuted in wood will serve as the fo¬cal point for the Chapel EvensongService.Entries should be registered in room201 Goodspeed before March 8.Page Two THE DAILY MAROON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1941%£ OcuLi Tlh/iooriFOUNDED IN 1901The Dally Maaoon ia the official student newspaper of the Uni-fersity of Chicago, published mornings except Saturday, Sunday,and Monday during the Autumn. Winter, and Spring quarters byThe Daily Maroon Company, 6881 University avenue. Telephones:Hyde Park 9221 and 9222.After 6:80 phone in stories to our printers. The Chief PrintingCompany. 148 West 62nd street Telephones: Wentworth 6123Md 6124.The University of Chicago assumes no responsibility for anygtatehients appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for any contractentered Into by The Daily Maroon. , . „The Daily Maroon expressly reserves the rights of publication oiany material appearing in this paper. Subscription rates: $3 a year;$4 by mail. Single copies: three cents.Entered as second class matter March 18. 1908, at the post officeat Chh<^o. Illinois, under the act of March 8. 1879.Memberftssockited Golle6icilG PressDistributor ofGollebioie Di6estBOARD OF CONTROLEditorialWILLIAM HANKLA PEARL C. RUBINSERNEST S. LEISER JOHN P. STEVENS. ChairmanBusinessWILLIAM LOVELL, Business ManagerWILI.IAM KIMBALL. Advertising ManagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESJames Bnrtle, Mark Fisher, Chester Hand, Richard Himmel, DanielMeslay, Richard Philbrick, Robert D. F, Reynolds, and DanielWinograd. BUSINESS ASSOCIATESRobert Dean, Lyle Harper, and Myles Jarrow.Night Editor: Daniel Winograd"KiU Those Pledges"While fraternity leaders are working over¬time to find enough pledge duties to keep theirfreshmen busy until initiation is finally per¬mitted in the spring quarter, it would be wellfor them to do a little thinking on a more gen¬eral problem; how can fraternities be more suc¬cessful under the Chicago plan?Although their existence will not be threat¬ened as long as they continue to exercise theiressential social functions, it is desirable thatmuch be done to expand their value.Pledge DutiesMost houses still put their pledges through aperiod of training during which they must dothree things, study the glories of the fraternity,learn proper discipline necessary for the properdevelopment of the proper fraternity man, andperform various constructive tasks around thehouse. The third duty is obviously of value tothe group, but much too often it is pursued asan end in itself. The second duty is necessary in¬sofar as upper classmen must enjoy a certainamount of respect so that the underclassmenwill do dirty work, but the degree to which it isfrequently pursued is of value to neither thepledges nor the actives. The first duty is al¬most completely worthless.Constructive TrainingInstead of enforcing semi-worthless duties,fraternity men could help their pledges greatlyby forcing them to adopt satisfactory studyhabits. Failure to attend classes, study a mini¬mum number of nights per week, or take ex¬aminations, could be reprimanded with the vari¬ous popular punishments. In addition to thesescholastic requirements, a well-planned pledgeperiod would include a minimum of the tradi¬tional duties plus a hell-week to knit the dele¬gation into a unit.In fraternity attitude the general trend isproperly towards a de-emphasis of the ‘mysticglories' and allied activities. Participation in in¬tramurals, activities, or varsity athletics “forthe good of the house," is becoming almost asrare as it should. The excellence of a fraternityis not determined by the trophies or titles itpossesses, but by the calibre of its membership.Intellectual ProgramsThis membership can benefit most from apro^am that is more intellectual than anythingexhibited in the past by any group but BetaTheta Pi. A regular program of inviting facultymembers to lunch, frequent meetings of a lit¬erary nature, chapter visits to the theater, op¬era, concerts, or something similar, and or¬ganized debates on current topics are possibili¬ties for increasing the scope of the fraternity.This type of activity is rare in the typical chap¬ter as it now exists, but will be common whenfraternities get in step with the Chicago plan.Lincoln LibraryComparatively few students know that Harper Libra¬ry houses a rare collection of Lincolniana. The famousBarton Library of Lincoln materials, bought after itsexhibition at The Century of Progress in 1934, formedthe nucleus of this miniature museum.Later, the original law books from the Library ofLincoln and his partner, Herndon, were added. Manypamphlets and prints from the days of Lincoln’s cam¬paign and presidency were bought to fill out the litera¬ry part of the room. With the addition in 1935 of The Traveling BazaarBy DICK HIMMELThe Draft,. . . campus men are going like flies girls, so don’t be sofussy about men. You ought to be glad you’re living . . .Ed Davidson says adieu to Gail Grassick to join thenaval air force . . . Marty Leavitt leaves Marge Good¬man running a fever all alone in Foster Hall. 'The armyis snapping up the men.Pearce-Baker. . . merger is the romance of the week replete with pin.It straightened out a six cornered triangle involvingthousands of other people. Let’s hope they all go backto their respective mates . . . Pearce, by the way, withTom Clarage will appear in Mirror this year. Pearceand Clarage make one appearance, as bride and groom.They tear out of Bond Chapel (a replica) and whip offthe stage. No one quite knows why they run so fast.Bazaar Polo. . . After an hour’s perusal of this year’s Bazaar, we(Marsh Pattullo doing all the work) have tabulatednames which have appieared in these columns. Paul Flor-ian wins the prize as the King of the Bazaar. His namehas appeared 19 times to Shirley Smith’s 14. In thirdplace is Helen Pearce with 13, Dale Tillery brings upfourth place with 11, Mike Rathje and Stinky Steel tieup fifth place with 10 and Betty Ann Evans, BlancheGraver and Beati Gaidzik hold down sixth place with 9each. The remainder of the contestants run a close racefor the other places, but those are the leaders in BA¬ZAAR POLO.Newsreel. . . Pathe spent about seven hours in Mandel yesterdayshooting Mirror pictures which will take fifty secondson the silver screen. They rehearsed and rehearsed thechorus until they were through. I wonder what they dowhen they have to photograph a fire? . . . Mary Turov-lin was poised precariously on a piece of MIRROR forabout three minutes while the newsreels grinded from thebalcony. . . . They photographed the same 25 secondsof the waltz number and Can Can dance from three orfour different angles. They are going to piece the filmtogether so you will just see 25 seconds from all angles.Circle. . . that group of independents who organized and areconsequently no longer very independent are playinglottery games with the girls in the dorms tonight. Fif¬teen meen pick fifteen girls blind and anything can hap¬pen ... ’tis rumored those Kelly Hall belles have a gagup their sleeve. If it’s Gypsy Rose Lee, let me know.SubterraneanBy CRAIG LEMANBold Romans of the early Christian era built milesof catacombs deep inside the earth. As if by coincidencewith the back to the Classics movement endorsed bymany of our dynamic young educators, the Quadranglesstraddle a series of catacombs like those of the Romans,but far more impressive.Far more than a mile two twelve-inch steel pipes,throbbing with steam superheated to 515®, carry theUniversity’s life-blood; the heat that makes all the build¬ings habitable and comfortable during the frigid wintermonths.Power PlantA big power plant at 61st Street and Blackstonesupplies over 400,000,000 pounds of steam a year toheat the buildings. Last year 31,162 tons of coal heatedthe huge boilers. Equipped with modern, automatic,labor-saving devices, the six-story plant requires onlyeighteen men to run it. The directors work continuouslyin their efforts to conserve energy.The seven by eight feet main tunnel that carries theheavily-insulated pipes is over a mile long, solidly con¬structed of steel and concrete. As the steam starts itsjourney, it runs straight up Blackstone to the Plaisance,turns westward to follow the bridle path, heads north¬ward on Woodlawn, and, after passing to the north ofthe Circle, ends in front of Cobb Hall.135° TemperatureTemperature inside the tunnel hovers near 135®.This heat is enough to penetrate the concrete in wallsand roof, several feet of earth and rubble, and finallycement walk, melting snow and keeping ice from form¬ing. The walk in front of Laboratory Row consequentlyis free from these encumbrances in almost any weather.Smaller branches convey steam from the main pipesto the buildings. After circulating, it is condensed andpiped back to the plant to be used again.Volk’s bust of young Lincoln, the room was officiallyopened. Governor Horner wrote to the University atthis time, “I am glad that the University of Chicagohas been able to gather together so much material onLincoln which the public may examine.”In addition to the many excellent and in some casesunique books on Lincoln, the tiny library is filled withmany pieces of art relating to him. A plaster cast ofLorado Taft’s Lincoln faces the visitor as he enters theroom. In one corner is an interesting pair of Lincolnportraits by George Frederick Wright, one done in1860 and one shortly before his death. These are con¬sidered by many to be the finest portraits of Lincolnin existence. Life casts of Lincoln’s face and handsmade at the time of his first inauguration have beenused by many artists as a basis for their work. ‘*lt will still be a University, but not the University ofChicago.**ME?WHY SHOULD I GIVE MONEY?We'll tell you.You, or your parents, put out three hundred dol¬lars a year for tuition. Three hundred for one year'seducation.The University is a $125,000,000 dollar institution,it has 0 payroll of about seven million dollars alone.Your tuition doesn't go very for in financing THAT.So the University has $71,000,000 in endowment.The interest on that pile keeps the wheels running.But 0 few years ago the interest rotes dropped.And income dropped too, of course./t was iust as if some Joe reached in and tookaway one third of that $71,000,000!The University cut expenses to the bone—keptprofessors' salaries up, but cut oil the bosses' poychecks. One and a half million dollars worth.But it wasn't enough.Now the University is raising money. It needs$12,000,000 if it is going to maintain its present highstandards.Not to expand or increase, but to maintain only.If we don't get the dough?"It will still be a University, but not the Univer¬sity of Chicago" said President Hutchins.The University is in there fighting.We ore port of the University. We're proud of theUniversity of Chicago.Just simply, we wont to fight for it too.You, and I, and oil of us, get a lot-^ whole lot—free, becouse our tuition is just a drop in the bucket.Now we figure we con help our University. TheUniversity of Chicago.Don't you?Then make a check or mail a bill toRuth Steele, treasurer,THE STUDENT FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARYCOMMIHEEc/o The Daily MaroonUniversity ot ChicagoTHE DAILY MAROON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1941What is'AlternativeService'A BULL SERVICEBy DAVE BARRYand HOWARD SCHOMERMr. Barry is a third year studentat Chicago Theological Seminary anda Research Assistant in the Depart¬ment of Social Ethics. His collabora¬tor, Mr. Schomer, is a former in¬structor in American History at Har¬vard University and a Fellow of theChicago Theological Seminary wherehe is a classmate of Mr. Barry. He isalso Assistant Dean of the ChapeLMembers of the University com¬munity who wish assistance in inter¬preting those provisions of the Se¬lective Service Act relating to con¬scientious objectors are invited tounite to the authors care of theDean's Office, Rockefeller MemorialChapel.Everybody knows that the Conscrip¬tion Act provides that drafted menwho are conscientious objectors tomilitary training and service shall doalternative work for the nation. Onlygradually has this new departure inofficial government policy toward pac¬ifists been interpreted and made con¬crete by administrative action. Stu¬dents on these Quadrangles, whatevertheir political or religious views, mightfind of considerable interest, a descrip¬tion of the institutions which are be¬ginning to emerge as instruments ofthis policy.Sixty-seven hundred conscientiousobjectors have been registered already,and estimates of the total number thatwill probably be turned up this yearrun from ten to twenty thousand. Anunofficial survey indicates that abouta thousand men have already beencalled in the November, December andJanuary drafts and certified as sincereC.O.’s. What will their year of serviceconsist of?Similar to CCC CampsThese men are required to do “workof national importance under civiliandirection”. The “work of national im¬portance” is to be done in projectssimilar to those of the CCC camps,such as reforestation, soil conserva¬tion, and wild life protection, all plan¬ned by government technicians. The“civilian direction” is put into thehands of the three historic peacechurches, the Quakers, Mennonites,and Brethren, with the help of otherinterested denominations and peaceorganizations, such as the Fellowshipof Reconciliation. The summer workcamps which the American FriendsService Committee has been runningsince 1934 as service projects are themodels which the national servicecamps are following, and they them¬selves took their cue from similarservice projects European Christianshave bt'on carrying on since the lastwar.Strict DisciplineThe work in the camps will be realwork. Forty hours a week are to bespent in manual labor on the projectsassigned. Discipline will be as strictas army discipline, although it willbe organized on a voluntary and dem¬ocratic basis. C.O.’s have to be as goodphysical specimens as the army men,and plan to work harder. The campswill be under regular government in¬spection.But the forty-hour week is only thebeginning. After eight hours of exer¬cising their muscles, the C.O.’s will begiven a chance to exercise their brainsin an educational and religious pro¬gram set up for them by three in¬terested educators, two of whom arecollege presidents. After taking apti¬tude tests to determine the particularfield in which they ought to receivefurther training, they will study thewider implications of their workthrough projects, books, discussions,and all available resource material.Subjects tentatively proposed are thesociology of the region, local healthproblems, the strategy of democracy,pacifism as a way of life, and theteachings of Jesus. Then, if the gov¬ernment permits, they will use theirspare time in volunteer work in thelocal communities, such as healthservice, rural rehabilitation, and edu¬cational and religious activities.Cost of MaintenanceThe govenment is supplying muchof the basic material, such as camps,beds, blankets, and stoves. 'The cost ofmaintenance, however, which is ex¬pected to average $35 per month perman, will fall upon the C.O.’s them¬selves and their sponsoring organiza¬tions. Where the man himself or hisfamily cannot proide the money, hislocal church or denomination is askedto do so, and finally the peace churches Page ThrewBeetle CommunitiesStudied By ParksYelling GivesRoundtableHeads An AcheKeeping their speakers down to acollege yell is but one problem theUniversity of Chicago Roundtablepromoters face in their endeavor tooffer weekly broadcasts on whichnotable speakers discuss extemporane¬ously.With present day issues changingalmost hourly, lists of speakers versedin the various topics that may “break”must be kept on hand, as well as anencyclopedia of pertinent data forthose who need to cram before abroadcast. Taking down a completestenographic transcript of the broad¬cast is no easy task either, particular¬ly when all three participants talk atonce.Dryer Directs BroadcastsSeeing to it that all these cogs worktogether smoothly is the job of Sher¬man Dryer, Radio Director of theRoundtable. He is present at all thebroadcasts, which sometimes necessi¬tates week-end jaunts to California orNew York. Assisting him is RichardScammon, Research Director. Thesetwo men select the speakers and thetopics. Dryer and Scammon try to givethe speakers at least a week in whichto think through their ideas. Therewas one memorable occasion, howev¬er, when a broadcast was whipped upin 36 hours.A day or two before the broadcastthe participants get together for apractice session which is run off,timed, and recorded exactly as will bethe real broadcast. This is the onlyrehearsal held.Suggest ImprovementsIf it is felt that the discussion doesnot follow the Roundtable tradition ofbeing “simply presented, colorful, andcontroversial,” suggestions are madeat that time for its improvement.That all concerned have done a suc¬cessful job is well evidenced by thefacts that the Roundtable is now goinginto its 11th year on the air, and thatthe Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is stillbacking its production.Today on theQuadranglesj Public Lecture, The Contributions ofthe Law to the Conservation of LandValues. The Conservation Problem atCommon Law,” Sheldon Tefft, LawNorth, 3:30.Socialist Club, Election of officersand Thomas Radio Fund, Cobb 312,4:30.Divinity School Faculty Meeting,Swift 100, 4:30.Carillon Recital, E. Marriott, Rocke¬feller Memorial Chapel, 4:30.Zoology Club, “Some Aspects of Re¬generation in Protozoa,” William Bal-amuth. Zoology 14, 4:30.Quaker Work Camps, Discussionand movies, Claude Shotts, Ida NoyesLibrary, 8.Skull and Crescent Meeting, Rey¬nolds Club Lounge, 1.University Flying Club, Meeting,Ryerson 261, 8.and peace organizations have volun¬teered to provide for C.O.’s who can¬not get such support, although thisfinancing is going to be a heavy re¬sponsibility. In addition, groups ofC.O.’s who are not called up at thesame time may co-operatively supportthose of their group who are in campat any one time.For the first time in the history ofthe nation we are thus going to havesuch a thing as a “peace army”, anorganized group of young men livinga communal life and receiving rigor¬ous training in the techniques ofpacifism and co-operative living. Peo¬ple who are convinced that peace is ameans as well as an end, asking aminimum of help from the govern¬ment, have determined to make use ofthis opportunity to show the worldhow wrong is the popular misconcep¬tion of pacifism as “passive”. By al¬lowing such a thing as “AlternativeService”, the government may haveunwittingly laid the seed of a new so¬ciety. By JIM BURTLEExperimental beetle communitieshave been set up by Thomas Park, as¬sistant professor of Zoology, in aneffort to analyze the effects of com¬petition in animal population.5.In his experiments, among the firstof their kind dealing with forms otherthan micro-organisms. Park first setsup a carefully controlled environmentin the containers where the mealbeetles, used in the experiments, areplaced. The environment in these fu¬ture beetle cultures is carefully reg¬ulated as to heat, humidity, size of thecontainer, kind and volume of food,and number of pairs of beetles usedto start the community.A.B.C. BeetlesThe beetles may be desigpiated forconvenience as species A,B,C. In acontrol experiment, each of these threekinds is raised alone in an experimen¬tal container. In other instances thebeetles are raised with more than onespecies together. Some of the beetlecommunities are started with equalnumbers of A, B, and C, Others arestarted with unequal numbers of pairsintroduced in certain planned propor¬tions.Every thirty days. Park takes acensus of the beetles in the differentsynthetic communities listing the num¬ber of adults, undeveloped youngbeetles, and the sex ratio. At this timethe meal is also changed so that themembers of the beetle microcosms willbe kept in a well nourished condition.Thus far Park has run the experimentfor 900 days.Results of CompetitionBecause the experiments in whichonly one kind of beetle is reared serveas a control group, it is possible toreach some conclusions concerningthe results of competition when bee¬tles A, B, and C are raised in differentcombinations together.These experiments should throwlight on about three important biolog¬ical problems: quantitative analysis ofselection pressures in populations as aprocess in evolution; laboratory studyof animal community structure anddynamics, and the relations of simpleanimal communities to higher animalcommunities.CROSS COUNTRYBy MARY GRAHAMSlacks Walk OutAfter touring the United States ona debating tour, two University ofToronto students returned last weekto give their Canadian colleagues thelow down on American women. Opin¬ion was that they were friendly butfaddish. At Kansas University, saidTom Grey, two girls in slacks walkedout in the middle of a debate and soupset his fellow debater that he hadto stop and take a drink of water.While the two Canadians reportedwith horror on saddle shoes, men’splaid shirts with the tails out, purplelipstick, long drooling hair and tor¬toise shell glasses, they smiled on thesophisticated glamour the girls at¬tained at night. Also approved wasthe friendliness of the American co-ed.“They even included us in their jellydates which are 4 to 6 o’clock toastand jelly rendezvous at the collegehangouts called ‘Jelly Joints.’ ” What,no cokes?Biggest ThrillThe staff of the Florida Flambeaumade a survey of the two thousandstudents at their Women’s State Uni¬versity, and discovered that the big¬gest thrill for most women was theirfirst date. Worst experience for twoco-eds surprisingly enough was beinga freshman while one naive soul listedthe terror of being lost at the circus.Pet peeves were people who chewgum aloud, impolite men and crookedstocking seams. Radio favorite by abig margin was genial Kay Kyserwhile favorite movie stars were rug¬ged Spencer Tracy and AcademyAward winner Bette Davis. Surpriseof the quiz were the extra-curricularnames of the students. Aunt Fanny,Cannon Ball, Peanut and Scatterbrainbeing among those present. Favoritefood was fried chicken with steaka close second. Letters to the EditorDaily Maroon,Board of Control:I wish to protest the impression ofthe Poetry Club created by BeataMueller’s article in the TravelingBazaar.I cannot blame Miss Mueller forcoming away from the meeting sheattended with the impression she did,but I can blame the Maroon staff forprinting her account rather than thatof the Maroon reporter who was pres¬ent at a more normal meeting of theclub.The infantile atmosphere of themeeting Miss Mueller attended wasthe result of the grotesque whim ofYvonne Markus in answering my re¬quest for bringing new members tothe club by rounding up a heterogen¬eous and facetious group from theCoffee Shop and bringing them to theclub. A number of the regular mem¬ bers of the club were discouragedfrom staying by this completely im-serious group, whose only object inattending seemed to be to deride anyserious consideration of poetry, andnone of whom brought poems for con¬sideration by the group.The Poetry Club would be verygrateful if you printed the accountof our last meeting which an anony¬mous freshman reporter promisedwould be in this 'Tuesday. I told herat the time that the club was for writ¬ers and serious students of the writ¬ing of poetry, and that there was needfor a number of such persons, whowould be willing to read, or have read,poems of their own writing and toseriously criticize those of others. Theclub needs and will boisterously wel¬come all such that attend.Jackson Mac LowPresident, Poetry Clubterest in some sport, but after a shorttime they drop by the wayside.TThe low co-relation between thoseregistering and those who follow theiractivities program through is oftendue to academic, social and economicpressure, the commuting problem, anddistractions of a big city.No Compulsion In CollegeUpon no occasion should compulsoryphysical education on the limited clock-hour basis be considered at the col¬lege level. Miss Balwebber feels andnot all girls should have to take spe¬cific courses. Well rounded girls shouldbe encouaged to follow their individualinterests in extra-curricular activ¬ities.(Continued on page four)Balwebber^(Continued from page one)ground of students and require cer¬tain standards; also a check up onachievements through examinations.The Physical Education departmenthas opportunity to do neither.Credits Given ElsewhereAt other universities where the op¬tional program is in use, credits aregiven for physical education courseslike any laboratory course, and stu¬dents feel obligated to complete anyprogram they have begun.Here, although great interest ismanifested at recreational conferencesand a majority of women profess in¬ut 3 svkbH trsat..*K your teeth intodoublemint bum,ing satisiaction,th into deWeious;elvety-sino°“il'^iavot. Chewingadds inn to sports,1, study sessions.■teeth and sweeteiiAad costs so htde.,es today • • •doublemintYes, tor realjust sink your teeth iDOOBLEMINTGUM-Vehoi xeireshing 4DOUBhEMl'” daily adctoionnal get-togethersHelps brighten youryour breath, too-Buy several packag«niov delicious L-IPage Four THE DAILY MAROON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1941I-M Bmket TourneyGoes Into FinalsSix teams started the IM Card ofchampionships last night, and threecame through with titles—the SnellHall boys took the Dormitory Cham¬pionship, the SSA squad captured theIndependent Championship and theDekes laid claim to the FraternityChampionship.The Dekes narrowly nosed out theAlpha Delts 19-17 as they annexedtheir title. The lead changed 5 timesin the tirst half, the Dekes being 1point to the good at the halfway mark.They increased this lead in the sec¬ond half, Theimer’s two buckets in arow putting them 7 points beyond theADs.The ADs fought their vr&y up towithin a basket of the Dekes, holdingthat position with 6 seconds left togo. They failed to score as the gameended.The SSA team had to go into over¬time to beat out the Elevenites 14-12for the honors in their division. Mad-enberg’s long two hander gave themthe winning margin, and was the onlyscore either team could make in the6 minute overtime period.The Snell Hall entry won 18-15.They surged ahead of the BurtonCourt boys in the second half, neverlosing their lead in that period. Atone time they held a 7 point lead overtheir opponents. The Burton Hall teammissed 2 easy dribble-in shots, which,with Siegel’s basket, would have giventhem the game.Tonight the 1941 I M basketballTournament will be brought to adramatic close when the Dekes andthe SSAs do battle for the coveted Dekes LeadingI—M WrestlingWith 69 PointsThe Dekes garnej^d 69 points yes¬terday afternoon to put them ahead inthe Intramural wrestling meet beingheld in Bartlett Gym. The Phi Psiboys are only 4 points behind, havinggathered 65 points.Bud Bates of the Phi Psis pinned A1Green of the same house for the 145-lb Advanced Championship, and Dum-Dum Wilson of the Dekes won theHeavyweight Novice crown by defeat¬ing Bob Thorburn, also of the Dekes.-This afternoon at 3:45 the rest ofthe finals will be held. The followingathletes weathered the Preliminariesyesterday and will do battle today:Buzzell, Elite* vs. Palles, Elites—128 NoviceGordon, Dekes vs. Balls, D U—128 AdvancedAbrahantson, Phi Psi vs. Zahon, Phi Psi—186NoviceReynolds, Phi Psi vs. Hill, Phi Gam—145 Nov¬iceGentzler. Phi Psi vs. Cooperider, D U—165NovicePetty, Phi Psi vs. Stehncy, Elites—166 Ad¬vancedLauerman, Deke vs. Moran, Elites—165 NoviceHumphreyville. Phi Delt vs. Wallis, Psi U—165 AdvancedBemis, Dekes vs. Moore, Dekes—176 NoviceMustain, Elites vs. Traeger, Deke—176 Ad¬vancedBoyd, Dekes vs. Weiss, Phi Sig—HeavyweiirhtAdvaiicedUniversity Championshp. The P h iPsis and the Phi Gams play for 3rdplace in the Fraternity Loop. Swimmers InvadeUrbana TomorrowFresh from their victory overNotre Dame, the swimming team trav¬els down VO Urbana tomorrow after¬noon to meet Illinois at 2 o’clock.The squad has a record of threewins and three losses for the season,having defeated North Central, Min¬nesota, and Notre Dame, while losingto Iowa, Purdue, and Northwestern.The Maroons will again be pinningtheir hopes on Bill Baugher, cracksophomore sprinter, who picked upthree first places for 15 points againstthe Irish. Baugher opened the sea¬son with a bang by upsetting HaroldHenning of North Central, a national¬ly known sprint star.Another likely winner will be back-stroker Art Bethke. Very capably fill¬ing the trunks of last year’s CaptainAnderson, Bethke is within one-tenthof a second of Anderson’s best time.Since Jim was able to pull down fourthplace in the Big Ten meet, this putsBethke in the top rank of Conferenceback-strokers.Biggest question mark is still Cap¬tain John Argali. Temporarily inel¬igible because of deficiencies in theBusiness School, Argali promised thathe would return to the lineup for thePurdue meet which was two weeksago. Coach MacGillivray has not seenhim since he finished his make-up ex¬aminations last week but the report isthat Argali is still ineligible.Rifle TourneyThere have been about 200 re¬quests for bulletins concerning theFieldhouse Rifle Tournament, whichwill be held March 28, 29 and 30.Over 600 sharpshooters are expect¬ed to compete. Quintet’s LotAnUnhappyOneThe Maroon cagers, back amongfriends at home after a week of suf¬fering on the road, have passedthrough a weary two games. MeetingWisconsin at Madison Saturday night,the C-men dropped a hopeless 65-25game to the new champions. But thiswas not sad enough, for Monday nightthe University of Minnesota five mas¬sacred Mother Norgren’s children ina 56-24 riot.The Gopher tilt, which bordered onthe comic, afforded the Norsemen achance to break their own all-timescoring record. And Minnesota tookfull advantage of their opportunity.784 I*oints for SeasonTheir 56 points boosted the Gophertotal to 784 for the season, which istwelve more than their previous rec¬ord set by the ’38-’39 team. The Ma¬roon debacle was the third game inwhich the Norse have counted morethan 60 tallies when the final whistleblew. The Gophers, by their victory,tightened their grip on third place inthe Conference standings.Don Carlson could have adminis¬tered the Maroon’s tenth straight BigTen defeat almost single handed, forhis ten field goals was one over theamount tabulated by Norgren’s men.Came Close EarlyThe nearest the C-men came to vic¬tory proved to be soon after the ex¬ercise began, when Willie Warhol’sbasket was countered by a free throwby Joe Stampf. Minnesota climbedsteadily to a 26-11 half-time lead afterStampPs charity toss, and were neverthreatened by the Chicago travelers.Stampf had a difficult 40 minutesagainst the Gophers, with only twofield goals, and flve free throws addedto his record. The exchange put Eng- FreshmenGymnastsCavort for MirrorUnder Erwin BeyerA group of freshman gymnasts willmake their University debut in thebar and ring art in Mirror Fridaynight. Coach Erwin Beyer, who takespart in the show with the seven year¬lings, has molded them into an ex¬perienced bunch of performers in ashort time.Along with Howard Heller, andWilliam Nyer, who have had someprevious gym work, Beyer is groom¬ing Richard Winne, Ralph Baker, Hen¬ry Ingerwesen, Jack Berger, StanleyTotura, and R. A. Satten, all new¬comers, for the student show.This is the first year that an activefreshman gymnast aggregation hasgraced the quadrangles, and CoachBeyer intends to capitalize on the new¬found interest among the youngermen.Balwebber—(Continued from page three)An ideal physical education pro¬gram for the University of Chicagowould consist of, 1) a study mode ofeach individual student to ascertainher backgrounds, needs, and interests;2) planning a program which wouldmeet her needs; 3) carrying out theplan and have some type of evaluationof progress comparable to compre-hensives in other fields.lund, the Wisconsin leader, ten pointsahead of the Maroon face-saver, butJoe is still favored because of his ex¬tra game advantage.morsit’s the smoker’s cigaretteCOOLER, MILDER, BEHER-TASTINGIt’s called the SMOKER'S cifjarette becauseChesterfield is the one cigarette that gives you aCOMPUTELY SATISFYING smoke.You try a Chesterfield and find them COOLand PLEASANT. You light one after another andfind they really TASTE better. 'Ybu buy pack afterpack and find that Chesterfields are MILDER.You cant buy a better cigaretteCepTTicht 1941. Liecm A Mnas Twioco C*.