rralernities: No.Exist For NoGood PurposeBy AN INDEPENDENTIn the long run, fraternities must be judged by their usefulness. Do youget out of it as much as you have to put into it? The answer is no.In fact, judged by these standards, the best that can be said for fraterni¬ties is that they are merely unneeded and superfluous appendages tacked ontothe body politic of the University. As such, they perform for the student nouseful function that cannot be obtained elsewhere; in many cases, better andcheaper.What do fraternities furnish? Well, obviously, board and room. So doBurton and Judson, Snell and Hitchcock, and at rates generally a good dealmore reasonable. The accommodations across the Midway are better than thoseprovided by most of the Greeks, too.Classical UtilityClassical utility of fraternities is their provision for “social life.” Nobodycan deny this one. But neither can anyone in his right mind claim all indepen¬dents wither their lives away in libraries, storing away endless knowledge, allfor lack of recreational facilities. They don’t. At any rate they needn’t. That’sone reason for the Student Social Committee.I shan’t waste time refuting him who says fraternities stimulate intel¬lectual activity. They even stimulate in reverse, it seems. Or so the recordswould lead us to believe.We have now reduced fraternities to zero value. But they also have nega¬tive value. To wit: 1. They are against the spirit of democracy, in that they(Continued on page four) Little Pearls OfWisdom For TheFreshman ManThe average freshman at thisUniversity is not a completelynaive individual, but with rush¬ing under full pressure he isbound to be confused. He hearsthe pros and cons of joining afraternity thrown at him withgreat impetus. In the hot box offraternity men he hears aboutbeing an independent, being alost soul without a place to hanghat. The independent tells himhe might have a place to hanghis hat but he hangs his indi¬vidualism right up along side ofit. 'Who then is right? Does afraternity mean a routined pat¬terning of the individual? Doesbeing independent mean freedomof personality and freedom ofthought? Just who has the an¬swer to the perennial problem ofshould I or should I not pledgea fraternity.(Continued on page two) Fralernilies: Yes^Viewed As PurelyIndividual MatterBy A FRATERNITY MANThe arguments for and against joining a fraternity are fairly stereotyped.Each side has its stock arguments upon which they fall back.Both sides overlook one thing, however—that is the attitude of the in¬dividual joining a fraternity. One gets out of an organization only what oneputs in, to be trite, and that goes for a fraternity probably more so than mostorganizations.It is certainly true that a fraternity will aid in the social integration ofa freshman, that is, it will if the freshman wishes to be socially integrated.Not just the over-emphasized fraternity parties assist in this process; it ismore living together with a group of fellows around the same age.It is the growing to tolerate the faults of your fellows—it is the abilityto get along in a group of people having diverse interests (and they do havediverse interests, hot-boxes to the contrary)—it is the ability to adapt oneselfto an ever-shifting scene and to situations foreign to him.Main AdvantageThis is the main advantage of being a fraternity man. There are others,to be sure. The formation of fast friendships which may or may not be life¬long is certainly not to be overlooked. Nor is the friendship of alumni to betaken too lightly. Alumni are not the open sesame to a job upon graduation,but some of them are influential. Some are just good men; their friendship isnot to be sought for merely materialistic reasons.The development of an ardent esprit de corps is an essential of a(Continued on page four)me Vculu Tik/ioon.Vol. 4l.No. 25 Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1941 Price Three CentsMcKeonDiscussesAristotleIn the fifth lecture of the new Po¬litical Theory seminar Richard P.McKeon will discuss Aristotle to the20-odd students enrolled in the course.Richard P. McKeonIncluded among the men to lectureto this class are some of the Univer¬sity’s most famous faculty members,ftll speaking on their special field ofpolitical theory. Robert Redfield openedthe course October 16 on Politicaltheory in primitive societies, HerleeCreel on China, Henri Frankfort onAncient Near East, J. A. P. Larsen onPre-Socratic Period, and McKeon onPlato bring the seminar up to date.^ et to come are Larsen on RomanPolitical theory, McKeon on Augus¬tine, James L. Cate on Early Scholas¬tics, Mortimer J. Adler on St. Thomas,John U. Nef on impact of Early Cap¬italism, Allan Gewirth on Late Scho¬lastics, John T. McNeill on Reforma¬tion, Charles E. Merriam on Bodin,W. K. Jordan on 17th Century Eng¬land, and George B. Carson, Jr. on18th Century France.Such a course was formerly offeredbut was discontinued when ProfessorMerriam retired. It was reorganizedon the basis of bringing in outstand¬ing men from all fields to lecture. In¬cluding students of both the SocialSciences and Humanities divisions andopen to students in any division whowished to register for it, .the courseextends for two quarters. Zula StarsIn CircleAn unparalleled event will takeplace today at noon on the Quad¬rangles. At 12 in the Circle a gigan¬tic white duck by the name of “Zula”will be paraded around by four fetch-j ing and attentive beauty queens: Vir-] ginia Ailing, Carolyn Vick, MickiBondzinski, and P u n k y Johnson.Farmer Dick Merrifield will bring thezealously guarded “Zula” to the prom¬enade.To those in doubt, “Zula” is thecentral figure of the Reynolds’ ClubCouncil’s Annual Open-house. It is“Zula” who is both object and inspira¬tion of the Council’s slogan “Try yourluck and win a duck.” This all-cam¬pus party is to be given Monday at8:30 in the Reynolds Club followingclub and fraternity meetings.IDA NOYES COUNCILComing attraction of the IdaNoyes Council is the freshman jelections which will take placesoon. Any freshmen women inter¬ested in working on the Ida NoyesCouncil are requested to turn theirnames in to Ann Schroeder at Fos¬ter Hall. Gosnell Quits,Takes DefenseIn WashingtonOn the theory that it is better togive than to receive, the Universityis sharing its faculty with the gov¬ernment and its defense program.Harold GosnellLeaves UniversitySee story on page 3.Latest to leave is Harold Gosnell,associate professor of political sci¬ence, who left last week to take overthe post of Chief, Section on Clear-(Continued on page three) ^^Get ItStraighC^In the late editions of Tuesday’sChicago Daily News it was erroneous¬ly stated that: “. .the Daily Maroonis campaigning to determine studentsentiment concerning the rugged au¬tumn sport (six-man football). TheMaroon is asking whether studentswant to continue six-man footballwhich is now played on an informal,intramural basis, revive it on somesort of an intercollegiate plan, or dropthe game altogether.”The Daily Maroon Athletic Pollmentioned football neither in the elev¬en-man form nor the six-man form.The Daily News story was a grossmisinterpretation of the Maroon polhThe questionaire was designed togather student opinion on athletics ingeneral and referred to no particularsport.71.7% of the ballots returned indi¬cated the students’ preference for sub¬sidization in order to bring the teamsup to the Big Ten level.5.9% of the ballots showed a desirefor the return of football. The requestwas written in by the students onthese 25 ballots as football was pur¬posely not mentioned in the question¬aire. BrumbaughDenies /Football“I don’t see how a university withproper educational views and objec¬tives can create a professional foot¬ball team or a professional group inDean BrumbaughKrueger PlugsForWar FreedomAttacks Plcms For Federal BanBy PHILIP RIEFF“The maintenance of a democraticorder depends on achieving and hold¬ing a set of economic and social con¬ditions in which the vast majority ofpeople will reject anti' - democraticideas.”With the general theme of free¬dom in time of war, if supposedly anti¬democratic groups are placed underfederal ban, Maynard C. Krueger, pro¬fessor of economics and candidate forvice-president on the socialist ticketin the last national election, discussedthe idea that democracy can be ade¬quately protected and extended intotwo parts. .False SecurityThe people who believe that de¬mocracy can be defended by federalban are treading on intangible ter¬rain, according to Kruegev, for “to depend on the legal suppression of an¬ti-democratic ideas or organizationslulls people into a false sense of se¬curity because they are told that sup¬pression will save democracy.”“To my mind,” he continued, thelegislative suppression theory of sav¬ing democracy is great distractor.”Cloak for Vested InterestsKrueger moved to the second part ofhis discussion when he stated that“even if you don’t believe the abovestatement of the fallacy of protectingfreedom by federal censorship, there isno governmental agency that I wouldbe willing to trust to make the kindof distinctions which such legislationwould require.”“I would expect such legislation tobe used as a cloak behind which everymajor vested interest would try tosuppress the people who annoy it.“I cite the current move of anti¬ labor reaction as evidence of the in¬clination on the part of the vested in¬terests to squelch their opposition inthe name of the public interest. Ingeneral, such legislation that wouldban certain groups for ‘The public in¬terest’ helps freeze the status quowhen the trouble is that it is too muchfrozen already.”The Way to FascismAlluding to the ill-fated WeimarRepublic of Germany, Krueger saidthat “in some ways I think the UnitedStates is already in the ‘Bruning’stage; in the willingness to vote dic¬tatorial powers to ‘people who wHl usethem wisely’.”“Far from stopping the rise ofFascism,” Krueger concluded, ironi¬cally, “the emergency measures grant¬ed to the Bruning government pre¬pared the way for Fascism.” any area,” said Dean of StudentsAaron J. Brumbaugh, University fac¬ulty representative in the WesternConference, yesterday in connectionwith the returns of the Maroon ath¬letic poll which showed that 71% ofthe students who answered favoringsubsidization.“I don’t believe those students rea¬lized the full consequences of em¬barking on such a program,” he con¬tinued.He pointed out three fundamentalwrongs which such a policy wouldcreate. It would first cause a “dispro¬portionate emphasis in the curricu¬lum.” It would be entirely foreign tothis University’s educational objec¬tives.Such a move might also effect thebudget of a school, he added. Evenwith the earmarking of funds forsubsidization it might be found thatthese would be insufficient to bring awinning team. This might cause fur¬ther transferring of money, taking itfrom essential needs.The final effect would be that uponthe athletes themselves. “It wouldcause a distorted view of a Univer-(Continued on page three)IPage Two THE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 19417^ OoiLq THoAootiFOUNDED IN 1902The Daily Maroon is the official studentnewspaper of the University of Chicago, pub¬lished mornings except Saturday, Sunday, andMonday during the Autumn, Wipter, andSpring quarters by The Daily Maroon Company, 6831 University Avenue. Telephones:Hyde Park 9222.After 6:30 phone in stories to our printers.The Chief Printing Company, 148 West 62ndstreet. Telephones: Wentworth 6123 and 6124.The University of Chicago assumes no re¬sponsibility for any statements appearing inThe Daily Maroon, or for any contract enteredinto by The Daily Maroon.nie Daily Maroon expressly reserves therights of publication of any material appear¬ing in this paper. Subscription rates: $2.75 ayear. $4 by mail. Single copies: three cents.Entered as second class matter March 18,1908, at the post office at Chicago, Illinois,under the act of March 8, 1879.MemberPissocided GollG6icite PressDiitribulor ofCbllebiote DibeslBOARD OF CONTROLEditorialJAMES BVRTLE RICHARD PHILBRICK,RICHARt HIMMEL* ChairmanROBERT REYNOLDSBUSINESSCHESTER SMITH, business managerRICHARD BOLKS, advertising managerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESRobert Lawson, Nancy Lesser, Beata Mueller,Philip Rieff, Chloe Roth, Stuart Schulberg,and Shirlee Smith.BUSINESS ASSOCIATESWilliam Bell, circulation managerLynn Tuttle, office managerVirginia Brantner, Georgia HinchlifI, DonaldRice, Margie Kraus, Betty Baron, DorothyDuncan, Gloria Ploebst, John Feiler, EdgarL. Rachlin, and Richard Wallens. -Traveling Bazaar-Ruth Wehlan Mourns Mistakes OfSlaphappy Maroon Night EditorNight Editors: Beata Mueller andMarshall PattulloEditorial—(Continued from page one)The anwer does not lie in thehands of God, President Hutch¬ins, Clayton Traeger, or Louel-la 0. Parsons. The answer liesin the freshman himself, becauseboth the fraternity man and theindependent are right. Thethings they say, for the mostpart, are true. But they are nottrue both at the same time, tothe same individual.Enough TimeThe freshman has had enoughtime, to take stock of the frater¬nity situation. He has hadenough time to see the glossyside of fraternity life. Now hehas to take inventory of himself.The answer doesn’t lie in lookingfurther into the closet and toiletfacilities of the Phi Schmu house,but rather into the closets andtoilets of his own mind.Freshmen, make up your ownmind whether or not you like thesocial side of fraternity life. Tomost people it is glamourous;facilitates a good time. If youdon’t like to have a good timein the social sense of the word,stop now and go back to Harperlibrary and lock the door of thatlittle closet in your mind. You’llbe a happier man. If you are notnow in Harper library you’reready to look over the boys inthe house. This boils down thesimple fact of whether or notyou think they’re “just swell fel¬lows.” If you can spot about fiveyou think are wonderful guys,you’re all right. Don’t get theidea that you’re going to be bos¬om buddies with thirty-five oddmembers of the house. You’renot. Look over the friends you’dhave if you weren’t a fraternityman. Try to find thirty-five menyou’d want to be best man atyour wedding.The Maroon does not say joina fraternity or don’t join a fra¬ternity. What the Maroon saysis that man is a gregarious ani¬mal. You’re going to be in somekind of a group. Try to find outwhere you belong. If you don’tsee a group called a fraternityyou like, don’t become a part ofthat group. There’s no socialpressure here that reallyamounts to anything. By RUTH WEHLANLast BazaarOur last Bazaar was terminatedrather abruptly due to a sad oversighton the part of the well-meaning nighteditor or somebody. We were tellingabout the Romance Languages Li¬brary on the fourth floor of Cobb andthe publications therein—in particu¬lar, the French magazine, Marie-Claire. Marie-Claire, it seems, is thename of the editor who answers let¬ters as a sideline.Some of the letters ask for adviceabout increasing height, decreasingweight, and getting rid of adolescenthickies, but by far the most enter¬taining are the plaintive queries con¬cerning affaires d’amour. Our favoriteletter, roughly translated, says, “Thefirst time I met my brother’s friend,my heart began to beat. We took alittle trip together; he embraced me,all without saying anything. He spentan evening in my home at the invita¬tion of my parents—still without aword. He is coming again, and I liketo be certain of his sentiments.Marie-CIaire’s sage answer is,“Here is a young man who is not verytalkative. Perhaps he is merely timid ?I think, however, that you may havea little hope, but I advise you to askhim frankly on his next visit what hisintentions are.” A girl just can’t af¬ford to let the grass grow under herfeet, we always say.Interior DecoratingWe also wanted to tell you aboutthe redecoration the Maroon office isundergoing these days. There arethree inner doors, one of which leadsinto the partitioned-oif cubbyhole thathouses the cuts, and the other two gono place in particular. The door to thecut room is enameled a shiny black,and is entitled “The Black Hole ofCalcutta—No Cover, No Minimum”.One of the other 'doors states clearlyand simply, in fine Old English let¬tering, “(Jents”, while the third, abold, bright, scarlet, says “MadamSmith, Low Rates”. This last door wasoriginally slated as the “Rosy-Finger¬ed Dawn Room”, but you know howthings go. The most courageous at- Mary Augustine is one of the prettiestgirls . . . John Buckingham is thei smoothest freshman.. .the College in-'structors are very considerate...BobLawson had six glasses of punch ata wedding reception—I know! I alsoknow what went into that punch andit wasn’t pop.” Thanks, Midget. Weasked Bob Lawson about the punch-he claims it was nearer twenty-sixglasses.tempt at artistic adornment that wehave ever seen is to be found in theback room at the University Tavern,second most popular of campus soft-drink establishments. If you can seethrough the smoky air (we call it airby courtesy, although more than oneoxygen tank has been seen there of aSaturday evening) you will note thesilver stars on the hazy blue ceiling.Buy him a Choo-chooStuart Schulberg received a phonecall from Hollywood the other night.It was his father who wanted to knowwhat Stuart wants for his birthdaynext week. Ever since, the gas-housegang has been trying to make up hismind for him. The suggestions rangefrom a bicycle to a trust fund. StudRuml is holding out for a new type¬writer for himself, a bed for MarshallPatullo, a writing job with ColumbiaPictures for Boychick, and completeequipment for filming a picture hereon campus. No decision has beenreached, but Stuart is leaning strong¬ly toward something nice and solid,like bonds.Ruml and Patullo na Christie^’ Monday night; it wasred hot. This may have been the re¬sult of the potables used in the firstact, which takes place in a bar. Nearlythe whole cast is called upon to drinkseveral slugs of bourbon or glasses ofbeer, and, let us tell you, there wereno substitutes used. We can under¬stand the authenticity of the beer, be¬cause it is nearly impossible to fake,but who ever heard of actual liquoron the stage? All the shows we havebeen in have used cold tea—unpalata¬ble, perhaps, but safer. Potsy Millerclaims that cold tea makes him sick—sick, he says. Anybody who drinkslemon in his coffee should keep hisbig fat mouth shut about cold tea!MidgetThe Midget, unidentified freshmangirl who wrote a letter to the Bazaarsome weeks ago, has again sent ussome candid impressions. She saysthat she is no longer befuddled, butfeels like a kindergarten inmate onher first day—said day not havingnearly enough hours to take care ofall she has to do. “I’m all mixed upabout this rushing business. I can’tmake up my mind whether the clubsreally want me or are just being po¬lite. I bet the Mortar Boards will besorry they didn’t rush me when theyhear about my uncle’s gold mine.And furthermore, I’ve come tosome more freshman conclusions:Pulse is a very snobbish magazine... Names, Names, NamesSome individuals, we hear. arerather put out by the lack of namesin our columns. For their especialbenefit we follow the example of“Lord” Timothy Dexter, who wrote abook without punctuation. He thenadded several pages of commas,dashes, semi-colons and exclamationpoints, and left their disposal to thediscretion of his readers. Dink McClel-Ian, Shirlee Smith, Clayton Traegerand Jane Moran, assorted PeacocksNels Fuqua, Cal Sawyier, Jean Roff[Nels Fuqua, Fay Horton, Jack Dry.den, Nels Fuqua, Bud Arquilla, TotoMcCormick, Nels Fuqua. Seekers aftervicarious glamor may sprinkle thesenames judiciously throughout today’sBazaar. In this way we hope to satis¬fy everybody.Read Swedenborg's'DIVINE LOVEAND WISDOM'lOc unabridgedat University and otherbookstoresThe reasons for Beardsley Ruml'sconcern over Patullo’s sleeping com¬fort are purely selfish. Each of thesetwo citizens pays half of the rent onalternate months, and when Rumlpays, Patullo sleeps on the couch whileStud gets the Murphy bed. When Pa-tullo pays, the arrangements areswitched. Very tidy and logical, butuncomfortable for one or the other allthe time.Red HotWe went to dress rehearsal of “An-• • • Candles and Garlic • • .By HARLAN BLAKEFraternities don’t regimentyou anymore than your own lit¬tle group. If you’re an individual Feature of last week’s musical at¬tractions is the story of a Russianand a German—off the battlefield.Sergei Rachmaninov and FrederickStock were the chief participants. Asthe world’s greatest living Russiansat down before the piano at Orches¬tra Hall last Thursday night to playhis Fourth Piano Concerto, an au-who has initiative you will influ¬ence your group and will speakyour mind no matter whetheryou belong to Phi Schmu or tothe lovers of Audubon Society,population three.Place to Hang Your HatThe trouble with belonging tothe Audubon Society, populationthree, is that first of all you don’thave a place to hang your hat.Secondly, not many new ideascan seep into three minds whenyou think that Phi Schmu hasthirty-five minds in varying de¬grees of alertness.So there really is no actualproblem of being a member of anorganized group or not beinga member of an organization. It’sjust picking the group you thinkyou belong in. The stigma of aglittering pin on your bosom isa purely secondary matter.There are two things to watchout for in rushing. One is thatyou are apt to get the idea thatfraternities are basically wrongand carry on a one man crusadeand not join. Actually you mightbelong in a fraternity. The sad dience wondered if the 70-year-oldmaestro could still adequately per¬form the tremendous piano scorewhich he had written fifteen yearsago. Straight as a ramrod he sat, asmuch like a soldier as an artist. Andhe showed them.The tremendous tempo necessary inboth the first and last movements hecovered without a slip-up in fingering.No interpretation could have beenfiner. Only in the loud, vigorous pianoparts was it possible to see that thesad-eyed Russian was losing arm andwrist power. Here, Stock wisely tonedthe orchestra down.The result of perfect cooperation be¬tween the Russian and the Germanwas a masterpiece in music. Realizingthis, a capacity audience rose to itsfeet, joined the members of the or¬chestra in cheering back the duo for ahalf-dozen acknowledgements.lads that* let their principles getthe better of their lives and end¬ing all alone carrying the whiteflag of courage.The second thing to watch outfor is the stigma of an indepen¬dent. There is no stigma at¬tached to being an independent.Don’t let ahy^ne tell you differ¬ent.Pearls of Wisdomdest apples around here are the i tie So catch these little pearls ofwisdom and go hide yourselfsomewhere away from fraterni¬ty men and try to figure out whatkind of a chap you are. Thenmake your choice the same wayyou’d select a tie. If you thinkit fits you buy it. If on you itdoesn’t look good, find another You want your ^ewsserved HOTWhal’8V.apr“"8‘”fwiU U to»ono«•yflio won ihal g ihioogh newy»P® ’You get quick .ne«e« thick dependneweeel eq«ip»>e«>':””- ’“it' ‘ttT-TVte reporter s greav pA Western E'ecinc. rj^ietype-by Western Electric. parts in3„ddi»«ik“W'*“'Western Electric. . . is hdch of your lleU 'loIrploHo* serrirel: i-KT ^.1^ LTHE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1941Institute of MilitaryStudies ManeuversAt Mill Road FarmsBy STUD RUMLA 28-car convoy of 174 men fromthe University’s Institute of MilitaryStudies and Hyde Park High School’sRO.T.C. unit arrived at a convertedMill Road Farm promptly at 3 o’clockSaturday afternoon under the aegisof Arthur R. H. Rubin, prepared tospend two days in waterproofedshoes, extra shirts and socks in theregular quarterly field trip sponsoredby the Institute to train prospectivesoldiers in the techniques of tacticsand field maneuvers.Snow, cold, and muddy fields madethe formerly ornate and glossy estatesimilar to actual conditions of waras the trainees, equipped with woodenguns, converted two barns into real¬istically cold barracks for a refrigerat¬ed one-night soiree.Shivering constantly, they receivedtheir instructions from blustering,blue-faced Rubin and Major AlanStreet, and moved out of their com¬pany streets to begin open order drillin two fields of military mire. Thecompanies broke into squads and, eachunder the instruction of an individualofficer, assimilated the lore of the V-shaped, extended order attack forma¬tion.After RecallAfter five-o’clock recall, when Com¬pany B sets up cots for the night.Company A sat dowm in an impro-vi.sed screened mess hall, protectedfrom the snow by a sheet of canvasto the windward side, for a dinner ofmacaroni, hot dogs, green beans, cof¬fee, and cherry pie, and at 6 o’clockthe order reversed for Company B’sdinner and Company A’s night timeset-up.After eating the army moved to theonetime Lasker movie house, nowchanged under military orders to thepremilitary equivalent of a U-S.O.recreation hall, where Capt, Boyd Ma-hin, who is a weekday loop lawyer,lectured on Military Law, and Capt.Rubin explained the organization ofthe army.At ten, the two companies retiredto their barracks for a peaceful nightinterrupted only by irregular sortiesto the headquarters building to con¬sult with Dr. Ken Sponsel on the oftenrecurring subject of hands, feet, andnoses blue with cold.First With ColdFirst call Sunday morning came at5:50, followed by reveille at 6:05. Aseach company wolfed its breakfastof prunes, oatmeal, bacon, eggs, sweetroll, and coffee, the other waved itsarms and stomped its feet in a seriesof setting up exercises designed more to maintain circulation than to buildmuscle.After breakfast the two companiesmoved out into the field again tostudy the terrain for a practice warmaneuver scheduled for the after¬noon, receiving at the same time les¬sons in scouting, patrolling, and coverdrill, and learning, in addition, the of¬ficial procedure for pitching sheltertents in company streets.After lunch and a practice march,the companies marched into their po¬sitions for the tactical exercise. Com¬pany A was to start from Old MillRoad, “engage and annihilate’’ theenemy, and take Half Day Road, whileCompany B was to defend their posi¬tion on Half Day Road, annihilatethe enemy, and if successful occupythe territory northward as far asOld Mill Road. The companies movedat 1:15, by 3 o’clock Company A hadmassacred company B with a bang-bang of wooden rifles, and after ageneral cleanup, Rubin’s crews leftthe field of battle for Chicago at 5.Gosnell Quits,Takes DefenseIn Washington(Continued from page 1)ance and Coordination, Division ofField Operations, Office of Price Ad¬ministration. He was granted leaveof absence by the University to takethe position because no one knowsthe length of time he will be gone.Nature of His DutiesThe exact nature of his duties arenot known for no one has heard fromhim since he arrived in Washington,nor was he sure just what'he was todo when he left.Just released from government dut¬ies was H. Gregg Lewis, instructor ineconomics, who served as a technicianfor the Railways Mediation Board inthe investigation concluded recently.One of a Staff of EightOne of a staff of eight technicians,Lewis did much of the statisticalwork for the committee. In additionto Lewis there were three other sta-tisticans, three experts on, variousphases of labor relations, and a legalcounsel.Frederick Harbison, instructor ineconomics, Samuel Stouffer, instruc¬tor in sociology, and TheodoreYntema, professor of statistics, eitherhave done or are doing governmentwork also. D.A. StarsDraw CurtainOn ^^Christie’’“Anna Christie’’ will continue itssuccessful run at the Reynolds ClubTheatre, tonight and Friday and Sat¬urday nights.Part of the success of the DramaticAssociation production of O’Neill’splay is due to producer Himmel’s set¬tings, put obliquely toward the au¬dience to achieve a greater effect ofrealism than the ordinary flat set¬tings. More than part of the success,however, is from the concerted effortsof a sympathetic cast. Ruth Ahlquisthas the title role of Anna, Bob Miller...bartenderis her father, Chris Christopherson,with a Swedish accent. Marthy, Chris’aging and battered woman, is playedby D.A. veteran Betty Ann Evans.Edde Armstrong is the Irish maritimelove interest playing opposite RuthAhlquist.Other characters in the cast includeStuart Schulberg, the well-dressedmailman, Stud Ruml as Larry-the-Priest who owns the bar in which thefirst act takes place, Marshall Pat-tullo, a beer-drinking dead-end kidgrown up, and Bill Dodds, a new¬comer to D.A., who plays the bar¬tender with a practiced hand.Warner ReportsClass ChangesIn Deep South^Social barriers among SouthernNegroes, which formerly made an“upper class’ of light-skinned mem¬bers of the race, today are breakingdown under the impact of growingracial pride, and brown-skinned Ne¬groes tend to attain a higher rankthan light skinned Negroes.Similarly, the prestige formerlyheld by straight-haired Negroes istending to diminish.These recent changes in the classsystem of Southern Negroes were dis¬closed by Dr. W. Lloyd Warner, pro¬fessor of sociology at the Universityof Chicago, in “Deep South,’’ pub¬lished this week by the Universityof Chicago Press. The book reportsan extensive social and anthropologi¬cal study of a Southern city, conduct¬ed under the direction of Dr. War¬ner.Four social scientists participatedin the research—Dr. Burleigh B.Gardner and his wife, Mary R. Gard¬ner, who carried on the study fromthe point of view of the whites, andDr. Allison Davis and his wife, Eliz¬abeth Stubbs Davis, whose researchwas from the Negro point of view.Brown Upper Class“One need no longer be olive, yel¬low, or white, or even brown with‘good hair’ (i.e., hair similar to thatof whites), to be a member of theNegro upper class,” Dr. Warnerwrote. “The upper class today islargely a brown group, with Negroidtjq)es of hair. ^“The emergence of this new upperclass has been accompanied by an in¬crease in caste solidarity (caste isdefined as a non-intermarrying group),in ‘race pride’, and in the develop¬ment of segregated institutions. Al¬though it is impossible, in our econom¬ic system, for the colored society tofunction successfully as a ‘solid’ orhighly organized group, it has beenpossible for it to develop at least adogma of caste solidarity.Although most of the members ofthe new upper class are brown in col¬or, Dr. Warner continued, a degreeof color taboo still has been preserv¬ed against black-skinned Negroes,particularly women.Some Discrimination“For example,” he noted, “a largebridge party given by the agents of acolored insurance company, was at¬tended by twenty-six men and thirtywomen of the upper and upper-middleclasses. Only four black men werepresent. They were all agents of thecompany. Two of them served theguests, the other two sat outside in Page Three'DouglasThe Douglas for Senator Com¬mittee will meet today at 1 in Lex¬ington 7. The committee will for¬mally organize, elect officers, andI arrange for the distribution of pe-i titions asking alderman Douglas tobe a candidate for United StatesSenator in the April primaries.Everyone interested in supportingthe committee is invited to themeeting.The Douglas-for-Senator peti¬tions have been printed and areavailable in the Maroon office. IT'S A TREATCOMPLETEHERCULESLUNCH30cCHOPPED ROUND STEAKFRENCH FRIES - SALADDRINK & DESSERTYou'll like it.ATREADERS“Your Campus Drug Store”61st & Ellis Ave. 'Benton Lectures OnArt Academic SideshowBy BILL LETWINT. Hart Benton has a small blackmustache as befits a small man, anda dynamic left eye-brow as befits afacetious critic. Thomas Hart Bentontrotted up and down one side of theMandel Hall lectern, drank watercopiously, and praised his art Tues¬day evening.Instead of getting up and talkingimmediately, Benton asked the au¬dience for questions, his answers towhich should constitute a talk onAmerican Art. Nevertheless, one gotthe impression that he had severalthings that he wanted to say, andthat he was going to say them wheth¬er asked or not. On the other hand,there were several questions which heside-stepped or dodged completely,whether by accident or by intention,is hard to say.He started a rollicking expositionwith a report of his statement to theNew York press to the effect that itmight be better to have less art hungin museums and considerably more insaloons. Followed a polemic againstthe museum system of widening pub¬lic appreciation of art. Benton fre¬quently reverted to this theme; on oneoccasion comparing saloon hangingfavorably with museum exhibition be¬cause the viewer could at least restone foot on the rail. His point herewas clear: if people were to appreciateart they had to be close to it; closer,that is, than the semi-yearly trips tothe art institute.Later the artist drew what turnedout to be one of his major conclusions.There had been, he said, entirely toomuch dependence on European trendsthe hall and did not participate inthe party.”In discussing the new criteria ofupper class membership. Dr. Warner,whose research for, ten years hasdealt with class systems in Ameri¬can life, pointed out that the most im¬portant questions asked about a per¬son regarding his eligibility to moveinto the upper class are:1. What has been his education?2. Has he professional or semi-pro¬fessional status?3. Are his language, manners, anddress “polished”?4. Is he black?5. In the case of women, havethey had relations with whitemen?“The approved answer to the lasttwo questions must be negative.”Dr. Warner also discussed thechanges caused by modern industrial¬ism in the Negro-white relationshipof the South.Manufacturing firms moving infrom the North hire labor as cheaplyas possible, he said, with the resultthat Negroes are employed to do thesame type of labor as whites, andmay even be preferred to white work¬ers because they can be hired for alower wage.This puts money into the hands ofcolored workers producing a smallclass of Negroes on an economic levelabove that of the lower-class whites,he said.Brumbaugh—continued from page 1)sity,” Brumbaugh went on, citing ex¬amples of high school athletes whohave come into his office asking whatthe University would offer them ascompared to offers they had alreadyreceived from other schools. “This ismorally a bad view of education,” hesaid. and ideas in American Art. On theseveral occasions when an originalAmerican idea had begun to flourish,it had been obliterated or absorbed byimported European whims.Benton said on several occasionsthat critical analyses of art tended tobe so much jargon. And then proceed¬ed to critically analyze art. Bentonliked a few comic srjps, but said hecouldn’t quite get “Superman”. Ben¬ton approved of the idea of govern¬ment subsidies of art.And so he continued, saying manythings in reply to many questionsThe answers came fast and frivolousand' not all the jokes were clean. Thelast question delivered in polishedOxonian:“Mr. Benton, are you not tired ofpeople who want a whole art educa¬tion in one lecture?”Replied Benton:“I think I gave it to them,” and hewalked off the stage.SpecialName imprintedBeautiful ColortoneCHRISTMASCARDS25 for $1.00ORDER NOW WHILE THEY LASTREADERS“Your Campus Drug Store”1001 E. 61st St.Page Four THE DAILY MAROON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1941PHI PSI, ALPHA BELTS IN FINALSThe Alpha Delt touchball team, likeTime, marches relentlessly on. Againyesterday at Stagg Field, it flashedthat devastating offense which follow¬ers of the game on this campus havebegun to associate with it, this timeagainst the hapless members of ChiPsi, who were snowed under 32 to 0.In the other semi-final game of theday, an affair rife with thrills andtempers that were at the explodingpoint. Phi Psi defeated Delta Upsilon13 to 0, earning the other place in thefinals.Led by John Kelly, whose passingat all times was a bother to the A DPhis, the Chi Psi seven made an auspi¬cious start, sweeping down the fieldfor a number of substantial gains.Their attack, though, like all offens¬ives which come in contact with theAlpha Delt defense, soon bogged downas a pass fell into the eager arms ofBob Higgins, who collaborated withHussum for the first touchdowm.Higgins Intercepts PassesAt this stage of the game Higginsbegan intercepting passes in wholesalelots, stealing approximately every sec¬ond Chi Psi pass. The second sixpoints for you-know-who came as theresult of a Sawyier to Wheeler aerialand the third, fourth, and fifth werethe handiwork of the Messieurs Hig¬gins, Hussum, and at various stagesof the game, every other Alpha Delt.Sammy Baugh at WorkIn regard to the passing of CarlNohl, we should like to report that itwas superb, colossal, and terrific, etc.,etc., and though these eyes have nevergazed on Sammy Baugh at work wewould risk a guess that said gentle¬man was not much hotter than Nohl.When it comes to time to pick themost brilliant of the Alpha Delts wenever know exactly who to choose, forevery single member of that teamwhose name we are getting tired ofwriting, is outstanding.Holding the rather shaky Chi Psiteam together was the task of JohnKelly and Mark Skinner.Shaver Sparks Phi PsiThe day’s second game was by farthe closest, with Phi Psi Shaver spark¬ing his team to victory, though D. U.Stevens did his best to avert the event¬ual defeat. A Phi Psi interceptionfollowed by a Wiess to Munger pass,set the stage for the ultimate touch¬down, the result of a Shaver to Kre-moll pass. The other score was madepossible by a Deacon to Shaver aerial.The D. U. attack lacked the generalsmoothness of the Phi Psi assault, andthe losers runners spent more than a Phi PsiMeetsAlpha Deltlittle of their afternoon chasing wildlyback and forth behind the line ofscrimmage, expending much energybut gaining very little ground. Mostof the Phi Psi plays began with eitherShaver, a speed boy, or Stevens, whohandles the aerial arm, in the tailbackspot, at which point a pass took place.Fraternity No—(Continued from page one)are restrictive. 2. They develop falseloyalties. You pledge a fraternity, andyou find yourself thrown in with alarge, heterogeneous bunch of peo¬ple, whom you are supposed to loveindividually and collectively as yourfuture chums. And you adopt whole¬sale the ideals and sacred traditionsof your particular group. If you pledgeGJC, you must learn to hold yourliquor; if you go Kappa, you have todevelop an appreciation for Aristotle.And so on. 3. Finally, fraternities fur¬nish unscrupulous aid to ambitiouslittle Caesars anxious to achieveBMOC-ship the easy way. Because it’salways a big help if you belong to theright house.''Heads Up!”It's An ArrowArrow shirts pull compliments easily! A collegefavorite is the Arrow Gordon Oxford with its button-down, Dover collar . . . which can’t be beat for wear¬ing qualities. Mitoga-tailored to fit properly andSanforized-shrunk (fabric shrinkage less than 1%).Get some today in whites or solids. $2 up. Gridders Tense ForArmour Battle FridayFirst Squash RacquetsExhibition in WestStand TodayFeatured by a match between El¬mer Voight, of the Chicago DearbornClub, and John Botts Jr., of the LakeShore Athletic club, the initial squashracquets exhibition of the season willbe presented today, in the West Standin Stagg Field.Harvey Rubin, number one playerat the University last season, willmeet Dr. F. A. Wright, his partner ofa year ago. The third attraction willfind Gene Luening, the Maroon num¬ber four player, facing Gene Folks.Coach Erdmann, encouraged by theerection of four new squash courts,may schedule other matches as a stim¬ulus to the already popular squashsport.TOUCHBALL FINALSMONDAY AFTERNOONFraternity Yes—(Continued from page one)good fraternity. Such a spirit dependsupon the cooperation of every man inthe group. It is the participation insuch a development which is importantto the individual. It makes his life inthe University easier; it gives himsomething to take with him aftergraduation.But it cannot be emphasized toomuch that a fraternity is importantonly if the individual desires it to beso. A tense feeling has enveloped theentire squad of six-man football play¬ers as they await the crucial gamewith Armour Institute tomorrow atStagg Field. A significance is attach¬ed to the game because it is the firstinter-collegiate football game to beplayed this year.Coach Kyle Anderson has releaseda list of 46 players who are eligibleto participate in the game because oftheir steady attendance at all prac¬tice sessions and games. The Red Dev¬ils will start one of the games as afull team, while the Gophers will startthe other. Cooperating with the RedDevil outfit the Indians will be onhand for substitutions that Coach An¬derson w'lll institute very freely. TheDuffers will play with the Gophers.Four quarters consisting of ten min¬utes each will be played.Elimination Series StartsEnding the regpilar tournament se¬ries for the current year, the six-man teams will go into an eliminationseries starting next Tuesday at StaggField when the first place Devils tac¬kle the third place Gophers. At thesame time the second place Indianswill tackle the last place Duffers. Thewinners of these two games will playthe following Friday for the six-manchampionship. The Owl aggregationhas disintegrated and Coach Andersonhas placed the men, who wanted to continue playing football, on theGopher team.Final standings:Won Lost TieRed Devils 4 l qIndians 2 l {Gophers 2 2 qDuffers 1 3 qOwls 0 2 1BIG TEN STANDINGSW. L. T. Pet.Minnesota 3 0 0 1.000Michigan 3 1 0 .750Ohio State 2 1 0 .666Northwestern 3 2 0 .600Wisconsin 2, 2 0 .500Purdue 1 1 0 .500Iowa 2 3 0 .400Indiana 0 3 0 .000Illinois 0 3 0 .000Games SaturdayIllinois at Ohio StateMinnesota at IowaPurdue at WisconsinNotre Dame at NorthwesternMichigan at Columbialass around the Chesterfields andit’s pleasure time for everybody .. . smokingpleasure that* only the right combination ofthe world’s best cigarette tobaccos can give you.Chesterfields make good friends ... they’reim’Wer, definitely better-tasting and cooler-smok¬ing, Everybody who smokes them likes them. MARJORIE WOODWORTHChesterfield's Girl of the Monthin fhe Hal Roach hit"All-American Co-ed"a United Arlitlt ReleateCopyright 1941, Liccm A Mrns Tobacco Co.