Friday, February 25, 1944 Price Five CentsVol. 3,Chicago PlanOnlyOneFor College EducationIn America: HutchinsCondemning the characteristic fea¬ture of the American university—itscolossal frivolity — President RobertMaynard Hutchins described the full¬time faculty contract plan, as pre¬sented here a few weeks ago, as oneof the most important steps towardplacing the American university in aposition which can be conscientiouslydefended.Credits and courses should be abol¬ished, academic rank should be re¬moved, and faculty members shouldbe paid according to need. PresidentHutchins told 100 Northwestern Uni¬versity faculty members at a luncheonof the Northwestern chapter of theAmerican Association of UniversityProfessors in Evanston last week.“The characteristic feature of theAmerican university is its colossalfrivolity,” he said. “One can concludethat professors are frivolous. They donot take education seriously. Theytake themselves seriously, and theysometimes take their specialites tooseriously, but they do not take theiruniversities or education seriously.”“It is impossible for me, an oldand practiced exaggerator, to exag¬gerate the frivolity of higher educa¬tion. I should invent the most mon¬strous tales without shocking you inhe least. I have often tried to inventsomething that some American uni¬versity would not do, only to find out the next day that several were doingit.”President Hutchins stated that hebelieves the crash will come. “In thiscrisis, the people have shown thatthey do not want the colleges becausethe colleges have been giving themwhat they want. To the sports writersthe abolition of football in the ASTPis a serious matter. Do they imaginethat it is serious to anybody else?” hequeried. “To college presidents andlocal boarding house keepers the abol¬ition of the colleges is a serious mat¬ter.”In stating the present position ofliberal education, he said, “People arenot deceived by talk of the importanceof liberal education. They know thatliberal education is practically non¬existent in this country and that al¬most all colleges and universitiescould be closed without affecting lib¬eral education in any way.”Mr. Hutchins continued that to putourselves in a position which we canconscientiously defend we m\ist firstmake clear to ourselves what we aretrying to do; cut down the symbols offrivolity, the chief of these being foot¬ball and promotional literature such*as “beauties of New England” and“vicinity to New York and Boston” of(See “Hutchins,” page seven) Need For NewChicago MottoSearch ViewedMust Be Worth AFight: HutchinsThe motto of a University should beexpressive of that University, some¬thing that can be understood, some¬thing provocative enough that peoplewill fight for it.These are President Robert May¬nard Hutchins’ stipulations for thenew motto of the University of Chi¬cago. It is in search for such a mot¬to that THE CHICAGO MAROONis now sponsoring a seven-hundred-and-fifty dollar prize contest.“Most Universities,” said Hutchins,“like mottoes that are alliterative,monosyllabic, and interchangeable.They like something of so ambiguousa nature that nobody could possiblyquestion it. I think a motto should besomething people would want to fightover, providing the motto stands fora University worth fighting for.”“My idea of a good motto,” he said,“is one such as that wLicli I have sug¬gested: ‘Solitary singing in the WestI strike out for a new world.’ I likeit because ‘solitary’ stands for inde¬pendence, ‘in the West’ for our ownposition, and ‘strike out for a newworld’ for what I think we are tryingto do.”Law is Basic UponWhich Lasting PeaceWill Endure: WrightQuincy Wright, political scientistand professor of international law atChicago, has affirmed that only aworld committed to doctrines of feder¬ation through law can meliorate con¬flict and establish peace.In his speech, “Peace As A ProblemOf Law,” given Wednesday afternoonas the seventh in a series of WalgreenFoundation lectures at Oriental In-J^titute, Professor Wright bluntlystated, “Peace is not the absence ofviolence, but the presence of law.”Basis for such a peace is foundedla an international organization witha regime of law by which anarchyand tyranny could not exist. Thequestion of sovereignty also receivedcomment. Mr. Wright expected onlylimitations to sovereignty for “libertyunder law is more valuable to man.”Now on leave for government ser-vice, Quincy Wright has won dictinc-flon in international law and is a spe¬cial assistant to the Navy in inter¬national law from 1918-21. Expect Drastic ReductionIn Army Specialist's RanksAlthough no official statement hasbeen released by the military or civ¬ilian authorities of the Army Special¬ized Training Program here about theplans for the abandonment partialor complete—of the program nation¬ally, it is now evident that limitationswill be made in the intent of the pro¬gram here on campus.The announcement disbanding mostof the ASTP by April 1 came out ofthe Washington War Departmentheadquarters. All indications nation¬ally are that the advance engineeringunits, of which there are none onthis campus, and medical and dentalstudents will continue their training.However, out of 140,000 men through¬out the United States who are nowmembers of the ASTP, 110,000 ofthem were transferred from collegesto the combat field. Dean Richard P.McKeon, Director of the Area andLanguage program here, said, “TheArea and Language divisions havebeen, ever since last year, goingthrough a change of emphasis fromthe European to the Asiatic lang¬ uages. The Asiatic division will, inall probability not be affected at all.The European language classes will,in the normal course of events, grad¬uate in April.”Major Herman E. Smith, command¬er of all ASTP units here, said, “I amnot at liberty to release anything con¬cerning the abandonment of the pro¬gram. However, I think that aboutone-third of the men in my commandwill be affected by the War Depart¬ment’s announcement.”As things stand now, there will beno freshmen medical students by theopening of the spring quarter. How¬ever, there have been no official an¬nouncements issued from headquar¬ters.The first ASTP units moved to cam¬pus last spring and there has beenno apparent tapering off of the pro¬gram during the past eleven months.Several weeks ago a class of 380 basicengineers and Area and Languagestudents were graduated and anequally large class enrolled during thefirst week of February. University Is Host ToEducators ConferenceOn Post-War PoliciesAssembled at the University of Chi¬cago on Tuesday, February 22, were60 Illinois college presidents and ad¬ministrators for a one day, wartimeconference of the Federation of Illi¬nois Colleges. Featuring “Higher Ed¬ucation in Wartime and the Post-WarPeriod” the fortieth annual confer-ERNEST C. COLWELL. . . extends welcome . . .ence of the Federation was telescopedinto one day of addresses and discus¬sions at Swift Hall. Ernest C. Colwell,Dean of Faculties of the University ofChicago, and University representa¬tive at the conference, presented thewelcome to the group.Featured morning speaker wasFrancis J. Brown, consultant of theAmerican Council of Education. Al-Open Competition InContest To DiscoverBest Poem And EssayAnnouncement of two English con¬tests has just been made by the De¬partment of English. For students inCollege there is the David Blair Mc¬Laughlin Essay Contest. A fifty dol¬lar prize will be given for the bestcritical essay indicating special skilland sense of form in the writing ofEnglish.Competition for the John BillingsFiske Prize in Poetry is open to allstudents of the University, graduateor undergraduate. No competitor mayoffer more than one contribution, butthis may be a cycle including severalpoems. The prize in this contest is onehundred dollars.Any student interested in either ofthese competitions is asked to consultthe office of the Department of Eng¬lish Ingleside Hall, Room 304 for de¬tails. The closing date for each isMay 1. though Mr. Brown was unable to at¬tend the meeting, his paper “Educa¬tion for Military Personnel Duringand after the War” was presented byCarter Davidson, president of Knoxcollege.Discussing the problems of collegesarising from Army Specialized Train¬ing Program, Army Air Force, andCivilian Pilot Training curtailment,Mr. Brown declared that increasingthe number of 17 year olds in the Re¬serve A.S.T.P. may be the solution.Declaring that any pressure the uni¬versities might attempt to bring tobear on the military^to retain collegetraining programs would only reactunfavorably on the universities, Mr.Brown went on to state that therewere three outlets left to meet theemergency. He cited these as specialprograms for men prior to inductionage, rehabilitation programs for dis¬charged military personnel, and a vi¬tal curriculum in the war and postwar training of women.For the period between the cessa¬tion of hostilities and the discharge ofthe individual, the military forceshave already begun planning, Mr.Brown stated. It is probable, he sug¬gested, that this training programwill involve the assignment of in¬dividuals to foreign universities, thedevelopment of special educationalcenters, and the wide use of class in¬struction or self teaching materialswhere ever men and women in uni¬form are stationed.Said Brown, “Legislation must pro¬vide for the best interest of the vet¬eran regardless of the vested inter¬ests of any agency of education andgovernment. The question of individ¬ual adjustment which each institutionwill need to make is one that can bedetermined only by each institutionfor itself. The veteran, returning frommilitary service will be from one tofive years , more mature than thehomogenous groups now in college. Inthese men lies the next challenge ofeducation.”Other members of the panel discus¬sion featuring Mr. Brown were: C.J. I. Bergendoff, President of Augus-tana College, J. S. Cleveland, Dean ofMonmouth College; and F. R .Ham¬ilton, President of Bradley Polytech¬nic Institute.Keynote of the afternoon sessionwas the address of George A. Works,Professor Emeritus of Education atthe University of Chicago, who spokeon “A Survey of Higher EducationalFacilUes in Illinois.” Mr. Works dis¬cussed plans for a comprehensive sur-(See “Conference,” page eight)Page TwoBacteria Not SpreadBy Silver CommunionCup-Research ProvesStudy of the silver communion cupby Dr. William Burrows, AssociateProfessor of Bacteriology, and Dr.Elizabeth Hemmens, Instructor ofBacteriology in the Walter G. ZollerMemorial Denial Clinic of the Univer¬sity revealed that use of the cup bymany Protestant churches—contraryto the usual opinion—does not con¬tribute to the spread of infectiousdisease.“The significant differences be¬tween the usual restaurant tableware,soda fountain glasses, etc, and thesilver communion cup,” the scientistsaid, “w’ere first, the bacteria-killingaction of the polished cup, and second,the meticulous care with which thesacrament is administered, especiallythe practice of wiping the rim of thecup with a freshly laundered andironed cloth after each person hasdrunk.”•Tests to determine the transmissionof infection were made using theharmless bacterium, C. prodigiosum,as the test organism. The person at¬tempted to transmit the bacteriawith which he had rinsed his mouth,by drinking wine from the silver cupto a second person drinking after him.If the cup were wiped with a sterilelinen cloth and two minutes elapsedbetween drinking, the test bacteriacould not be found in the saliva ofthe second person.“Only under the most unfavorableconditions in which as much saliva aspossible was left by the first personand the second drank at the samespot immediately thereafter, couldtransmission be detected, and thenonly 0.001 per cent of the bacteriawere transmitted from the first per¬son to the second,” said Dr. Burrowsand Dr. Hemmens.TERESA DOUNDANCING SCHOOL1208 E. 63rd St. (Near Woodlawa Av.)Life Member of the ChicagoAssociation of Dancing Masters50c—BEGINNERS CLASSES—50cSun., Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs.,and Sat. Evenings at 8:30Private lessons $1.50—12 N-l I P.M. dailyLady or Gentleman InstructorsTelephone Hyde Park 3080U.T.1131-1133 E. 55th St.Complete Selectionof Beers andOther BeveragesMIDway 0524Blatz Beer THE CHICAGO MAROONMitchell Tower BeautyOverlooks University. . . modeled after the Tower of Magdalen College, Oxford, thearms of which may be seen above the entrance . . .”On the corner of East 57th Streetand University avenue stands Mitch¬ell Tower, the gift of John J. Mitchellof Chicago. The great doors of Mitch¬ell Tower form a natural entrance tothe central quadrangles and the vari¬ous buildings that surround the tower—Hutchinson Commons, the formerReynolds Club and Mandel Hall.Designed by Shepley Rutan-Cooligethe building is modeled after the tow¬er of Magdalen College, Oxford, thearms of which may be seen above theentrance to the tower. Mitchell Toweris 127 feet 3 inches high from thegrade to the top of the corner turretsand because of its greater width hastwo pinnacles instead of one, as in theOxford example. Finished in 1903, thebuilding has in the floor, opposite themain entrance, a bronze tablet givenby the class of 1911 commemorating the adoption in that year of the Uni¬versity seal. It has been a traditionof the University that this emblemshould never be walked upon.The bells dedicated June 9, 1908,were the gift of the friends of Mrs.Palmer. In making his contributionProfessor A. A. Stagg stipulated thatthe bells be rung every evening at10:05. Thus it came about that thesebells close each college day with theAlma Mater. The bells also chime atthe noon hour for five minutes, forten minutes beginning at 6 p.m.; onSunday morning between 10:30 and10:45 and again for two minutes justbefore the 11 a.m. chapel service. Atthe convocation, when the Presidentmentions the death of a member of theuniversity, the audience rises whilethe bells slowly sound Pheyel’s hymn.O.D.P.'s "Dear Brutus OpensTwo Night Stand In MandelThe third O.D.P. production of the1943-44 season will take place tonightand tomorrow night in Mandel Hallwhen a promising cast directed byJere Mickel will present Barrie’s DearBrutus. Recently appointed an assis¬tant in the Office of Dramatic Pro¬ductions, Mr. Mickel was previously adirector in the first two years of thecollege.The plot of Dear Brutus revolvesaround the idea that most men whodesire a second chance in life wouldgain nothing from it, since the pri¬mary cause of their actions lies, not in opportunity, but in their own char¬acters. Barrie develops this theme ina lighthearted and subtle manner bycreating a fantastic wood where menmay relive their lives in one night.He sets his scene in the country houseof the spritely Lob, (Sam MacGre¬gor), who invites a group of ratherunpleasant people to a house party,knowing that they all have one thingin common ... the desire for a secondchance.Just what these situations arecomprise the delightful context of thisstrangest of all Barrie’s plays. Joseph Brandt TellsFriends Of LibraryOf Press* Dual RoleJoseph A. Brandt, new director ofthe University of Chicago Press,spoke before The Friends of the Li¬brary last night on “Merchants ofLight”.The essence of Brandt’s speech wasthat a university press has a doublerole to play: to publish works of purescholarship and to inform the laymanof current happenings. Most of theuniversity presses of the country con¬form to these two requirements.“Not every scholar can or shouldbe expected to be able to write forboth audiences—the purely scholarlyand the layman,” said Brandt. “Butmany great scholars are able to doso, and if these scholars neglect theintelligent layman, they leave the taskof continuous adult education to theuninformed and sometimes to thecharlatan.”Prandt stressed the fact that allour present publications are unneces¬sarily keyed to the twelve-year oldmind. “Radio and mass publicationsin this country are keyed to thetwelve-year-old mind. In a nationwhich has made education so inversal-ly accessible without regard to wealth,this is a challenge which the scholarcannot escape with a clean conscience.Are we Americans, as people, simplystupid, or do we have minds that liefallow simply because educators havefailed to realize that their campusis a spiritual rather than a materialone?”God Must SupplantSelf If PermanentPeace Is Won: BellClosing his series of campus lec¬tures by delivering the regular Sun¬day morning sermon at the Chapel,the Rev. Bernard Iddings Bell assertedthat man can not win the war or thepeace by force alone. All thoughtsof moral standards and religion havebeen ousted, and for the best will ofGod has been substituted the dictatesof a canny and self-seeking exped¬iency.”Unless man forgets himself andhis unending search for power, amuse¬ment and any distraction, moral orotherwise, declared Dr. Bell, he willperish because he has lost the visionof man as a being with moral grand¬eur. In conclusion he stated that re¬ligion is irrelevant if it can not bringto man the habitual vision of truespiritual worth. iSchnabel-Langej Initiate MozartMusic FestivalBefore the death of the late SergeiRachmaninoff last March 28, he wasusually ranked as the greatest of liv-ing pianists, with Schnabel, Rubin-stein, and Brailowsky following. Itwould now seem as if we are aboutto enter upon a period of musicalspecialization, since Rachmaninoffwas the last great pianist to playboth the classic and romantic masterswith equal skill.Today the premier pianists, ArturSchnabel and Artur Rubinstein, dividethe field, the former taking the class¬ical period, the latter the romantic ashis specialty—with an overlap onlyon the Beethoven C Minor and theBrahms B Flat Major Concertos. Rub¬instein plays in the tradition of thegrand manner, while Schnabel playsintrospectively, in a self-effacing,scholarly manner: thus each is partic¬ularly well-adapted to his field.Three weeks ago Rubinstein dem¬onstrated his right to be regardedas Rachmaninoff’s heir on the roman¬tic side by playing the Russian mas¬ter’s C Minor Concerto. Last Thurs¬day Schnabel inaugurated the ChicagoSymphony’s two week Mozart festi¬val, playing the Concerto No. 22, EFlat, K. 482, and the Concerto No.21. C, K. 487. Schnabel, who has beenhailed as the “High Priest of Bee¬thoven,” makes the surface-gloss ofMozart yield all the varied emotionalcontent which defies a less skilled in-terperter.Schnabel might well say withShakespeare’s Casca, “Speak handsfor me!”, for they do most eloquently.His apparently effortless playingflows with a rapid facility whichseems to defy all the limitations ofthe human body. Particularly in therondo of the E Flat Concerto, did theflawless facets of Mozart’s genius findflawless expression in the wizadrywhich is Schnabel’s playing.The program opened with the Sym¬phony No. 36, C. K. 425 (“Linz”), ina reading by the orchestra underHans Lange which sparkled as onlyMozart can sparkle, the work care¬fully wrought into a unified wholewhich so charmed the jammed housethat the conductor had to take threebows in acknowledgement of applausei from an audience swept away by the! magnificent version. The program al¬so included the Sernata Noturna, K.239, for two string orchestras andpercussion . . . W. W.EUGENE O'NEILL'S"AH WILDERNESS"Special Benefit Performance for Sunday Evening DiscussionGroup of United Church of Hyde ParkGoodman Theater - Monroe St., East of MichiganFEBRUARY 29 — 8:30 P.M.General admission tickets $1.10, (tax included)Tickets available at Information Desk, Press Building, 5750 Ellis AvenueMrs. Clay Kelley Strives ToKeep Husband's Works AliveMrs. Clay Kelly, a stout hearted,illustrious figure in the famous ArtColony on East 67tli Street quicklybut surely told her story of pathos—the story of the mysterious disap¬pearance of her husband Clay Kelly,seven years ago—of how she hasmanaged to carry on since then inher studio-home trying to keep hisname imprinted in the public’s mind.A tale of suffering and sacrifice.Her story began in 1936 when ClayKelly did the now famous sketchesof doorways of the University of Chi¬cago. These sketches were so finethat a year later Kelly was promptedto travel through the middle west do¬ing more sketches of churches anduniversities. It was on June 10, 1937that Mrs. Kelly recived her last com¬munication from her husband. In theform of a letter, it stated that Mr.Kelly was becoming a little restlessand that he was accepting fifty dol¬lars from a man in St. Louis, to gothere and do some work for him.Since then no word has been heard.“Wanting to shield the man’s re¬putation, she stated, “I kept the newsfrom the public working only with thepolice.” Coveting the hope that hewas still alive she spent months andmonths of anguish and anxiety. “No¬body will ever know what I have livedthrough,” she sobbed, “It’s almost in¬credible.” She told of her twenty-fiveyears of gloriously happy marriedlife; meeting its happiness and sor¬row together. How they were play¬fully known amoung their friends as“sonny” and “kid.” Tearfully she mur¬mured questioningly, “How can a lifelike that be so terribly mutalated.”Mr. Kelly was an intensely dynamicman. He turned out hundreds of paint¬ings and,sketches. There were dayswhen he would hike for thirty mileswith his home-made easel, sketching and gathering local color. Travelingthroughout the world he would comeback with his mind filled with ideas.He dabbled at times with sculpturingand taught classes. Some of his stu¬dents were famous university men;H*?*. cn*y MuyMRS. CLAY KELLY“. . . so terribly mutilated . . .”Professor Michelson, Dr. Read and theAdairs have studied with him.Mrs. Kelly is intent on providinghis works with the reputation whichthey should enjoy. “I have devotedmy life to my husband and his work,”she explained. For the past year Mrs.Kelly has been working in a WarPlant on the night shift. In the after¬noons she keeps her studio open sothat the public may come in andenjoy her husband’s work. She plansto write her autobiography when shefinds time and during the summersshe works in her garden which isquite pretty. And Mrs. Kelly has aromantic nature,—when we remarkedon a picture of Lord Byron hangingin her studio she piped, “Oh of course,he’s my pet.”Order Result Of Social ForcesNot Laws Says Dr. MorgenthanWe are fortunate in having in ourmidst such vital and independantthinkers as Dr. Hans J. Morgenthau,visiting professor of Political Science.In the fourth and last of his seriesof talks on “The Scientific Delusionand the Problem of International Or¬der,” Dr. Morgenthau dealt with thepioblems of world peace as they re¬late to an understanding of economicinterests, political aspirations and so¬cial tensions.For a good many years, he told us,.people felt that the factors responsi¬ble for the maintenance of peace werethe existence of proper laws. Actual-^.V—“what we call ‘order under law’is not the creation of law but of so¬cial forces which make both for orderand law.”To gain greater understanding, con¬tinued Dr. Morgenthau, we must ans¬wer two basic questions. These heproposed as, first, what is law? andsecondly, what is the function of lawfor society ?In the domestic field the answeris clear. Law is what the courts sayIt is. With regard to internationallaw the situation is much more com¬plicated, for the traditional doctrine a criterion by which to distinguishbetween actual and superficial rules.The factors which contribute peaceand order within a country are three¬fold. The first is a national conscious¬ness based on social mores and ethicsheld in common. Secondly, there is amonopoly on the part of the govern¬ments, of organized physical force.Finally, we have legislative and ju¬dicial machinary which insures a cer¬tain degree of individual and socialjustice.In closing, Dr. Morgenthau summedup very briefly the purpose of thefour lectures as a related sequence.We have seen, he said, that law wasand is regarded as the manifestationof reason, pure and simple, in society,and that reason can bring about thereform of social conditions. However,he pointed out. we have refuted thatstand completely by showing that lawis wholly dependent on non-legal fac¬tors such as mores, ethics and politi¬cal considerations. In just such amanner, we can see that reason isdependent on non-rational factorsIn his own words, “Reason is like alight which by its own inner forcecan move nowhere. It must be carriedin order to move.” - THE CHICAGO MAROONProfessor Rippy ViewsPan-American AffairsAt this time the history and devel¬opment of Latin America is a matterof paramount interest to the UnitedStates. For the first time in a hundredyears, this country and the nations ofLatin America have arrayed them¬selves in unison against a commonenemy. It would seem that at last theinterests of the United States and ofher southern neighbors have becomeidentified with one another, that thetwo hemispheres can at least meeteach other on a basis of common endsand understanding.Long a student of Latin America’sties with the United States, Chicago’sProfessor of History Frederick Rippyis an advocate of the viewpoint thatLatin America and this country willfind the technological and economicalbonds between them to be the oneswhich in the last analysis, will deter¬mine their common destiny.To demonstrate this outlook, thef’utnam Publishing Company hasPeace Dependent OnExtension Of TruceSay Lerner, AdlerWars will not be over and the worldwill not have permanent peace untilall national sovereignty is abolishedand internal economic and social op¬pression is eliminated, according tothe University of Chicago Round Ta¬ble speakers, February 20.Discussing “Permanent Peace: ItsCauses and Possibilities” were Lerner,chief editorial writer of PM and Pro¬fessor of Economics at Williams Col¬lege, and Mortimer J. Adler, Profes¬sor of Philosophy at the Law Schoolof the University.“The world has never had peace,”Adler declared. “It has simply knowntruces between wars . . . Peace con¬sists of people living together withoutrecourse to force . . . we know it todayas it exists in the local community. . . There is nothing in man whichmakes it impossible of fulfillment. Thethings against it today are institu¬tional and moral.”In discussing the immediate tasksahead toward peace, Adler emphasizedthe fact that it is the obligation of ev¬ery person now to work toward thegoal of permanent peace, though itsfulfillment lies for in the future. “Weshould not disarm as long as we aregoing to have world diplomacy andforeign policies,” he continued. “. . .Power politics, spheres of influence,leagues of nations, and so on, are im¬portant not because they can give uspeace, but because they are instru¬mental in prolonging the next truceLerner declared, “The truce is whatthe peace will grow out of. . . . TheU.S. and Russia, for instance, willhave to keep together if we are toavoid war. Not only must we remem¬ber our duties abroad, but we muststem the rising tide of reaction athome.”“This problem of peace,” Adler con¬cluded, “will remain unsolved untilmen have understood it well enough toadjust their thinking to its demands.” placed Rippy’s latest book LatinAmerica And The Industrial Age uponits April publishing lists. “LatinAmerica,” declared Rippy. “welcomesAmerican technological aid ratherthan her economical interests. Theydo not necessarily resent capitalisticenterprise from this country: they01 ly want to make sure that they’renot being exploited. Therefore, real¬izing the aid which our technicianscan give them, they naturally likethem better under their own manage¬ment than that of a foreign country.”This amity, declared Rippy, is ofrelatively recent origin. From 1903vto 1933 feeling in Latin America to¬wards the United States was one offra'nk enmity. In the first world warthe general attitude was far distantfrom that prevailing today. Since1933, however, that feeling has chang¬ed. “This is largely due to PresidentRoosevelt and Mr. Hull’s Pan-Amer-can policy. The degree of its successis made evident by the fact that, inreality, no Latin American countryhas failed to join us in our struggle.”“They have done so because theyfeel that the United States has givenup her military or territorial aspira-Charles Allen To GiveLecture This AfternoonThe Harriet Monroe Poetry Groupwill present a lecture this afternoonat 5 p.m. in the College Library, Har¬per Mil by Mr. Charles Allen ofPurdue University on “The LittleMagazines.”Mr. Allen, who teaches the Army,Navy, and Marines at Purdue Univer¬sity, is an authority of great measureon his topic for this afternoon. Hehas had ten articles published on thesubject of the little magazines andhe is planning a book to be publishedby the Princeton Press next year.'The Poetry Group, headed by Mrs.Bond, plans to present lecture andreadings the first Friday of eachmonth throughout the rest of theyear. Page ThreeFREDERICK RIPPY“. . . they can trust us . . .”tions. They feel that our policy to¬wards them is in direct antithesis toGermany’s. At last they have cometo feel that they can trust us.”It is true, Rippy admitted, that suchcountries as France and Spain stillenjoy powerful bonds of culture andreligion with Latin America. That isnatural. Nevertheless, economic ne¬cessity has, in the natural order ofevents, drawn the United States andthe Hispanic States closer and closertogether, and will continue to do so,in matters of real interest.Rockwell Kent Y/illDeliver Lecture InMandel March 2Rockwell Kent, renowned artist andauthor, will lecture on “The Arts andDemocracy”, Thursday, March 2 inLeon Mandel Hall, 57th and Univer¬sity, at 8:30 p.m. The lecture is spon¬sored by the William Vaughn MoodyFoundation.Mr. Kent is a popular illustrator ofvarious recently released volumes ofthe classics. In the past few yearshe has made illustrations for a com¬plete collection of Shakespeare’sworks, a copy of Herman Melville’sMoby Dick, an edition of Chaucer’sCanterbury Tales, Goethe’s Faust,and a volume of Whitman’s Leaves ofGrass, among others.MOTTO CONTEST RULES1. Mottoes submitted may be original or a selected quotationwhich is not copyrighted or generally used by any otherperson or organization. If a quotation is submitted thesource of the quotation should be given.2. There is no limit to the number of entries an individualmay submit. All entries, statments, and ideas therein ex¬pressed, become the property of THE CHICAGO MA¬ROON. No entries will be returned.3. Each entry must be accompanied by a brief statement ofnot more than fifty (50) words giving the reason or rea¬sons why contestant believes the motto submitted is ap¬propriate, which statement will be considered in makingthe award.4. Students, faculty, alumni, and the general public alike areeligible to compete for the prize awards.5. The judges’ decision will be final.6. This contest is being conducted by THE CHICAGO MA¬ROON and not by The University of Chicago, and the Uni¬versity is in no wise obligated to adopt any motto selectedby the judges but may accept or reject in whole or in partany motto submitted.7. Print your name and address on all entries and mail to theContest Editor, THE CHICAGO MAROON, University ofChicago, Chicago, Illinois. Entries must be postmarkednot later than midnight. May 16, 1944. Winners will be an¬nounced before the end of the spring quarter.Four THE CHICAGO MAROONThe Chicago MaroonOAeial ■tadant pdbUcatien of tho UniTorsity of Chicago, poh*oTory Friday daring tha aeadomie quartan.Published at LasJngton Hall, UniTcnity of Chicago. Chicago, II*Talaphoaa DOBahartar 7279 or MIDwoy 0800, Ext. 861.PUBLISHER: Joseph J. WeissmanEDITOR: David SmothersMANAGING EDITOR: Barbara WinchesterBUSINESS BfANAGER: Ward J. Sharbach, Jr.EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES: Alice Ludwig, Bill Roberts,Fred SulcerBUSINESS ASSOCIATE: Alan J. StraussASSISTANTS: Carroll Atwater, Barbara Barke, PhilBriggs, Harmon Craig, Bill Erlandson, Mae Falk,Marillyn Fletdier, Bamby Golden, Fred Gottesman,Dorothy Granquist, Jim Hoskinson, Dorothy Iker,Harry Kroll, Louis Levit, Idell Lowenstein, DaniaMerrill, Muriel Newman, S. Harold Patinkin, DonShields, Cynthia Sibley, Nancy Smith, Fred Sulcer,Shirly Vanderwalker, William WambaughWe Are HonoredIf Winston Churchill or Franklin Rooseveltor Madam Chiang-Kai-Shek or Bob Hope orany other worldshaking personage declared inprint that THE CHICAGO MAROON was aswell-headed, impudent sophomoric rag, we’dfeel honored. It would be a high point in ourlives, just to be insulted from such a source.That’s about the way we felt when we readyesterday’s copy of the “Chicago Tribune”. Weknow, of course, that it is the “World’s GreatestNewspaper”. We know that it claims the secondlargest circulation in the world. We know thatit’s the only paper in Chicago which carriesTerry and the Pirates. And when Charles Collinsdevoted the greater part of his editorial pagecolumn A Line O’ Type Or Two to Jovian thun¬derbolts in our direction we had a sort of deepand solemn feelin gin the innermost core of ourundoubtedly adolescent hearts.You see, Mr. Collins, we don’t mind in theleast when you call us “supermen in pinfeath¬ers”. It didn’t faze us at all when you crackedweak jokes like “offering $750 in prize money,possibly of Confederate issue.” Even thoughyour column didn’t move us as much as the Rev¬erend John Evans’ last week, we’re still grate¬ful, because we know you work for the “Chicago jTribune”.It is only when you descend to an attitude ofoutraged virtue that we beg to differ. We aremerely proposing that a relatively insipid mot¬to be changed to something that is related to theUniversity of Chicago, and we think it’s eitherstrained humour or ponderous nonsense for youto belly flop into the deep end as you did.When you say “since the sight of four wordsin Latin annoy them let there be a thoro job ofuprooting ... let the department of RomanceLanguages ... be abolished, for these tonguesare dialects of Latin . . . Let the Faculty Lex¬icographers prepare a new dictionary . . . fromwhich all words of Latin and Greek derivationhave been omitted . . . handy for use by prodi¬gies seeking the Bachelor’s degree at 16 .. .” Weprodigies can’t help thinking that you’re eithertrying to fill up the column with weak-kneedwise cracks or else being utterly serious in arather ridiculous way.And when you continue “let them yank thePhi Beta Kappa keys off the professors’ watchchains, since these letters stand for a Greekmotto . . . strip the Gothic ornament from theivied walls ... establish a brave new world with This Week On CampusFebruary 25, Friday—ODP presents “Dear Brutus,” 8:30 p.m., MandelHall.Clinical Pathological Conference, 4:30 p.m.. Pathol¬ogy 119: preesntation and discussion of autopsiesperformed during February.Noon worship service, Joseph Bond Chapel, J. Phil¬lip Hyatt, Visiting Professor of Old Testamentfrom Vanderbilt University.Fraternity pledging, 9 a.m.,-12 noon, Ida NoyesHall.Francis McMahon, Associate Professor of Philoso¬phy, speaks to Hillel on “Toward a Better World,”8 p.m.. Swift Common room.February 26, Saturday—Basketball, Chicago-Harvard at Harvard, 3 p.m.Final presentation ODP’s “Dear Brutus,” 8:30 p.m.,Mandel Hall.War Activities Council dance for campus A.S.T.P.men, Ida Noyes Hall, 8:30-11:30 p.m.February 27, Sunday—University Chapel service, 11 a.m.. Rev. Edwin M.Proteat of Cleveland, 0.Round Table broadcast, “The Problem of Argen¬tina,” 12:30 p.m., NBC.Program of Negro spirituals, “Flats and Sharps”choral ensemble; M.E. McGehee, director, 4:30 p.m..University Chapel.Chapel Union meeting, 7:45 p.m.. Dean Gilkey’shome; speaker, Edward Haydon on “Area Projects.”Sunday soiree at International House, Home Room;speaker, B.A., Lid, member of the Chinese NewsService in New York City; 4 p.m.February 28, Monday—“Drama of Emotion and Drama of Sentiment,” sev¬enth lecture by Napier Wilt in the series, “TheAmerican Theater and Its Popular Antecedents,”8-10 p.m.. Social Science 122.February 29, Tuesday—Noon worship service, Joseph Bond chapel, SidneyE. Mead, Assistant Professor of Hisotry.Recorded music and tea, 3-5 p.m., Ida Noyes Hall,sponsored by the Ida Noyes Council.Leap Year’s Day.March 1, Wednesday—“Political Reaction after 1881: Pessimism in Liter¬ature,” sixth lecture in the series. “Criticism andthe Russian Novel Since 1840,” by George Bobrin-skoy, 8-10 p.m., Social Science 122.March 2, Thursday—Lenten exercises, 7:30-8:30 p.m.. Rev. J. C. oCnner-ton, sponsored by Calvert Club.William Vaughn Moody Foundation lecture, “TheArts in Democracy,” by Rockwell Kent, artist andauthor, 8:30 p.m., Leon Mandel Hall. Tickets avail¬able without charge at Information Desk, Pressbuilding.March 3, Friday—Noon worship service, Joseph Bond chapel, Ti Hu-ang, graduate student, Department of Sociology.March 4, Saturday—“Shamrock Shambles,” Student Social Committeeinformal dance, 9 p.m.-12 midnight, Ida Noyes Hall.Wally Hermes’ orchestra.Calvert Club St. Thomas Day banquet.nothing older in it than high school quiz kids,”we say, as one high school quiz kid to another,that you’re sorta wandering off the subject.We cannot understand the outrage that youand the Reverend Evans see in this motto busi¬ness. We are dissatisfied with our present motto:we want to change it. Why then, do you see itnecessary to swing haymakers at the Universityof Chicago as a whole ? Man to man, Mr. Collins,you can’t slam this University effectively withjokes out of Uncle Billy's Whiz Bang. The mottois one thing and the University is another, butyour column doesn’t seem to have any tieup witheither. LETTERS TO THE EDITORThis column is open to any stmdsnt or faeulty msmbsr of the Univtr.rity of Chicago. Tho only sst on IsUsrs is that they ehould he onsubjects of intorest and conesm to CHICAGO MAROON readers.)To The Editor:I wish that Army pay was such thatI could afford to send orchids to eachand everyone of you. Since 1939 THECHICAGO MAROON was hardlyworthy of being called a newspaper,much less a publication of the greatinstitution which it represented. Inthe period 1939-43 every faction oncampus took its turn in running it. Asthe administration of the paperchanged hands, (how many times?)the situation grew worse, to hit anall-time low last year, when each is-,sue carried a new publisher’s name onthe mast-head.Consequently, it was with pleasantsurprise that I read one of THE CHI¬CAGO maroon’s recent issues, andfound myself enjoying it immensely.It has been my pleasure to observethat each succeeding issue has beeneven better. Has the tide turned?Will THE CHICAGO MAROON keepclimbing to the heights on which itonce stood? Let us hope so.To Publisher Weissman, EditorSmothers, and Managing Editor Win¬chester go especially big orchids fortheir endeavors to improve both theformat and content. The articles arewell written, the subjects interesting.Keep it up, kids.Cpl. Jerry MooreTo The Editor:In response to your letter of Febru¬ary 6, we wish to subscribe to THECHICAGO MAROON at a cost of sev¬enty-five cents to the end of theSpring Quarter.The better quality of THE CHICA¬GO MAROON has already come toour attention. We shall be happy to•help your staff maintain the highestpossible quality in whatever way wecan, and shall do so first of all bysending from time to time commentsand items of interest which come toVur attention.We feel that our especial responsi¬bility, however, will be in regard tonews items concerning speech anddramatics. We hope you will dependon this office to give you accurate in¬formation in regard to all activitiesin the department, and that you willcheck us in regard to questionabledata. Office hours are M.W.F. 9-12 forwinter quarter, and all informationshould be obtained through the secre¬tary, Mrs. Norma Evans Koenig, rath¬er than through students who are on¬ly partially informed.I should also be happy to conferwith any students who are reviewingdramatic productions in regard to theproper material and attitudes in dra¬matic criticism, so that your reviewsmay reach the desired high standard—so that our students may regard re¬views as a thermometer of successrather than as a vehicle for self-ex¬ploitation as they can so easily be¬come.We should also appreciate havingthe following facts called to the atten¬tions of your entire staff: All studentdramatic organizations are inactivefor the duration: Blackfriars, Drama¬tic Association, Mirror, and The Uni¬versity Players. These names should not appear in your articles except inconnection with history, or the formeractivities of students. All dramaticactivity is now presented by “The Of-fice of Dramatic Productions” withthe following staff:Davis Edwards, Director of Drama¬tic ProductionsFrank H. Grover, Assistant Direc¬tor of Dramatic ProductionsJere C. Mickel, AssistantNorma Evans Koenig, SecretaryBest wishes for what promises tobe a very successful publication.Frank H. Grover, Assistant DirectorTo The Editor:With all the eager idealistic hopesof a freshman, I have just enteredthe third year of the College. WhenI left high school three weeks ago,I was eager to come to a school wherethere Would be high standards ofteaching and learning, and where theschool organizations and publicationswould reflect these standards. Butwoe is me, I certainly didn’t expectto find the newspaper of this Univer¬sity the dull, boring newsless sheetit appears to be.The last issue of THE CHICAGOMAROON, and my first acquaintancewith it, had very little news pertain¬ing to students. The masthead says“Official Student Publication,” but Icouldn’t find one news story pertain¬ing to one student in the entire issue.The only stories in which studentsfigured were the sports write-ups onthe back page. If THE CHICAGOmaroon’s purpose is to publishnews the faculty is making, then callit “Official Faculty Publication.”Granted I may have struck an issueof the paper where faculty news hap¬pened to be most important, but thebig story was presented in a biased,prejudiced, editorialized fashion. 1certainly didn’t expect THE CHICA¬GO MAROON to use the tactics of theWorld’s greatest Newspaper. I quotefrom the main story: “It is ridiculousto argue that this is alone a salaryquestion between the administrationand the faculty.” Who says it is ri¬diculous? If the writer must expresshimself in that fashion then he shouldhave a by-line. The story written theway it was appeared to be the officialvoice of the student. The editorsshould use better journalism ethicsif they want to keep their readers,few though they may be.And why were almost two columnswasted in describing the dignity andbeauty of Harper Library? That ismagazine material, not suitable fora weekly newspaper. A similar wasteof valuable space was given to theeditorial culture. We’re Universitystudents now. That type of editorialbelongs in a high school publication.Students tell me THE CHICAGOMAROON was worse before. If thisis an improvement, I’m glad I hadn'tseen it before last Friday. Studentswho have just entered the Universityof Chicago are sorely disappointed inits newspaper.Can’t something be done about it?Marilyn WinogradFeature PageDon ShisldeTraveling BazaarThe many parties this week-end kept the campusin a merry twirl and caused Bazaar to press DottieGranquist and Phoebe Hopkins into service in order tocover them all...The Sigma dance at the BoulevardRoom appeared to be the most sumptuous (if most se¬date) of the lot and provided wonderful material forlibel suits... Marty Hansen’s urge to trip waiters withfully laden trays was held in check with some difficultyby his date Jane Peterson.. .Marion Leach pulled thefox paw of the evening by introducing her husband toRenee I’arker’s same with the casual off hand to Renee:'‘We were wondering who you were going to be withthis evening”.. .That B. Winche.ster-J. Weissman com¬bine was really sizzling, what with looking for cabs be¬fore the evening was half over and threatening to “walkout this minute”.. .but they’re growing up now.. .It wasa refreshing foursome that breezed in a little late...Peggy Abel swathed in wonderful black and Joe Mohraccompanied by Elaine Hackett and Aubrey Moore...On the whole it was a wonderful party and gives Mor¬tar Board something to shoot at for their formal nextweek...The Foster Party also turned out well, and surpris¬ingly enough considering the fact that over half thecouples were blind (dates not drunks).. .Renee Lund-gard drew a great big Texan and hi-jacked him off toU.T. as did many of the others... following them youcould hear a loud and racuous medley of songs from Ag-gieland, Georgia, the Citadel and all points east, south,west, etc....Betty Lou Simson and Dick Taylor (they’retogether a lot lately^) stayed long enough for B. Lou toparticipate in the chorus number of the floor-show andthen dashed off to the Nu Sigma Nu brawl.. .JaniceFolsom, Ann Putnam and Carol Donovan used theirwiles to lure the ASTP to the party, and, incidentally,did very well for themselves as to dates...and in themiddle of the mad rush before the dance started, semi-diessed residents of the third floor were rather amazedto see two early birds arrive via elevator looking forthe men’s check room...the floor show consisted of achorus number, trio by Ernie Rowe, Gerry Bovbjerg andPhil Savage, and hula by Mildred Yee, native of Hawaiibarn dancing ran rampant thru both dining rooms Fred Gottesman THE CHICA60 MAROON •Pag* Fiv*One's-Self I SingFor many long years, we have been toldagain and again that our country possessedthe finest educational system in the world.Our press-agents and drum-beaters haveassured us that the moving philosophy ofour system was to make every American aneducated American and a better citizen ina manner befitting our great Democracy.The first great test put to our system oc¬curred during the first World War, andgreat flaws were found after analysis of theArmy intelligence tests. During the nexttwenty-five years, educators strove might¬ily to correct these flaws, and again drum-beaters told us that our system of educa¬tion had been improved and was better thanever. Again, another war and another Se¬lective Service Act has put our educationalset-up to the test. In our land of universaleducation, enough men to make up fifteendivisions have been rejected from Armyservice because of illiteracy.But what of the literate part of ourpeople? I think the war can still provideus with a starfdard to measure the extentand worth of education. The issues andcounter-issues of this conflict are the mostimportant ever faced by this country. Thethreats to our well-being and form of gov¬ernment are exceedingly grave, and the re¬sults of a* defeat or inconclusive victorywould be catastrophic. Yet, what is the at¬titude of the people towards events whenso much is at stake? How do people feel about the fascist disease that hangs like apall of doom over the world? How do theydemonstrate their abilities to exercise theresponsibilities of citizenship for whichthey have been educated these past twenty-five years?The answer is of no credit to our vauntedsystem of education. Both on the homefronts and on the fighting fronts, we findthe huge majority of the people uninformed,indifferent and vague about the basic issuesof this war. So lacking in discernment arewe, that some of us entertain activeantipathies towards our Russian and Eng¬lish allies in a global war that would beimpossible to prosecute successfully with¬out allies. We have attained a standard ofintellectual curiosity which can be satisfiedby the sports page and comic strip. Thisis a mental phenomenon that is entirelycompatible with the Stone Age mentalityof Colonel McCormick and Gerald L. K.Smith.There are definite reasons for this condi¬tion, and it is to be found within our schoolsystem. It is easy to condemn the teachersin our system in accordance with GeorgeBernard Shaw’s dictum: “Those who can,do. Those who cannot, teach.” However, afew statistics might serve as a contradic¬tion to this idea.360,000 teachers, or 40 per cent of thetotal, are paid less than $1200 per year, andeight out of every hundred receive less than $600 per year. How can we digfnify the oc¬cupation with the name “profession” withthis sort of remuneration ? The averagewage in a manufacturing industry todayis $2043, and a file clerk in governmentservice can earn an average of $1620. More¬over, we ask that our teachers be univer¬sity graduates, while welders spend sixweeks in a training school.There are reasons for this wide varia¬tion in compensation. Teachers are paid outof local or county funds, and many com¬munities are unable to maintain minimumsalaries, or even minimum educationalequipment. Also, though we profess a be¬lief in “free enterprise”, we constantlystifle intellectual enterprise on the partof our teachers by making them conformabsolutely to local mores and political andsocial creeds. The teacher’s task of makingan informed, alert, altruistic, morally re¬sponsible person out of his pupil is madealmost impossible by the examples of sel¬fishness and aimlessness and indifferencefound in the home of that pupil. Materialwealth is made the absolute standard ofsuccess, yet any request for adequate pay¬ment for teachers is refused constantly.The answer to these facts, of course, isfinancial aid by the Federal Governmentdirectly to the schools of the nation. Thiswould result in higher compensation, addedincentive for better equipped persons toteach, and an equalization of opportunity.Carroll AtieaterWhat SanityThe sports section of Sunday’s New York Times contained a story aboutEngland’s triumph over Scotland 6-2 in an international soccer match. Amongthe witnesses were the King, the Queen, Princess Elizabeth, King Haakonof Norway, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, and a handful of CabinetMinisters.Somehow I missed the gay presence of Lord Peter Wimsey, that debonairand the lounge.. .plenty of atmosphere, including privy | darling of English detective fiction. In fact, so far as I have been able towith Sears catalogue attached.. .Mary Alice Reed and j learn, Dorothy Sayers has given us no v'ord of him since 1936, when his sonCharley Mann (ASTP) spent most of the time tryingto reunite other ASTP’s who had strayed from theirrlates, whose names they had forgotten... after a tough•ontest, Wayne Gasper graciously conceeded the titleof “Miss University of Chicago” to Gordon Irwin (ASTP)possessor of an even more glamorous pair of legs.The Wyvern party at the Phi Gam house was some^vhat cluttered by dejected Phi Gams who were sleepilywandering around looking as if they wished the “furri-oers” would leave so they could get some rest...Mary^aeseth arrived superfluously escorted by TWO (countem girls) two men...the extra one left with Sue Kun-lucan on his big broad arm...Among the ranks of thei' ERY happy was newly elected prexy of the club Gloria-abbe.. .wonder if G. Sandalis entertained the soldierswith her perfumed hair... ?It seems that Bazaar hit nearer to the truth than it^nev/ when it remarked in jest that Marge Fogarty waseaving her Alpha Delt pin on her dresser rather thanher dress... because that’s where the pin has been forhe past few weeks and from the looks of things it mighttay there... The column received a letter from Ansonherry the other day which confirmed the fact that P.J.e Dancin’ Anson are permanent now.. .he’ll get his com-nission in about four weeks...The latest divertisementf two of our biggest BMOC's (doomed to anonymityipre because I’m not looking for a one way trip to the’ond) is stealing elevators in Harper’s.. .it seems the>oys have found a way to unlock the east elevator inhe Library and have been having a high-old time hidingt on various floors.. .quite a sport, eh?... Bredon was born. Peter must be 53 now (it seems impossible), but heavenforbid the horrid conclusion that domesticity, senility or rigor mortis hasset in.Undoubtedly the war has something to do with the mystery; Peter, atlast report was doing an occasional diplomatic job for the Foreign Office,and it is quite likely that this has become his metier. But if Miss Sayers isawaiting the armistice to carry on with Peter’s life history, she should letus know somehow. Meanwhile, we must pass the time in rereading GaudyNight and the other documents of his wonderful past.' ,|CWherever did Beecher Hall pick up that set of dinner gongs? The Irishmaid plays them quite matter-of-factly, but the sound effect is anything butmatter-of-fact. There is an oriental twang to it, a melodic whine that is sus¬piciously like the sound of those native instruments at the Sarong Room.Can it be that Bali-Java dancers are soon to find their barefoot way intoBeecher’s smoke-filled dining room?* ♦ *The Meteorology boys wouldn’t be quite the same without Isobar, theirthree-legged dog. Last summer when Isobar had to choose between amputa¬tion and death, the boys put it up to a vote and agreed that Isobar could livewithout a leg, but they could not live without Isobar. For a while he limpedabout in a splint, but in no time at all he was happily adjusted to the tripodprinciple. One of my more mathematical friends wonders how many morelegs Isobar could lose and still walk. It’s a problem, at that.if * *Mr. Rowland almost missed the deadline this week but galloped to therescue this morning with a description of an unpublished novel about theUniversity by a friend of his, entitled “Empty Niches.” The author wasstruck by the numerous places around campus where statues of saints orheroes should appear. Throughout the novel he put it something like this:“Where are you going to get the sons of bitches to put in all the emptyniches?” /Voftcy SmithBoxA humble apology is due my readers (don’t deny it;if you’re reading this now you must be one of my read¬ers) for the glaring error last week of calling mad Peter,husband of Catherine the Great, Peter the Great. Hewas really Peter the Third. Peter the Great was hisuncle or something, but being an avid reader of OgdenNash instead of Russian history, there is a sad lack inmy education. I salaam.NO TIME FOR LOVE . . . Whoever said that in the firstplace lied in their scragg teeth. In the situation of Brainsvs. Brawn, muscle always wins out. In the movies, atleast, which is one reason why they are so charming.Claudette Colbert plays a lady photographer of infiniteculture and refinement; Fred MacMurray a sandhog sheruns into on an assignment. Somehow (we all know howthese things happen) she falls for him like the tradi¬tional ton of bricks, and working the problem out intel¬lectually decides that she can get him out of her systemif she keeps making a fool of his unpolished mannersand speech. MacMurray fools her, however, turning outto be a diamond in the rough. Throwing plenty of cleververbal punches the dialogue makes real acting quite un¬necessary, and the picture emerges as uproariously fun¬ny. One of the best lines is MacMurray’s, otherwiseknown as Superman, “If you want some muscles, go outand get yourself a cheap cut of beef.”Supporting roles are played by Ilka Chase as Miss Col¬bert’s vitriolic sister; Richard Hayden as a Tschaikovskyis a teapot plus a large helping of hors d’oeuvres, JuneHavoc as a character exclamation point from a burlesqueshow.Funniest scene is Claudette photographing in herstudio the Body Beautiful, a hunk of man to end allhunks. MacMurray, hired as her assistant, is supposedto fix lights and things, but jealousy at the attentiongiven the model’s rippling muscles overrules and thescene ends in a vulgar display of strength.VArmy Bards TortureThe Muse Of Poetry R A 0 B RamblingsThe “pastime of the ASTP” is ofsuch diversity, a good number of vol¬umes could be written on it and I amquite sure still not cover all. Whatone does with his leisure time in¬variably depends upon the type ofprevailing spirits he is in. All ofwhich leads to an ever mounting topicof discussion. “Where the devil are wegoing to get the time?” Conjugatingboth a “pastime” and the topic timeitself, we have, through the courtesyof some good old bean, a poem, ded¬icated to, “Time in the ASTP.” Writ¬ing poems, at times, relieves the bur¬den which we may all carry at sometime.TIMEWe are the boys of the ASTPOurs is a rugged lot.You may think our work is easy:We assure you that its not.The Army thought we ail could stand,A touch of higher knowledge:And so they made life miserable(? author’s note)By sending us to college.Our actual hours are 35.They say if we would pass.We must spend two hours in studyFor every hour in class.Thus 35 plus 70Comes to a 105Plus 21 a week to eatSo we can stay alive.That totals to 126Formations, 6 hours moreWashing up and room policeTakes up another 4.That huge sum is now 136And leaves just 32,For sleep at night and bunk fatigue.And things we want to do.'Now Sleep’s a foolish thingAs anyone can plainly seeIn just one week, if we skip our sleep,Theres 32 hours free.FINISFairly nice, eh what?The army is adequately suppliedwith many things. One in particularis an extensive “Grapevine”. The ru¬mor mongers and “Guard House Law¬yers” are anxious to inflate any bit ofgossip that comes their way. And sowe have, “The ASTP back to line out¬fits by April 1st.” All of which maybe very true. But up from the depthsof this came inspiration for anotherpoem. Not an ordinary poem as sooften comes about but one when setto music is an inspiring marchingsong. A song which will not die awaytoo soon. The authors are known andit is only fitting and proper that I usethis space to sing their praise and soI’ll just leave spaceTo get to the more serious aspect ofthe method composition of this pas¬time arrangement, we find, amazingas it may seem, it took but one hourto write, arrange, and rewrite the complete poem and set it to music.'The first stanza was written by BobDobson and Chris Faegre. The crywas then taken up by Richard Foxwho turned out the rough copies ofthe stanzas that followed. Bob andChris followed up and polished up therough spots. The chorus was writtenby Bob and Chris last term. Withoutfurther adieu, the poem:MAPPERS MELODYOh! We’re photogrammetric engineersOur maps are never right.We’re lousy pass point pickersBut we’d rather map than fight.CHORUS:Hitey-Ditey gosh almighty, who thehell are we?Zim-Zam Licketty Wham, We areA. S. T. P.We are term three surveyors;We’re Captain Felts’ PrideWe’ll be headin’ Back to TexasWith our slide rules at our side.CHORUS:We’re glad to have the privilegeTo be stationed in this town.But we wouldn’t be so happyIf we didn’t have the Crown.CHORUS:They call us text-book SoldiersImportant as can be.But we’re just a bunch of studentsThat they call A. S. T. P.CHORUS:Many have left our unitTo go and fight this war.They will never be lonelj^Cause we’re sending plenty more.Activities CouncilSponsors Soldiers'Party At Ida NoyesWine, women, and song are to bethe feature attractions at a partygiven tomorrow night for the men inthe ASTP and Meteorology units sta¬tioned on campus. Wine. i.e. cokes—the coke bar will be open, women—University of Chicago campus belles,'and song—the latest hit recordings asfeatured in the juke box, will be pro¬vided by the party sponsor, the WarActivities Council. The Ida NoyesTheater on the third floor will set thescene for the occasion which will lastfrom 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.All army men, with or withoutdates, regardless of whether they reg¬istered last Monday or Tuesday andreceived entrance tickets, will be ad¬mitted free of charge. Don’t let lackof a date stop you from coming. Al¬though men are urged to bring theirown dates, there will be a sufficientnumber of University women on handfor those who come “stag.”CLASSIFIEDA reward will be given to anyone returningto THE CHICAGO MAROON office an Oriswrist-watch with a gray hand that was loston campus Wednesday evening. - THE CHICAGO MAROONCurtailment RumorsAbout ASTP ProgramStill Going AroundGrand strategy is never formulatedin the anterooms of small unit head¬quarters offices, so all that is knownof the Army rumor-of-the-week isjust an extended series of otherrumors.A downtown daily, the Chicago Sun,apparently had the first word that aliquidation-from-the-rear plan was inprogress for the Army SpecializedTraining Program. Friday morning,when the Chicago Sun*8 article ap¬peared, the stories began flying. Aremote control report from Norfolk,Virginia, (nearer the scene of plan¬ning than many sources) amplifiedthe wire reports to the extent thatpre-professional students in ASTPwould be continued in school. How¬ever, later tales infer that the pre¬professionals’ status might hinge onwhether or not they were advancedstudents (determined, often, by thepresence of a Pfc. stripe) and thedate of the students’ acceptance intomedical, dental, or veterinary collegeproper.It has appeared rather likely thatpre-engineering students will be con¬signed to troop duty again, as witnessthe shipment to the Signal Corps thatleft the day after the Chicago Sunstory was printed.Foreign Area and Language stu¬dents still have no surety on theirstatus, either. The same Norfolksouroe reported that Oriental lan¬guages might be continued; thatleaves open a consideration: Is Rus¬sian taught as an Oriental tongue ?As rumors go, this one is as goodas any, and some khaki-clad futuredate will see its solution. In themeantime the boys are gaily singing“Do I Worry, ’cause I’m shippin’ out?Do I worry, cause they’ve got me indoubt . . .” New eras, new ages. Classes come,classes go. The C Boys and now theSenior Cadets. Seniors have beenrushing around all week trying onuniforms just in from the tailor andall spic and span for graduation. Butall in all, still and yet, on the whole,graduation is wonderful! This is thethird Cadet class we’ve seen receiveits bars. The most wonderful thingabout it from a Junior’s point of viewis that we’re next on the list at last.One whole year it will be next week.One whole year in meteorology—fiveper cent of our life to date—one intwenty. You have to admit that itdoes make you feel swell inside tosee the “Misters” you knew so wellturn into “Sirs.” Then that other lit¬tle door opens inside your brain andyou see yourself marching out andgiving that first salute and also thatfirst dollar. It’s what keeps you goinghigher and higher, onward and up¬ward, I can do it if he can, never letit be said, a lot of hard wood and alittle determination and finally, may¬be, it’ll all come true. So long, ‘Mist¬er’ (we say it for possibly the lasttime), we envy you one and all . . .Mutterings are going around that acertain Lieutenant took advantage ofthe happy faces interspersed with sadones due to future-assignment newsto recruit members for the Saturdayabove cleaning stint yia the old slip-of-the-lip-may-sink-a-ship line . . .Wartime Limerick No. 1:There once was a man from CalcuttaWho simply went mad without buttah;But he’s had mild demean Since he tried margarine.Thus keeping his mind from theguttah.Klamen whipped off the above whilewe were in the other room typingsomething else.Subscribe ToChicago Maroon4 MONTH INTENSIVESecretarial Course forCOLLEGE STUDENTS and GRADUATESA thorough, intensive, secretarialcourse — starting February, July,October. Registration now open.★Regular day and evening schoolthroughout the year. Catalog.A SCHOOL OF BUSINFSSMteFCKItED BY COLLEGE MEN AND WOMENTHE GREGG COLLEGEPr*ti«l«nt, John Robert Gregg, S.C.D.Director, Paul M. Pair, M.A.t N. 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That’s why you hearCoca-Cola called “Coke”.Winning War And Peace MajorIssues In November Election 1HE CHICAGO MAROONspeaking before Chapel Union lastSunday on “Parties, Politics, and Is¬sues of 1944,” Walter Johnson out¬lined and discussed in considerabledetail the questions likely to becomemajor issues in the forthcoming pres¬idential campaign.“Winning the war is the first maj¬or problem” he stated. Under it arelisted such bones of contention astotal production, price contool andholding down the cost of living, sub¬sidies, a more adequate tax programand the means to be used in gainingboth unconditional surrender in Eur¬ope and assurance that the Naziproup will not remain in power.“The second big class of issues maybe generally titled ‘Winning thePeace’,” Professor Johnson continued,“Victory here will require strong in¬ternational cooperation. The biggestsingle issue is ‘What is the UnitedStates Senate going to do?’ Will itbe isolationist or internationalist?” Inconnection with the peace, issues such | Predicting a vast expansion of pub-as the “Russian Bogey” and American j lie administration work in the post¬sovereignty are also likely to be i war era, Louis Brownlow, director ofI the Public Administration Clearing! House, declared in a lecture deliveredlast Friday in Social Science 122 thatI present trends indicate an extensionI of public administration work far be¬yond national boundaries. Mr. Brown-raised.The problem of post-war unemploy¬ment—whether it is to be handled by“free” enterprise or with governmenthelp will probably figure in some fastand furious arguments.Then there is another large groupof miscellaneous issues — problemssuch as the soldier vote (if the Housefails to pass the Green-Lucas Bill).In conclusion. Professor Johnsonspoke of the two National conventions—both of which are to be in Chicago.He predicted that Wilkie would arriveat the Republican gathering with one-third of the votes pledged, Deweywith another third, and the rest scat¬tered among other contenders.Brownlow PredictsVast Social WorksProgram After War Hutchins,,,//Leap Year's Day BringsPublication Of Year'sFirst Campus "CarillonCarillon, campus literary magazine,will publish its first 1944 issue onFebruary 29, the editors announcedthis week. Featuring 32 pages of stu¬dent fiction, music comment, book re¬view's and poetry, the Leap Year’sDay publication will be the secondsince Carillon's organization last year.In charge of the publication areJune Myers, editor; Robert Kharash,managing editor; Betty Kearns andMary Wong, associates.Copies of Carillon may be obtainedstarting February 29 at 15 cents a-piece on campus stands and in themagazine office, room 15, LexingtonHall. low’s talk was sponsored by the De¬partment of Political Science.Stressing the fact that postwarproblems are already with us, Mr.Browlow asserted that there will beno clear line of demarcation betweenthe war and postwar periods.Crystallizing the question with achallenge, Mr. Brownlow asked, “Isit too much to expect the free peoplesof the free nations of the world tobe served for their common purposesby competent, efficient, devoted andloyal public administrators workingin accord with private administratorsto a common end?”Service Men —MARK YOUR CLOTHES PERMANENTLY' by rwbbsr stamping them with black or whiteINDELIBLE INKNo Waiting! Get Your Stamp Today!Only 4^ PER CHARACTER-HOLDER FREEWe also have a complete stock atINDELIBLE INKSINDELIBLE CLOTH STAMPING SETSDRAWING INKSDATERSSTAMP PADSYour Name Stamp Is Waiting AtUNIVERSITr OF (HKAGO BOOK STORE5802 Ellis Ave. Chicago, III. (Continued from page one)many colleges. Obstacles to educationlikei the credit system, the course sys¬tem, the departmental system, and thewholly irrational organization of ed¬ucation on the 8-4-4 and graduateschool system must be removed, heasserted. The final point toward eas¬ing the situation is the establishmentof a consecrated community, whichwould involve the adoption of thefull-time faculty contract.But these things cannot be doneunder the present organization of uni¬versities—by which the faculty de¬cides all questions in which its ownvested interests are at stake, he con¬tinued. “This organization is archaic,appropriate to Amherst in the nine-tie§. It rests on the notion that allmembers of the faculty know all abouteach other and the institution andhave through constant association anddiscussion, developed a common pro¬gram. However, Mr. Hutchins pointedout that a program for an institutionas a whole can be developed only bythose who can see the institution asa whole. It is unfortunate that in themodem university only the Presidentcan see it as a whole. The Presidentshould be charged with responsibiltyfor developing the program for theinstitution and given authority com¬mensurate with his responsibilty.“Since power corrupts, methodsshould be devised for getting a goodman and for getting rid of him in anice way when he ceases to do good,”Mr. Hutchins asserted. The electionof the President with the advice of anelected faculty committee and for avery short term only, Mr. Hutchinsbelieves, will insure against the cor¬rupting effects of power. The Pres¬ident should be given the power todecide, and take the consequences.“All theories of organization basedon a separation of powers have brokendown,” Mr. Hutchins told the North¬western University faculty meriflbers.“They have paralyzed the executivewithout protecting his constituents orhave led to extra-constitutional meansof getting things done, like party andpatronage of the President of theUnited States. A university presidentis a political leader without patronageand without a party; he should haveneither. He should be the responsibleexecutive of a high-tension demo¬cracy. All universities that I knowof are very low-tension democraciestoday,” he added.“The academic community is not anend in itself. It is a means to a pur¬pose, which is nothing less than to in¬sure moral, intellectual, and spiritualrevolution throughout the world,” hecontinued. “We want a democraticacademic community because weknow that, if we have one, we canmultiply the power which the univer¬sity can bring to bear upon the char¬acter, the mind, and the spirit ofmen. The endowed universities existonly to show the way. If they cannotdo it, they should go out of business.”In conclusion, Mr. Hutchins said,“I am tired of these inter-changeablemonosyllabic Latin mottoes that uni¬versities have and which mean noth¬ing to them or anybody else. I willoffer free a new motto to any endoweduniversity in this region that reallymeans to do battle for the revolutionthat must come if men are to livetogether in peace.” Page SevenYOU CAN’T LOSEYOU CARRY TRAVELERS CHEQUES!That’s right! Because if your American Express Travelers Cheques arelost, stolen, or destroyed uncountersigned, American Express willpromptly refund your loss. These Cheques are handy to carry, the sizeof a dollar bill and are readily spendable anywhere.American Express Travelers Cheques are issued in denominations of$10, $20, $50 and $100. The cost is V* of 1% on each $100purchased), minimum 40;!. For sale at Banks, and Railway Express offices.AMERICAN EXPRESSTRAVELERS CHEQUESCOLLEGENIGHTEVERY FRIDAYEddie OliverHIS PIANO ANDHIS ORCHESTRAEntertainmenlDorothy Dorben DancersAnn Judson, Jr.The Four SidneysGarron and BennettPhilip KinsmanCourtesy CardsStudent Courtesy Cards may be obtainedat the Maroon office. Admission with card65 cents per person, including tax.HAimiE DIHIHO BOOHEDGEWATERBEACH HOTEL5300 BLOCK SHERIDAN ROADPaySports PageMaroons Look For WinT ry GophersT omorrowTomorrow morning, the basketballsquad will dey.rt on another quest forthe “golden fleece,” a basketball vic¬tory after forty-six losses. At Min¬neapolis, the Maroons will face an op¬ponent that will have little advantagein height or experience. Minnesotastands number nine in the Big Tenwith the Maroons in the cellar posi¬tion, and Chicago fans are lookingforward to Saturday’s game anxious¬ly as the only hope of winning in theconference this season.According to J. Kyle Anderson,head coach of basketball, the Minne¬sota team will be the nearest thing toan equal opponent that his squad hasfaced or will face this spring. (OnlyBadminton, BowlingSeen As New TrendIn Ida RecreationsCompetitive athletics in Ida Noyes {have lately taken the shape of bowl¬ing. The woman’s tournament is en¬tering its final stages, but the staghalf is just getting under way. If youare male and even remotely connectedwith the University, enter your namein the lists at Ida and set yourselfup for a good time. But get moving,your first game must be done thisweek.Somewhat incomplete results ofthe women’s tourney give VirginiaWatson the best average (160), andDolores Happ the high game (185).The men’s contest, still in its infancy,boasts a game of 186, rolled by oneHerb Kubitschek. By the way, youavaricious bowlers, there are prizes, jShould you be a badminton fan,:your attention is directed to the Uni¬ one more game after this one isscheduled, Chicago versus Wisconsinat the fieldhouse.) “However the Min¬nesota men are smooth, precise ball-handlers”, warns Anderson, “Theyplay a very steady deliberate brandof ball”.Both Fred DeGraw and Bob Finne¬gan, Maroon forwards, were sick lastweek but they have recovered suf¬ficiently to make the Minneapolis trip.The “Flying Dutchman” (DeGraw)has scored 72 points in the Big Tenthis season. Chicago has played onjysix games so far while the conferenceleaders have at least ten or eventwelve under their belts. If DeGrawhad played in 'twelve games, by allcalculations, he would rank aboutnumber six in the league individualscoring race. Finengan and Dick Fur¬ry, guard, also have good scoring rec¬ords for the season.Illinois Tech PassesChicago In Last HalfTo Win By 9 PointsIt is a strange thing that Chicago’sMaroons are at their best when theirchances of winning are non-existant,and crumble when they come upagainst teams of supposedly equalcaliber. That is approximately whathappened last Saturday night whenthe Illinois Tech team took Chicagoacross the boards.Neither team approximated any¬thing like big league play. Chicago’susual dogged fighting spirit seemedgone: Illinois Tech showed little butpossible quality and obvious inexper¬ience, Both teams romped across thefloor like two high school teams.Statistically, Chicago did little tobe really ashamed of. Taking thelead immediately in the first period,the Maroons held it with little diffi¬culty. At the game’s half they led1 by a two point margin.versity’s club, a group indulging in jthat sport every Sunday afternoon in |Ida. The team has a match this Sun¬day at 2 p.m.; drop around the HydePark “Y” if you’d like to watch themat it.Plan Gala Basketball CarnivalFor Mixed Intermural FinalsThursday evening, March 9, IdaNoyes Gym and lounges will bethrown open in the huge BasketballCarnival sponsored by the Men’s andWomen’s Athletic offices and theWorld Student Service Fund. Featureof the evening will be the champion¬ship tournament in the intramuralcompetition that has raged furiouslyal winter. The leaders in the inde¬pendent and club leagues will battlealternate halves with the boy’s cham¬pions each flghting for the intramuraltitle. A record crowd is expected forthe tourney and interest has beenheightened by the traditional rivalrybetween Quadrangler, Mortarboardand Esoteric and the ensuing spirit ofthe cage contests. Although the Men’sleague is dominated by the “Intra¬mural Maroons” there is keen compe¬ tition for first place and runner-upposition. The admission to the eve¬ning’s entertainment will be a quar¬ter, with all the proceeds going to theW.S.S.F.Basketball director Burns for thewomen has not yet announced theteams that will play in the champion¬ships but the Phoenix house, W.A.A.and several other squads have theireyes on the spot. There will be twogames played at the same time on thehalf court system. The Men’s andwomen’s games will be alternated byhalves allowing all the participantsto “spectate” at each other’s games.Everyone is predicting a gala eveningcomplete with roaring crowds, cheer-leaderettes, and incidentally, theCoke bar will be open on the secondfloor. THE CHICAGO MAROONIntra-mural Basketball SquadsVie For League ChampionshipOnly four of the six scheduled in¬tramural basketball games material¬ized at Ida Noyes Tuesday evening.The Jones Chemical boys secured a2-0 forfeit victory when their pppon-ents. Phi Gamma Delta, failed to ap¬pear. In the case of the ZBT’s and theCollege Ponies, neither team revealedits presence at the gym, with a con¬sequent postponement.Easily the outstanding game of theevening was the Maroons-Dukes en¬counter. The lads from the MaroonHouse, taking another step along theroad to tournament championship,demonstrated their overwhelmingsuperiority by downing the haplessDukes, 55 to 11. Led by Al Sjoerdsma—high scorer of the evening with19 points, with the assistance of Dav¬idson and Weissman, the Maroons un¬loosed a second-half barrage of suc¬cessful baskets, producing a finalscore which eclipsed by far their halftime advantage. The Maroons haveyet to meet defeat.Another one-sided game was theBillings Boys-University House af¬fair. By virtue of a good deal of un¬necessary roughness and an apparent¬ly studied laxity on the part of thesecond-half referee, the Billings Boysmauled their way through the game,drawing away toward the close to a27 to 6 win. Branthav^r, with 13points to his credit, was highpointman.The Phi Sig-Alpha Delt gameConference,.,(Continued from page one)vey to be made of all post-secondaryinstitutions in Illinois, and placed thenumber of these at about 110. Thesurvey will be primarily concernedwith what has happened in privatelycontrolled institutions relative to pub¬lic educational institutions.The question of state support toprivately controlled institutions is theimportant question, said Mr. Works.For one thing, he asked, is the stateassured of the kind of education itwants, and does the institution havethe freedom it was originally found¬ed for?The survey will study such topicsas the extent to which people able toattend a college actually do so, theextent to which the needs of the statefor various kinds of technicians andprofessional workers are filled by theuniversities, the need for a secondstate university in Illinois, the per¬centage of high school students whoattend college, and the migration ofstudents into and out of the collegesof Illinois. Said Works, “In my opin¬ion society should have the maximumreturns from the educational institu¬tions it supports.”Also on the afternoon program wereJ. C. Knode of the division of highereducation of the United States Officeof Education, who spoke on “NewEducational Horizons” and Vernon N.Nickell, superintendent of public in¬struction of Illinois, who spoke on“Services of Independent Colleges tothe State”. proved to be the most closely foughtof the evening. With scarcely a fewpoints variation throughout, the twoteams fought to an exciting conclus¬ion with the Phi Sigs on top, 22 to 18.Wiley and Menken did most of thescoring for the victors, while JackMarkward dominated the Alpha Beltsby racking up 14 points.Relatively uninteresting .was thePsi Upsilon-Pi Lam encounter. Pacedby Whitey Bayard, the Psi U’s rathereasily trounced their opponents, 22 to7. Real Estate For SaleWill sell my gorgeous brick FrenchProvincial home, eleven ideally ar¬ranged rooms plus servants' quar¬ters and recreation room. Extralarge living room, fireplace, fivemaster bedrooms, four superb tilebath and shower rooms, interiorcanvas, wood-panelling, beamedceilnigs. 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