THE CHICAGO MAROONYol. 4, No. 4 Z-149 Friday, July 14, 1944 Price Five CentsSeventh Reading ConferenceDeals With Current ProblemsThe presentation of several address¬es regarding current reading prob¬lems by important administrative offi¬cers and teachers featured the seventhannual Conference on Reading heldon campus this week. Some of thetopics considered were the need forbetter reading instruction in theschools, the current tastes of the read¬ing public, and the necessity of elim¬inating “psittacity” from the mindsof students.Speaking as chairman of the five-day conference, William S. Gray, Pro¬fessor of Education, declared that warhas uncovered the low literacy andculture level of our draftees and plac¬ed the responsibility of raising thecultural level of the new generationin the hands of the teachers andschool heads.“The relation between reading, ex¬perience and language," Professorfessor Gray said, “was selected as thetheme of this conference as a part ofthe wartime program of clarifyingthinking and improving practice.Reading is a form of thinking, andany conception of it that fails to in¬clude an inquiring attitude, a clearrecognition of purpose, and the stud¬ied application of ideas falls shortof current needs."Books which Americans are readingmay play an important part in shap¬ing history, stated John T. Frederick,Professor of Modern Letters in theMedill School of Journalism of North¬western University.“There is much evidence that read¬ing is playing a larger and more de¬cisive part in our national life thanever before," stated Professor Fred¬erick. “This is indicated both by thenumber of books we are reading andby the character of these books. Dur¬ing 1943, Americans bought more than250,000,000 books, exclusive of text¬books, a larger number than in anyAYD Luncheon TodayTo Feature NadeauOf France ForeverThe American Youth for Democracywill observe French Independence Daytoday with a luncheon meeting in theSun Room of Ida Noyes- Hallfrom 12 to 1:30. Mr. Harold Nadeauof the France Forever Committee willdiscuss the current French situation.Also as part of the observance, cabledgreetings have been * sent to Frenchstudents through the World YouthCouncil in London.In addition to plans for the Frenchmeeting, the organization this weekhas concentrj^ed its activities arounda campaign to help insure the soldiervote in Illinois. This activity has con¬sisted of sending communications toGovernor Green, who has until July1 to certify the federal ballot for usem this state. The communications al¬so called for a special session of thestate legislature immediately to sim¬plify the state absentee voting ma¬chinery. In addition, applications forballots to be sent to servicemen havebeen distributed.Future plans of the organizationinclude a campaign to step-up theblood donors’ drive, a youth symposi¬um on the question of a fourth termund some social activity to benefit thesupport of a Spanish refugee child inl^exico, as well as some military hos¬pital in this area. WILLIAM S. GRAYProfessor of Educationprevious year of our history."War books which constitute factual,first-hand records of war experience,make highly significant contributionsto our thought and knowledge beyondtheir immediate sharing of experi¬ence at the battlefront. ProfessorFrederick continued. He pointed outthat these books have their highestvalue in their distinct contribution tothe greater understanding and appre¬ciation of our allies.The interest in books on the war is'equalled by an emphasis in readingabout our own country, balanced andcomplemented by marked demand forbooks about other countries. Profes¬sor Frederick asserted.(See Conference, page four)Outdoor Film PartyAt Ido TomorrowAn outdoor movie party, sponsoredby the Student Social Committee, willbe held tomorrow evening at 9:15 inIda Noyes Cloister. Featured attrac¬tion will be the film “Broadway Lim¬ited," starring Victor McLaglen, Den¬nis O’Keefe, Patsy Kelly, and ZazuPitts. In case of rain, the showing willtake place in Ida Noyes Theater. Ad¬mission will be 25 cents per person.Before the movie, there will beswimming, roller-skating, and bridgeat Ida Noyes, and afterwards therewill be a coke and juke box party inthe Cloisters, until 11:00 p.m. Artur Schnabel To HighlightSeries Of Six Chamber ConcertsFor 1944-45 Music Sea sonA concert by Artur Schnabel, world-famous pianist and renowned inter¬preter of the piano works of Beetho¬ven and Schubert, will highlight theprogram of six chamber concerts forthe 1944-45 season, announced thisweek by Cecil Smith, Chairman of theDepartment of Music.Mr. Schnabel will appear April 2in a program of works by Beethovenand one of the posthumous Schubertpiano sonatas. So universally acclaim¬ed have been his readings of the Bee¬thoven piano sonatas that he was in¬vited to record all of them for theBeethoven Sonata Society in England.His performances have long been re¬garded in critical circles as being thedefinitive version of these works. AsMr. Smith said, “If Schnabel, afterstudying a Beethoven sonata for thir¬ty years, decides to change a piano toa mezzo forte, you may be assuredthat he has good grounds for doingit."The series, to consist of six con¬certs, will open on October 20, with arecital by Nicolai Graudan, ’cellist,formerly first ’cellist of the BerlinPhilharmonic Orchestra, and Johanna ARTUR SCHNABELWorld-Famous PianistGraudan, pianist, assisted by RobertLindemann, clarinetist of the Chica¬go Symphony. The program will con¬sist of the seldom performed Beetho¬ven Tno for Piano, ’Cello, and Clar-Dr. Victor OhenhausAppointed MemberO f Theological FacultyThe appointment of Dr. VictorObenhaus as member of the Federat¬ed Theological Faculty has been an¬nounced by President Robert M.Hutchins. Dr. Obenhaus will teach So¬cial Ethics, with emphasis on thechurch and agriculture. He stressedthe future import of this field, declar¬ing that there will be a postwar ten¬dency to migrate to rural areas.Dr. Obenhaus graduated from Ober-lin College and the Union TheologicalSeminary in New York. He then spentseveral years as assistant pastor atWestern Reserve University, took hisDoctor’s degree at Columbia Univer¬sity, and taught six years at PleasantHill Academy in Tennessee.Because of the inspiration that thesterling character of our editor willgive to our younger staff members, thecirculation department believes thata description of the journalistic ca¬reer of Fredrick I. Gottesman willprove valuable no end in the ChicagoMaroon’s battle against bankruptcy.Mr. Gottesman’s greatest featswere scored in his capacity as headeditorial writer of the Oskaloosa DailyDrovers’ Journal. He was especiallypopular with the management of theOskaloosa Stock Yards which discov¬ered 'that when the supply of thehogs’ usual feed was exhausted, Mr.Gottesman’s editorials furnished anacceptable substitute. This friendshipwith the packing industry eventuallyripened into a touching affection forthe Board of Trustees of the Univer¬sity of Chicago.Desiring a higher plane for his ex¬pression, Mr. Gottesman transferedhis abilities to periodicals of undoubt¬ ed literary merit. He therefore be¬came foreign policy editor of SjncyWestern, but resigned almost immedi¬ately to begin writing for RevoltingDetective, a magazine which rewardedhim only with a subscription. WhenMrs. Gottesman asked the great manwhy he was satisfied with this insteadof money, he answered that he readthe magazine only to see how longCharles Atlas could keep his chest ex¬panded. ^Mr. Gottesman came to The Chica¬go Maroon at the request of the Math¬ematics Department which, after ex¬amining his work, decided that hisaddition to the Maroon would mate¬rially increase the qualitative reason¬ing powers of the student body. Thetheory of the department is that toanyone who can follow the logic ofGottesman editorial, college algebra,calculus, combinations, and permuta¬tions can hold no mysteries... GWII Kerwin, DemocratsDiscuss ’44 'IssuesOn Round TableWith Jerome Kerwin, Professor ofPolitical Science at the Universityserving as moderator, DemocraticGovernor J. Melville Broughton ofNorth Carolina and Democratic Sen¬ator Scott W. Lucas of Illinois partic¬ipated in last Sunday’s UniversityRound Table discussion of “IssuesFacing the Democratic Party.”Governor Broughton said that vic¬tory, jobs, and peace will be the threeissues of the coming campaign forthe Democratic party. “The real is¬sue of the campaign," he continued,“is whether we shall continue thepresent Administration of experienceand accomplishments under the lead¬ership of President Roosevelt orwhether we shall try, at this crucialperiod of our history, a new one aboutwhich we can only guess."According to Senator Lucas, theRepublicans agree with most every¬thing that has been done In the lasteleven years, but the Democratic is¬sue on winning the war differs fromthe Republican in that the Democratshave a commander-in-chief whoseleadership and experience is unchal¬lenged in the nation and in the world.There is no substitute for experience.The ablest men in the country are inWashington running the war effort.The American people will want to(See Round Table, page four)O.D.P.The Office of Dramatic Produc¬tions has announced that it willproduce James M. Barrie’s play“Dear Brutus,” on August 4 and5. Any students interested in act¬ing or in helping in the productionof the play should see Jere Mickelthis afternoon in Swift Hall, Room400. inet, in B Flat, Op. 11; the Bach So¬nata for Viola de Gamba in D Major;the Brahms ’Cello Sonata in F Minor^Op. 99; and the Debussy Sonata for’Cello and Piano, written in 1915.Wanda Landowska, the famousharpsichordist, will appear on March9, Mme. Landowska will play Pachel¬bel’s Magnificat, Bach’s Toccata andFugue in D Major for harpsichord;one of the recently rediscovered harp¬sichord concerti of Karl Philipp Em¬manuel Bach, this with the ChamberOrchestra under the direction of HansLange; and several Scarlatti sonatas.There will be a program of Frenchmusic which will include Rameau’scantata. The Faithful Shephard, forthe first time in Chicago; Debussy’sSonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp;Ravel’s Chansons Madecasses, and hisIntroduction and Allegro for Flute,Harp, Clarinet, and String Quartet,In addition there will be a programof music of the thirteenth to sixteenthcenturies and another performance ofclassical chamber works, full detailsof which will be announced later. Res-,ervations for the series may be madeat once with the concert office of theDepartment of Music (MIDway 0800,local 1480); or they may be obtainedafter September 15 at thd InformationOffice. No series tickets will be soldafter October 20, the date of the firstconcert. —W.R.W*De Gaullist SpeaksAt InternationalHouse Monday NightRobert Valeur, Director of theFrench Press and Information Servicein New York, arrived at the Univer¬sity of Chicago today to make prep¬arations for a lecture he will deliverthis Monday at eight p.m. at Inter¬national House. Coming directly fromconferences with General De Gaullein Washington, his lecture is appro¬priately titled, “De Gaulle and theFrench Situation”.Valeur organized the French Pressand Information Service in 1935, andthree years later he was appointedrepresentative ‘in the United Statesfor the French Ministry of Informa¬tion. In 1940, after the French armis¬tice, he was the only ranking Frenchofficial in the United States to imme¬diately associate himself with DeGaulle and his Free French, and, atthe present time, his Press and Infor¬mation Service officially representsthe General’s French Provisional Gov¬ernment. Valeur was also one of theorganizers of the United Nations In¬formation Office where he now worksunder the title of Associate Secretary-General.A scholarship from the RockefellerFoundation awarded to him while hewas a student at the University ofLyon, afforded Mr. Valeur his firstvisit to the United States. He studiedat the University of Chicago for ayear, and four years later, he was alecturer on economics at ColumbiaUniversity, a position which he re¬tained for thirteen years. He will lec¬ture Monday in the InternationalHouse Assembly. The public is wel¬come.Page Two THE CHICAGO MAROONTHE CHICAGO MAROONOficial student publicatioitkof the UniTersity of Chicaaro, pobl ished every Friday during: the academic quarters. Publiabad at L«-inston Hall. University of Chicago, Chicagro, Illinois. Telephone DOR Chester 7279 or MIDway 0800, Elxt. 351.EDITOR: Frederick I. Gottesman BUSINESS MANAGER; Alan J. StraussEditorial Associates: John Harmon, William Wambaugh Business Associate: George HiltonEditorial Assistants: Dolores Engel, Roger Englander, Bamby Golden, Dorothy Iker, Lorraine McFadden, Don Shields, Nancr Imidi. Car*la ZingarelliBusiness Assistants: Florence Baumruk, Marilyn Fletcher, Floyd Lan disFraternitiesTwo months ago, we had the occasion tocomment editorially upon the state of fraterni¬ties on this campus. Subsequently, many peoplecommented on the same subject, both vocally andotherwise. With all the pro and con agitation,we have watched the actions of the Interfratern¬ity Council and officers of individual fraternitiesduring this period for some sign of constructivereaction to the growing threat to their collectiveexistence. We have been able to discern nothingof value.That fraternity life is being gradually snuffedout at the University is obvious; that the fratern¬ities are incapable of doing anything about it isalso obvious. And, we are inclined to believe,that is how it should be. What further proof isneeded as evidence than the fact that a sum totalof five third-year students who professed to befraternity-minded appeared at a meeting forinterested men.Furthermore, we predict that the Universityauthorities are now preparing regulations to as¬sist fraternities down the toboggan slide. This,plus a growing antipathy toward fraternities onthe part of the students, themselves, can lead onlyone way. It would be an act of kindness for thevarious national officers to withdraw their chap¬ters from this campus as soon as possible.There is ample reason for the pathological con¬dition of the fraternities here. During the pastfew years, the fraternities have surrenderedwhatever claims they held to vital campus lead¬ership. More and more, they have concernedthemselves with petty interfraternity bickeringsand jealousies. To an ever-increasing degree,they have attracted class-conscious people whosemajor purpose was to use a Greek pin as a passto collegiate fame or post-collegiate social pres¬tige. They have long given up any pretense ofcharacterizing their organizations as experi¬ments in democratic group living.Even if the condition of fraternities were notso pathetic it is extremely doubtful whether theycould serve any worthwhile purpose at Chicago.This University is unique in many respects,some of which are not altogether favorable.One of the most important shortcomings causedby the many reforms is the great lack of anyunified school spirit.' The social and academicdistinction drawn by the students, themselves,between the first two years and the second twoyears of the College, between the second twoyears and the divisions, and between the divi¬sions and the various schools are both cause andeffect. Both the Administration and the facultiesconcerned recognize this condition and are study¬ing the problem of providing a unifying force.The fraternities, even under the best condi¬tions, are not that cohesive force. By their verynature, they make it impossible to provide ameans of bridging the aforementioned gaps. Bytheir own admission, their loyalties and interestsare too highly selective to be of value to theUniversity as a whole. By limiting themselvesprimarily to men of the second two years of theCollege, and then only a minority of such men,they defeat any intent to be vital to the entireUniversity.What is needed at the University of Chicagoare class organizations which can include allstudents of a given level in their interests andactivities, and whose officers can join forces in This Week On CampusFriday, July 14—Conference on Reading Problems for Administrative Of¬ficers and Teachers. Disciples Divinity House and Man-del Hall. 9:30 a.m.Worship Service, Joseph Bond Chapel. George M. Gibson,Minister, United Church of Hyde Park. 12 m.-12:20p.m. ^Saturday, July 15—Movie Party (outdoor), Ida Noyes Hall. Bridge, roller¬skating, swimming, croquet, 8-9:15 p.m.; Movie, 9:15p.m.; Coke and juke box party, 10:30-11:30 p.m. Ad¬mission, 25c.Sunday, July 16—Religious Service, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Speak¬er: Edwin E. Aubrey, Professor of Christian Theologyand Ethics, Federated Theological Faculty. 11 a.m.University of Chicago Round Table. “British Views onPostwar Economic Stumbling-blocks between the U.S.and Britain.” (Broadcast from England). Speakers:Henry Brooke, Member of Parliament; GeoffreyCroyvther, Editor, The Economist; Harold Laski; SirFrederick Whyte, Moderator. WMAQ and NBC, 12:30-1:00 p.m.Organ Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Hazel A.Quinney, Disciples Church. 7-7:30 p.m.Carillon Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 8-8:30p.m.Monday, July 17— ,Conference for Administrative Officers of Public and Pri¬vate Schools. “Significant Aspects of American Lifeand Postwar Education.” Room 159, Belfield Hall. 9a.m.Lecture (Charles R. Walgreen Foundation): “AmericanInstitutions in War-congested Production Areas: TheGeneral Problem.” Speaker: George Fort Milton, Au-Jthor and Lecturer. Social Science 122. 4:30 p.m.Lecture (Humanities and Education): “Particular As¬pects of Language Study: Ancient Languages.” Speak¬er: Phillip DeLacy, Assistant Professor of Latin. So¬cial Science 122. 4 p.m.Social Dance Mixer, Ida Noyes Hall. 8-8:30 p.m.Tuesday, July 18—Worship Service, Joseph Bond Chapel. Weldon E. Brad-burn, Minister, Woodlawn Methodist Church. 12 m.-12:20 p.m.Lecture (Charles R. Walgreen Foundation): “AmericanInstitutions in War-congested Production Areas: Re¬medial Measures.” George Fort Milton, Author andLecturer. Social Science 122, 4:30 p.m.Recreational Evening, Ida Noyes Hall. 7:30-9 p.m.Carillon Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 8-8:30p.m. "Fiction Film: “Dark Sands.” Social Science 122, 7 and8:30 p.m. Admission: 35c per person.Wednesday, July 19—Lecture (Charles R. Walgreen Foundation): “AmericanInstitutions in War-congested Production Areas: TheProblem of De-congestion.” Speaker: George Fort Mil-ton, Author and Lecturer. Social Science 122, 4:30 p.m.Organ Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. AdrienneMoran, First Congregational Church, Oak Park, Illi¬nois. 7-7:30 p.m.Carillon Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 8-8:30p.m.Social Dance Mixer, Ida Noyes Hall. 8-8:30 p.m.Thursday, July 20—Conference for Administrative Officers of Public andPrivate Schools. “Significant Aspects of American Lifeand Post-war Education.” Room 159, Belfield Hall. 9a.m.Conference on State Methods of Improving Local PublicWelfare Services. Cobb Hall. 9 a.m.Lecture (Humanities and Education): “Particular As¬pects of Language Study: Modern Languages.” Speak¬er: Salomon N. Trevino, Professor of Spanish. SocialScience 122, 4 p.m.Carillon Recital, Rockefeller "Memorial Chapel. 8-8:30p.m.Address by President Robert M. Hutchins. Mandel Hall.8 p.m. (Admission by ti(iket obtainable at InformationOffice, Press Building.) ,The Human Adventure. “The Valley of Death” (RockyMountain Spotted Fever). WGN, 7:30-8:00 p.m. The Case of The Swinging CorpseJohn HarmonTo rest up fromthe harrowing ex¬periences' they havehad on campus inthe past few weeks,Smedley and Georgehave taken a week'svacation. I confess,I was at a loss formateinaJ after their exodus until Icame upon the latest campus mystery,‘'The Case of the Swinging Corpse."My version is not based on the trueaccount which appears in DonShield's “Bazaar," but on the moreromantic and less accurate report inthe Chicago Times, which gave KellyHall as the locale of the foul deed.The campus was quiet, in fact soquiet you could hear the heavy breath¬ing from the Midway lawn. A lightglimmered here and there or shonedully through the shades of the Pres¬ident’s house. Even the air stood mo¬tionless.Suddenly, through the dark clouds,a streak of lightning cut its jaggedway. Hellery Dreen looked up towardthe illumined sky, chuckled a littlein enjoyment of nature’s fiercenessend then returned to the business oflighting his cigarette.As a second streak rent the sky hestared toward the gray building ill¬umined by the flash and there, swing¬ing in the breeze which had just be¬gun, he saw a body!“My God!” he exclaimed dashinghis cigarette to the ground. “A sub¬ject for a new myster;^ story and mysecretary isn’t around. What will Ido? I can’t solve the mystery withone hand and take short hand withthe other.” But he soon took com¬mand of the situation. “I’ll go get! Mickii,” he said to himself.When he and Mickii had arrivedon the scene the body was still therebut now it swung much faster in therising wind. Just then a policemanpulled up in a squad car. Helleryproved his sagacity by immediatelyrecognizing the man as his father.“Hello there, son,” said the elderDreen. “I’m glad to see you’re here.I just got a call to come to the Presi¬dent’s house. Seems there’s been amurder.”Hellery nodded and then wiselyswung his index finger toward theswinging body.“Come on, son! We’ll find outwhat’s going on there,” shouted theelder Dreen as he ran toward the door.Mickii and Hellery followed close be¬hind and only stopped to “"ask direc¬tions from the House Mother.“The elevator’s that way,” sheshouted. “But no men are allowed upthere. Even the Senate is agreed onthat!” “I’ll bet she was despondent overnot being accepted as a club memberor the girl friend of a fraternity manbecause "of creed or social position,”offered Mickii.'I think you’ll find it’s neither,”said Hellery calmly as he began tohaul in the rope.As the body fell to the floor, Mickiiunpinned the note on the skirt andbegan to read aloud:“To Whom It May Concern:This is the end. I can bear it nolonger. My money has gone to theBookstore for syllabi. I lost my ra¬tion books and thus am unable to getshoes so I can walk the streets insearch of work. There is nothing left.All the men have gone to war and allthat’s left is a Bohemian here andthere. God knows a girl needs morethan an accent! Farewell life. Wel¬come, Death. Signed, Maude Lynn.”Just then the two stood horrifiedas Hellery appeared to be mutilatingthe corpse. Crumbled copies of theMaroon, pillows and stuffing flew inall directions.“Gad!” exclaimed the elder Dreenand Mickii in one voice. “It’s adummy.”“Of course. Dad,” said Hellerycalmly. “Didn’t that signature MaudeLynn or maudlin lead you to suspectsomething was wrong?”The elder Dreen looked somewhatabashed. “But son,” he asked, “youknew there was something phony be¬fore you read the note. How aboutthat?”“Simple,” said Hellery staring at a .girl in the opposite room. “The dum- *my had a dress on. Everybody knowsthe girls at the University of Chicagowear nothing but sunsuits and shorts.”All were amazed at this last state¬ment. But then, Hellery always a-mazed them.matters of University-wide activity and import¬ance. However, we shall leave the subject ofclass organizations for a later discussion. But they were not to be stopped bylegislators or conventions and rushedon until they reached the elevator.Hellery with his usual composurepushed the button marked Two andthey began to rise. When they stop¬ped he flung open the door. Scores ofscantily clad girls began running forcover in all directions.Hellery turned to his father. “Ihaven’t seen anything like this sincewe solved the Case of the Stripper'sRuby," he said with a grin.“All right, all right,” shouted theelder Dreen. “You girls get some¬thing on and come out here. We wantto question you.”“Dad,” said Hellery, “while thegirls are getting dressed. I’m goinginto this room and take a look at thecorpse.” He did and within a minutehe returned smiling.“Did you find a note or is it murder,son?” asked the elder Dreen.“I think you’ll find a note on thebody,” said Hellery. Bernstein ConductsFourth of SeriesAn uncommon experience was hadby all at Ravinia Park last Sundayafternoon. It was the last in a seriesof four concerts directed by LeonardBernstein, twenty-five year-old avssis-tant conductor of the New York Phil¬harmonic Symphony Society. To seeBerstein conduct, hands flying andfeet tapping, is an unusual sight initself; but to top off this display theprogram also marked the Chicago pre¬miere of his Jeremiah symphony.The work is cast into three move¬ments, Prophecy, Profanation, and La¬mentation, and is based on the storyof the prophet Jeremiah and the fallof the city of Jerusalem. Accordingto the composer the first movement“aims to parallel in feeling the intens¬ity of the prophet’s pleas with hi^people”—its highly emotional, yet sin-'cere, content accomplished that endmost effectively.The second movement, a tricky-rhy-thmed scherzo, seemed a bit too bom¬bastic and overcrowded. Rimsky-Kor-sakov in his authoritive book. Prin¬ciples of Orchestration, seems to hitexactly the cause of this fault whenhe describes a young composer’s firstphase of orchestration as “the phaseduring which he puts his faith inpercussion instruments, believing thatthe beauty of sound emanates entirelyfrom this branch of the orchestra—this is the earliest stage”.The finale, set to a text from theBook of Lamentations, was sung inHebrew by the French mezzo-soprano,Jennie Tourel. This reviewer, whofeels that there is no combinationquite so breath-taking as voice withorchestra, was completely won over(Continued on page four)THE CHICAGO MAROON Page ThreeFeature Nancy SmithDon ShiMt I i j j[Traveling BazaarThe Great Suicide Mystery remainsunsolved at this writing, but specula¬tion as to the perpetrators of the out-i Ifrage runs high...at the present mo¬ment Owl and Serpent or Nu Pi Sig¬ma are suspected just on past per¬formances of things of this ' naturebut the shuddering finger of fatepoints more justly I think at the ChiRho Sigmas...Not enough of themwere surprised by what happened.For those of you who haven’t^ heard the story yet a short explana¬tion may be necessary.. .Last Tuesday night, a macabrefigure was found dangling from one of the windows ofthe Anthropology Library. ...It was an effigy of extremeworkmanship with a rather plaintive look about it...the latter is explained by the following note attachedto the figure’s person:“I have taken my life this evening since the worldhas nothing to offer me...I cannot find my mission inlife, my friends have disowned me.“I came here with high hopes that they could teachme to think. I know that if I could think, I could find aman, a soul mate. ,“For two years I have struggled. I have worn out myeyes studying and my shoes chasing. With no results.This spring the last blow fell...I flunked O.I.I. More¬over, Joseph never even looked at me.“Now I have no money to re-take the O.I.I., no shoesto hunt work in, and no hope. Since no one loves me, Ifeel it is better to die.Maude Lynn”Needless to say the above caused quite a stir...Groups of students from the dorms gathered about theghoulish sight offering suggestions.. .Between thescreams one could hear “Throw her in the Botany Pond!”...Later some sensitive soul called the police, reportingan actual suicide.. .and that’s where the real trouble be¬gan. The city police are singularly devoid of a sense ofappreciation of undergraduate humor, and they seemedto have a difficult time realizing that this was a prank...They were insistent upon attaching all sorts of sin¬ister interpretations to the occurrence and conductedan investigation that could have come straight out of“The Front Page”...and after getting on everybody’snerves they left with Maude in tow.One observer says that even the Hutchins’ family wasaroused by the noise and were seen hanging out of thewindows! of the President’s house (not, however, onropes) to get a better grasp of the situation.The grace and ease with which the affair was carriedoff indicates that it was extremely well planned and theaftermath marked it as the most successful practical jokeof the year...The Chi Rhos are to be congratulated,though they will probably deny any association with it.Of late there has been an unfortunate lack of theselittle bits of whimsy that so enliven undergraduate life...Last year a few touches such as the bright red flow¬ing tie which appeared on one of the gargoyles of HullGate around Halloween time caused a few ripples butthe carefully planned and cleverly (if dangerously) exe¬cuted type of the “Maude Lynn” variety are the kindthat make campus tradition.There was a time, a few years ago, when such pranksmade life miserable for the Dept, of Buildings andGrounds.. .and the harmless non-destruc1}ive kind madethe biggest hit with the student body...The time, forinstance, when a few imaginative souls stole over to thaBeta and Sigma Chi houses in the black of night and withan acetylene torch removed the bronze plaques bearingthe fraternities’names.. .Dawn, the rosy fingered,'foundsaid plaques securely lashed to the yard-arm of the flagpole and the pledges of both houses spent the greaterpart of the day trying to remove them.. .No one knowsyet how they were secured up there.Then again, there was the Saga of the Scrap Heap...The War Activities Committee had sponsored a scrapdrive and named the Circle as the point of deposit...For weeks the campus police kept finding all sorts ofcharacters prowling around who were trying to recovermore or less personal belongings.. .You see, some indi-I vidual with an over-developed sense of patriotism hadI burgled half the fraternity houses on campus and hadI donated to the Drive every movable bit of metal he could^^rry... and this included trophies, ash trays, and other'unmentionable items... Hail to the revival!.. .D.S. Box Office(i: s1/ HEAVENLY BODY ... is a shame.It contrasts astronomy with astrologyand one rather suspects from the ef¬fect of the picture that the formeris ballyhoo; the latter, the berries.William Powell, as an astronomer,makes the science seem rather sillyby his aging adolescent pranks andcute faces, while Fay Bainter, the on¬ly believable person in the whole cast,^ elevates astrology from the level ofprimitive superstition to that of a se¬rious and mathematically precise science. I assume thatthe purpose of the picture was to do exactly the oppo¬site, but the final result AVas unfortunate—extremely un¬fortunate.Perhaps I approached the movie in the wrong atti¬tude. It may be possible that Powell was not supposedto be a charming, engaging and rather absent-mindedman of science, but a middle-aged character actor goingthrough the last stages of senility. In this casehe was dreadfully miscast as Hedy Lamarr’s husband.He should have been her weak-minded grandfather.As far as plot goes—and the plot doesn’t go very far—it concerns an astronomer who, on the verge of discov-Iering his own comet, neglects his young and beautifulwife for the observatory. In consolation, she turns toastrology through the influence of Spring Byington (willour Spring ever have an intellectual Summer?) whotakes her to Fay Bainter, the astrologist. Miss Bainter,as I have said, gives the only sincere performance inthe whole impossible picture. All the predictions shemakes for beauteous Hedy are fulfilled in one way oranother. The man who is supposed to come into her lifehappens along in the person of the air-raid warden,James Craig. He, also, does his best, but gets discour¬aged about half-way through and gives up. Fay Bainterfares little better. As soon as she has established her¬self a personality, William Powell threatens her with anF.B.I. investigation in order to frighten her into stopseeing his wife. She is horrified at the thought of thisconsequence—but professional ethics force her to bareher awful secret to the world—she declares 3000 cans ofrationed items to her ration board which she had beenhoarded rationed items to her ration board—and FayPainter’s character falls as flat as bride’s angel cake.Those who saw “Heavenly Body” witnessed a physio¬logical change. The Thin Man has Thickened. Amen. Saturday night’s “C” Dance, itseems, strove to capture some ofU.T.’s own inimitable charm with its“sexy” red lights. Decorated in themanner of many bygone Tuletide sea¬sons, the style of “Dancing Under theStars” was somewhat cramped by thedrizzly* weather. But all in all, despitea few oddities, everything went offquite well.Johnnie Nichols, of the singing,dancing, wrestling, and weight liftinglessons, displayed his prowess by ar¬riving on the arm of Pauline Soren¬sen, but not for long...John Sharpand the boys took care of that!Jack Berge.r was given a heartywelcome, and had the good fortune tobe in the company of Dinny Butts.Upon spying George Krakowka, medstudent, and Psi U., conversing witha lovely Sigma, one of our littlefriends lugged her size 8’s over andasked whom he was with. He turnedto his left and smiled benignly at Mr.Jaros and said, “I’m with Duval.” (I crackup while on route to California.One of Sigma’s prettiest. Marge Fo¬garty, has announced the fact that shetoo is westward bound. It’s not defi¬nite, but she may be lending her pres¬ence to one of California’s more fa¬mous universities soon.Call it what you will, but some pe¬culiar malady has pervaded the cam¬pus. “It can’t happen here!”, theysaid, but it has. Not to mention the!several buildings that were defaced,Jim Hoskinson, Ed Steele, and Har¬mon Craig decided than an indirectlighting system on 57th street wouldbe greatly appreciated. The under¬standing Dean into whose hands theaffair was thrust, smiled reminiscent¬ly and said, “Well, boys, I guess thatJoe College isn’t dead yet,” and sentthem over to learn how to write theirnames on receipts in B. and G.’s littlebooks.All this plus “Joseph doesn’t loveme any more.—Maude Lynne,” hasthe esteemed educators wonderingTillie the TypistCarbons ■ don’t know what it means either, they whether it’s worth it all. The thingthat bothers us is why our maudlinfriend had to be stuffed with old Ma¬roons !!We turn now to the less gory sideof life and our hearts pour forth withsweet sentiment as orange blossomsand “Lohengrin” pass in review. Thistime it will commemorate the nup¬tials of Virginia Branter and EnsignBob Levering, time, July 22nd, 8:30P.M....the scene, Bond Chapel.—O.I.I.Cobb 203The University has hit rock bottom. A very proudmother called regarding information for entering heryoung genius who had just finished his second year ofhigh school. I use the word “young” recklessly—infantmigb^ be more accurate—he was nine (9) years old!Sunny Ainsworth may find him a pleasant diversion.*No one who has ever known the inimitable Mr. Row¬land (Sanity and I) can help passing on a few of hisstories. Mine runs thusly: A student wanted very badlyto see Mr. Rowland, whereupon, Mr. Rowland informedof the fact e'xclaimed “Oh, yes, he’s the boy who alwayshas such terrific problems, the most pressing of whichhas been, ‘Shall I ride the street car or the ‘L’ home thisevening?”* * *While typing a letter to a Miss Louise something-or-other recently, I very unconscic<isly slipped on thetypewriter and left out the “i”. Of course, it fit beauti¬fully, but who was I to suggest it.>ie if *Common misunderstandings—A call came in a few weeks ago for one of the es¬teemed advisers in the College. A new girl in the Dean’sOffice answered the phone. The voice at the other end ofthe line said, “Will you please have him call the Homi¬cide Department.” Somewhat startled, but still able tospeak, she replied, “The Homicide Department?’^ “That’sright,” the voice answered. Upon the appearance of theadviser the whole mystery was cleared up when we foundwhat she wanted was the Home Study Department. Asigh of relief was uttered by all. You have no idea whathorrible thoughts may enter one’s mind on such occa¬sions.Hi if ifAll sorts of things reach us in the form of mail. Likethe card we received recently from the “Peaceful Plan¬et”. (So help me, that’s where it said it was from.) We’revery frankly confused. Another was from a flight nursewho wanted to take courses in embalming and funeraltraining. The connection? None. , just gave it to me and said, “Use it!”)Ed Steele and some of his AlphaDelt brethren were seen roaming thepremises, and members of the newclass, unaware of their greatness, fi¬nally gave up trying to figure out whythey looked that way.Ann Brown and Kurt Gram carriedaway honors for the trickiest jitter-bugging, and were followed up byFrank Bane and his femme du mo¬ment.That quaint little weirdy who goesby the name of Warren, I think, rear¬ed his soused head and with true formwent around saying, “I know youwon’t dance with me, but may I havethe next dance?” To other less fortu¬nate victims he said, rather plaintive¬ly, “Oh you don’t know me, but Ithink that people should get acquaint¬ed, and I like to get to know new peo¬ple.” Chuck Tallin spent a greaterpart of the evening rescuing terrifiedwomen from his clutches.At Vic Herbert’s recent farewellparty, before his departure for thearmy, Randy, (Ransmier to you), at¬tempted to-make a reality out of hisdream of a harem. However, three fe¬males proved too much for him, orwas it vice versa?And then there’s the story about theganitor in Beecher who enters therooms of scantily clad women withnary a knock. When the women gaspor scream, he calmly pacifies' themwith, “Oh that’s all right. I’m mar¬ried.”A sorrowful note lends itself withthe news that Paula Oppenheim wasslightly injured in ‘the Sante Fe ChiefANNOUNCEMENTWe regret, conceivably more thanwe can express, our inability to sellenough copies of the Maroon to evenapproximate the demands of our cred¬itors, but we are duty bound to re¬main within the newsprint allocationsimposed by the War Production Boardon account of the scarcity of news¬print caused by the war. .We are certain that you prefer ade¬quate editorial content to a cut in thesize of the paper, entailing the elimi¬nation qf unimportant news to whichyou are entitled. We are greatly cur¬tailing the amount of advertising wereceive each week so we can keep thisadequate editorial content because ifwe don’t our editor will quit.We ask your understanding andforebearance if you don’t know whatthis is all about.Stebbins B. Stumblebum,Publisher Documentary GroupShaivs ^Man of Aran’‘‘Face of Britain’“Man of Aran,” a documentary filmclassic, and “The Face of Britain,” anadded short, were presented last Tues¬day evening in the Documentary FilmGroup’s second non-fiction program ofthe summer quarter.John Flaherty’s “Man of Aran” de¬picts the simple but dangerous every¬day life of an Aran family. The AranIslands, off the western coast of Ire¬land, offer the people nothing butrocks and the sea, but through hardwork, a small amount of precious soilcan be obtained from crevices in therocks. It is in the sea that the manof Aran meets his master. Excitingscenes show a handful of men in asmall patched-up boat harpooning ahuge basking shark in the midst of aterrific storm. Compared to JohnSteinbeck’s “Forgotten Village,” asimilar story of a folk-like people,there is less dialogue but more actionin “Man of Aran.” Both still and ac¬tion photography is excellent. '“The Face of Britain,” by Paul Ro-tha, shows how, over a period ofyears, Britain has changed. The ageof the soil was succeeded by thesmoke age, brought on by the use ofcoal and steam, which hid the sun.With the invention of electricity, anew age was born with Britain onceagain having a “place in the sun.”The moral of the story is that Eng¬land is at a turning point in its exist¬ence and with this new age, the peo¬ple of Britain can “make this ancientland a place where sun will alwaysshine for the children of the future.”MORTON’SHyde Park's Leading Steak-House5487 So. Lcdce Peerk Ave.For Reservations, Call:Plaza 9088(lf¥7-:'4. ^Sx^br*,V*. ■P»9e Four^a#tt McKeon Emphasizes ImportanceOf Problem of Humanities§mfe?■1■ In First Lecture of New SeriesThe problem of the place of the hu¬manities in education, which has beenthe subject of much dispute sinceWorld War I, assumes an even great¬er importance than it has had in theproblems of post-war education, de¬clared Richard P. McKeon, Dean ofthe Humanities, in a lecture lastMonday afternoon which inaugurateda series of lecture-conferences entitled"^The Humanities and Education.”Since part of the problem is due tothe ambiguity which is attached to theterm ‘‘humanities,” he undertook todefine the subjects of study which fallunder the humanities as a preliminaryto discussing the issues in which hu¬manistic studies are involved at pres¬ent.Dean McKeon pointed out that thehumanities have traditionally beendefined in contrast to something else,the object of the contrast varyingfrom age to age. The litterae human-tores and the artes humaniores werecontrasted to sub-human things in an¬cient discussions, to divine arts andletters in Medieval discussions, andsince the Renaissance, to the arts bywhich the book of nature, as opposedto the books of men, are interpreted.As a consequence, the humanities areset in opposition to the sciences inmodern discussions or they are “syn¬thesized” by employing “scientific”methods on humanistic subjects, orfinally, and this was the view thatDean McKeon advocated, as distinctbut complementary approaches to thesame subject matters.The humanities can, therefore, be^ defined best in the present situationby means of the four arts or disci¬plines which they employ: the arts oflanguage, of history, of interpretationand appreciation, and of philosophy.For each of these disciplines. DeanMcKeon pointed out, there are equiv¬alent scientific techniques for resolv¬ing related problems, and one of thechief sources of danger to the humani¬ties, according to Dean McKeon, layin the tendency of the humanists totry to imitate the methods of the sci¬ences. The peculiarity of the human¬istic disciplines Dean McKeon foundin the kind of value judgments whichthey are suited to or in the normativeelements proper to them. He stressedthe fact that the normative elementwas important not only in the treat¬ment of the fine arts or history orphilosophy in themselves but also intheir use for the solution of practicalproblems of the world today.CLASSIFIEDJdb as Cook Wanted—By American Neirress,etudent. with Bachelor's degree in Home Econ¬omics. Will prepare and serve meals, 4-8 p.m.,every day but Sunday, Call Board of Voca¬tional Guildance and Placement.TERESA DOUNDANCING SCHOOL1208 E. 63rcl Sf. (Near WoedUwn Av.)Private lessons $1.50—12 N-l I P.M. dailyLady or Gentleman InstractorsTelephone Hyde Park 3080 RICHARD P. McKEONDean of the HumanitiesLabor Rights GroupHears UnionistsOn Labor in PoliticsWednesday night in Room 302 of theSocial Science Building, the LaborRights Society held a meeting to dis¬cuss “the place of the college studentin the labor movement.” VirginiaSpence of the CIO and Meryl Rogersof the Kaiser Shipbuilding Companywere the principal speakers of theevening. As it finally turned out, themain point of the discussion, ratherthan being the place of the collegestudent in the labor movement, wasthe place of labor in government.Miss Spence stressed the change inphilosophy in the last two or threeyears from one of “a living wage, de¬cent working conditions, and shorterworking hours” to one that involvesa concern with every part of man’slife—his education, his home life, andhis government. She cited the rise of|)rices without a corresponding rise inwages as an example that labor ispaying for more than its share of thewar. She said that labor wants to con¬tribute its share to the war effort intaxes and bonds rather than in lessreal value on wages. Miss Spence be¬lieves that it is “tremendously impor¬tant that the right people be electedto Congress.”Bernstein—(Continued from page two)with this movement. Mr. Bernstein’swriting for this medium was inspiredand sure-handed, and Miss Tourel’smagnificent voice, together with herclear Hebrew pronunciation andheartfelt interpretation of the pro¬phet’s words, was unforgettable.The only fault of the work, besidesits explosive and overdone secondmovement, could be its continuouslyhigh emotional pitch and intensity,which although very thrilling at firsthearing, might sate the listener’s em¬otions at subsequent auditions.—R. L. E.Now serving civiliansINTERNATIONAL HOUSE CAFETERIADELICIOUS FOODFRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTBreakfast Lunch DinnerA la carte forty-five cents sixty centsTiffin Room open evenings from seven to ten-thirty THE CHICA0O MAROONSchneider, Kirkpatrick GiveScholarly Chamber ConcertSunday night’s recital in MandelHall of three Mozart and two Bachsonatas by Alexander Schneider andRalph Kirkpatrick did one very goodthing for this campus: it corrected thecomparative neglect from which Bachsuffered on last season’s chamber se¬ries, when all we got was the G MinorSonata for unaccompanied violin. Itfurther provided an opportunity tohear the rarely performed sonatas forharpsichord and violin, in the originalform, and not as a piano-violin com¬bination.The program was hardly destined tohave popular appeal; but it more thancompensated for the unclean perform-iances given in this city last winteron the recital stage. The performanceSunday was devoid of any outwarddisplay on the part of the artists, ei¬ther in the music or in personal man¬ner. The audience was treated, in¬stead, to scholarly, well planned, wellstudied ensemble work; a careful self-effacing treatment of the music.At the outset the listener wastroubled by the manner in which theharpsichord blanketed the violin, adifficulty which returned to plague theear several times during the course ofthe evening, particularly in the adagioand allegro of the Mozart G MajorSonata. Further, the opening state*ment of the first theme of the firstsonata played (the Mozart F Major,K. 377), which is given to the harpsi¬chord, was not clearly enunciated; butConference—(Continued from page one)“Psittacism is the habit of repeat¬ing in parrot-like fashion the familiarcliches and verbal formulae simplybecause one has heard them often,”said S. I. Hayakawa, of the IllinoisInstitute of Technology faculty. “Itis partly forced upon us by the socialnecessity of having something to sayat all times, but partly it is activelyencouraged by educational practicesthat tend to make facile word-hand¬ling the equivalent of mastering thesubject.”He urged that the group of teach¬ers and officials consider this sameproblem of reader prejudices as oneof the leading problems with whichthey must cope. He pointed out thatit is not enough to examine languagefor internal criteria of excellence. Itis necessary to know something of themechanics of misinterpretation whichcan frustrate the purposes of authors,however skillfully and carefully theymay write, concluded Mr. Hayakawa.Round Table-(Continued from page one)keep those who are responsible forplacing this leadership in power.Governor Broughton said that thegreat economic issue after the warwas jobs for all people. He also saidthat the government shou|d encouragethe free enterprise systein, but thatit should not allow this free enterpriseto exploit or to monopolize, and thatthe system should be subject to regu¬lation if it does.Senator Lucas said, “In the veryimportant issues of making the peace,I hope that in drawing up the Demo¬cratic platform, we will do more withwhere we stand with respect to in¬ternational collaboration than did theRepublicans at their convention.” was, instead, obscured somewhat.All these matters pale into insignifi¬cance, however, before the impressivetotal effect of the recital. The twoBach sonatas, and especially theFourth in C Minor, were smooth flow¬ing, well-knit, cohesive reaaings thatunfolded themselves without any traceof perfunctoriness on the one hand,or any oddities of phrasing and em¬phasis on the other, which have beenknown to appear in some perform¬ances of thepe works. The concludingallegro of the C Minor Sonata has acontrapuntal structure which is sosubtle in its inflection as to be easilyspoilt: last Sunday it spun itself outin perfect balance and striking clar-ity.Of the three Mozart sonatas thereis not much to be said. The first themeof the F Major subsequently has seenbetter (?) days as Gilda’s aria CaroNome in Rigoletto; in the variationsof the second movement Mr. Schneid¬er’s double stopping was occasionallya bit zigeunerisch, a result of overlysubtle rhythm in the bowing, violin¬ists tell me. This, together with theother two sonatas played, those in G,K. 379, and in A, K. 526, were playedwell, very well, albeit in a somewhathasty fashion at some points. Theworks, however, enjoyed a sparkle anddash which were sadly lacking in Wei-cher’s performnee of the companionSonata in B Flat, K. 378, last January. Summer Squad HoldsFirst Diamond PracticeThe first practice of the season forthe Maroon summer baseball squadheld Wednesday afternoon on Green¬wood Field, was definitely encourag.ing. Manager Zimmerblatt, just re¬turned from managing a Navy teamat Purdue, was enthusiastic over theturnout of twenty-two prospectiveplayers, stating that this number riv¬alled the number of last year’s squad.Although the outfield is yet to beformed, and some holes in the infieldare to be filled up, the practice wasmarked by good chatter, and fairpegs; all of which gave due causefor optimism.Several games are scheduled withother universities, including NotreDame and Illinois Tech.Incidentally, Tuesday was RichardStrauss’ eightieth birthday; but sofar as I could see, it went by unnot¬iced. Are we to take it as a sign thatthe campaign of the two ghouls, theMessrs. Percy Grainger and John Al-den Carpenter against “enemy music”is in danger of succeeding? Heavenforfend! —W.W. 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