THE CHICAGO MAROOVol. 4, No. 6 Z-149University Holds ThirteenthPastor’s Conference FeaturingProf. Eastman, Rev. TrueblooiiIf Christianity is to flourish inAmerica, pastors must labor as miss¬ionaries in the vast areas of the na¬tion where paganism has secured itsfootholds, Dr. D. Elton Trueblood as¬serted last Monday night at the 13thannual Pastor’s Institute and Educa¬tional Conference. The alarming in¬crease in divorce and the frank use ofpower politics are but two examples ofthe paganism America is practicing.Speaking on “Christian Strategy forPagan America” at the Institute din¬ner at the University Church of Dis¬ciples of Christ last Monday, Dr. True¬blood stated that the Christian strat¬egy has become vastly altered, andthat the country is very close to theperiod of the early Christians who setout to spread Christianity in an alienenvironment.'‘The church,” Dr. Trueblood assert¬ed, ‘‘needs to be made much smallerto become an effective flghting force.We cannot succeed against paganismunless church membership has mean¬ing. Paradoxically, the church mustbe larger. We must look upon thewhole population as the object of oursolicitude.”‘‘Christian faith,” he said, “cancommend itself in the modem worldby pointing out tirelessly the confusionand ultimate weaknesses of the paganorder. People can be brought intofull Christian conviction by recogni¬tion of the alternatives rather than bythe suppositions that the Christian re¬ligion is free from any difficultiesitself.”While motion picture theatres drawmore than 85 million persons eachweek—more than twice the attendancein all the nation’s churches,—onlyfive per cent of the pictures could beclassed as excellent, Fred Eastman,professor of Biography and Drama inthe Federated Theological Faculty ofthe University of* Chicago, declaredat the Conference on the Midwaylast Tuesday.Although the battle for decency hasbeen won, it is not enough, for de¬cency only means the lack of dirt—a picture can still be inane, stupidand worthless, he stated. “In motionpictures we want something more pos¬itive. We want honest pictures aboutthe struggles of our daily lives, pic¬tures that neither misrepresent us toother peoples of the world, nor mis¬represent them to us, and pictureswith some touch of greatness, strongin characterization, in imagination,and in humor. Such pictures willhave both entertainment quality andeducational value.”Censorship will not bring such pic¬tures, Professor Eastman told the vis¬iting pastors, for commercial censor¬ship makes the only criterion for succ¬ess the net flnancial profit. He alsostated that motion pictures are themost powerful educational instrumentsever invented. When a picture is ofa high quality, such as “MadameCurie”, or “Holy Matrimony”, or “TheSong of Bernadette”, the effects areconstructive, but when the picture issteeped in sentimentality, glorifyingthe acquisitive instinct, or inculcatingfalse views of life, the. effects aredestructive.In order to secure pictures of higherquality to serve postwar entertain¬ment and educational needs, it mustup to the public to select pictures REV. D. ELTON TRUEBLOODwith great care, “patronizing the bestand boycotting the rest”, Eastmanstated. Producers can help greatly ifthey will serve not only the Americantheaters, but also the Americanschools and churches which need thepowerful medium of motion picturesto assist in their educational work, headded.Increasingly, they will become theallies of the homes and schools andchurches in the common task of build¬ing a better country and a betterworld, Professor Eastman concluded.The Pastors’ Institute, which is be¬ing jointly sponsored by the four the¬ological schools affiliated with theFederated Theological Faculty, willcontinue through next week. Approx¬imately two hundred fifty pastors arein attendance. Events next week in¬clude a reading bj^ Davis Edwards,Associate Professor of Speech, of theplay “The Patriots,” by Sidney Kings¬ley. “G.I.Billof Rights”Grants War VeteransEducation BenefitsProvisions for the education ofservicemen and servicewomen havebeen defined in Public Law 346. Thisprogram is designed for those whoseeducation has been interrupted by thewar and those who wish to continuetheir education.The candidate must meet the follow¬ing conditions if he wishes to receivethe benefits of the bill.(1) The person must have servedin active military or navel service onor after September 16, 1940, or priorto the end of the present war.(2) The person must be releasedfrom the service under conditionsother than dishonorable.(3) The person must be under 26years of age at the time he enteredthe service, or he must submit satis¬factory evidence that his educationwas interrupted.(4) The person shall have servedninety days in active service, exclusiveof the time he was assigned to train¬ing or education under the Armyspecialized training course or of theNavy college training program, or ofthe time he was assigned as a cadet ora midshipman at one of the serviceacademies, or if he served less thanninety days, he shall be dischargedor released from active service becauseof an actual service-incurred injuryor disability.The benefits of the bill include fulltuition to the school selected by thecandidate, and the payment of allcustomary fees. It is indefinite wheth¬er or not books, supplies, and equip¬ment will be paid for by the admin¬istrative officers. However, there isa maximum 600 dollars for the year.Exclusive of the 600 dollars, theserviceman, under the bill, is entitledto an allowance of 60 dollars permonth, or 76 dollars per month if hehas a dependent or dependents.The person entitled to the benefitsof the program may select any re¬cognized school or institution. Underthe act he is entitled to a minimum of(See “G. I. Bill,” page 4)Battle of the MidwayGeorge HiltonSecond only^to the eminent Dr.Gottesman as commander of The Chi¬cago Maroon forces in the battle formore income is the pride of Zeta BetaTau, Alan Jay Strauss. Mr. Strausswas initiated into ZBT at a time whenthe fraternity was enjoying the repu¬tation of being the leading group ofgeniuses at the University. As sucha reputation is highly detrimental toany fraternity, ZBT pledged Mr.Strauss in an effort to show that noteven their judgment was infallible.It was largely through the fratern¬ity’s encouragement of the ancientand honorable sport of BMOC-ing thatMr. Strauss was inveigled into accept¬ing the position of Business Managerof The Chicago Maroon. Upon discov¬ering the Maroon's financial status,Mr. Strauss made his first official actthe installation of a motto for thebusiness staff, namely, IN HOC BUTPLENTY. One of his other early actswas the resuscitation of the circula¬tion department, which showed theStraussian influence by sending out acall for freshmen who would be willingto sell the Maroon. The only induce¬ment he could think of was that thisexperience would prove invaluable tothem in the post-war depression. When this gem met with only mediocresuccess, his next plea was to the fresh¬men who eat lunch at Ida. Selling, hesaid, would be especially valuable tothem as it would take their mind offthe food. The sublime and fundament¬al truth of this theory was so great asto increase circulation no end.Because of the forays of LocalBoard Number 88, the Maroon's man¬power shortage early this quarter be¬came so excrutiating as to requireMr. Strauss’ assistance in the editorialdepartment. He wrote an editorialwhich brought him undying fame.After one reading of it. Editor Gottes¬man became completely psycho-neur¬otic, thus relieving him of any poss¬ibility of being drafted. Feature Ed¬itor Harmon on his last trip to Board88 showed the gentlemen the editorial,telling them that if he were draftedthis sort of thing would have to ap¬pear in print regularly. The Boardgave him an indefinite deferment forbeing highly essential to civilian mor¬ale. The great editorial, incidentally,was a plea to the B’ani Britli to planttrees on the Bookstore lawn to provideenough shade for the Mortar Boardsto sit on the west side of EllisAvenue, too. N. Thomas, SocialistPresidential Nominee,To Speak At Mandel ■■Norman Thomas, Socialist Partystandard-bearer in this year’s presi¬dential campaign, will jrive an addressTuesday evening, August 1, at 8 p.m.in Mandel Hall. The address, one ofa series Mr. Thomas is giving insupport of his candidacy, will be en¬titled “Effective Political Action in1944,” and is being sponsored by thecampus Socialist Club. It will be opento the public. Maynard C. Krueger,Assistant Professor of Economics atthe University, who is National Chair¬man of the Socialist Party and whoran for vice-president on the Socialistticket in 1940 as Thomas’ running-mate, will also speak.This year’s Socialist campaign upto this time has stressed Socialistopposition to both Democratic andRepublican platforms and principles.Neither of them, according to theSocialists, have prepared a programdesigned to end war, unemployment,and racial discrimination. The majoremphases of the campaign are on thenecessity for democratic, socialisticcontrol of war-expanded industries, aninternational organization responsibleto the people of the world, and moreeffective machinery for popular pol¬itical action.Thomas has declared in previousspeeches that America’s failure hasbeen that it can plan for full pro¬duction only in wartime. He suggestsas a remedy the collective ownership“Let’s Dance” at IdaTomorrow Night, 9-12“Let’s Dance”, the forthcoming“C” Dance, will be held in Ida NoyesHall on Saturday, July 29 from ninetill twelve. Ernie Rowe, chairman ofthe Student Social Committee, an¬nounced that it will be held underChinese lanterns in the West Cloister.The coke bar will be in the beautifullittle garden adjoining the cloister.Wally Hermes and his terrific fivewill furnish the music. It is informaland the charge is fifty-five cents perperson.State DepartmentHolds Meeting at IInternational House |This weekend, International House *will be host to a State Departmei.i |conference discussing the conditioi-Lpertaining to admission of Chinesestudents to this country. The confer¬ence will be in session Saturday andSunday.Participating in the discussion willbe advisers to foreign students andfaculty members from the Universityof Chicago, Harvard, M.I.T., Colum¬bia, Cornell, the University of Mich¬igan, the University of Washington,and the University of California atBerkeley, as well as members of theState Department’s divisions of sci¬ence, education, and art.On Monday there will be a theaterparty for International House mem¬bers, who 'vyill see “Oklahoma!” at theErlanger Theater.Last .Wednesday night Clifton Ut¬ley, well known news commentator,gave a lecture on “The March ofEvents.” NORMAN THOMASof such natural resources as oil, coal,and iron, “which are being dread¬fully wasted under private owner¬ship,” of the whole system of money,banking, and credit, and of monopoliesand semi-monopolies, especially thepublic utilities.In the field of international rela¬tions, Thomas has declared that Pres¬ident Roosevelt's plan for world or¬ganization is “worse than the Leagueof Nations,” and will assure a thirdworld war, instead of a lasting peace.Thomas, an internationally knownorator and author on political ques¬tions, has spoken on campus twicewithin the last two years. Amonghis books are:Is Conscience a Crime?,America's Way Out—A Prograim forDemocracy, As I See It, Human Ex~ploitation, and Socialism on the De¬fensive.OOP’S ^Dear Brutus’To be PresentedTwice Next Week“Dear Brutus,” by J. M. Barrie, hasbeen announced as the Office of Dra¬matic Production’s summer quarteroffering. It will be presented at Man-del Hall on Friday and Saturday eve¬nings, August 4 and 6. Jere C. Mickel.Assistant Director of Dramatic Ih’o-ductions, who also directed a previouscampus performance of the play, giv¬en in February, will be in charge ofdiro'Ctior.Three members of the original cast,; R'lby, Bourie Davis, and Flor-, firuk, will appear in the newproCVvitiMii., The complete cast is asfollows:Dearth Henry RuybMrs. Dearth Bourie DavisMargaret Florence BaumrukLob Blase LeVaiJoanna Ann KronquistMrs. Coade ;;.;. .Jo ParvisMabel Purdie Sarah GoodellMatey Roy PakanskyPurdie Curtis GramMr. Coade George SorterLady Caroline Frances CarlinIdell Lowenstein will again be incharge of production, Charles Wallswill act as stage manager, and TedBlock will handle t|^e lighting.Both performances will begin at8:30. Admission will be sixty cents,including tax. Tickets may be obtainedat the Information Desk in the PressBuilding, or at the Office of DramaticProductions, Room 400, Swift Hall.THE CHICAGO MAROONTHE CHICAGO MAROONOflieial student publication of the Universitj of Chicago, published every Friday durinff the academie quartws. Published at I^az*InCloii Hatt» University of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. Telephone BORchester 7279 or MIDway 0800, Ext. 861.EDITORt Frederick I. Gottesman BUSINESS MANAGER: Alan J. StraussEditorial Associates: John Harmon, William Wambaugh Business Associate: George HiltonSditatial Assistants; Caroll Atwater, Ellen Baum, Frances Carlin, Dolores Ensrel, Roger Englander, Joe Hart, Ed Hofert, Dorothy Dear,ZiOrrainB McFadden, Don Shields, Connie Slater, Nancy Smitilt, lEspey Voulis, hbtry Wong, Carla ZingarelliRace Prejudicet ■ Last week, prior to President Hutchins* ad-^ dress, pamphlets were distributed by the Com¬mittee of Racial Equality to the audience as theyentered Rockefeller Chapel. In addition to theimmphlets, a number of questions were submittedto Mr. Hutchins during the question period fol¬lowing his speech, none of which were answered.IJiese are statements of fact. In the week since,no comment of any description has been heardfrom any section of the campus. However, webelieve that the many statements contained in theX)amphlet and the questions which were undoubt¬edly based on the contents of the pamphlet de¬serve some sort of comment.Unumbered thousands of words have beenwritten in recent months on the subject of racialand religious prejudices; countless voices havebeen lifted to warn our country that anti-Negroand anti-Semitic action lie on the road to fasc¬ism-^ Men of a truly liberal and democratic per¬suasion have told us that such inhuman and un¬just biases are in direct contravention of all thenoble tenets of our very way of life; that a bitterwar is being fought for the purpose of safeguard¬ing those tenets and bring in their benefits toother peoples in other countries.Now we are being told that overt Negroprejudice exists on the campus, nor is it thefirst time that such charges have been made.We cannot certify all charges of discriminationmade in the Committee brief, but we have heardof more than one case of such action by theUniversity Real Estate Office in the matter ofrenting University apartments to students, andin the matter of complying wiht the local restric¬tive covenants on other University-owned prop¬erties. However, we believe that the matter isimportant enough to warrant a thorough inv^iti-gation either by the President's office or someappointed committee which possess a real desireto correct a nasty situation rather than engagein the usual parliamentary hocus-pocus.President Hutchins has called for a moral, in-% tellectual and spiritual revolution throughout the4 / world by means of the leadership of the Uni-'% versity of Chicago. The University cannot be''^iNi^hy of such a role if discrimination or preju-diee>E^ any kind is allowed on campus.International HouseWe take cognizance of Miss Winlake’s letter toe us reprinted on another page, and we believe thatas much as we would like to see internationalshe has touched upon a real problem. However,House comply with its dedicated purpose, wethink that the University and Internaional Houseauthorities are doing the best they can under thecircumstances. A little investigation on MissWinlake*s part would show, we are ure, that per¬haps the only reason why the condition she de-5 scribes does exist at all is due to an acute housing' shortage on campus.Not only are the military establishments at\ the University complicating housing, but thef. impossibility of obtaining material during this5*; war-time for new construction make the situa-tion further acute. As a final complicating factorK' to the housing problem, the University of Chica-H: go is soon to see one of the largest entering class-es invade the campus this fall. This Week On CampusFriday, July 28—Pastor's Institute. Joseph Bond Chapel. 9 a.m.Worship Service. Joseph Bond Chapel. A service of mu¬sic. 12 m.-12:30 p.m.Saturday, July 29—Pastors’ Institute. Joseph Bond Chapel. 9 a.m.**Let*s Dance,” all-campus ”C” dance. Informal. IdaNoyes Hall. 9-12 p.m. Admission: 65c per person.Sunday, July 30—Religious Service, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Speaker:The Reverend Theodore F. Adams, First BaptistChurch, Richmond, Virginia. 11 a.m.University of Chicago Round Table. "Japan.” Speakers:Harold Quigley, Professor of Political Science, Univer¬sity of Minnesota; Harley F. MacNair, Professor ofFar Eastern History and Institutions, University ofChicago; a third speaker to be announced. WMAQ andNBC, 12:30-1:00 p.m.Organ Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. RobertBirch, Church of the Redeemer. 7-7:30 p.m.Carillon Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 8-8:30p.m.Monday, July 31—Pastors’ Institute. Joseph Bond Chapel. 9 a.m.Public itecture (Humanities and Education): "ModemLiterature.” Speaker: Elder J. Olson, Assistant Pro¬fessor of English. Social Science 122. 4 p.m.Social Dance Mixer. Ida Noyes Hall. 8-8:30 p.m.Tuesday, August 1—Pastors’ Institute. Joseph Bond Chapel. 9 a.m.Public Lecture: "Current Drama.” Speaker: Prank H.O’Hara, Associate Professor of English. Social Science122. 4:30 p.m.Worship Service, Joseph Bond Chapel. Speaker: WilliamA. Johnson, Minister, Greater St. John Baptist Church.12 m.-12;20 p.m.Recreational Evening. Ida Noyes Hall. 7:30-9 p.m.Carillon Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 8-8:30p.m.Fiction Film: "Concert in Tyrol.” German, with Englishsub-titles. Social Science 122. 7 and 8:30 p.m. Admis¬sion: 35c per person.Wednesday, August 2—Pastors’ Institute. Joseph Bond Chapel. 9 a.m.Organ Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 7-7:30 p.m.Carillon Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 8-8:30p.m. ILecture-Reading (Pastors* Institute): "The Patriots,” bySidney Kingsley. Reader: Davis Edwards, Associate Pro¬fessor of Speech. West Garth of Chicago TheologicalSeminary. 8 p.m.Social Dance Mixer. Ida Noyes Hall. 8-8:30 p.m.Thursday, August 3—Pastom’ Institute. Joseph Bond Chapel. 9 a.m.Public Lecture (Humanities and Education): "Music.”Speaker: Cecil M. Smith, Associate Professor of Musicand Chairman, Department of Music. Social Science122. 4 p.m.Tennis. Progressive matches. 60th Street and WoodlawnAvenue. 6-8 p.m.Carillon Recital, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 8-8:30p.m.The Human Adventure. "The McGuffey Readers.” WGN,7:30-8 p.m.HighspotsSo you’re single but your pockets don’t jingle, andthe neat little date bait you’re going out with has anenormous calorie capacity. If you’re limited in time orjust like to stay close to home stamping grounds andlike a slightly Bohemian atmosphere, the Athens Cafe,a few doors west of 63rd and Cottage Grove, prepareseach meal individually at very reasonable prices. If youhappen to be addicted to delicacies from the Far East,the Woodlawn Chop Suey Inn will let you gorge yourselfto your heart’s content and all under a dollar too.Twelve minutes via I.C. and you can behold the brightlights of the heart of Chicago. Movies that are a muston your list, if you haven’t already seen them, are "UpIn Arms” with Danny Kaye and "Dr. Wassell” whichmight win Gary Cooper the Oscar for 1944 cinema season.Believe it or not, the Balinese Room in the Blackstoneis as reasonable as any place in town and has no covercharge, despite the sophisticated atmosphere and un¬paralleled entertainment. In the meantime, I have acouple of silver pieces that indicate an invitation to theU. T. and some pleasant chatter. -«V, G. Smedley and GeorgeJohn Harmon**The B&tmellImtituU ofcoffo otwoifded ihoDogrm of Fnisl-rmtionio Booiof toFfodriek L Gol-editor ofthe Chioago Mar*oon, hie BoewelltGeorge W. Hilton, and Professor WU*Ham C. Reavis, gentleman farmer whois more successful at the first epithetthan the Utst,**—Item stolen from TheChicago Maroon,"Goodness,” said Smedley, "did youever see anything like that?” Georgethe Goat turned in the direction in¬dicated by the chubby linger. Acrossthe quad was the strangest twosomethey had ever seen."Come on George,” said Smedley;"We have to get a closer look at lhat.”George, who was not averse to seeingstrange things, quickly followed thefour year old's advice and trottedbriskly across the grass.What had seemed a strange couplefrom far away, now seemed evenstranger. The leader was a heavy setman who bore newspapers and plajrs ineach of his bulging pockets. Hishands held a large dictionary andan edition of Shakespeare whichhad hamburgers pressed between thepages.His companion was even stranger.He seemed to be the most efficientprivate secretary imaginable. Fittedto his chest was a strange contraptionwhich held a stenographic book inwhich his right hand was ever present,scratching out the words of the elderman for posterity. (His left hand wasreserved for the exculusive purpose ofpatting his companion on the backwhen he made a bon mot ... or whatcould pass for a bon mot if told fast.)On his back was a Model 1930 Edi-phone which ground away in case ofhuman failure."Goodness,” said Smedley. "I thinkI’d better introduce ourselves. I’mSmedley and this is my friend, George,the Goat.”"This occasion of our introductionis pleasureable,” said the elder grave¬ly. "I am the eminent Samuel John¬son Gottesman and this is my friendJames Boswell Hilton. We have justreceived our degrees of Doctor ofFrustration, you know.”Smedley congratulated them upontheir success although he thought thiswas the degree favored by Mr. Hutch-in’s in his new plan. (Of course it isnot!)"And where are you going?” askedSmedley.Boswell poised the pencil as thegreat man began to speak. "Consid¬ering it desirable to apprise ourselvesof the extrapatriaical virtues of thissection, we have elected to make AJourney to the Western Islands ofthe Botany Pond,**Boswell Hilton smiled proudly atthis statement as did Samuel J. Gottes¬man. Smedley snickered a little whileGeorge ba-a-a-ed somewhat derisively.The great man began again, "FriendBoswell has been extolling the virtuesof this place but I find them decidedlydifficult to comprehend or appreciate.I have always maintained that thesepeople were too close to the savage,the pioneer; that they talked too loudand too often. In media res is allright for an epic but it brings chaosto a people who live in it.”Boswell took this down faithfully,although it was apparent he did notagree with the sentiments. It seemedthere might be a break between thetwo when the day was saved by thearrival of a third party."A very example of the type I meant, a rustic,” said the masterpointing toward the new arrival."I’m Cinneinnatus Reavis, P.D.”said the stranger.Smedley looked at George. Georgelooked at Smedley and even Johnsonlooked at Boswell."What?” exclaimed Johnson indig¬nantly. "Have you received this highhonor, too?”"Deecidedly!” twanged the farmer."It was awarded to me becuz offarmin’.”When Samuel Johnson Gottesman,F.D., had recovered from his surprise,he began to question the man further.“Surely there must be some mistake,for, although you do strange thingshere in the middle west, I am suresuch a thing would not be done.”"Blame it on Mr. van Voorhies. He’sthe one,” said the farmer. "He hasbeen out to my farm.”"Oh,” said Smedley. "And what hasyour farm got to do with it?”"Everything!” shouted Cincinnatus."No matter what I plant, it all comesup the same . . . Com! Com! ComV*"Puff, Puff,^” said Samuel intelli¬gently. “Mr. van Voorhies is a liter¬ary man and should know that’s allthat ever comes from the Mid-West.”At this point it seemed the threewould come to blows but Smedleyacted quickly. “Gentlemen, you mustkeep these feelings under the surfaceor you will not deserve to be calledDoctors of Fmstration,”For some reason, this quieted them.Just then another character came onthe scene, Smedley recogrnizad himimmediately as he knew him from hisplays for the girls. It was OliverGoldsmith Strauss. He greeted thegroup."Gentlemen, I wish to inform you Iam going to get a degree of Frustra¬tion, too.” he announced."You already have,” returned Sam¬uel Johnson Gottesman, F.D."Not for that reason,” returned 0.G. Strauss. "I was going to writethe Deserted Village, but with thehousing shortage, I’m unable to findeven an empty flat.”i"Goodness,” said Smedley. "Theyreally hand out those degrees. Doyou think they’ll give Ed Kelly onefor that nominating speech forLucasf”Two Extra Short Courses OfferedJuly 26 thru August 10Archerybeginners — Tuesday, Thursdayat 4 p.m.Badmintonbeginners — Tuesday, Thursdayat 2 p.m..Register at Ida Noyes HallDept, of Physical Education-Women’s DivisionThe Office ofDramatic Productionspresenfs"Dear Brutus"by J. M, BarrieFRIDAY and SATURDAY,AUGUST 4 AND 5,AT 8:30 P.M.Mandel Hall—57th Street andUniversity AvenueAdmission 60c,including faxPurchase tickets at InformationDesk or Room 400, Swift HallTHE CHICAGO MAROON Pag* Thr**Feature PageDon Shield* iTraveling BazaarThe campus wits seem to have tak¬en the advice given here not so longago quite seriously.. .Last week some *complaints of a few rather startled 'people caused an investigation whichrevealed a new and unique toilet-pa¬per service in the men’s john of theSocial Science Building.. .It seemsthat some imaginative souls stuffedthe toilet-paper boxes there withcarefully clipped and folded editorialsfrom the Chicago Tribune! SomehowI don’t think this can be blamed onthe Chi Rhos...You just can’t picture them stealthilycreeping into the for-men-only precincts of our hallowedhalls even if for such a laudable purpose. The delight ofthe entire campus is exceeded only by the chagrin ofthe Department of Buildings and Grounds which is cur¬rently muttering darkly of reprisals against the studentbody.. .Armed with their efficient flashlights the B. & G.-men have accepted the challenge of the new crime wave’and are prepared to match their collective wits with anytakers the undergraduate body can produce...Perhaps the campus is in need of another studentgenius as our own Prof. Joe Schwab appears to have beenas an undergrraduate.. .Janice Brogue popped up theother day with this tale (well documented) of young Joein his student days.. .Things were slack and J.J.’s friendshit upon a simply peachy idea to liven things up a bit...A visiting dignitary was due on campus in a few daysto inspect this famous institution of grey learning whichwas acquiring a reputation for itself.. .Schwab & Co.decided to see to it that the v.d. got the right impression,so they set about organizing a welcoming committee...Came the great day and the dignitary began his tour ofthe grounds under the watchful eye of a group of ourprofessors, who were engaged not only in praising thefaculty but the intellectual virtue of the students as well...In the process of the harangue one of the professorsstopped short.. .could he believe his eyes?... not tenyards from him was a small crowd of students content¬edly playing hop-scotch!.. .but wait... a little furtheron was another group jumping rope... and another play¬ing jacks!... and so it went.. .Schwab & Co. had func¬tioned to perfection and, visibly shaken by the experi¬ence, the visiting dignitary, you can be sure, didn’t for¬get the University of Chicago in a hurry.« « «The news of Sunny Ainsworth’s recent marriageseems to have effectively cancelled her previously an¬nounced intentions to enter our intellectual museum...In fact, ugly rumor hath it that the whole plan was justa publicity gag anyway...A glance over a recent copy(July 17) of the education section of Time magazinemight convince the casual reader that rumor hath itright. Miss Ainsworth unburdens her girlish (if some¬what shopworn) heart to a reporter from said mag. Herfund of information makes good copy and if we are totake her at her quoted word it would appear that herfondest dream is NOT to enter the University of Chi¬cago but is a toss up between becoming pregnant againand selling the 16% carat diamond which scaled hernow broken bond to Grandpa Manville. She conflded tothe Time man as follows; “Gee I’d like to be pregnantsgain, it was lots of fun” and later; “I’ve got to unloadthat diamond before the Allies overrun the low countriesand the bottom falls out of the market.” From this lastanalysis of elementary economics Miss Ainsworth swift¬ly proceeded to deliver herself of a few equally miscon¬ceived statements concerning the University. When ask¬ed about the placement exam, she blithely cooed thatthough she “frankly didn’t know what the hell it was allabout,” she allowed that “even if I didn’t do anythingflashy I think I got by”... Nor was the Board of Univer¬sity Examiners safe from the tongue of our College InnCamille.. .She agreed that undoubtedly the purpose ofthe examination was to determine her native ability but,In her humble opinion, it fell far short of its goal...Such is the Saga of Sunny who could be given a shortcourse on how to keep from making a fool of one’s self^hen one gets beyond one’s intellectual depth...If pub¬licity is what she wanted it’s a safe bet she’s happy...l>ut more than a few of Time’s Midway readers are dis-^nppointed that she won’t be around to give us a few morelaughs... A nd we would have sure liked to get a load ofring!...D.S. Caroll AtwaterWhat Price SanityIn case anyone ever questions theloyalty of the Maroon columnists to.their editor, we offer as testimony theportraits run weekly, which were orig¬inally drawn last May by Bill Roberts,a prominent member of the League ofMaroon Columnists. As a result ofthis loyalty, John Harmon has notbeen permitted to cut his hair for thepast three months, nor we to let oursget beyond the gamin stage.« « *The old “You can’t buy beer on Sunday” tradition wasdesigned, obviously, to keep the minds of good folk oninspirational things of a bright Sunday morning. Buttradition and technology must always clash: we hear ofa tavern on 66th Street which has gotten around theproblem by turning a church service on the radio everySunday. And now and then a pious drunk will join inwith a rousing Amen.« * «Latest bulletin to Hyde Park High School graduates:little Miss Eleanor Moore, who taught high school alge¬bra there and became especially well known for her an¬nual WCTU drives, is now delivering Western Uniontelegrams in the University neighborhood.« * *’ Last Saturday night we dropped in at the Internation¬al House Folk Dance Festival, which was playing SROto house members and local talent. It was an interestingshow, from czardas to square dance, and everyone in¬volved was having a gay time...The audience was al¬lowed to do Viennese waltzing in the intermissions, notvery good Viennese waltzing, but in its way entertainingtoo.Sancy SmithBoxCOVER GIRL...is a merry-go-round ride on a clothes horse. It isa kaleidoscopic musical comedy,bright not only by virtue of the tech¬nicolor, but of the gay dialogue. EveArden, appearing in one dazzling en¬semble after another, is given the bestlines and the best clothes. She conse¬quently walks off with the picture in; a small supporting role, althoughRita Hayworth shows, for the firsttime in her career, distinct evidencesof acting; still, she cannot be classed in gobs-of-emotionor Bette Davis category. Her dancing is good as usual,but it is in her clever handling of the songs that she ex¬ceeds herseK.La Hayworth plays Rusty Parker, a Brooklyn chorinein Danny McGuire’s cafe, with a yen for the big time;but* knowing full well that such greatness is not to befound in Brooklyn, she jenters (and wins) a cover girlcontest, which skyrockets her assets overnight. Conven¬iently for the development of the plot; the gentleman run¬ning the contest (Otto Kruger) had loved and lost hergrandmother forty years before (flashbacks by Rita,Rusty being the spittin’ image of her grandmama.)Kruger’s young friend, Lee Bowman, wants to marry herand put her in his theatre. As a result of all this bewil¬dering glamour being thrust upon her, Rita brushes withDanny (Gene Kelly), with whom she had had a tacit un¬derstanding, leaves in a huff for the Main Line. Buteventually the glitter palls, and the beautiful and famousMiss Rusty Parker transplants herself back to Brooklynsoil.In spite of the precedent that has apparently beenset by previous technicolor productions, the movie doesnot end in a blaze of anything, but with Rita, Gene andPhil Silvers (his factotum) skipping down the water¬front singing lustily. Spectacularity is practically non-existant in “Cover Girl”, with few exceptions. Perhapsthe movies are growing up. N. S.DOCUMENTARY FILM“Adventures of Chico,” shown by the DocumentaryFilm Group last Tuesday night, is supposed to be a “taleof the strangest friendship ever known.” This friendshipof the young Mexican boy Chico for a bird he savedwhen the mother was killed, does serve to weave thestory together and provide a climax.The whole plot revolves around this saving of thebird by the boy, and the saving of the boy by the birdwhen a rattlesnake threatens his life. It could be a verysympathetic story of a lonely boy whose only playmateswere the animals and birds but emotion seems almostforgotten in the many and often unconnected wild lifescenes. L.M. At last the true story can be told!Those ten interpid young studentswho braved the ire of the Universitylibrarians to make a daring survey.With a photometer, they traversed theUniversity libraries to secure a de¬tailed study and statistics of the“lighting” of the libraries. "Very os¬tentatiously, they moved the meterand its long attachments through theCollege Library, Poetry, Wieboldt(where they even had a librarian help¬ing them), and the barn. To their ex¬pected dismay, the results showedthat not one of the libraries hadenough light for reading—in Harperunder the lights, in the aisle, the me¬ter registered 10 foot candles—about10 feet away the meter wouldn’t evenregister! Enraged, the stalwart groupdonned caps and gowns and proceededvery solemnly down the middle of theaisle with lighted candles in theirhands, sat down and studied veryquietly until they left via the sameroute to the sound of loud applause.The crowning touch of the eveningwas the polishing of the Seal. Speak¬ing of the Seal, we feel that everyfrbshman should be required to polishone square foot of it, and B&G oughtto take care of it. Remember way backwhen the Dekes during Hell weekwould stand a pledge on guard witha loaded gun to scare off unwary tres¬passers?George Davis of clarinet fame hashis acquisitive eye on a real recordfind: the Original Dixieland playing“St. Louis Blues” and “Jazz-MeBlues.” Hot Jazz Club take notice.Big name campus marriages of re¬cent date are those of Beauty QueenCarlyn Txuax to James H. Drum, Jr.,in Miami on July 4th (Jimmy is in the36th Air Transport Command andflies to and from India every fewweeks); Pi Delt Ginny Brantner toBob Levering in Bond Chapel; and Lt.Bill Gemmill to Ann Brooks>, the nieceof Senator Brooks. A real Republicanwedding as the Herald-American said.Wish-I-had-thought-of-it-first trickof the month is that of the charmingchildren who ran around the campusfeeding mothballs to the pigeons.The campus square dance last Fri¬day was a honey—all those presentagree that the caller was really good—she could even satisfy the expertsquare who got bored with the mereexertion which exhausted the non-conditioned square dancers.Furloughers are Sigma Chi broth¬ers Rod Jamieson and James Mann;Don Cronson has been wanderingaround campus and no one knowswhether on furlough or just business;Harvey Rose and Milt Schulman arein town too.Jeffrey Miller has been nominatedby the Carillon staff as the best ad¬vertising sign—Jeff went to sleep infront of the bookstore and woke up tofind Carillon blazoned on the seat ofhis natty yellow pants with “Pepper¬mint Pink” lipstick.More engagements! Sally Lofg;renreceived a ring from Bob Harper aftergoing with him for years. Marge Shol-lenbergex is engaged to Jim Shaw, aveteran of many Pacific battles.Int House is becoming worried, theinhabitants believe they are havingdelusions: the other night some schoolteachers swore they saw two girlswading in the fountain—and thenthere were nothing but bare footprintsmeandering down the hall. Strongphosphates they serve in the TiffinRoom.The Alpha Delts are rumored tohave meetings no more—instead thehep brothers have jam sessions.More Maude — she’s still goingstrong: There was a young lady namedMaude,A vulgarly-minded young broad.Though she hung from a ropeThe cops said no soap.And completely refused to be awed.Congratulations to Phoebe Hopkins,Ellen Myrberg, and Pat O’Kelley fortheir new Wyvern pins! Also condo¬lences to Chuck McKenna for being inthe hospital with bronchitis.Ginny Allen Stehney, former presi¬dent of Inter Club, is leaving for Cal¬ifornia to be with her metallurgisthusband. Betty Ratzer (Mrs. Norman)Gratiot is currently living in SanFrancisco while her husband is serv¬ing in the Pacific. Gini Kelly Conrardy.just came in town from Seattle whilehubby Nick is awaiting new orders.Lyn Hill, campus beauty of lastyear, may be coming back to schoolthis fall to take a few courses betweenher flights as airline stewardess.Janet Rissman is thinking of becom¬ing a stewardess too.The University’s example of formalexperiments is that of Nick Pariesi,former Phi Gam president, who is nowin a hospital somewhere in England.Nick came home from a formal onetime very early in the morning—^hehad to observe hens and their time ofrising. Imagine what the hens saidat the stiff front!The ne plus ultra of something orother has occurred: Marshall Fieldhas sent the Maroon a check for thesum of 85 cents—^for a subscription!HAVE YOU GOT YOUR SUB¬SCRIPTION?????To the Editor:As both a student and a guest of theU.S.A., I feel that I ought to venturea few words on the fate of Interna¬tional House.In practically every country of im¬portance in the world there is a resi¬dence for foreign students. A resi¬dence in which they feel at home, andin which international affairs can bediscussed at will. Rates are usuallyin accordance with their financial ca¬pacity, which is usually not high.The U.S.A. has led the way in hav¬ing such residences, yet here in Chi¬cago, one of the most important cit¬ies in the world, is a sham Interna¬tional House, affiliated with one ofthe greatest universities.In this day and age, when the worldis in a turmoil due to poor inteina-tional relations, it is the bounden du¬ty of educational institutions to fur¬ther understanding between differentcountries; therefore the authoritiesshould openly and candidly admit thatInternational House is not to be usedin the capacity of a residence for for¬eign students, or students interestedin foreign affairs. Its name should bechanged, and the plaque purporting torepresent its purpose removed.If the authorities, however, wish touse International House for the pur¬pose for which it was built, the ratesshould be lowered, and the “House”should be open to all foreigrn students,and to Americans interested in inter¬national affairs who wish to live there,regardless of race, color, or creed.I, personally, as a foreign student,find it very difficult to reconcile my¬self to the fact that an institution ofthe greatness and world-wide reputa¬tion which the University of Chicagopossesses is lax about so importantan affair.Very truly yours,Lilian 'WinlakePa<|e Four THE CHICAGO MAROON LSzell, Thorberg, Garris GiveMahler's "Song Of The Earth"George Szell returned for his fourthconsecutive season at the park lastweek, bringing with him the finest setof program’s to Ravinia this year.For two of his concerts, Mr. Szellbrought with him two stars of theMetropolitan Opera Company, Con¬tralto Kerstin Thorberg and TenorJohn Garris, who collaborated inbringing Gustav Mahler’s great work.The Song of the Earth (Das Liedvon der Erde) to Ravinia audiences.Performances in America of any ofthe works of Mahler have been ex¬ceedingly rare, partly because of theindifference of conductors and audi¬ences to his music. Only in the pastfew years have his works been exposedto the American concert-goers. Leo¬pold Stokowski made musical historywith his performances of the eighthsymphony, The Symphony of a Thous¬and; Eugene Ormandy received anaward for his recording of Mahler’ssecond symphony; and Bruno Walter,personal friend and biographer of theViennese master, is known as thegfreatest champion of Gustav Mahler’sworks. In fact it was Bruno Walterwho conducted the first performanceof The Song of the Earth in Munichsix months after the composer’s death,and it also is he who is responsiblefor the only extant recording of thework.Mahler admitted that he alwaysfelt the need of words to express hismusical thoughts. This explains thefact that four of his nine completedsymphonies employ human voice. Itis natural that this composer, prota¬gonist of the cause of those whofeel no greater musical thrill than thecombination of voice with orchestra,should write his final work. The Songof^ the Earth, employing such amedium.The song cycle, cast into six move¬ments, is, in effect, a symphony withcontralto and tenor solos. The voicesare used alternately and each move-"MYSTERIOUSGRAVITATION"A new theory, in pamphlet form, purport¬ing to solve an old, intriguing mystery: thereal nature of gravitational and electricalattraction. Also throws new light on radia¬tion and matter structure. For details writetoJ. P. KAYNE, The Sheldrake Hotel,4518 Clarendon Av., Chicago. 40, III. ment employs only one voice. Mahlerused paraphrases by Hans Bethge ofseven Chinese lyrics as the text forhis work. For the Ravinia perform¬ances an English translation bySteuart Wilson was used. Only afew devices are used by the com¬poser to add local color to a scoreinspired by Chinese poetry. In thescherzo. Of Youth, the main theme isbased on the pentatonic scale; and inthe finale. The Farewell, the mandolinand oriental-fiavored tam-tam are usedto great advantage.Of the two performances at Ravinialast week the Sunday afternoon play¬ing was the more outstanding one.After a first playing on Thursday,the orchestra was more familiar withthe difficult score, allowing the con¬ductor to inject more subtleties intothe music. The Thursday evening per¬formance, moreover, was hamperedwith what must have been an extraheavy schedule of trains on the North¬western tracks.Mahler’s writing for the voice hasmany interpretative problems to offerthe soloists. The orchestral back¬ground in many places is in completestruggle with the solo voices. Theaccompaniment also tends to level thevoice to the place of a mere ‘instru¬ment’ in the orchestra. These ob¬stacles, effectively used, however, bythe composer, together with the diffi¬cult voice part, requires two soloistswith absolute command over theirvoices, unusual range, and great know¬ledge of delicate vocal shading.Mr. Garris, heard here during theMetropolitan tour last April, possess¬es a fine tenor voice and a keen senseof musicianship.Mahler seems to have relied on thecontralto to carry the greatest burdenof his world-weary songs. It is thecontralto voice that brings the com¬poser’s real message in the final poem.The Farewell. This song that is saidto contain the most beautiful music ev¬er penned by man.Mr. Szell, in his direction of TheSong of the Earth showed that hewas a first class conductor, under¬standing the problems of the vocalartists as well as of the violins and’cellos; guiding ninety men throughan extremely complex symphony, onewhich the great majority had onlyplayed once or twice before.—R. L. E.= TAILOR MADE BLUESMAILED, INSURED. 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Smith, Ed¬ward Olson Distinguished ServiceProfessor of Greek, delivering thesixth in the series of lectures on “Hu¬manities and Education” yesterday,took as her topic, “Ancient Litera¬ture.” Stressing the value of the clas¬sics, Miss Smith said, “It is only asthe control of external nature relievesthe pressure of men’s environmentthat the control over internal natureis enabled to persist and to increase.In the whole history of civilization,the most significant period in the mat¬ter of control of internal nature is theGreek - H llenistic - Roman period,which, by he development of an in¬tellectual radition which was pre¬served and continued into the MiddleAges and the Renaissance, became thedecisive element in modern civiliza¬tion. A generation that is cut off fromits great heritage from past genera¬tions cannot be master of its present.The situation in Germany todayshould give us pause when we com¬pare it with the tendencies in ourown education. The literary history ofGreece and Rome stands out as com¬prising the best that man has thoughtand written in the history of civiliza¬tion. Success in depriving our youthof contact with the permanent valuesto be found in these writings spellsruin.”ProfesBpr Smith then went on toconsider the development of the his¬tory of Greek literature and, inciden¬tally, Greek civilization. Miss Smiththen turned to Latin literature. “Ido not deny to the Romans original¬ity or creative ability. But it is un¬deniably true that the Romans weregreatly dependent on the Greeks bothfor their literary forms and for theintellectual content of their writings... Lucretius, to my mind the great¬est and the most original of the Ro¬man poets, restated a Greek philoso¬phy.”In conclusion Miss Smith said, “We,have here both an intellectual and amoral inheritance which has beentested for over two thousand years,and it has nev€«* failed to be foundgood.”Lectures AnnouncedBy Divinity SchoolThe Divinity School of the Univer¬sity has announced that Mr. GeorgeF. Thomas, Professor of ReligiousThought at Princeton University,will deliver two Colver Lectures in*Bond Chapel within the next twoweeks. On August 8, at 7:30 p.m. Mr.Thomas will speak on “Christian Eth¬ics and the Modem World.” On Aug¬ust 15 at 4:00 p.m. Professor Thomas’subject will be “Christian and Philo¬sophical Ethics.”G. I. Bill...(Continued from page one)one year in the school, and any timethereafter not exceeding the timespent in serviceAny veteran of the present warwho is elegible may apply for the bene¬fits of this act up to two years afterthe duration of ^he war.All veterans interested should applyto Mr. Zens L. Smith in Cobb 209,or call Extension 256.SPIC-n-SPANNow Serving Breakfast, Lunch,and DinnerOpen 7 A,M. to 7 P.M.Dining Room Air-conditioned Political PowerOf Labor UnionsRound Table TopicTo introduce the discussion of“Should Labor Unions Aim for Pol¬itical Power?” on its broadcast lastSunday, the U. of C. Round Tablepresented J. Raymond Walsh, directorof research for the C.I.O., who pre¬sented the case for political action byorganized labor, and Phil S. Hanna,columnist for the Chicago Daily News,who presented the case against suchaction. The participants in the dis¬cussion, which followed these openingremarks included J. Donald Kingsley,Professor of Government at AntiochCollege; Raleigh W. 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Corey,Professor of Education at the Uni¬versity of Chicago, who served asmoderator of the program.Walsh, in emphasizing that citizensmust organize to express their politi¬cal influence, said, “Political actionby labor, in cooperation with liberalgroups everywhere, it seems to me,is perfectly suited and politically need¬ed to organize and to serve the causeof the common man.”According to Hanna, labor, in align¬ing itself with a political group, takeson all the liabilities of a politicalparty.TERESA DOLANDANCING SCHOOL1206 E. 63rd St. (Ntar WoodUwR Av.)Privat* Usioni $1.50—12 N*l I P.M. d*{|yLady or G«ntl«man InifracfonTaUphon* Hyda Park 3010 l-F Council Announces ■Rush Season Results IThe Interfratemity Council has announced the pledging of twenty-fivstudents by six campus fratemitieas a result of the two-week summequarter rushing period which env. ilast Friday.The list of fraternities and theipledges is as follows: Alpha DelttPhi: Frank Bane; Phi Gamma DeltaWilliam Childress, Wilmar JenserLaurence Keelman, Philip Reilly, arRobert Wendt; Phi Sigma Delta: Rcert Adolph, Laurence Fisher, JajGlick, Edward Lichter, Stephen So-botka, Neil Weller, and Myron Wil'k'Psi Upsilon: Robert Fairbank, Jonathan Sharp, and John Spencer; PLambda Phi: Lester Angert, JosephKittay, Marvin Mindes, and AlvirRevzin; Sigma Chi: Jack Batten, Rob¬ert Delgado, George Drew, WilliamKnapp, and John Ruef.U.T.1131-1133 E. 55th St.Complete Selectionof Beers andOther BeveragesMIDway 0524Blatz BeerLiterature andCriticismGARCIA LORCA—Edwin HonigThe biography of a great Spanish poet and outstandingdramatist $ 1.50 ,)THE HITLERIAD—New Directions PamphletClever, biting verse 'to make a rousing satirical attack onHitler $ .51SELECTED ESSAYS OF T. 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