Vol.4, No. 13 Z-149 Friday^ September 29, 1944 Price Five CentsSmith, Faust Offer PublicCourses In The HumamitiesTwo public courses in the divisionof the humanities will be presentedat the University of Chicago duringthe autumn quarter, Carl F. Huth,director of the public lectures office,announced this week.Both courses will be offered on thecampus of the University of Chicagoin the Oriental Institute, room 104,and will begin at 7:30 p.m.The first course will be offered byCecil Smith, chairman of the depart¬ment of music at the university, on‘‘Musical Criticism.” Former criticfor the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Smithwill open the series on October 2 witha discussion of “Why It is Difficult toTalk about Music.” The series willcontinue each Monday eveningthrough Dec. 4.Clarence H. Faust, professor ofEnglish and dean of the College, willpresent a series of 10 lectures on “In¬tellectual Currents in the Develop¬ment of American Thought.” Thecourse opens on October 4 with “NewEngland Orthodoxy in the Early 18thCentury,” and will continue each Wed¬nesday evening through December 6.Tickets for each series are $6.00 in¬cluding federal tax; admission to asingle lecture will be $.82. Ticketsmay be obtained at the public lecturesoffice of the university, (5804 Ellisavenue).OffidAlANNOUNCEMENnAll students who have signed up forpositions on the staff of The ChicagoMaroon—please attend the regularmeeting at 3 p. m. this afternoon inLexington Hall. Several assignmentsto the staff will be made.F. I. Gottesman, Editor« * *Any new student in the Collegeof the university who has not filledout an crnno-e student personnel cardshould stop in at the Office of PressRelations, 6733 University Avenue,and do so immediately.« « « CARL F HUTHDaniel BoorstinAppointed To LawSchool FacultyDaniel J. Boorstin, assistant pro¬fessor of history at Swarthmore Col¬lege, has been appointed visiting as¬sociate professor of legal history inthe Law School of the University ofChicago, President Robert M. Hutch¬ins announced.His appointment, effective October1, is for two years. Barrister, author,and editor, Boorstin holds degreesfrom Harvard, Oxford, and Yale uni¬versities.He received his bachelor of arts de¬gree from Harvard University sum-ma cum laude in 1934. His next twodegrees, a bachelor of arts in juris¬prudence and a bachelor of civil law,were earned at Oxford in 1936 and’37. On a Sterling fellowship at Yale,he received his doctor of juristic sci¬ence degree in 1940.Before going to Swarthmore Col¬lege in 1942 as assistant professor ofhistory, Boorstin conducted a seminarin legal history in the Harvard LawSchool from 1938 to ’42. Queen to ReignAs Melling JivesAt Coming C-DanceDear Abigail: Opportunity is knock¬ing! The last four years of peroxidewon’t have been in vain. Saturdaynight, 9:00-12:00 the time; the C-Dance the event, and the admissionto fame and fortune, a mere 60 centsper head.We are heralding the selection andcoronation of the Freshman BeautyQueen, to be chosen from among theravishing beauties of the conventionalfreshman class. Her court will becomposed of blondes, brunettes, andredheads of all four years of the col¬lege.So unearth your best black taffeta(informal), dig up some stray maleanimal, and drop in at the main gym¬nasium of Ida Noyes hall tomorrownight at 9:00. /Marjory Mather, Joan Beckman, andthe Student Social Committee havebeen busy enlisting the services ofParker Melling, his 10-piece orchestra,and a vocalist. The dance will beheld cabaret style and is open to any¬one on campus—^for 60 cents.I will see you at the dance!Your ever loving sister,MathildaThurman ArnoldLecture SeriesSlated for OctoberThe Walgreen Foundation of theUniversity of Chicago will presentThurman Arnold, associate justice.United States Court of Appeals forthe District of Columbia, and formerassistant attorney general in chargeof anti-trust suits, in a series of fourfree public lectures on the campus ofthe university, beginning October 9through October 12.Judge Arnold will speak on “AnEconomic Ideal for Twentieth CenturyAmerica.” The lectures will be de¬livered at 4:30 p.m. in room 122 of theSocial Science Research building, onOctober 9, 10, 11 and 12.Discussion group in journalism:Classics 10; Monday at 2 p. m.; Tues¬day at 3 p. m... Carillon meeting—old members andnew students interested in all phasesof staff work are invited; Cobb 203Monday at 4 p. m. G. R. Schreiber* * *All students who wish to take com¬prehensive examinations at the end ofthe Autumn Quarter must registerfor those examinations on or beforevember 1.comprehensive examinations inlege courses to be given in theimni Quarter are:)graphy 101 102 103)g. 101 102 103 Tue., Nov. 282, 3 Wed., Nov. 29jm. 104 105 120) Thur., Nov. 30m. 104 105 130)nanities-2, 3Sci. 3 Thur., Nov. 30Friday, Dec. 1Monday, Dec. 4dcs 105 106 107 Tuesday, Dec. 5}. Sci. 2 Wed., Dec. 6Thur., Dec. 7jsophy 101 102 103 Thur., Dec. 7Sci. 2, 3 Friday, Dec. 8Any entering freshmen and trans¬fer students eligible for rushing(third or fourth year of the College)who weren’t at Inter-Club Tea anddesires to be rushed should go toMiss Kidwell’s office in Ida Noyesand add their names to the list. A barrister-at-law -of the InnerTemple (English court), he is alsothe author of The Mysterious Scienceof the Law and numerous legal arti¬cles. In 1934 he edited the DelawareCases, 11792-830. The series will be a part of thepublic lectures offered on the campusof the University of Chjcago duringthe autumn quarter. Two series ofpublic courses will be offered by thedivision of the humanities.i :A Guide To The BefuddledGeorge HiltonIt has not been easy for me to staya Republican while being educatedduring the last fifteen years. Foreight years in grammar school andanother four in high school I wasforced to read histories which wereclearly the products of Democraticintellects. To save the students of theUniversity of Chicago from the pit-falls of such an education as mine Ihave decided to present to them thefirst authentic Republican history ofthe United States.Chapter I.America was discovered by a Re¬publican named Lief Ericson. The stu¬dent may assure himself that Ericsonwas a Republican 'by a variety ofproofs. First, he named the new con¬tinent Vineland when even a dopeknows that its name is North Amer¬ica. This clearly shows that Lief didnot know what he was doing, primafacie evidence that he was a politi¬ cian of some sort. Second, upon hisreturn to Norway four years later hehanded the new nation over to hisfather, a Communist named Eric.This is the first example of the fa¬mous Republican policy of the Liefturning over a new nation every fouryears.Because Germany was a very weaknation at the time, no one paid muchattention to America. Lief was, there¬fore, forgotten until a couple of ene¬mies of Columbus discovered himsinging old Norwegian folk songs afew years ago—all of which made himFamous No End in American History.The students may have heard thatAmerica was discovered by some Ital¬ian named Chris (or at least he madeit stick), but he sounds too much likea foreigner and, therefore. Republi¬cans cannot believe in him. (See theparty platform.) He is F.N.H. in A.H.anyway, so we can forget about him. Ship Named For Capt. YoungWill Be Launched TomorrowCAPT. WALTER X. YOUNGJere C. MickelAppointed FullDirector of ODPJere C. Mickel, former assistant di¬rector of the Office of Dramatic Pro¬ductions, has recently been appointedfull director, taking the place ofFrank Grover and Davis Edwards.Although, Mr. Grover has staged themajority of plays produced by thatoffice in the past, Mr. Mickel tookcharge of the organization for theSummer Quarter, during which herepeated his work (originally givenin the Winter Quarter) on Barrie’s“Dear Brutus.”In the past Mr. Mickel has workedwith the first and second years of thecollegq, producing, “A Comedy ofErrors” and “The Imaginary Inva¬lid.”Definite plans for the future of theOffice of Dramatic Productions are asyet indefinite, but “Kind Lady” anda play pertaining to the drama readin Humanities 2, either Shaw orGogol, are on the tentative list. Thedate for the tryouts has not yet beenset but anyone interested in signingup for 0. D. P. should see Mr. Mickelin Swift 400, Monday, Wednesday orFriday at 3 o’clock.BLJNew Religious CenterIs Old ‘5810’ HouseA new campus religious center, tobe known as Chapel House, has beengiven over in its entirety for the ex¬clusive use of the various religiousgroups Formerly called “5810”House, it has been entirely redecor¬ated and has been furnished as ahome.Chapel House will contain the offi¬ces of Chapel Union, the Lutheranstudent group, and Interchurch Coun¬cil which is comprised of Baptists,Congregationalists, Disciples, Metho¬dists, Presbyterians and Unitarians.There are also adequate facilities formeetings, teas, and luncheons.Costs for maintaining this housewill be met by the University and thevarious groups on the premises.WAA Picnic October 6On 55th St. PromontoryThe Women’s Athletic Associationis giving you an opportunity to meetyour friends and make lots of newones at a picnic on the Promontory,Friday, October 6. from 2 to 6:30 p.m.Sue Buckingham, president of theW.A.A., will be in charge of the fes¬tivities. The program will includebaseball, singing, barn dancing, and avariety of refreshments. All fresh¬men are especially welcome. Ticketsare fifty cents per person and are onsale at Ida Noyes. The destroyer escort, U.S.S. WalterX. Young, named for Capt. WalterX. Young, University of Chicagoalumnus killed in action in the Solo¬mons on Aug. 7,1942, will be launchedtomorrow at Bay City, Mich., fromthe Defoe Shipbuilding companydocks.Sponsored by the late officer’s mother, Mrs. John J. McGeeney, 943 E.Marquette road, the U.S.S. Walter X.Young will be launched at 2:30 p.m.A “C” man in wrestling fit the Uni¬versity of Chicago, Capt. Young en¬tered the Marine Corps Reserve onMay 29, 1941. He served continuouslyat various stations in the continentalUnited States and abroad until hisdeath. His valor won him the Ameri¬can Defense Service Medal, 1941, theAsiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, 1942,the Purple Heart, 1942, the Presiden¬tial Unit Citation, 1942, and the Na¬vy Cross, 1942.Capt. Young was a member of PhiKappa Psi fraternity and receivedhis A.B. degree from the Universityof Chicago in 1940. He also served onthe business staff of the 1939 Cap andGown. His father, Capt. Walter X.Young, test pilot, died as a result ofgassing in World War 1.Tree India BritishAim’, Says Puckle“A free and strong India is ouraim,” declared Sir Frederick Puckle,advisor to the British Embassy inWashington, D.C., in the Round Tablediscussion Sunday. “This postulatesself-government for India,” he con¬tinued, “and our problem is to be surethat India gets over the threshold ofself-rule in an orderly way and, atthe same time, retains her unity.”While the Round Table speakersagreed that India should become astrong, independent nation, there wasa great deal of disagreement aboutthe means to achieve this end.Louis Fischer, well-known authorand lecturer, charged that the Crippsproposal for Indian freedom is “justanother British formula,” and that thepeople of India do not trust Britainto give them their freedom.Sir Frederick defended the Crippsproposal, pointing out that under it,India will become a member of theCommonwealth in the same manneras Canada, with the choice of leavyigthe Commonwealth at any time. Hefurther declared that the policy couldbe worked out satisfactorily for allconcerned.However, Fischer maintained that“Not until the Indians have beenshown by definite acts that the Brit¬ish are going to leave will they agreeto come together and to work out aconstitution and the means of unity.”He denied that the Cripps proposalwas ever designed to give India herfreedom, adding that “the British donot want to liquidate their empire.”Sir Frederick managed to get in thelast word with “the granting of free¬dom to India is not, in British opinion,a ‘liquidation’ of the British empire.”Also participating in this discus¬sion of “Britain, America, and theIndia Question,” was Bernard Loom-er. Professor of Ethics in the Divini¬ty School of the University of Chi¬cago, who served as moderator of theprogram.Pa9* Two THE CHtCAeO MAROONSix Faculty Members RetireFrom Service October FirstA department chairman at the Uni¬versity of Chicago and the elementaryschool principal of the LaboratorySchools are among the six membersof the university faculty retiring Oc¬tober 1 with emeritus rank, PresidentRobert M. Hutchins announced today.Harry 0. Gillet, elementary schoolprincipal whose association with theLaboratory Schools dates back to hisappointment 44 years ago by JohnDewey, has the oldest service recordof the six retiring at 65, the compul¬sory retiring age on the Midway. Ed-son S. Bastin, chairman of the de¬partment of geology and paleontology,is the department chairman retiring.He has taught 24 years at the Uni¬versity of Chicago.Other faculty members retiringthis fall include: Chester W. Wright,professor of economics; C. A. Shull,professor of plant physiology; MissJosette E. Spink and O. D. Frank,teachers in the Laboratory Schools.Both Professor Wright and MissSpink have been associated with theuniversity for 37 years, and Profes¬sor Shull and Mr. Frank, 23 years.September Carillon SalesContinued Through NextTwo Weeks for NewcomersSales of the September issue of“Carillon,” literary magazine of theCollege, will continue during the nexttwo weeks for the benefit of new andreturning students. Included in thisissue featuring original student workare stories by Anne Byrne and EllenMarie Myrberg, a poem by John Har¬mon, and an article by Gladys Camp¬bell, faculty guest writer. Membersof the staff are Theodore Kaye, editor;Lai-Ngau Wong, Lassor Blumenthal,and Espey Voulis. International HousePlans FreshmanTea Dance SundayOpening the activities for the Fallquarter. International House will pre¬sent a tea-dance on Sunday, Ostober1st from four-thirty to eight in theAssembly room. This event is spon¬sored by the Board of Governors forthe entering freshmen.Following this on Monday evening,a record concert will be presented onat eight o’clock.Next Sunday, October 8th, a tea forforeign students from Chicago will beheld in the Home-room.Tentative plans for language tablesin the Tiffin Room have been drawnup, however. Anyone interested inthese tables may call InternationalHouse for further information.Calvert Club to GiveDance On October 7At Ida Noyes HallOpening its social calendar with adance Saturday evening October 7,the Calvert Club invites all to at¬tend. Mickey Brennan and his bandwill furnish the music from 8:30 un¬til 12:00 in Ida Noyes theater. Un¬der the direction of Helen Tolman,acting president, Eugene Figliulo aschairman' of the dance committee hasplanned the affair.Last evening 25 members of theCalvert Club attended the lecture byMsgr. Fulton J. Sheen at OrchestraHall.Don’t Look Further!You’U Find Your Needs AtThe BookstoreInLatest Novels, Non-Fiction, MagazinesFor Readin'Stationery SuppliesFor Writln'Complete Text Book Section. For 'RithmeticSweaters, Skirts, Blouses, Costume JewelryFor AppearanceGreeting Cards, Post Cards, Personal Stationery; .For MailingEVERYTHING /or you/THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOBOOK STORE5802 Ellis Avenue, Chicago, III. Ruth Gordon ScoresAgain in HumorousProduction, "Over 27"When the “Three Sisters,” notablerevival of the Checkov masterpiece,came to town two years ago somecritics went so far as to say that thepart of the shrew, rendered by RuthGordan, completely stole the show.Be that as it may. Miss Gordon nowhas a new play about which it is im¬possible to repeat that phrase. Forthis humorous panorama of army lifewas written for and by Miss Gordon,the rights of its stardom being heldautomatically by the fact that prob¬ably no other actress on the stagetoday could play the lead in “OverTwenty-One” and make a success of it.“Over Twenty-One” refers to thefact that a man, “over twenty-one”has a hard time absorbing any newmaterial, and consequently, in thisparticular situation, passing OfficersTraining School. Paula Warton (RuthGordon) a noted author and wit comesto live with her husband during hisofficer candidate training. He, an ex¬newspaper editor, being slightly overvoting age, finds it difficult to learnthe army manuals; but Paula, bydint of sheer mental effort manages topull Max (Clinton Sundberg) throughhis exams. This is the basic storyelement of a plot which is complicatedby the fact that Max’s old publishertries to get him back to his newspaperjob on the grounds that it is moreimportant than the Army. The playis much too complex to relate in thisspace and too full of surprises andlaughs to spoil for any prospectivetheatre goer. Anyhow the events inbungalow 26D, in which, among otherthings, the ice box sticks, the win¬dows open by remote control, and theliving room lights turn on from out¬side, together with the antics ofauthor Gordon, will keep you holdingyour belts.The play, as a play and without itsenhancement, is not exactly shopwornitself, but has stock parts in it. Thefirst act is a bit of pure genius, butthere are parts in the second, whereone might squirm were one not com¬pletely lost in the phenomenon ofMiss Gordon. Only for a second isthe ball suspended. Speeches on thethe right of wives to follow theirhusbands, and on women taking overmen’s positions; speeches which onereads daily and hears in one movieout of three, one sits listening toattentively, fascinated by Miss Gor¬don’s delivery. The sequence with themovie producer in the third act isperhaps the weakest in the play, itbeing such a threadbare portrayal ofman and industry. It lends an unrealcast to what is otherwise a charminglyfrank but utterly sophisticated com¬edy.The humor in “Over Twenty-One”is a combination of situation andwitty lines, but what is unique in bothis that they further the plot, some¬thing which is certainly rare in manyof the current theatrical excursions.In a word. Miss Gordon js magnificent:she’s a shrew, she’s a cat, she rearsand she purrs, her mannerisms, herhands especially, are perfect, and herface, upon which play such a vastvariety of expressions, is the focalpoint of every pair of opera glassesin the house. She is admirably sup¬ported by a cast who are having justas much fun as she. Much credit mustalso be given George Kaufman whohas staged Miss Gordon’s child withhis usual precision of timing, and hasleft his familiar touches to add to thechuckles as well as the artistry. Johnson Among Speakers InPublic LectureSeven public lecture series and lec¬ture conferences will be presented bythe University College of the Univer¬sity of Chicago, during the autumnquarter.Servin' It Hot“Wait, wait, man, stop, wait!” araucous voice breaks into the trom¬bone chorus.“Looky here, what do you mean byinterruptin’ my solo?”“Man, I’m from Jamaica, and Idon’t mean to interrupt your partybut one of my countrymen tells meyou havin’ a chitlin’-rag heah! Mad¬ame, fix me up an order of themthings you calls 'chitlin,’ but I calls’em 'in-a-daube’ and I plays juanami-’naica jazz too!”“Madame”, Lil Hardin answers:“Well, serve it up hot for my chillun’!”and Louis tears into his solo...From Louis Armstrong’s “chitlin”party on the Hot Five’s King of theulus we swing into a new jazz column,with the promise to carry on MadameLil’s request. There have been jazzcolumns in the Maroon before, but wehope to make this one the most satis¬fying yet—for the record connoisieur,the aspiring young musician, ^theyoung convert, and the conventionalJoe College (if there is one on thiscampus). This space will be a clear¬ing house for the jazz that can beheard in Chicago, either from the lo¬cal and visiting musicians or the latestrecord releases. It will sift throughthe noteworthy national jazz newsand air out prominent current con¬troversies. There will be collectors’notes on rare items if there is an aud¬ience in evidence for them.We are especially eager to featurenews of jazz activity on campus, suchas the possible formation of the long-discussed Chicago Hot Club. As ameans for bringing together the nu¬merous collectors and hot fans wan¬dering at random through these halls,we shall feature a Campus Collectorof the Week. If you are interested inappearing in our collector’s box, stopin and see us, or drop a card to theMaroon, giving your name and ad¬dress, your jazz likes and activities.We’re all ready to serve it up hotto our chillun. —J. D. Series“The Issues of the 1944 Campaign”by Walter Johnson, assistant profes¬sor of history, will be the first seriesof the season, opening October 4 at6:45 p.m. in Kimball Hall (308 SouthWabash). This series of five lectureswill include discussions on the rivalcandidates, the policies of both parties,and the United States in world affairs1939 to 1944.Charles W. Morris, associate pro¬fessor of philosophy, will open hisseries on “Words! Words! Words!;Introduction to Meaning and Commun¬ication” on Thursday, October 5, at6:45 p.m. in Lufkin Hall (308 SouthWabash). The series of ten lectureswill conclude talks on language andcommunication, visual signs, and thestructure of language.“Romance of the Gods; Their Per¬sonal Histories.” will begin on Friday,October 6, given by Sunder Joshi, lec¬turer in comparative religion, at 6:45p.m. in Kimball Hall. Mr. Joshi willpresent ten lectures on the gods of thevarious religions.Three illustrated lecture-conferenceseries will be presented by Miss LucyC. Driscoll, assistant professor of art.The first, on “The Roots of ModernArt,” will meet on Tuesday from 11a.m, to 12:30 p.m., October 10 throughDecember 12. “Philosophy and Art inChina,” will be the second series,which will meet on Wednesdays from11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., October 11through December 13. The thirdcourse, “Chinese and Western Draw¬ings,” will be held on Wednesday at2 p.m. for an hour and a half, October11 to December 13. These courses willbe held at the University College,(room 1100, 18 South Michigan).Beginning November 8, S. WilliamHalperin, assistant professor of mod¬em history, will present a series offive lectures on “Europe After Hitler.”The lectures will be held at 6:45 p.m.every Wednesday in Kimball Hall.Tickets for each of the two seriesof five lectures will sell for $2.40-$.75of five lectures will sell for $2.40—$.75for single admission. Charge for eachof the two series of ten lectures willbe $6.00 for the series, $.75 singleadmission. All costs include federaltax. Course tickets are on sale at theUniversity College office at 19 SouthMichigan Ave.“THE BEST-KNOWN VEHICLES IN AMERICA”What's the best known vehicle on your college campus? You willprobably agree it’s the Railway Express trude. And one of the best-liked men is the dependable Expressman who drives that trude.There’s a good reason why these trucks are on the campus so fre¬quently. It’s to serve your shipping needs. Express Service is a strong,direa link with home.Railway Express and its coordinated Air Express Division arecarrying a substantial shipping load these busy days. You can help theExpressman and his vehicle do their job quicker and better by observ¬ing three simple steps; Wrap your laundry or other packages securely... address each clearly... ship them early. We know “A shipmentstarted right is half-way there.”Over 5.000,000 books inStock. Languages, Refer¬ence, Sets. Outlines andOther Subjects. Come into Browse.PHONE CAL 4580OPEN EVENINGSWILCOX & FOLLEH CO.1247 SO. WABASH AVE.Have a Coca-Cola=Soldier, refresh yourselfCHICAGO, ILLINOIS U.T.1131-1133 E. 55»h St.Complete Selectionof Beers andOther BeveragesMIDway 0524Blatz Beer...or a way to relax in campTo soldiers in camp, from the Gulf Coast to the north woods,Coca-Cola is a reminder of what they left behind. On **CompanyStreet” as on Main Street, Coca-Cola ^stands for the pause thatrefreshes. Ice-cold Coca-Cola in your icebox at home Is a symbol ofa friendly way of living.BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COU COMPANY BYCOCA-COLA BOHLINS CO.. OF CHICAGO, INCT*" It's natural for popular nameslo acquire friendly abbrevia¬tions. That’s why you heatCoca-Cola called “Coke”.,01944 The C CCa,Chapel Services,Begin WithSermon by GilkeyServices for the autumn quarter inRockefeller Memorial Chapel at theUniversity of Chicago will beginSunday, October 1, with a sermon byCharles W. Gilkey, dean of Rockefel¬ler Memorial Chapel, who will speakon “Spiritual Beachheads.”Eight guest speakers will appearduring the autumn quarter. Amongthem are: Robert M. Hutchins, presi¬dent of the University of Chicago;Robert R. Wicks, dean of the Uni¬versity Chapel, Princeton University;and Dr. Wyatt A. Smart, dean of theChandler school of religion. Writers' GroupTo Held FirstMeeting at IdaAll students in the University in¬terested in furthering their apprecia¬tion of literature are invited to jointhe University Writers' Group, whichwill hold its first meeting on Thurs¬day, October 6, at four o’clock, inroom C of the Ida Noyes Club House.Under the direction of Selma JeanneCohen, Instructor of Humanities inthe College, this organization will de¬vote its weekly sessions to the read¬ing, discussion, and analysis of poetry,short stories, essays, and other liter¬ary j^orms. Original student worksby the members will also be criticizedby the group. THE CHICAGO MAROONDocumentary FilmMakes Plans forComing ProgramsThe Documentary Film Group, acomparative new student organiza¬tion, has as its aim to show, produce,and study our era via films, with spe¬cial emphasis on documentary films.These films will be shown throughoutthe Fall quarter every Tuesday nightat 8:00 p. m. in Social Sciences 122.During the past year such fine doc¬umentary films as “Desert Victory”and “Man of Aran” were shown, aswere also numerous short films, manydealing with the present war.On alternate Tuesdays, a wide va¬riety of fiction films are featured;some in foreign languages with ex¬cellent English sub-titles. Pagd ThmCLASSIFIEDFor Sale—Men’s formal and sport clothes.Golf clubs. Harvard Classics. Phone Fairfax4416.MODERN PIANOKEYBOARD HARMONY & IMPROVISINGDON MURRAY2105 East 71st StreetCall Hyde Park 8600. Sundays Only.4 MONTH INTENSIVESecretarial Coarse forCOlUGE SniDENTS and GRADUATESA thorough, intensive course—start¬ing February, July, October.Registration now open.Regular day and evening schoolthroughout the year. Catalog.A SCHOOL OF BUSINfSSPKEFEKIIED BY COLLEGE MEN AND WOMEN’ 11 ipREGO COLLEGE‘’-•sident. John Robert Gregg S.C.D.Director Fool M Pair MADtpt. C.M. 6 N. Mich. Ave. Tel. STAte 1881Chicage 2, III. BACH TO BAXOf this month’s releases one repre¬sents an improvement in content overVictor’s recent album of Villa-Lobos’piano music. This is the new singleof Rachmaninoff’s transcription ofthree movements of Bach’s PartitaNo. 3 in E Major for UnaccompaniedViolin, played by Rachmaninoff. Theprelude, two gavottes (labelled gavotteand rondo on the disc), and the gigueare included. The music, in Bach’susual ubiquitous fashion, occurs inseveral other works. The prelude isalso the Sinfonia in the 29th ChurchCantata, Wir danken dir, Gott. Thegavottes are also in the Third Suitefor Unaccompanied Cello in C.Bach himself arranged the workfor piano, calling it simply Suite. Va¬rious movements, particularly the pre¬lude, have been arranged for every¬thing from full symphony orchestrato saxophone quartet. The present ar¬rangement is in very good taste, be¬ing quite restrained, and as close tothe original as the medium would al¬low. Chicagoans heard the transcrip¬tion for the first time on November22, 1942, when Rachmaninoff played his last Chicago recital. At the timethe work was greeted with enthusiasmby a crowded house.Rachmaninoff plays the work withhis usual flawless technique, and care¬ful phrasing. The resonance of therecording is quite full and the sur¬faces passable. The only other Bachwhich Rachmaninoff recorded in re¬cent years is a now-discontinueddisc of the Sarabande from the FourthClavier Partita in D. The comparisonof the two performances, one datingfrom about 1926 and the other fromabout 1942, show no decline in techni¬cal or executant powers,The other noteworthy disc is a teninch single of Corelli’s Sonata in Ffor Organ and Strings, played by E.Power Biggs, Arthur Fiedler’s Sin-fonietta, conducted by Fiedler. Theperformance is a good, clean one ofa not too interesting period piece,which, like the recent Reusner Suite,palls after a few hearings. Surfacesare poor and the recording is bassy:the treble has to be turned up all theway to get any illusion of space.—W. R. 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'■ '-t^- ' ■■- f. ■ .‘'''!^-v!_t^',^^ •■:!'*■'“5'^-Pii9« FourA RevaluationThere is a tradition on The Chicago Maroonthat the editor must write some sort of an intro-duction to the University at the beginning ofeach quarter for the benefit of all the new stu¬dents. Though I am not a firm believer of tra¬ditions per se, I see no harm in this one, especial¬ly when so many of the students who have al¬ready spent time here can benefit by beingreintroduced to the merits of their alma mater.Possibly, it is a matter of revaluation being goodfor the soul.The University is one of the finest institutionsin the country, and its academic reputation ofprogressive liberalism is fully deserved. It maynot be appreciated or easily discerned, but weare in a center of educational revolution, and thefaculty as well as students are educational reb¬els. The College Plan, with its surveys and com¬prehensive exams, was, until recently, an exclu¬sive Chicago product. Now% a number of otheruniversities are beginning to follow our lead.The College has also introduced another educa¬tional innovation with its new type of placementexam to replace high school credits as a basisfor admission. The Division of Social Scienceshas instituted a similar plan for the benefit ofreturning servicemen and others who lack for¬mal credit for advance standing at the division¬al level. This all represents a looking ahead tothe future and a genuine desire to make educa¬tional progress.At some time or other, you will hear the word‘‘controversy” applied to the status of relationsbetween President Hutchins and the UniversitySenate, or among the several divisions or depart¬ments or separate factions of the faculty. Youwill be told that one group or another is a pro¬ponent of a certain philosophy which is either“good” or “bad”, according to the point of viewof the one telling you, and shortly after, you willbe challenged by the questions: “are you aThomist?” or “are you a Deweyite?” or some¬thing of the sort.There is only one way that you as a new stu¬dent can save yourself from playing the fool insuch matters. If you are at all interested, youshould indulge in a little extra-curricular cere¬bral activity first in order to determine to yourown satisfaction just what philosophies, means,and ends those labels imply, and just how theyapply to the University, rather than the indi¬vidual. One of the unique virtues of the Univer¬sity of Chicago is the fact that there is only onephilosophy, academically speaking, that pervadesthe entire institution, and that is a freedom fromphilosophy, which is the same as saying a free¬dom of philosophy. You can, without any specialeffort, successfully complete your studies at theUniversity without having any special philoso¬phy imposed upon you, but when you have fin¬ished, you will have acquired a broader under¬standing of many.A further point of criticism of the Univer¬sity is that there is a growing tendency on thepart of deans and students alike to overempha^size all phases of the College, both academic andextra-curricular, to the detriment of the rest ofthe University. This, they say, usually resultsin juvenile attitudes. Even certain students inthe College are said to resent this attempt tomold the University into a glorified high school.However, the danger is small and the cure sim¬ple. Again, you merely need to be intelligent,and make a real effort to develop mature atti¬tudes and values, and since most of you new stu¬dents are in the College, any increase in Collegeinfluence will be mature, intelligent and accrueto the benefit of the University at large. Thus,by maintaining a level, analytical outlook uponthe University can your stay here be a profitableand interesting one. THE CHICAOO MAROONOfficial student publication of the University of Chicago, published every fYiday daring theacademic quarters. Pubiished at Lexington Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinola.Telephone DORchester 7279 or MIDway 0800, Ext. Ml.EDITOR: Frederick I. GottesmanBUSINESS MANAGER: Alan J. StraussAssociate Editors: Isabelle Kohn, William R. WambaughBusiness Associate: George HiltonEditorial Assistants: Carroll Atwater, Ellen Baum, Frances Carlin, Catherine Elmes, DoloresEngel, Roger Englander, Betsy Harmon, Joe Hart, Ed Hofert, Winslow Hunt, Dorothy Iker,Frank Mangin, Lorraine McFadden, Jeff Miller, Don Shields, Connie Slater, Nancy Smith,Helen Tarlow, Espey Voulis, Mary Wong.Business Assistants: Nicholas Gordon, Ida Jane SandsThis Week On CampusSaturday, September 30—Touchball Intramural Meeting Bartlett Gym. Any team is eligible. — Dorm¬itories, College Houses or Independent Groups. 4:00 p. m.Regular Meeting of Chicago Maroon. Lexington Hall. All students who havesigned up for positions on the staff are requested to attend this meeting,at which several assignments to the staff will be made. 3 p. m.Y.W.C.A. dinner. “Y” room in Ida Noyes. All interested women are invited.No charge for the dinner. 5:30 p mFriday, September 29—“C” Dance. Ida Noyes Gym. 9-12 p. m. Admission 60c per person.Sunday, October 1—Religious Service. Rockefeller Chapel. Speaker; Charles W. Gilkey, dean‘ of the Chapel. 11 a. m.Tea-Dance. International House Assembly Hall. Members of the House, theirguests and friends are invited. Music will be provided by Jerry Gliddenat the piano. 4:30-7:30 p. m.Monday, October 2—Journalism Class. Cobb 203. 2:00 p. m.Film Study Class. Classics Room 10. Program—“Isn’t Life Wonderful,” D.W. Griffith in the middle twenties. 7:00 p. m.Public Lecture in Humanities. Oriental Institute, Room 104.Speaker: Cecil M. Smith, Chairman of the Department of Music. *Subject: “Why It Is Difficult To Talk about Music.' 7:30-9:30 p. m.Tuesday, October 3—Noon Worship Service. Bond Chapel. Speaker: Bernard M. Loomer, Assist¬ant Dean, Divinity School. 12:00 Noon.Journalism Class. Cobb 203. 3:00 p. m.Documentary Film. Social Science Auditorium. “Fight For Life,” PareLorenz, U. S. Film Service. A document of childbirth in the slums ofChicago. 8 p. m.Wednesday, OctoberPublic Lecture in Humanities. Oriental Institute, Room 104.Speaker; Clarence H. Faust, Professor of English. Subject:New England Orthodoxy in the Early Eighteenth Century. 7:30-9:30p. m.Thursday, October 5—Public Lecture, University College. Kimball Hall, 308 South Wabash Ave.Speaker, Walter Johnson, Department of History. Subject: “Conserva¬tive or Progressive America?” 6:45-7:45 p. m.Lecture and Discussion, SPAC of the Labor Rights Society. Social Science,Room 122. Speakers: Louis Wirth, Professor of Sociology—“Problemsfor the New Congress,” and David Lerner—“The Histry and the Roleof the Labor Rights Society and SPAC on Campus.”Public Lecture, University College. Lufkin Hall, 308 South Wabash Ave.Speaker: Charles Morris, Department of Philosophy. Subject;“How Signs Work.” 6:45-7:45 p. m.Rifle Marksmanship and basic military training course. Cobb Hall, Room403. 7-10 p. m.Bill Robertsf 11.8^1.R,Life Lines“Just tell me if I’m boring you Democrats.’ Don ShieldsTraveling BazaarFor the new readers of The Ma.roon a note of explanation is stuck inhere to the effect that this pillar ofpalpitating prose is a gossip columnwhich has appeared off and on in therag for about the past twenty years... At present it is more or less acatch-all for the news that’s consider-ed by the Editor to be unfit for theother pages of our campus weeklyand since he is not exactly a personof refined taste we sometimes sink. >pretty low...If you have a perversenature you might enjoy it...if not, try the editorials,they occasionally make sense.One of the best of the Freshman Week stories waft¬ing around the campus concerns Dean Scott and WesternUnion...He was meeting freshmen at Englewood Sta¬tion with Miss Dunaway, his assistant, and happened tomiss one of them at the train.. .Wandering around thestation he happened to spy a lost looking girl at theWestern Union Desk and approached her with a casualand charming “Pardon me, but were you waiting for arepresentative from the University of Chicago?”.. .Asthe child was about to acknowledge, the clerk at thedesk grabbed her arm and whispered savagely, “How doyou KNOW he’s from the University; there’s a womanmeeting trains”.. .Realizing the possibilities of a sceneDean Scott maintained an aghast silence while the moth¬erly clerk poured lurid tales of life in the Big City intothe freshman’s ears and only the opportune arrival ofMiss Dunaway averted tragedy.. .Our Deans have, onoccasion, been mistaken for everything from dimestorefloorwalkers to bank executives but this is the first timeanyone can remember a fancied resemblance to a masher.The satisfied cooings you’ve been hearing from theclub girls these days are largely the result of the glimpsethey’ve gotten of the entering class... Even the mostjaded of the gals agree that, as far as good looks areconcerned, we hit the jack-pot this year... For instance,take a look at Taffy McCulloch, Anina Paepeke, or LoisLowe... Or if that doesn’t satisfy you there’s the home¬grown talent entering from the first two years of theCollege like Gwen Schmidt, Pauline Sorenson, L^oreCallahan, Margaret Bay, etc.. .Further afield (geo¬graphically speaking) there’s Jane Dietendahl, Lois Ber¬ger, Yvonne Reich, Eve Tripple and P. J. Murphy.. .Andeven the transfer-students this year are way above aver¬age ... Lucille Wing comes to us after two years at SmithCollege, Tidi Evans from Rockford, Mary Lou Wilburfrom Stephens, Inger Olson from Northwestern, andGrace Fleming from La Grange.The manpower situation according to Time mag hadus down for nine women to every man but that mythseemed to be exploded at the Freshman Week “C” Dance...The ample stag line overflowed into almost everycorner of Ida and few women were sitting very long...ex-BMOC John Crosby put in a beaming furlough ap¬pearance and there wasn’t much that his practiced eyemissed... B<d> Nelson arrived with his pin-woman Char¬lotte Griffith to show off his new Midshipman’s uniform.He finished up V-12 training at Dartmouth last monthand is now stationed at Abbot Hall which makes it con¬venient for Charlotte.. .George Klumpfner, another oneof the V-12 group there comes back to Chicago this quar¬ter to enter Med School.. .Genny Lorish appeared tobe having the time of her life with one Psi U after an¬other... You can be pretty sure she arrived with oneof them... Bill Roberts came down from Great Lakes forthe week-end to escort Nor-Nor Evans who was swathedin rather startling red... Dottie Duft explained that herdate, John Crane, was an old family friend and that shewas still engaged to Dana.. .Jean Roff, Beauty Queen ofseveral years ago was a surprise but seemed to be smil¬ing as brightly as anyone else. ..The freshmen were ob¬viously getting a bang out of the whole thing so ErnieRowe’s Social Committee is to be congratulated.. .NellRoff promised that this year’s freshman Beauty Queenwill be presented at tomorrow night’s big “C” Dance...Joan Ellen Salmon, Sue Bohnen, & Ann Huntingtonhad a week or so commuting between Annapolis andNew York...in the latter city they made a fascinatingdiscovery.. .They found our wild wonder child MaggyMagerstadt selling books in Macy’s...and there’s astory to go with it...It seems Maggy swept into thestore and casually informed the employment office thatshe would condescend to work for them only if they ar¬ranged her hours from 11:00 to 4:00 and put her in thebook section... Maggy must have been wearing mother’ssables that day because the flabbergasted office gave herthe job...She needed it to keep her in food until shecan crash the theater.. D.S.THE CHICAGO MAROON Pag* FiveTalk of the TownWe have been masquerading asfreshmen during Freshman Week andprobably had as good a time as anyfreshman. Afterall, not one, buttwo sweet 16year-olds come upto us and blush-ingly stated thatwe look like nicegirls and wouldwe go to the C-Dance withthem? We are flattered no end. (Butyou should have seen their faces whenwe gently disillusioned them!)The Chapel Union bam dance wasthe best weVe seen in three yearsjiere—lots of men and pretty girls too.You should have seen Joan Britton,Sarah Jaffe and Pat McNamara beat¬ing out the squares. Lois WelTs striptease is the best thing we’ve seensince the Rialto closed. A fellow pseu-donymed Nova Scotia had the bestaccent act of the evening—but thecallers of the square and folk dancesran a close second. Zens L. Smith,our favorite math prof, is planningto leave the University for the Hutch¬ins Folies Bergere; however, VictorRecords are bidding to get his 1906phonograph routine off the air. Bar¬bara Rohrke is as enthusiastic as everabout folk dancing.Has anyone solved the problem ofthe vanishing Phi Gam car? Onenight we walked past about 9 o’clockand there was a Model A parked onthe lawn with its headlights gentlybrushing the wall of the house. Whenwe came back we saw no car, only ashoe (approximately size 20) gracingthe lawn. Do you suppose that’s whythey’re building another door? Avoice from the past reminds us thatthere is a whole car buried in the Fijibackyard. •There have been quite a few mar¬riages this month and that is a wildunderstatement. Barbara Ortlund’sand Charlie Compton’s wedding wasdefinitely the biggest of the monthover at the First Presbyterian. Ab¬solutely everyone was there. Youmight ask Don Shields for details ofthe reception. AND you might askJoan Hayes what happened to thetucks in her sleeve. It’s a seriousproblem.In on furlough were Chuck Collins,Phi Delt, who’s training to be the firstpilot on a B24 and another Phi DeltJack Croneigh from Bainbridge, Ga.,who’s a bombardier. Good newscomes from Joe Whitemore (anotherPhi Delt) who was shot down over.Rumania and is now liberated andback in action.The ASTP blowout at the Del Pradowas a true brawl in the good old PhiPsi tradition. So many people werethere we can’t begin to recall theirnames; so let’s settle for Barb Win¬chester, Muriel McChesney, and metoo. The Chinese teachers were there —having a fine time making the fel¬lows introduce their dates in Chinese.Here are a few other big weddings—Sally Lofgren to Bob Harper; DidiBennett to John Tewell; and LollyKabrine to Ward Sharbach. Jean Har^vey was married some time ago too.Just for the heck of it, rememberthe young teacher from Mexico wholeft the University after one quarter?He just couldn’t understand why hisSpanish class was always in con¬vulsions when he started explainingthe liquid vowels. It seems that hehad the common failing of pronoun¬cing his “v’s” like “b’s.”Edna Indritz is engaged to JimAlexander. Wyvem Martha Jacksonalso got herself engaged. Eric Eric-son and wife Maxine dropped in atThe Maroon office. Another dropper-inner was Rick Meana who devoted afull afternoon to tell us how wonder¬ful The Maroon was when he was here.Did you know that Pi Delt prexyDoris Ruzek is not going to be backon campus ? She’s going to KnoxCollege.Where else but at rushing partiesare you going to hear things like this ?“Oh yes, I know her quite well—Imet her in the bedroom.’’The Chi Rhos are thinking of anadoption ceremony for Mr. Rowlandwho just married Ruth Waful, one oftheir alumnae. Any day now you maysee a large black shield with pearlsand gold letters decorating his doorin Cobb 203.Tuesday night a large group of uswent down to hear our idol (no, notSinatra), none other than the mightymaster of the sledge hammer quip—Robert Hope. (We had no ulteriormotives concerning Frances Langfordeither!) In an exclusive interviewwith various members of his show byshouting louder than anyone else, welearned the true story of Colonna’smustache: he says emphatically, “No,I do not use hair tonic on it.” Per¬sonally, .we don’t quite see how hecan smoke his cigarettes so close andnot singe his hirsute adornment. VeraVague, contrary to popular expecta¬tions, is a suave slinky siren. She toldus very confidentially that the worstway to get a man is to follow heradvice. We think so, too. And theprize interview of the evening camefrom Hope himself! We asked himwhether he ever noticed the strongresemblance between President Hutch¬ins and himself? He shouted, “Love¬ly!” But he wouldn’t say a word whenwe told him that Dean' Redfield lookslike Colonna.TERESA DOUNDANCING SCHOOL1208 E. 63r<l St. (Near Woodlawn Av.)Private lessons $1.50—12 N-l I P.M. dailyLady or Gentleman InstracfoitTelephone Hyde Perk 3080How’s yourstripe I. (L?One smart way to boneup on stripes Is to visityour Arrow Dealer,You’ll find shadowstripes, tape stripes, candystripes ... every kind offt smart-looking stripeamong die new ArrowShirts. Give ’em the oneiover today. $2.24 up.ARROW striped SJmTS Botany Pond BrawlClimax of RushingFor FraternitiesClimax of the year’s sports seasonand fraternity rushing comes on asupposedly balmy Friday afternoon(the temperature always shoots downto 32) when freshmen try to toss con¬ceited sophomores into the BotanyPond. The traditional brawl occursbut once a year—sundry dunkings ofunfavored people don’t count. Sup¬posedly, the battle is a tug of warbetween the two classes; traditional¬ly, it degenerates into a free-for-allwith freshies heaving in classmatesand any other male within catchingdistance. In the spring. Botany Pondis a lovely sight to behold with liliesall over the surface. By fall it iscovered with slimy algae and rottingleaves—^just the substitute for Com¬mons food, as testify those who have drunk deeply of the gook. For thepast few years, there have been aboutfive sophomores to fifty freshmen, butstill the battle goes merrily on. This year it’s up to you, but look out forthe bodies that are reposing at thebottom of the pond from last year’sdebacle.The Evolution Of The University!WIL WQS VIHEN 0P2KNESS HUNG UKE P GIQOMUCURTPIN UPON R SIMVI£RING PND LIFELESSERRTH 7.THEN ONE m n m of sunshine burst forthTHCOUQH THE GLOOM AND FLOODED THE EPPTHWITH ITS VITPL WARMTHLPT CUPTRIN OF 0PPKNES5 WPS ,LIFTED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH AND MINUTE FORMS OF LIFE BEGAN TO RPPElOUT OF THE GREAT EWIPTVNESS....THESE SIMPLE FORMS OF LIFE GAINED STRENGTHAND DEVELOPED INTO MORE COMPLEX BUT STILLVERV PRIMITIVE TVPES...C0OOK-WORMENSI5).... THESE WORM UKE CREATURES ABSORBED PUL THE0000 OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND AFTER ROES HADPRSSED TME FIRST MPN STOOD UPON A HOSTILE ERRTH.WORKING HRRORGPINST TREMENDOUS DOt.GRADUPLLV DEVELOPED HIMSELF AND HIS tNVIRON*WENT INTO A POWERFUL MODERN WORL0..!:^fiN0WHPT THE HEUL DIO HE OET OUT OF All THIS EFFORT? IRSTWILE /0THE CHICAGO MAROONStore Hmn^ 9:45 to 5:45The dress she’s wearing (or a similar one) will lit into your ownwardrobe neatly—it’s the sort of thing you’ll want and need forinformal affairs on campus throughout the quarter.It’s of black rayon crepe touched with chartreuse.The sizes, 12 to 16. The price, $59.95 in the ] ^Sunningdale Shop—• Sixth FloorMeet the Best People—ewry week Don Shields will introduce youto another B.W.O.C.—a winning campus personality. And everyweek, youHl find her smartly dressed in a costume fromMarshaU Field & CompanyDorothy Dyft^ prominent member of Sigma,the club of beautiful women, is No. 1 B.W.O.C.on this weeWs Marshall Field & CompanyHit Parade. You’ve probably metDottie.. . as Co-Chairman of the StudentPublicity Board she may have greetedyour train when you arrived a bewilderedfreshman-in-the-big-city. And she may be lookingyou up again {soon) in further dischargeof her Student Publicity duties.You see, Dottie’s job is to ''sell” theChicago Plan to high school students throughoutthe city . . . and looking her best is ahimportant part of that work. One look at herpicture here wffl show you how easy it is to dothat. . . with a dress fromMarshall Field & Company. DOK SHIELDS