nn HECHICAGOVol.4,No.25 Z-149Doc FilmsInauguratesNew SeriesThe Documentary Film Group willopen its Winter Quarter series thisTuesday everting at 8:00 p.m. in So¬cial Science 122 with the presentationof two films about Mexico, the techni¬color “Mexican Moods” and “Time inthe Sun.”“Mexican Moods,” produced by theUnited States Office of Inter-AmericanAffairs, is a many-faceted picture. Itpresents ancient sacrificial rites re¬enacted atop a Mayan temple, but italso shows Mexico’s most famousmovie comedian in a characteristicpredicament. The music, color, andmood so much a part of the Mexicanare vividly depicted.“Time in the Sun” is a more seriousfilm, dealing with an abortive peonrevolt. The film was directed by Sergei Eisenstein, one of Russia’s mostfamous directors, and has been publicized as representative of his bestwork.The documentary series will be pre¬sented on alternate Tuesday eveningsthroughout the quarter, and will in¬clude the following programs, in addi¬tion to the one scheduled for January9: January 23, “Conquests of th^Air” and Walt Disney’s “South of theBorder;” February 6, “China’s FourHundred Million;” February 20, aprogram of films depicting currentsocial and political problems; March6, a program of contemporary war Friday, January 5, 1945 Price Five CentsSENATE IS REORGANIZEDJohn F, Moulds Retires After 41Years of Service with Universitydocumentaries, including “Road toParis,” “Battle of the Marianas,” and“Air Operations,” the latter a digestof the Royal Air Force film “Targetfor Tonight.”The Documentary Film Group wilalso sponsor a series of fiction filmstitles of which are to be announcedshortly, which will alternate with thedocumentary programs. asWILBUR C. MUNNECKESucceeds Moulds as SecretaryConcert to FeatureFrench CompositionsThe third of the Department ofMusic’s Chamber Concerts will takeplace on January 12, Friday, in Mandel Hall at 8:30 p.m. The bulk of theprogram will be devoted to works ofFrench composers. Janet Fairbanks,soprano; Dorothy Lane, harpsichordist; Rudolph Reuter, pianist; andHarvej Noack and Emil Eck, flutists;will be featured.The program will open with Bach’sConcerto in F for harpsichord, twoflutes, and string orchestra. Thenwill be given the first Chicago per¬formance of Rameau’s cantata. TheFaithful Shepherd (Le Berger Fidele)for soprano, strings, and harpsichordcontinue.Two other vocal works will be in¬cluded in the program: Ernest Chaus-son’s Chanson Perpetuelle for soprano,string quartet, and piano; and Ravel’sChansons Madeeasses (MadagascarSongs) for soprano, flute, violoncelloand piano. The program will con¬clude with the Piano Quintet No, 2 inC Minor, Op. 115, of Gabriel Faure,played in recognition of the centenaryof the composer’s birth.The Department of Music has an¬nounced that the performance of Mil¬haud’s opera Les Malheurs d’Orphee(“The Woes of Orpheus”), originallyscheduled for the February program,has been postponed until April. Faculty Views OnRadio ActivitiesSought by HutchinsIn order to get all shades of facultyopinion on the University’s radio ac¬tivities, President Hutchins recentlyissued an invitation to all facultymembers to report their views on thesubject. They may report either tohim or to a newly-formed AdvisoryCommittee on Radio. Members of thecommittee include: Ralph A. Beals,chairman, William Benton, HerbertBlumer, Leon Carnovsky, Virgil E.Herrick, Dr. K. Eileen Hite, Cyril I.Houle, 0. J. Matthijs Julies, Jerome G.Kerwin, Everett C. Olson, and Theo¬dore W. Schultz.The duty of this committee will beto consider any questions concerningthe educational issues involved inbroadcasting with a view to recom¬mending a statement of policy to thePresident.The University has produced radioprograms continuously since 1922, andfor the last eleven years the pro¬grams have been carried on nationalnetworks. T\Vo of these are The Hu¬man Adventure and The Universityof Chicago Round Table. John Fryer Moulds, Secretary of theBoard of Trustees of the University,retired December 31 after 41 yearsof service with the University. Moulds,appointed secretary of the board 17years ago, served the University underall its five presidents.Wilbur C. Munnecke, vice-presidentof the University, has been named tosucceed Moulds as secretary. He wilalso continue to fulfill his dutiesvice-president.Moulds took his first job with theUniversity in 1904, three years beforehis graduation, and with the exceptionof a two-year interruption, has servedever since. Among the positions hehas held are: cashier; alumni secretary; assistant secretary of the boardof trustees; executive officer, footballtickets committee; assistant businessmanager; secretary, board of trustees.Country Home for Convalescent Children; and secretary, board of trustees.Rush Medical College.Moulds is secretary of the boardof the Baptist Theological Union andvice-president of the board of trusteesof the Frances Shimer Junior College,Mt. Carroll, Illinois.Munnecke was appointed vice-pres¬ident of the University last Februarywhile serving as an adviser on warcontracts. He was formerly a vice-president of Marshall Field and Com¬pany.Ida Council SponsorsAll-Campus Open HouseThe first all-campus party of 1945is an open house at Ida Noyes on Jan¬uary 5. Bowling, roller skating, tabletennis, and swimming will begin at7:30 p.m. Those hardy souls partici¬pating in these strenuous activitieswill terminate them at 10:00 p.m.—ifthey have not already succumbed. Forthe more lethargic types, there will bebridge, chess, and dancing to WallyHermes’ five piece orchestra from 8:30till 11:00 p.m. Altogether, its a won¬derful opportunity for a reunion withall and sundry before being buried inthe quarter’s work.The Ida Noyes Council is sponsoringthe party, and members of the organ¬ization will be the hostesses. Thereis absolutely no admission charge. Ev¬eryone on campus is invited.Due to circumstances beyond ourcontrol, the Marshall Field andCompany advertisement scheduledfor this week will not appear. Anew series, featuring dormitoryglamour girls, will ]be inauguratedwith next week’s issue. Public Course OnNear East RetainedIn Scheduled SeriesOne of the two public courses inthe division of the humanities, scheduled during the winter quarter, wilbe cancelled because of the illness ofTom P. Cross, Professor of Englishand comparative literature.Professor Cross was to have presented a series on “The Foundationsof Irish Culture” at 7:30 p.m. onMondays, January 8 through March12. This series will not be presented,and no other series has been scheduledin its place.However, the series, “SpeculativeThought in the Ancient Near East,”given by members of the departmentof oriental languages and literatures,will begin as announced on Wednes¬day at 7:30 p.m. in room 122 of theSocial Science building.Included in the list of speakers onthe series are: John A. Wilson, Di¬rector of the Oriental Institute; HenriFrankfort, Research Professor of Or¬iental Archeology; Thorkild Jacobsen,Associate Professor of Social Institu¬tions; and William A. Irwin, Professorof Old Testament language and liter¬ature in the Federated TheologicalFaculty of the University. HAROLD SWIFTChairman, Board of TrusteesNext Ida FeatureRollerskating CarnivalWinter Quarter activities at IdaNoyes will begin with a roller-skatingcarnival on Friday, January 12 from7:00 to 10:00 p.m. The carnival is thefirst of a series of feature eventsplanned to supplement the regularOpen House held every Friday at theClubhouse. Candle LightingService SundayThe traditional Epiphany Candle¬lighting Service, more commonlyknown as the Twelfth Night Service,will be presented in Rockefeller Me¬morial Chapel on Sunday at 7:30 p.m.Participating in the service will bethe University Choir, directed byMack Evans, and the Acolytes fromthe Church of the Redeemer.The tradition of this annual service,which was used as a theme in one ofShakespeare’s plays, dates back tomedieval times when Christmasgreens were burned and the candlesrelighted on the twelfth night afterChristmas.Candles which will bank the altarat the chapel are to be lighted by theAcolytes during the reading of an ap¬propriate service. Following this,candles symbolizing the twelve disci¬ples will be lighted and these in turnwill be used to light the candles of thechoir.Admission to the services, whichare scheduled to take about 50 min¬utes, is without ticket or charge.Flanagan InductedLarkin Flanagan, member of theUniversity of Chicago basketballteam, left for Naval Radio TrainingSchool, for radar instruction, January3. New Features:More Members^Council Of 40Climaxing more than two years ofstudy of the conflicts between Presi¬dent Hutchins and the University Sen¬ate, the Board of Trustees, meeting onThursday, December 28, adopted “newprocedures” under which educationalpolicy of the University is to be deter¬mined by joint action of the facultyand the president, with the Board ofTrustees resolving any disagreement.The procedures were recommendedto the Board by its Committee onInstruction and Research.The committee, with Laird Bell aschairman, has been studying theUniversity’s educational organizationwith the assistance of a Senate com¬mittee of which Professor Leonard D.White has been acting as chairman.The new procedures, the report said,are designed to provide “both theunifying influence of firm administra¬tive control and the critical reactionsof many scholarly minds.”Six main points are involved:1. The University Senate, which hasheretofore been composed entirelyof full professors, is broadened toinclude associate professors and as¬sistant professors who have beenmembers of the faculty for threeyears.2. This Senate is to elect a Council ofabout forty members which is toact on all educational issues andwhich is to meet at least quarterly.3. The new Council is to elect an Ex¬ecutive Committee of seven whichwill be continuously in touch withthe President.4. The Council is to take affirmativeaction on educational matters, andis to have the right to disapproveproposals of the president in thisfield. The president likewise hasa veto over actions of the Council.Should the president and Councilbe unable to resolve the issue, theBoard will make the final decision.5. As is customary at other leadingendowed universities, the presiden't'may recommend faculty appoint¬ments to the Board a^ter consulta¬tion with the departments, the prac¬tice by which the president hasrecommended faculty appointments(Continued on page two)World Student Service FundOrganizes Drive For War VictimsTo aid students and teachers whoare war victims, prisoners of war, in¬ternees and refugees, the World Student Service Fund has organized itsannual drive which will begin on cam¬pus on February 6 and will continuethrough February 16. By co-operat¬ing in this international campaign,American students are taking part inthe world enterprise of student-to-student help. Last year’s drive onthe campus was the most successfulone in the history of this co-operation.The entire campus will be asked toparticipate as much as possible in thisdrive.Miss Lola Mayer, a traveling sec¬retary of the W.S.S.F., assisted stu¬dents in planning the drive. A nativeof Germany, she has experienced thedifficulties of youth under the Naziregime. After a year at the Univer¬ sity of London in 1940 Miss Mayercame to the United States, where shegraduated with honors in 1944 fromthe University of Washington. Sheis an experienced and skilled speakerwith penetrating insight into the in¬ternational social problems of theday.Co-chairmen of the campus commit¬tee are Ruth Greenlee and LaurelChilde. Other members of the groupare Phyllis Rademacher, secretary;Lois Lewellyn, publicity chairman;Alice Sheehan, art chairman; andBetsy Wallace. A meeting with theheads of all campus organizations tomake further plans for the drive isbeing scheduled for the near future.Plans are also being made for a rallyto explain to students the purposeof the W.S.S.F.P«ge TwoTyler Declares 15, 16 Year OldsMature Enough For College WorkRecent studies have demonstratedthat by all tests students 16 and 16years old are mature enough to under¬take the intellectual work of college,Professor Ralph W. Tyler, Universityexaminer and Chairman of the Depart¬ment of Education, declared recentlyat a luncheon of the Citizens Boardof the University.In an address entitled “New Lighton Basic Issues in American Educa¬tion,” Professor Tyler said that fromstudies made in the College *‘it isclear that students who have takenthe college courses at the age of 15,16, or 17, have done just as well asstudents who have taken the coursesat 18, 19, and 20.”“There is no evidence to justify theconclusion that students of 15 and 16are too young to undergo the intel¬lectual work of college,” Mr. Tylerasserted. “Rather, the evidence sug¬gests that they are mature enoughand that they need the opportunityfor mental stimulation.“If we are to improve the educationof adolescents during the next 16years as we have improved the educa¬tion of younger children, it will requirea reshaping of our high school sothat the work of the high school canHeavy Demand forFull-time ContractsPrevents ExtensionThe demand for contracts underthe full-service plan voted at the Uni¬versity a year ago has been so heavythat only one-half the faculty mem¬bers desiring them have been admittedto the plan because of the financialburden to the university, Ernest C.Colwell, Vice-president and Dean ofthe Faculties, disclosed recently.The contracts, which can be soughtvoluntarily by all faculty membersabove the rank of instructor and arecompulsory for all new appointeesabove the instructor rank, provide forwork in four quarters and require theteachers to turn over to the universityall outside compensation earned fromroyalties on books, lecture and con¬sultant fees, and similar activities.To compensate for this loss of outsideincome, salary adjustments are pro¬vided. Faculty members making thechange are given an average salaryincrease of about $900.First call on the new contracts isgiven assistant professors, who, ac¬cording to President Robert M.Hutchins, are most in need ofsalary improvements. The planis “designed to make possiblethe more rapid developments of youngmen scholars and teachers by remov¬ing the financial pressure which leadsthem to give time and energy to un¬productive piece work,” PresidentHutchins has said.The full-service policy was adoptedin line with measures taken in thesummer of 1943, when it was decidedthat neither the university nor mem¬bers of its staff should profit frompatents arising out of research work.The step was taken on the recom¬mendation of President Hutchins. be completed in the period betweenthe ages of 12 and 16.“Also, we must provide a collegeprogram f^ich stimulates and guidesintellectual development, placing re¬sponsibility upon the student and giv¬ing him opportunity for independentwork so that he can complete his col¬lege education at the age of 18 to 20and be enabled at that time to gointo an occupation or to enter theuniversity for training required forthe professions.”Further studies made at the Uni¬versity show that students enteringthe College after the sophomore yearof high school are on a par mentallywith those entering after high schoolgraduation, Mr. Tyler said. This hasbeen demonstrated in tests of intel¬ligence, reading, writing, and com¬putation.He also cited the results of an in¬quiry by the National Society for theStudy of Education which revealedthat so far as the biological andmental equipment is concerned, stu¬dents reach a degree of maturity“somewhere between age 14 and 16that should make successful collegework possible.”“Tests of mechanical abilities showthat a plateau is reached at aboutage 16,” Mr. Tyler continued. “Var¬ious studies of mental growth havebeen made and indicate that althoughmental growth is not stopped even atage 24, the growth curves flatten outtypically between age 16 and 16, sothat most young people atvthis agehave ninety percent of the mentalabilities characteristic of adults.There is also evidence to suggest thatthe degree of mental growth from theage 15 on depends very largely uponthe amount of intellectual stimula¬tion.”Studies made in the last 10 yearsshow “that in a good elementary schooltoday, by the end of the sixth grade,children are able to read, write, spell,and compute as effectively as wereeighth grade children in the early1920’s,” Prof. Tyler said. “At thepresent time the critical part of theeducational program is that of thehigh school.”Dames Open WinterSeason With’PartyThe University Dames will open itswinter program of social events witha bridge party for husbands on theevening of January 13 at Ida NoyesHall.Mrs. Gale Johnson, chairman of theparty, requests that those planning toattend please make reservations withher in advance by calling Plaza 7421.A fee of thirty cents per person willbe charged.Anyone eligible for membership inDames—wives of students and facul¬ty members—is cordially invited toattend, and to affiliate with the groupin its winter quarter activities. Theyear’s schedule includes Saturdayprogram teas, sewing, bridge, anddiscussion groups on topics of variedinterest. THE CHICAGO MAROONClothing NeededFor Greek WarRelief DriveDuring the week of January 8, theChicago Committee of the AmericanFriends of Greece will sponsor aclothing drive for the Greek War Re¬lief Association.Men’s, women’s and children’s gar¬ments are desperately needed and thedemand for shoes and bedding is alsogreat. Greece, although a Mediter¬ranean country, is mountainous, thewinters are severe and warm clothingis essential. Delivery of all articlescan be made from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.iaily at Oriental Institute, 1155 East58th Street.The American Friends of Greece,a national organization, was foundedin 1923 to strengthen and promotecultural bonds and greater under¬standing between the peoples ofGreece and the United States. TheChicago Committee, organized lastspring, is headed by Dean R. P. Mc-Keon.4 MONTH INTENSIVEI Course forCOlUGE STUDENTS and GRADUAHSA thorough, intensive course—start¬ing February, July, Oaober.Registration now open.★Regular day and evening schoolthroughout the year. Catalog.ASCHOOLOfUJStNOSPUmitMB) BY COLUGf MEN AND WOMENTHE GREGG COLLEGEPr*sld*nt, John Robert Grogg, S.CJ).Dbodor, Foul M. Pair M.A.Dipt. C.M. 6 N. Mick. Am. TM. STAtc 1881Cktcagi 2. III. Senate..*(Continued from page one)to the Board only with the approvalof the department concerned beingdiscontinued. If the department in¬volved does not approve, the Boardwill decide whether the appoint¬ments should be made.6. The Board maintains its preroga¬tive to create or discontinue unitsin the University when in its judg¬ment it is desirable to do so.The Board has asked the Senate toappoint a Committee to cooperate inputting the new organization intoeffect.“The Board has pride in the emin¬ence and achievements of the facultyof the University of Chicago, and ithas confidence in the leadership ofthe president,” Harold H. Swift, chair¬man of the Board, said in announcingthe action. “Our purpose is to pro¬vide a means by which the faculty andthe president can cooperate more effec¬tively and establish a better exchangeof ideas and information than presentprocedures permit. We believe wehave made this possible, and in sodoing have strengthened the Univer¬sity.”President Robert M. Hutchins said,“Although the plan is not perfect—Imust admit that I still prefer myown!—it is better than the schemeunder which we have been laboring.I hope that it will commend itself toall the members of the University.”Approximately 155 assistant andassociate professors will be eligible forthe Senate, increasing its presentmembership of about 195 to close to350.Members of the Committee on In¬struction and Research, which sub¬ mitted the report, are: Laird Bellchairman; William Scott Bond, MaxEpstein, Paul V. Harper, John Nu-veen, Jr., Paul S. Russell, and HermonD. Smith.In their report to the Board ofTrustees, taken from the files of theMaroon^ but never released for pub¬lication, the Senate Committee on Ac¬ademic Reorganization recommended“a senate which includes exofficio allmembers of the faculty who hold per¬manent tenure.” The report, whichwas not accepted by the Board, wenton to say that “such a body can befully effecient for the performance ofits task with the leadership and guid¬ance of the proposed Executive Com¬mittee.”The report also stated that the Com-mittee had “steadfastly presented theview to the Trustees that the finaldecision on matters of educationalpolicy should rest with the faculty,speaking through the University Sen¬ate. At the same time we have madeclear to the Trustees our desires toretain the full power of the Presidentto initiate, propose and advocate mat¬ters of educational policy with regardto any part of the University.”The results of a hasty poll, takenby the Maroon, of members of thefaculty seemed to indicate favorablereaction to the new plan. Commentssuch as “a step in the right direction”,“the next best thing to the Hutchinsplan”, and “I think it quite nice thata larger per cent of the faculty willhave a voice in the University pol¬icies,” were received.Brady to SpeakAt Burtpn-JudsonAt the first discussion group tomeet in Burton Court for the winterquarter, Robert A. Brady, visitingprofessor of Social Science from theUniversity of Southern California,will speak in the east Lounge Mondayevening, January 8, at 7:30. One ofthe country’s foremost experts on thecartel. Professor Brady will speak onthat subject.All students in the last two yearsof the college taking the Social Sciencesurvey course are invited. Followinga short question period, there will bea discussion on the college programwith special emphasis on Social Sci¬ence courses.CLASSIFIEDRoom A board for »irl or teacher in exchangefor staying with children nights. Lovely mod¬ern home with happy family. Good food.Excellent traiuportation. Drexel 1080.Readers wanted for blind graduate LatinAmerican history student and also some onecapable of helping in research. John O. Pine,Room 456 Int. 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Thefirst, sponsored by the Committee onInternational Relations of the Uni¬versity, will begin January 11 at6:45 p.m. in Kimball Hall. It willconcern “Problems of the Peace inPostwar Europe.”Among the ten authorities in thefields of political science, economics,sociology, and history who will discussthe issues facing Europe after the\\i\^ will be: Quincy Wright, Professorof International Law; Professor Wil¬liam Ogburn, Chairman of the De¬partment of Sociology; Oscar Lange,Professor of Economics; and John A.Wilson, Director of the Oriental In¬stitute.Sunder Joshi, lecturer in compara¬tive religion, will present the secondseries on current affairs, “Who’s Whoin Asia’s War.” This series of Fridaynight lectures will begin January 19 at 6:45 p.m. in Kimball Hall. Includ¬ed in his discussions will be: Gandhiand Nehru; Stalin, Hirohito and Tojo;Wavell and Mountbatten; Curtin andEvatt; and General and Madame Chi-ang Kai-shek.“The Ways of Knowing,” is thetitle of the Tuesday evening seriespresented by A. Cornelius Benjamin,Associate Professor of Philosophy.Held in Lufkin Hall, the series willbegin January 9 at 6:45 p.m.Two series of lectures will be givenon Wednesday evenings at 315 Ply¬mouth Court. “Speak Up!”, a newapproach to communication, presentedby Miss Bess Sondel, lecturer inspeech, will be held for five weeks be¬ginning January 10 at 6:45 p.m. Thesecond Wednesday series will be“Scandinavian Life and Culture,” byGosta Franzen, Associate Professorof Scandinavian. This series also be¬gins on January 10, but will not meetuntil 8:00 p.m.'f. ' : /t ■' • i\ jf ; *\-V ' K• *\'O' , ’ f"Marine Dining RoomEMIL VANDAS'ORCHESTRAfeaturingDEMAR and DENISEExquisite Dance TeamSHARKEYThe World’s Greatest Seal - THE CHICAGO MAROONDr. Peters UrgesU.S. Medical ChangeIt is necessary for the physiciansof the United States to go to Congressnow and show the lawmakers that afundamental change is needed in themedical system of this country, de¬clared Dr. John P. Peters, Ely Profes¬sor of Medicine at Yale University, inhis appearance Sunday on the Uni¬versity of Chicago Round Tablebroadcast.“The time has come,” he continued,“when a national system of groupmedical care is needed. Local pro¬grams of group medicine are notenough. The problem of giving ade¬quate medical care can be solved onlyby a program of universal coverage.“If the doctors of this country donot think that certain provisions ofthe present plans for a national sys¬tem are advisable, it is up to them tomake them right, but the time for anessential change in our medical sys¬tem is here,” he added.Participating with Peters in theRound Table discussion of “ShouldWe Adopt Government Health In¬surance?” were Dr. Victor Johnson,Secretary of the Council on MedicalEducation and Hospitals of the Amer¬ican Medical Association, and LouisWirth, Associate Dean of the Divisionof Social Science and Professor ofSociology at the University.Dr. Johnson, disagreeing with Pet¬ers, said that he did not feel that thiscountry was ready to undertake a na¬tional system.“There are serious deficiencies, weall admit,” he said, “in the presentstate of medical care in the UnitedStates. But, as yet, we do not havesufficient evidence of what is neededto establish really good program.We must go on experimenting withlocal plans for group health andmedical care, and out of those experi¬ments work out the best possible pro Page ThreeINSURANCENEW.SUPER-COMPREHENSIVEHOSPITAL-SURGICAL-MEDICALWith accidental loss-of-life, sight,and dismemberment benefits.J. P. DeWees1316 East 61st St.Hyde Park 0865 Marshall Field Heads DefenderHonor Roll For 1944 ActivitiesMARSHALL FIELDWins Race Relations AwardIn the Chicago Defender's year-endissue. Dr. Metz T. P. Lochard, editor-in-chief, announced the Defender's1944 Race Relation Honor Roll. Thishonor roll contains each year thenames of outstanding leaders in racerelations.Included in the list was MarshallField, editor-publisher of the ChicagoSun and publisher of P.M., who re¬gram. But, at the present time, wesimply do not have the informationto set up a good program.“If we, by too hasty action, set upa poor plan that fails, it is likelythat the people will be disillusionedand go against all future plans,” hesaid.Professor Wirth emphasized theinadequacy of present medical care,especially among the lower incomegroups, and declared that high costsstand in the way of proper medicacare for three-fourths of the Ameri¬can people.“We, therefore, need a nationaprogram,” Wirth said, “which willhelp to iron out the great gap betweenwhat we know about medical scienceand the utilization of that knowledge.Medicine, I believe, is now workingfrom being a private system to becoming a public system in much thesame way in which education haschanged from a private to publicagency. ceived recognition for his consistentsupport and leadership in the strugglefor full democracy for the American^egro through both his newspapersand through his civic minded activityand philanthrophy. Field is a mem¬ber of the Board of Trustees of theUniversity.Also included on the roll was RobertRedfield, Dean of the Division of So¬cial Sciences and Professsdr of An?-thropology at the University, who waslonored for his devoted pioneering inpresenting the racial problem to vastwhite audiences over the radio andin magazine articles.In announeng the honors Dr. Loch¬ard made the following statement:“In a turbulent world at war, still inthe grip of the hate 'and greed un¬loosed in all lands, America stoodthrough 1944 as a lonely beacon fordemocracy despite the savage and sul¬len assaults on the people’s will bymen of evil. The triumph of goodwill and understanding among thegreat common people of this nationbelongs in good part to these valiant,sincere and honest Americans whohave fought fearlessly and relentlesslyto crack the barriers of racial preju¬dice and make this America trulydemocracy’s land. To those men ofgood will, Negro and white, the Chi¬cago Defender again this year paystribute for their contribution to racialharmony.”Student Art WorkTo Be Judged ByBoard of ExpertsThe University Art Club has invitedall interested students to a tea to beheld this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. inGoodspeed 101. The main feature ofthe tea will be the judging of theworks of a number of art students.Huberb Ropp, Dean of the School ofthe Art Institute will act as judge,together with Frank Holland, ArtCritic of The Chicago Sun, and RexGoreleigh, Director, South Side Com¬munity Art Center. Prizes will beawarded for the best works in sculp¬ture, black and white, and color.Those competing for the prizes insculpture are Katherine Gonso, Eliz¬abeth Hoyt, and Patricia Peck. .Katherine Gonso’s work in blackand white will also be shown, as will'the black and whites of Sonia Katz,Pauline King, and Hildegarde Vogel.The following students have on ex¬hibit works in color: Josephine Bap¬tiste, Don Baum, Frances Chamber-lain, Donna Chrablow, Hilda Fowlie,Katherine Gonso, Morton Heilig, SoniaKatz, Diran Kermoyan, George Latta,Marie Levitt, Malkah Tolpin, EspiVoulis, Hildegarde Vogel, and MaxineWalthers.These works have been on view inthe Art Club’s annual exhibit in Good-Hall, and will continue to beshown through January 17.Page Four ———THE CHICAGO MAROONOfficial student publication of the University of Chicago, published every Friday daring theacademic quarters. Published at Lexington Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.Telephone DORchester 7279 or MIDway 0800, Ext. S51.EDITOR: Frederick I. GottesmanBUSINESS MANAGER: Alan J. StraussDEPARTMENTAL EDITORS: Harold Donohue, Jack Hill, Inger Olson, BettySteams, William R. Wambaugh.DEPARTMENTAL MANAGER: Phyllis Riggio.EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Barbara Badrke, Ellen Baum, Charlotte Block, Frances Carlin,Babette Casper, Lita Chiappori, Jayni Cowen, Judy Downs, Catherine Elmes, Itoger Englander,Ellen Englar, Albert Friedlander, Joan Geannopoulos, June Gillian, Ar't Horowitz, Pat Howard,Jean Hubbard, Dorothy Iker, Robert Jones, Pat Kindahl, Zonabel Kingery, Joan Kohn, AbeKrash, Shirley Krumbach, Norman Macht, Lorraine McFadden, Robert Mitenbuler, MaryMoran, Barry Nathan, Dorothea Noble, John Odell, Philip Reilly, Lolly Sharbach, ^telleShari)e, Nancy Smith, Helen Tarlow, Espey Voulis, Mary Wong, Don Youngs, Peggy Whitfield.BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: Florence Baumruk, Carol Chism, Joan Frye, Barbara Gee, MaryJane Gould, Elaine Johnson, Doris Krudener, Kathleen Overholser, Alex Pope, Connie Slater,Ro^rt Voas, Phoebe Zinder.Why Student Government?Time and time again, in our efforts to investigate and stim¬ulate opinion about a student government, we have been asked,“Why bother with a student government? We have no problems,and it would be useless without problems to solve.” Such anattitude is unrealistic in the extreme.For one thing, the raison d'etre of a government isn’t merelythe solution of immediate problems. The student has an obligationto himself and the University to participate in the formulationand the execution of policy pertaining to all student matters.However, there are matters for immediate consideration by astudent government. There are, for example, the problems whichwill arise when a large number of war veterans return to theUniversity, an event we all hope will occur in the not-too-distantfuture. Some of these problems—chiefly those which involve suchmatters as teaching methods and courses of study—are alreadyunder discussion by educators, as witness a recent topic on theUniversity Roundtable, “The G.I. Bill and Education.” But others—^those pertaining to the vast realm of outside-the-classroomactivities—are as yet unstudied, at least to our knowledge. Or ifthey have been studied, no plan for their solution has been an¬nounced. And these are the very problems which will be, super¬ficially and temporarily at least, of greatest interest to the warveteran and to his fellow student without a service record.We must decide in the very near future, before the influx ofthe several thousand veterans University authorities predict,whether we wish to reintegrate these veterans into all phases ofcampus life, or whether we shall allow them to form just another“indigestible” group in the already disunited University commun¬ity. Whichever policy we choose, it will then be necessary to drawup a comprehensive program, covering housing, extra-curricularactivities, and social affairs, to implement that policy. And wemaintain that the students now on campus must accept a large partof the responsibility for drawing up that policy and its accompany¬ing program, since the task of making any plan effective willlargely rest with them.Such a problem as this one could be ideally dealt with by arepresentative student government, which would have the neces¬sary personnel, prestigje, and power for solving it. And this isonly one of many.This Week On CampusFriday, January 5—Basketball Game. Chicago vs. Elgin. Bartlett Gymnasium. 4:00 p.m.Mathematical Biophysics Meeting. “Outline of a Mathematical Theory ofPhotosensitivity in Some Lower Animals.” Speaker: Richard Runge.5822 Drexel Avenue. 4:30 p.m.Open House. Ida Noyes Hall. Roller skating, bowling, chess, ping pong,bridge, dancing. 7:30-11:00 p.m.Saturday, January 6—Basketball Game. Chicago vs. Navy Radio School. Field Hous^ 8:00 p.m.Sunday, January 7—Religious Service, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Speaker: Dean Charles W.Gilkey. Sermon: “Learning by Degrees.” 11:00 a.m.Epiphany Candle-lighting Service. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 7:30 p.m.Monday, January 8—Burton Court Discussion. 3rd and 4th year students taking Soc. Sci. Surveyinvited. Speaker: Robert Brady. 7:30 p.m.. East Lounge.Tuesday, January 9—Worship Service, Joseph Bond Chapel. Speaker: Albert W. Palmer, President,Chicago Theological Seminary. 12:00 p.m.Chinese Dinner and Meeting. Lutheran Student Association. Ida NoyesHall. 6:30 p.m.Student Forum. “New Developments in Race Relations.” Speaker: JohnBrenton, Relocation Officer, War Relocation Authority. Rosenwald 2.7:30 p.m.Documentary Film. “Mexican Moods” and “Time in the Sun.” Social Science122. 8:00 p.m.Wednesday, January 10—Public Lecture, Charles R. Walgreen Foundation. “The Civil Service in War¬time: The Scope and Nature of the Problem.” Speaker: Leonard D.White, Professor of Public Administration; Chairman, AdministrativeCommittee, Department of Political Science. Social Science 122. 4:30 p.m.Thursday, January 11— Quadrangles MiscellanyAroundThe TownCarter TellsWilliams’ Storyby Bob CarterTennessee Williams was born in Co¬lumbus, in 1914. His southern accentgot for him the name “Tennessee”when he was at the University ofIowa. Although “Tennessee” is a geo¬graphic impurity, since he was born inMississippi, it came in handy whenhe embarked on his playwriting ca¬reer. He was afraid that editorswould be wary of him because of thedeluge of bad prose and poetry he hadsubmitted under his real name, Thom¬as Lanier Williams. His mother stillcalls him Tom, and his middle nameshows that he is a relative of SidneyLanier. Williams spent his childhoodin the rectory of his grandfather whowas an Episcopal clergyman. He wasextremely shy as a child and becausehe was rather weak and sickly hespent much of his time reading theEnglish classics, in his grandfather’slibrary, none of which he has readsince, he claims, with the exceptionof Shakespeare. He began writingat about the age of ten, and becausehe had a terror of falling asleep, hewould make up stories in bed. Hecould visualize them as one might amotion picture, even perceiving colorand dimension. He attributes one ofthe reasons for his preference fordrama to this desire of seeing actionitself unfold before his eyes insteadof mere word associations on theprinted page.Problems of the ProletariatWilliams attended public schooland was anti-social thru high school.It was not until he went to the Uni¬versity of Missouri that he formedany extensive social contacts. Aftertwo years of bad grades and ever¬growing despondency, his father tookhim from the University and put himin an office position at a shoe com¬pany. This experience was go appal¬ling to him that it caused a nervousparalysis. No cause could be foundfor the paralysis, and it was not un¬til after his father had informed theshoe company that Tennessee wouldnot return, that he recovered. Thisaffair at the shoe company was re¬sponsible for his later writing a so¬cial drama called “Stairs to theRoof”, about the problem of the whitecollar worker, “which”, says Wil¬liams, “most white collar workersdon’t seem to recognize as a prob¬lem”. Following his paralysis, hewas then twenty-two, he went to theUniversity of Iowa where he workedas a waiter, financially on his own.Williams’ “Life In Art”He is now thirty, and the interven¬ing eight years he describes in thepreface to his poems in Five YoungAmerican Poets, 19Briefly theywere years of wandering, writing, andgaining experience, years of tremen¬dous importance. These eight yearshave instilled in his writing a haunt¬ing intensity and a thirst for livingcomparable to that of Hart Crane andWalt Whitman. His intensity is notrestricted to his poetry: the TheatreGuild production of “Battle of An¬gels” was banned in Boston. Tennes¬see refers to this play rather flippant¬ly as “a sex play with cosmic over¬tones”. The play will be publishedfor the first time by New Directionssometime this winter.The theatre is his great interest, forreasons already mentioned and alsobecause he thinks that it is only inthe theatre that )ie will be able toearn a living. After the impoverishedeight year odyssey this latter reasonseems of tremendous importance tohim.About his own work, Williams is Fully rested, it says here, from twoweeks of over-sleeping, your Around-the-Towner is ready once more to con¬sume a few thousand extra calorieswhile allowing Otto, the column’s pettape-worm, to run rampant. True totradition (and Otto’s appetite) we’vefound just the spot to begin with.Some evening when you drag outthe Alpine ice picks and brave Chicagowinds, desirous of something satisfy¬ing in the way of a meal, head for63rd Street’s wilderness and Phelpsand Phelps.Whether just the place to get thatfirst dale off to a good start, or merelyto settle down for some small talkand an old fashioned dinner, Phelpsand Phelps is ready to give its allwith food, atmosphere and service.The gayly decorated revolutionaryperiod rooms of light blue chintz, pol¬ished brass, and softly shaded lampsare familiar scenes to old-timershereabouts, and will be to all of youbefore long, or we’ll miss a guess.Food is stressed as a thing ofbeauty as well as a palate tempter.From the first crackers in tiny in¬dividual baskets, to the last of Mrs.Phelps’ pie, your meal will be thor¬oughly enjoyable. About twice aweek our pet cook digs up the swelleststeaks, served at their juiciest mo¬ment. Speaking of service, Otto sayshe has a growing suspicion that thegang at Phelps and Phelps “don’tknow” there’s a war on! No onesnaps, service is smooth and' Mr.Phelps himself keeps up the grand oldtradition of greeting folks at thedoor.Phelps and Phelps is the be-ribbon-ed package that was dropped at yourfront door. Why not open it and takea peek?4> « *Otto there has absolutely no scru¬ples these days. After that dreamdate which firmly planted lovely starsin our eyes, he demanded food, regard¬less of wee hours. We thought oftaking back his yo-yo, but decided onmanna from heaven (or a reasonablefacsimile thereof in the form of ham¬burgers) instead. Stumbling past 63rdStreet we felt that Columbus urgecoming on and discovered that theDorchester Restaurant, 63rd and Dor¬chester remains open all night.The amazing part of all this is thatyou can find something substantial tognaw at way into the night, at hourswhen our usual ptomaine-taverns aresleeping soundly. Don’t let this foolyou though, for the food is good, fromsteaks to bacon and eggs. Just thespot for after-date snacks.This is no greasy spoon either. Har¬ry, the proud papa, proclaims the Dor¬chester to be the South Side's “mostbeautiful,” and he isn’t far off. It’sreally a pleasure to find something aslovely and yet so clean. Even Ottowas satisfied when we toddled outand headed for home...B.C.disinclined to comment. He makes nocritical appraisal of his plays, beyondthat they are roughly written inblank verse. He considers “The Dan¬gerous Painters” his best poem. NewDirections has decided to bring outan edition of his short stories whichmagazines have refused to accept “be¬cause of their subject matter and thesubjective approach”. Hutchins Bobby Sox Cluh ..please note:We are happy to announce that thebeautiful tan the President was sport,ing at convocation is the real McCoy.. .He acquired it in Arizona and notunder the sun lamp.We gleaned this and many otherinteresting tidbits in a conversationin St. Louis with Hutchins’ parents...Being president of an institutionof learning seems to run in the family—Dr. Hutchins (the elder) was presi¬dent of Berea College where he wassucceeded by his other son Francis.Lately he’s been on the West Coastmaking a survey of over fifteen uni¬versities.Hollywood’s Loss.As you all probably read in the tab¬loids, Gates Hail’s budding KatherineHepburn (Iris Grass) succumbed tothe lure of the movies and started outbravely for Hollywood at the end oflast quarter.. .Unfortunately for Ce¬cil B. De Mille, the young lady wasmet at Los Angeles by her father andis reported home safe and sound, ifsomewhat thwarted.Cupid beats February 14.Violet Packard and Bill Scott weremarried December 30th in Bond Chap¬el... Betty Hansen got herself en¬gaged and rumor has it that BambyGolden did same. Dottie Duft plansher wedding for March 10.. .Since hermarriage December 18 to Bob Mac-Duffee, Ida Jane (Sands) has beenhaving so much trouble with the Bur¬sar’s office over the change in namethat we just don’t think any man isworth it.New Campus Paper!Some of the Burton-Judson boysplan to start a newspaper for whichthey say they already have approvalof the Dean’s Office and (actually!)financial support from somewhere.We hear their policy, thus far, is “torun the Maroon into the ground.”Vacation Doings.The last night of the fall quarterfound Gates and Blake Halls full ofthe good old Christmas spirits...Gates tossed a slightly staid partywhich was followed by much wilderfestivities at Blake.. .Later on, someof the Blake girls wandered acrossthe Midway to serenade Burton-Jud-son... Speaking of Burton-Judson, weare reminded of the little incident ofthe girls who were wandering aroundthe top floor and were met by Mr.Walker—he warned them not to tellHank Ruby—^just as Hank popped outof the closet...Chi Rhos threw a dinner dance atthe Edgewater—and it is rumoredthey had a very good time despite e.x-am blues... Sigma Chis were properlyriotous on New Year’s Eve...HaroldPatinkin’s shindig was well attended... Burton-Judson’s (them again)happy home gathering was more de¬corous ...Odds and Ends.Don Shields has left us—temporar¬ily, we hope... Shirley Vanderwalkerhas reported to Hunter College fortraining.. .4’!” Mary Stewart wasescorted down the aisle at Rockefellerby a solicitous usher who told herspecial seats were being reserved atthe front for children... More Com¬mons: a young student left the tableto get his coat and returned to find hisbreakfast cleared away.Wyverns and Esoterics are planningdances for January 6th.A Guide To The BefuddledGeorge Hiltonthe REPUBLICANS’ HISTORY OFTHE UNITED STATESChapter XIThe era of Henry ClayrDaniel Web¬ster, Calhoun, and Andrew Jacksonwas brought to a close by the greatMexican War. After diligent researchin the foyer outside Harper W 31, thishistorian has arrived at the incontro¬vertible conclusion that this was theonly completely justifiable war inAmerican history. The United States,having committed no unfriendly acttoward Mexico, except, of course, theannexation of a small and insignifi¬cant Mexican province known by thequaint Hispanic name of Texas, wasbrutally attacked by the overwhelm¬ing forces of the Mexican aggressor.So swift was the attack of the Mexi¬cans that they cleared the customsoffice in Laredo in the record time of34 hours and 27 minutes. The armyswept onward to San Antonio where,led by the Mexican generals SantaAnna and Pasadena, it besieged thevaliant Texans in the local ice creamfactory. The Mexicans ruthlessly de¬stroyed both the factory and its de¬fenders, causing a total ice creamfamine which lasted throughout thewar, giving rise to the famous Texanbattle cry, “Remember the a la mode!”The Americans were reluctant toface the horrors of war against theMexicans until the government point¬ed out how great would be the bootytaken from Mexico City. They thenenlisted in large numbers and iparchedoff shouting the well known battlecry, “Ho for the hauls of Montezuma!”The fighting of the war was madeextremely* arduous by a devastatingsecret weapon of the Mexicansknown as “El hot tamale”, a primitive^ort of hand grenade. El hot tamaleproduced among the Americans a pe¬culiar battle condition well known tothe Mexicans as “La enfermedad quese llama ptomaine.” General Win¬field Scott, commander of the Amer¬ican forces, was once brought a ta¬male. After smelling it he accusedthe Mexicans of violating internation¬al law by using poison gas.The student will be interested todiscover that it was in this connec¬tion that Americans received the ap¬pellation of “Gringos”.. An ancientfolk legend circulated in the uplandsof Topolobampo tells us that when¬ever Mexican soldiers would discover an American writhing in the agonyof a tamale, one would invariably re¬mark “See how green goes hees face,amigos!”It is easily seen that General Scottwas justified in using any means tocombat the tamale. Scott issued anedict to the Mexicans saying that ifthey did not cease fighting immediately he would administer his emulsion toall prisoners he might capture. Atthe very thought of taking Scott’semulsion the Mexican troops werethrown into a complete rout fromwhich they never recovered. TheMexican government immediatelysued for peace, the treaty being writ¬ten by the great Mexican statesman,Guadalupe Hidalgo, in a series of twoconferences with American officials.These were the first and second Mexi¬can Sessions.The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgois a monument to General Scott. Uponseeing it, even the Mexicans readilyadmitted the General’s greatness. Itis recorded that after reading it, th.efirst words were “Great Scott!” Thesalient provisions were as follows:\1. Mexico should seed all the landnorth of the Rio Grande. The imper-I’ection of farm implements at thetime made this quite difficult.2. All fortifications along the RioGrande were to be demolished (ex¬cept the customs office at Laredo.)3. Mexico should export annually10,000 illiterates to the United Statesso that Jane Addams might havesome subjects with whom to earn un¬dying fame.4. Mexico should be subjected to anannual invasion by a gigantic, wellequipped army of husky, red-blooded,retired school teachers.The historian regrets exceedinglythat he passed over Andrew Jackson,the hermit, so briefly, but he was aDemocrat, which prevented his beinga Great Man, F. N. E. in A. H., etc.While dining with Dolores Engelat the Commons Wednesday eve¬ning, Alan Strauss found a minch screw in his lamb stew. Mr.Strauss reports that this is thefirst discovery of its kind in hisexperience.ENJOY IT TODAY ATAIR- I COOLEDCOLONIAL RESTAURANT6324 Woodlown Ave.Oelidous hom« cooking has made this beautiful dining placefamous. Skilled women cooks prepare "food just like motherused to make"—tasty hot rolls, homemade pies, cakes and icecream—wonderfully seasoned meats, poultry, fresh vegetables*Recommended by Duncan Hines—author* “Adventures ii Good Egting* THE CHICAGO MAROONCritic PraisesAlec TempletonMusically speaking, the dying yearexpired very pleasantly with a recitalby Alec Templeton on December 29.The English have always had a knackfor playing Bach well, and Templetonwas no exception. Those who renjem-bered Harold Samuel’s distinguishedinterpretation of the English Suite inA Minor were agreeably surprised byTempleton’s verve in the Bouree fromthis suite. His light staccato touchlent clarity to the melodic line. Inthe Prelude and Fugue in E FlatMinor (from the first book of TheWell-Tempered Clavichord) the calmbeauty of the prelude was effectivelycontrasted with the more solemn na¬ture of the fugue. A slight freedomof tempo, not in accordance with thestrictest interpretation of Bach, didnot, however, obscure the clarity ofthe fugue’s voices.Then came Templeton’s own tran¬scription of Haydn’s celebrated Ser¬enade, second movement of the littleQuartet in F, Op. S, No. 5, in a some¬what un-Haydnesque form. The tran¬scription was reasonably faithful tothe original except for a four-notegrace note at the beginning of eachstatement of the theme.Scriabin FieryAlso outstanding were Templeton’sinterpretation of Brahms’ Intermezzoin B Flat Minor, and Scriabin’s Poemin F Sharp and Etude in D SharpMinor. The Brahms was played withquiet introspection and the Scriabinetude had the true bravurra styleneeded to put an old warhorse across,being played with flash and fire.Brilliant ImprovisationsAfter intermission Templeton playedthree of his own compositions: Noc¬turne from Lick in E Flat, Handelwith Care, and Gounod Weds Nola.A suitable “lick” was wrapped up inthe style of the Chopin Nocturne inE Flat, a Handel Concerto Grossowas “swung”, and the ballet musicfrom Faust found itself in ratherstrange company—all pleasant listen¬ing. This was followed by improvisa¬tion on a five note theme, the notesbeing called out by the audience: thissame theme was then dressed up inthe styles of Mozart’s Don Giovanni;the last movement of Tschaikowsky’sPathetique and the 1812 Overture;the Polka from Shostakovitch’s Ageof Gold; and Gershwin’s Rhapsody inBlue with Summer Time thrown infor good measure. As an improvisa¬tor Templeton stands supreme at themoment; and it is to be regretted thatit is an art which is not more assid-uosly cultivated in the present day.—W. R. W.ODP Announces PlayFor Winter QuarterThe Office of Dramatic Productionshas announced the opening of its Win¬ter Quarter season with a presenta¬tion of Gogol’s famous satire, “TheInspector General”, on the nights ofFebruary 9 and 10. The cast, headedt)y Maynard Wishner, includes ArthurCohen, John Tarburten, Curtis Craw¬ford, Edwin Goldberger, Roy Pakan-sky, George Sorter, Martha McCain,and Roberta Unger.Maynard Wishner is rememberedfor his fine performances in lastyear’s productions of “Pygmalion”,“Night Must Fall”, and “Green Growthe Lilacs”. Arthur Cohen, Joan Tar¬burten, Roy Pakansky, and MarthaMcCain were last seen in “Arms andthe Man”, while George Sorter andRoberta Unger had prominent partsin “Kind Lady”. Charles Walls, whohas been with 0. D. P. for two yearsnow, will again hold down the postof stage manager. Nancy SmithBox OfficeTHE GREATMR. HANDEL....Unreeling at thePlayhouse in itsChicago premiere,the British produc¬tion of “The GreatM r. Handel” ismagnificently, if alittle starchily ex-^ecuted. There arefew truly dramaticsituations, no greatspectacle, comparatively little plot,and no sex, none of which are calledfor anyway. There is a conflict, tobe sure, between the Prince of Walesand Handel, but the greatest dramain the movie is in the thrilling powerof Handel’s music, superbly playedby the London Philharmonic. Themusic, in regard to the instruments,is carefully not anachronistic. Itsounds approximately as it would havein the middle eighteenth century.Wilfred Lawson gave a restrainedand dignified performance, causing animpression of quiet dynamic force.As Mrs. Cibber, the beautiful actressand singer, Elizabeth Allen is all thatmade that lady famous in history.She has a lovely voice, and is poisedand beautiful, but she is not givenmuch chance to prove her dramatictalents.The plot covers that black periodin Handel’s life when he was facedwith ruin because of the almost over¬powering opposition of his enemies,among them notably the Prince ofWales and his fashionable set. Aftera long illness, bitter unpopularity,and great depression (financial as wellas mental) he finally writes his great“Messiah,” spurred by divine inspira¬tion. The work is immediately suc¬cessful, restoring him to the people’sfavor, and the picture closes in abrilliant burst of the “HallelujahChorus.” Page FivrWin Five DollarsIn War Stamps!For the best letters, either proor con, on the subject of studentgovernment and dormitory councilsubmitted by any student of theUniversity, the Chicago Maroonwill award five dollars worth ofwar stamps. The rules are simple:1) Each letter must not exceed200 words and must be type¬written.2) A student may submit as manyletters as he wants.3) Each letter should be confinedeither to student governmentor dormitory council.4) DO NOT sign the letter, butplace the name of contestanton a separate piece of paperto be included in the envelope.5) All letters shall become theproperty of The Chicago Ma¬roon.6) The decision of the judges (theBoard of Control of the Ma¬roon) shall be final.7) The winning entries and asmany other letters as aredeemed worthy will be printedin the Maroon.8) The contest will close at mid¬night February 1st. Letterspostmarked after this datewill not be eligible for theprizes, though they still may bepublished as regular "Lettersto the Editor".Startling Discovery!“Ambition hath no limits,” thecopy desk of The Maroon might wellreiterate this week.A reporter, assigned to coverHutchinson Commons, in desperationsubmitted this tasty morsel of newscopy;“In Hutchinson Commons thereare 60 tables and 366 chairs. Thereare 74 salt shakers on these tablesand 74 sugar bowls. Twenty por¬traits decorate the walls.”Betty StearnsSidelights on Footlights“The Glass Menagerie” is an in¬toxicating play. It is surroundedwith a kind of misty quality whicheludes description, or even analogy,as might possibly be conceived, toMaeterlinck, or Wilder, or Saroyan.In short, it introduces us to a newand vivid dramatist, Tennessee Wil¬liams. Mr. Williams has created amood, an illusion, in “The Glass Men¬agerie” that is at once delicate yettangible, delightful but sad. It com¬bines the realities of life with theshading qualities of memory, a com¬bination which results in a play, halfpoetry, half hard fact, a unique andinsurpassable experience to the spec¬tator.The piece carries no special moral;one is not aware of any particularmessage, although certainly manycould easily be constructed. If thescene is a tenement house, it is notsordid; if the people are poor, they arenot elemental. In broad outline, it ismerely the story of Tom, his domi¬neering mother, and his crippled sis¬ter. Complications set in, when, athis mother’s insistence that Lauracollect some gentlemen admirers, Tombrings home a friend for dinner. Atfirst Laura refuses to be drawn awayfrom hdr world of glass animals, butfinally the gentleman manages tohelp her vault her wall of shyness andfear, only to push her back againwhen he tells her he is engaged to bemarried. Not much of a plot to besure, but entirely sufficient. For thedrama woven by the author, the ac¬tors, and aided by the magnificent set and haunting incidental music istremendously effective.Tlie performance of Laurette Tay¬lor, as the mother, is flawless and un¬forgettable, ranking with any we haveseen here in many years. AnthonyRoss does an excellent job as the gen¬tleman caller, and although his roleis less trying, he is no less perfectthan Miss Taylor. Julie Haydon hasprobably the most difficult part in theplay, since a failure on her part tocarry across Laura’s sylph-like char¬acter, the essence of “The Glass Men¬agerie”, would mean failure of thewhole evening. Only in spots wereher transitions a bit hazy, was herLaura indefinitive. Mr. Dowling, how¬ever, producer and part director,seemed incongruous enough to spoilthe unity of effect most often andmost needlessly. In places he stepsout of character, and becomes, eitherEddie Dowling, mugging, or someoneelse; not the Tom in the play. He wasthough, despite the few* relapses, con¬vincing in his dual role, and he aswell as Miss Jones, must take creditfor the splendid direction.But then, after all, “The GlassMenagerie” is a play to see, not readabout. If Mr. Williams’ fine work,presented so brilliantly, does not suc¬ceed in Chicago, it is certainly evi¬dence of either lack of taste or lackof interest. Since sold out houses forthe other bits of nothing in town ex¬clude the possibility of lack of inter¬est, unfortunately, it leaves the al¬ternative, lack of taste, which mightpossibly explain why we don’t getmore and better plays.Page Six ■ — —10,000 Witness Stagg GamesAs Senn Wins Holiday CrownMore than 10,000 spectators wit¬nessed the annual Stagg holidaygames according to an unofficial esti¬mate. Thirty-four public high schoolsof the Chicago area took part in theeliminations in which Senn highschool won top honors.Senn, a dark horse of the tourna¬ment, knocked off Gage Park’s highlytouted five which had previously won13 games in a row, 37-33. A NewYear’s Day crowd of 3,500 was kept onits feet for most of the game as bothteams fought bitterly for the advan¬tage as the lead changed hands sever¬al times in the first minutes of thesecond half. Senn took a one pointlead with four minutes of the thirdquarter and held on until the end ofthe game. man of Wells played his best game ofthe tourney, scoring 21 points.Waller had previously set thisyear’s tournament record when theyscored 75 points against Sullivan inthe semi-finals, and Waller can alsoclaim the tournament’s individuahigh scorer in Cliff France who drop¬ped in 62 points in 4 games. The GagePark squad was bolstered by DonFeeney’s 59 markers in the same num¬ber of games while Tom Hoffman ofWells came through with 58 points.Bato Goverderica, Lane Tech for¬ward, made an outstanding perform¬ance by scoring 57 points in the^^hreegames which he played. Goverdericaalso made the 1944 record for individ¬ual points in a single game by scoring25 points against Fenger.The earlier game for third placebetween Waller and Wells saw Wellsbeing outrun by the rugged west sidequintet in a battle which ended in a36-33 finish. Cliff France and DonCrement led the third place squadwith 10 and 9 points, while Tom Hoff¬ Tallest player in the tournamentwas 6’ 6” Jack Wulf while the heaviestwas Eugene Nowak of Lindblom whotipped the scales at well over 230pounds. Smallest man and one of thethird place Waller squad was BobLittle.A WELCOME HAND TO BELLSYSTEM WAR VETERANSSome day we shall have the pleasure of wel¬coming back to the Bell System the men andwomen who are now in the armed forces.We shall be glad to see them personally,glad of their skill and energy for the big taskswhich face the Bell System in the future.Trained men and women of vision andenergy will always be required to build andmaintain this country’s nation-wide telephonesystem —and to provide the best telephoneservice in the world.BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM^Service to the Nation in Peace and War** THE CHICAGO MAROONChicago Qoses1944with Two GameSplit Against Williams, Navy RadioMaroons Meet NavyIn Second BattleAt Home TomorrowThe surprising Maroons, possessorsof a better than .500 percent average,bump up against Chicago Naval Radiotomorrow night in their first encount¬er of the new year. It was the NavyRadio squad which edged the Uni¬versity in its last game before theholidays by a scant two point margin.With many of Norgren’s injuredplayers improving their conditionduring their two week lay off, CoachNels should be able to field a quintetwhich can give the victorious Navysquad something to think about. FredDeGraw, handicapped by a bad kneeand foot, hit the nets for 13 pointsagainst the Navy and seemed to havethe boys in blue thoroughly confusedwith his innumerable fakes and shots.Howard Brokken, veteran Navyplayer should be in his usual top formand Bob Kuhn, previously sufferingfrom an injured knee, is expected tomake a strong comeback in tomor¬row’s game. Big George Raby andlightning fast John Sharp will com¬plete the Maroon varsity’s strongestcombination.The University’s defense will haveto be on sharp lookout for Bob Bie-terman, the little man with the twozeros on his back. Bieterman was theNavy’s chief scoring threat as he drop¬ped in 13 points and played a hangupfloor game. Harry Janchenko andDon Curb will also warrant watchingin what the Chicago boys hope willbe a revenge meeting.Tomorrow’s battle marks the finalappearance of thejiome team in thefieldhouse. After the Navy game theygo to George Williams College andWheaton College to complete their1944-45 schedule. The game will be¬gin promptly at 8:00 at the Fieldhousewith the usual band and cheerleaders. Team KeepsPlus RatingChicago closed its 1944 end of thebasketball season with a two gamesplit against George Williams ancthe Chicago Naval Radio Station.The Maroons extended their winningstreak to four games when they hand¬ed George Williams College a 39-30setback December 16 at the Field-house. Chicago Naval Radio broke thestring on December 20 when theyedged gut the University 45-43, withthe winning Navy besket coming withbut 10 seconds to play.George Raby had another goodnight against the Williams five as hedropped in 10 markers to lead theMaroons to a nine point win. Chicagowas trailing at the half, 22-19 butNels Norgren’s rapidly improvingsquad closed that deficit and outscoredWilliams 20-8 in the second period.Steady, dependable Howard Brok-Indoor Trcwk TeamWell Under WayFor Big Ten MeetVarsity practice for indoor trackis well under way at the Field House,Coach Ned Merriam has announced.He also stated that a practice meetwould be held with Northwestern Uni¬versity on January 27. At present,though, a great number of positions onthe Maroon squad are still open, andCoach Merriam urges all men inter¬ested to report to the Field House.Practice is held from 3:00 to 5:00 ev¬ery afternoon, and the individual mem¬bers of the team are rapidly gettinginto shape. There will be several dualmeets after the first one with North¬western, with the Big Ten meet as aclimax. This year the Big Ten meetwill be held here in Chicago, at theField House. The date has been setfor sometime in March. ken followed Raby with 9 points whileHarry Rohlman of the Williams quin-tet took game honors with 4 basketsand 3 gift tosses. Brokken’s play inthis contest and on preyious occasionshas been one of the highlights of theMaroon team and coupled with civil-ians Raby, John Sharp, and Fred De¬Graw the Navy trainee has turned ina good season.Naval Radio WinsThe last game of the old yearbrought with it the end of the Ma¬roons’ winning streak as the NavalRadio School outlasted Chicago in atight match, 45-43. The Universitytrailed 14-16 at the half after How¬ie Brokken dropped in a sensationalone-handed pivot shot from the centerof the floor to bring the Maroons with¬in 2 points of the Radio team.Veteran Fred DeGraw hit his scor¬ing pace once more with 6 baskets anda free throw while Navy man Kuhn,on the Chicago squad and just recov¬ering from an injured knee, almostsaved the game with a last minuteone handed push shot but Navy Radiocame back with 10 seconds to play andBieterman returned the complimentwith an identical one handed push toset the final score at 46 to 43.DeGraw Scores 13 PointsFred DeGraw of Chicago and BobBieterman of Navy split game honorswith 13 points apiece while Kuhnscored 9 points and Brokken 4 buck¬ets. George Raby was handicappedsomewhat by the taller Navy men buthe made a major portion of the Uni¬versity’s rebounds and accounted forfive points.Box scores for the two games areas follows:ChIcMW (3t) Gearga Wms. (30)Dahnu 1 0 0 Crowley 8 0 4DeGraw 8 0 1 Rohlman 4 2 1Kuhn 1 5 6 Furgson 1 2 0Flanacan 1 0 2 Fenton 1 1 2Adam* 1 1 2 Murphy 1 4 2Rabr 5 0 1 Py*ig 0 1 0Brokken 4 1 2 Adamson 0 0 0Breuklander 0 0 1Sharp 0 0 116 7 16 10 10 9Chicaga (43) Naval Radio (45)Dahma 0 0 0 Janchenko 8 2 6Kuhn 4 1 1 Robbins 8 8 1Adams 0 0 1 Hilderbrand 1 1 2DeGraw 6 1 2 Helfrieh 1 1 1Breoklaiider 0 0 0 Bieterman 6 1 4Brokken 4 0 1 Curb 4 1 1Sharp 8 0 1Flanagan 1 0 1Raby 2 1 820 t 10 18 9 14intra BasketballProgram AnnouncedThree leagues are being planhed forthe all-University intramural basket¬ball program scheduled to start Jan.16, according to J. Kyle Anderson,Chicago athletic director. A separatebracket will be provided for serviceand medic squads on the campus whilemen of the first two years will forma second and the last two years will1’orm the third.Each team will play one game aweek on either Tuesday, Wednesdayor Thursday starting at 7:00. Thedeadline for team entries is January11 at 4:00 in Bartlett Gymnasium. Inorder to start the program promptly,Mr. Anderson urgently requestedthat as many of these teams be en¬tered before that date as possible.The games are expected to carrythrough January and February withplayoffs ending the last week in Feb¬ruary. 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