CHICAGO MAROOVol. 4, No. 29 Z-149 Friday, February 2, 1945 Price Five CentsAs An ^rfisr Sees /t...«v.This is an artist’s concept of Gogol’s ’Ttie Inspector General” to bestaged by ODP next weekend. Lauri Dodge, staff artist with The Chi¬cago Maroon, penned this sketch.Student Cast Begins SeasonWith The Inspector General'By j^tty Stearns ^(Feature Editor, Chicago Maroon)Next Friday and Saturday nights, February 9 and 10, TheOffice of Dramatic Productions will present its first play of theWinter Quarter, Gogol's “The Inspector General."The largest group of students to begathered on Mandel Hall stage forseveral years will partake in this elab¬orate pr .’action of the Russian’s fa¬mous satire. Maynard Wishner willplay the part of Hlestakov, the pen¬niless clerk who, posing as a SaintPetersberg dandy on vacation, is mis.taken by the good citizens of a smalltown for the Inspector General, cometo put their municipal house in order.Mr. Wishner will be remembered forhis past performances in “Night MustFall,” “Pgymalion,” and “Green Growthe Lilacs.”Also included in the cast are: Ar¬thur Cohen, Allen Boulton, John Tar-burten, William Ivie, Marvin Mindes,Curtis Crawford, Edwin Goldberger,George Sorter, George Drew, and Rob¬ert Voas. Continuing the list areThomas Day, Ben Horowitch, ChuchHarris, Roy Pakensky, Roberta Unger,Lois Cohen, Sis Ursner, Sonia Fried-Expect 400 AtInter-Club OnSaturday NightInter-Club Formal is to be helcSaturday evening, at InternationalHouse from nine to one. As formeryears, the dance will be formal forall.The grand march will be led bythe Council’s president and secretary;Betsy Wallace and Ann Flack. Out¬standing seniors will represent in¬dependent women. This years choicesare Sue Buckingham, Janet Davison,Carol Donovan, Ruth Greenlee, ErnieRowe, Merle Sloan, and Helen Wei-selberg.Music will be provided by DelBaker and his orchestra and refresh¬ments will be served. man, and Helen Auerbach.The experimental theatre group,which presented its first play, “TheAstonished Heart”, has made plansfor future productions. On February16, “Prometheus Bound” will be giv¬en, under the direction of Robert Car-ter, and early in March two puppetplays by Krymborg will be presented.Casting for the Greek play has notyet been completed, so interested stu¬dents should see Mr. Carter at 3:IBon Monday, in Lexington 7.Student FundDrive Begins;Quota $2500Climaxing a month of pre-driveactivity, the Committee of theWorld Student Service FundDrive, headed by Ruth Greenleeand Laurel Childe, will launcha two week program designedto reach the campus quota of$2500.Principal speaker at the campaignfunctions sponsored by various cam¬pus organizations, will be Miss LolaMayer, travelling secretary of theWSSF. On Sunday, she will speakat International House at theirweekly Sunday Soiree, on “A Bird’sEye View of Students in the World;”later the same day, she will speak be¬fore the Baptist Student Group andat Chapel House.On Monday at 3:30, Miss Mayerwill preside at a meeting for workersand solicitors of the drive; she willspeak before the Chapel staff at 4:30;the dormitories at 6:00; and at ameeting to which the clubs and fra-(Continued on page six) ' Flash Green LightU. C. Student Council;MeetCommutersAt a meeting of dormitory delegates held Wednesday eveningin Burton Lounge, endorsement of the principle of student govern¬ment was passed by an overwhelming majority. The endorsementtook the form of a motion adopting the aims of such an organigationembodied in a paper by Burton Rosner and Norman Kurland, resi¬dents of Burton Court. After a subsequent discussion of ways andmeans in relation to these aims, a committee was appointed tocollect various plans for student organization for presentation tothe full committee next Wednesday.A further development in the sit¬uation was the calling of a massmeeting for all commuters, to be heldFriday, February 16, at 3:30 p.m.,probably in Mandel Hall. The groupcalling the meeting is led by chairmanWilliam Sparks, a commuter in thefourth year of the College. Its pri¬mary aim, according to Sparks, is tcdetermine whether the majority ofcommuters will favor the principle ofstudent government. If the majorityapprove, the next step will be to arri^^e Mass MeetingSet By ForumNext TuesdayA meeting for the discussion ofstudent government has been sched-at a method for choosing commuter- uled by Student Forum for Tuesday,delegates to confer, on an equal basiswith the dormitory committee alreadyestablished.Tuesday, 7:30, Rosenwald 2—Stu¬dent Forum, mass meeting.Tuesday, 8 p.m.. Burton Lounge—Meeting of Committee of Wholeof Dormitory-Commuter repre¬sentatives.Wednesday, 8 p.m., Burtqn Lounge—Open meeting, student council.The chief aim of a student organ¬ization proposed by Rosner and Kur¬land, and adopted by the dormitorydelegates, is the encouragement ofcommunication between differentgroups of students and between fac¬ulty and students. Aims specificallyrenounced were 1) coercive power overindividual students; 2) the regulationof hours or similar rules; and 3) theregulation of the activities of groupsnot affecting the entire student body.Discussing the problem facing the(Continued on page six) Feb. 6, at 7:30 p.m., in RosenwaldHall, Room 2. All students, whethercommuters or dormitory residents,and at all levels in the University,are invited to attend and participate.Altl.ough doimitory representativeshave already endorsed the principleof student organization, no expres¬sion on the matter has been given byany large number of commuters. Themeeting will make it possible forcommuters to discuss their view withone another and with dormitory stu¬dents.Before general discussion begins,one student representing the advo¬cates of such an organization and onerepresenting the opposition will pre¬sent the pros and cons of the subject.Dale Stucky, Forum director, hasstated that although a number oftentative speakers in favor are avail¬able, he has not yet contacted any will¬ing to present the opposition’s views.Any student interested in doing soshould inform Stucky immediately.76 At Harper’sUniversity Sweats DespiteNationwide Coal CrackdownThe mercury bubbled and the ther-mostasts rested on a comfortably highniche on the Quadrangles Thursday,thought officially the nationwide coalthough officially the nationwide coalJames Byrnes, had been put intoeffect.Old-fashioned foot stoves continuedto gather dust and extra sweaters andblankets stayed in camphor for thetemperature throughout the campuswas normal and in some spots wasstifling. Readings taken by staff re¬porters with The Chicago Maroon re¬vealed that it was 76 in Harper’slibra.ry and 74 in President Hutchins’office, despite the ruling slashing tem¬peratures to 68.Chicago athletes won’t go intohibernation either. Some fear hadbeen expressed that it would be im¬possible to beat the Field House andhence to stage Saturday’s quadran¬gular indoor track meet, but thoserumors were squeled yesterady with an emphatic announcement that therewill be no track shutdown becauseof the coal shortage. Other Big Tenconference schools have expressedfear that they may be compelled topadlock their gymnasiums, but nonehave yet progressed beoynd the news¬paper quote stage.Byrnes in his order urged that coalproduction be chanelled from civilianuse into war production.Here are readings taken Thursdayin various buildings, indicating thatU.C. students won’t freeze in ’45.9:00 A.M. Room 27, Rosenwald 7510:00 A.M. Harper Reserve 7011:00 A.M. Periodical Reading 72Room11:00 A.M. Harper Reading Room 7011:30 A.M. Harper Circulating 7612:00 N President Hutchin’s 74Office12:15 P.M. The Commons 7412:45 P.M. Beecher 70 Ruth Draper, famed monologist,who will present several sketchesin Mandel Hall this evening.Story on Page 2.New StudentsOpen ClassesBy Pat KindahlThursday marked the beginning cclasses for approximately 160 strdents entering the College* at midyear. The new arrivals have been ocampus ^mce Monday, taking part ian orientation program, designed tintroduce them to the University,Under the direction of Norman IMaclean, dean of students in the College, the Student Orientation Boarplanned several social activities tenliven the routine of tests and regis¬tration.The first meeting of the new students on Monday morning includevarious addresses of welcome. Thiwas followed by two days of placfment tests, a duty for most, but to aleast one young hopeful actual I“fun”.Receptions in the dormitories Monday night gave the new studentschance to meet the official heads anstudent leaders of the residence hallsJeans and flannel shirts came out o(Continued on page six)Unique RationSystem MappedBy Book StoreRation by rotation!A unique rationing, conceived, nur¬tured and now being carried out bythe University Book Store seems tobe solving the cigarette shortage for60 happy people each day.The mechanics of the plan operateon a “patience rewardeth” basis. Eachday 60 numbered cards are distribut¬ed at 12:30. The next day, thesecards are redeemable for a packageof cigarettes. Thus, an hour’s fruit¬less wait is avoided, with the cigar¬ettes distributed more evenly.The system, originated earlier inthe week, appears to function smooth,ly and has been received with a greatdeal of enthusiasm from the cigar¬ette smoking portion of the campus.P«9« "TwoThis Week On CampusFriday/ February 2Religious Service, Joseph Bond Chapel. Leader: Donald E. Smith, GraduateStudent, Divinity School. 12:00 Noon.Lecture. “Who’s Who in Asia’s War: Chiang Kai-shek and Madame.” Speak-^ er: Sunder Joshi, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Univer¬sity of Chicago. Single Admission, $.75. Kimball Hall. 6:45 p.m.Special Activity Night. Ida Noyes Hall. 7:00-10:00 p.m.Record Playing. Room A of International House open for Record Playing,7:00-10:00 p.m.Character Sketches. Harold R. Peat Presents Ruth Draper. Benefit—Uni¬versity of Chicago Settlement. Tickets Available at Mandtl Hall BoxOffice. Leon Mandel Hall. 8:30 p.m.Dance at Foster and Kelly Halls, Presented by Kelly and Foster Halls.8:30 p.m.Basketball Game. Chicago plays North Park Academy. Field House. 4:00 p.m.'Track Meet. Chicago plays Mount Carmel High School. Field House. 4:00 p.m.Swimming Meet. Elgin Academy vs. Chicago. Bartlett Gymnasium. 4:00 p.m.Mathematical Biophysics Meeting. “Dimentionality of Values.” Speaker:Dr, Warren S, McCulloch, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of Il¬linois, 5822 Drexel Avenue. 4:30 p.m.Saturday, February 3Track Meet. Maroons will be Host to Purdue, Wisconsin, Northwestern andMinnesota. Field House. 2:30 p.m.Burton Court Dance, Presented by the First and Second Year Men. Men’sHall, 8:30 p.m.Sunday, February 4Religious Service, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Preacher: Dean W. J. Faulk¬ner, Memorial Chapel, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. 11:00 a.m.Sunday Soiree. Speaker: Lola Mayer, Travelling Secretary of WSSF. Sub¬ject: “A Birdseye View of Students in the World”. International House.Home Room. 4:30-6:30 p.m. ■*— ’ ' Friday, February 2, 1945Huge Crowd Flocks to HearDebate on Peace Time DraftBy Joan KohnTHE CHICAGO MAROONStudent Red CrossUnit to EntertainAiling Servicemen'On St. Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14,patients of Gardiner General Hospitalwill be entertained by a show spon¬sored by the University Red Crossunit.Under the direction of Jayni Cowan,the members of the cast will presenta musical titled “Quiet! Dress Re¬hearsal.” Included in the cast arethirty dancing girls, a singing chorus,a trio, and several soloists.Featured performers will be CorkyGlasner, who will, interpret DannyKaye’s version of “Deena,” and GloriaSandalis, who will render “Journeyto a Star.”'Managing the technical end of theproduction will be Pat O’Kelly chore¬ographer for the show; Mary JeanCranshaw, in charge of makeup, andPeggy Nickerson, who will supervisecostumes, setting, and stage properties. Compulsory military training inpeacetime, one of the most hotly de¬bated questions of the year, was rakedover the coals again last Friday eve¬ning at the discussion sponsored byLabor Rights Society. The questionwas debated by Wilbur C. Munnecke,vice-president of the University andMilton Mayer of the AdministrativeOffices with professor Mortimer J.Adler acting as moderator.Munnecke took the floor first, onbehalf of compulsory training, justify¬ing it on the basis of military neces¬sity. Doubt of this necessity was ex¬pressed by Mayer, who concluded thatsince the Allies are going to crushGermany and Japan we would be opento attack only from the “peace-lovingnations”. Another source of disagree¬ment occured over the size of thepeacetime forces.Arguments favoring conscription asa means of bettering health and ed¬ucation were discarded immediately byMunnecke. Mayer pointed out, how¬ ever, that these same arguments havebeen advanced by government author-ities as reasons for supporting theproposal. He proposed that an inter¬national organization with the powerto outlaw war from the world wouldbe far more effective in maintainingpeace than military forces.Originally scheduled to take placein the Oriental Institute, the debatedrew /Such large numbers of peoplethat it was necessary to switch themeeting to Kent Laboratory. EvenKent was not large enough to accom¬odate the crowds which overflowedinto the aisles.Ruth DraperActs TonightRuth Draper, monologist, whose re¬nowned character sketches have wonesteem the world round, will presenta series of solo-dramas tonight inMandel Hall. She will appear underthe auspices of the University of Chi¬cago Settlement at its annual benefit.Monday, February 5Recording Concert and Tea. Ida Noyes Hall. 3:30-5:00 p.m. •Roller Skating. Ida Noyes Hall. 6:30-9:00 p.m.Tuesday, February 6Religious Service, Joseph Bond Chapel. Leader: Clifton G. Hoffman, Directorof Extension and Chaplain of the Divinity School. 12:00 Noon.Public Lecture. “Mathematics and the Imagination: Music and Mathematics.”Speaker: Manfred F. Bukofzer, Associate Professor of Music, Universityof California. Room 122, Social Science Building. 4:30 p.m.Mass meeting. 7:30, Rosenwald 2. Student Forum to discuss student govern¬ment for college.Documentary Film. “China’s 400 Million.” Single Admission $.35. Room 122,Social Science Building. 8:00 p.m.Wedn^day, February 7^blic Lecture. “The Civil Service in Wartime: The National Roster of Sci-‘ ■ entific and Professional Personnel.” Speaker: Leonard Carmichael,“ President of Tufts College, Former Director of the National Roster ofScientific and Professional Personnel. Room 122, Social Science Building.*‘<1:30 p.m. ^Public Lecture. “Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East: Mesopota¬mia.” Speaker: Professor Thorkild Jacobsen. Room 122, Social ScienceBuilding. 7:30-9:30 p.m.Post-War Discussion Group. Speaker: Emilio Almada, Mexican Consulate.Room A, International Housp. 8:00 p.m.Open meeting. 8 p.m.. Burton Lounge. Dormitory representatives meet tovote on plans for student government.Thursday, February 8Public Lecture. “Mathematics and the Imagination: The Biological Basis ofImagination.” Speaker: Ralph Waldo Gerard, Professor of Physiology,University of Chicago.EXTRA!Now OpenUnder New Management--"mmSPIC - N - SPANClub Steak Our SpecialtyOpen Daily Except Sunday 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.1321 EAST 57th STREET Marine Dining RoomEMIL VANDAS’ORCHESTRAfeaturingThe Amazing as well as AmusingPAUL SYDELL and SPOTTYTHE GLENS Miss Draper has been lauded fortwo decades for her three-dimensionalcharacter portrayals, which, with theaid of bits of costumary, have enabledher to project the most stirring dra¬matic moments of many levels of so¬ciety in a single brief sketch. Espe¬cially noted are her “On a Porch inMaine” and “Three Women and Mr.Clicord.” A small suitcase of as¬sorted shawls, hats and coats consti¬tute the entirety of her props, butare sufficient fon vivid projections ofono hundred and fifty characters insome two dozen sketches. MissDraper has also made appearanceswith her dancer nephew, Paul Draper.Canteen SponsorsParties on CampusSince the closing of the MidwayUSO at 975 E. 60th, the USO grouphas been sponsoring functions at IdaNoyes Hall every Sunday from threeto nine p.m.Each week a program of dancing,games, and contests is featured forall servicemen and women and thejunior hostesses of the USO. A five-piece orchestra furnishes the musicfor the dancing. In addition to thisprogram, punch and cookies areserved throughout the afternoon andare supplemented by a light buffetsupper at six.The informal Sunday parties arebeing continued indefinitely, not onlyfor the military groups stationed onthe University campus, but for serv¬ice personnel from other parts of thecity.Velveted MotionRUSSELL and RENEEMid-Air MirthV Club Fifty Years OldIn celebration of its fiftieth anni¬versary, the graduate history clubon campus presented a special pro¬gram Tuesday evening. Professor A.P. Scott, of the History Departmentspoke on “Reminiscences of the His¬tory Department.”/DOROTHY HILD DANCERS 4 MONTH INTENSIVECourse forCOLLEGE STUDENTS and GRADUATESA thoroi^h, intensive course—start¬ing February, July, October.Registration now open.★Regular day and evening schoolthroughout the year. Catalog.A SCHOOL OF BUSINESSPBEFEKKED BY COLLEGE MEN AND WOMENTHE GREGG COLLEGEPracldant John Robnrt Grogg, S.CD.Diroctor. Paul M. Pair MA.Dtft* C.M. 6 N. mdi. An. Td. tfMB UBlAMeep I. ■.Friday. Fabruary 2, 1945 THE CHICAGO MAROONCampus Veterans" CouncilDorm RoundupDorms Form Steering G)mmitteeTo Acton Government PlanIn accordance with last week's action on student organization,the residence halls have elected the following representatives tothe student government steering committee:Blake Hall, Marilyn Burkhart andBeatrice Everson; Beecher Hall, JoanBeckman, Anne Duvendeck, and Syl¬via Slade; Foster Hall, Ann Byrne,Ann Nichols and Ma(ry Alice Sproull;Gates Hall, Barbara Brown, DoloresDngel, June Gilliam and Zonabel Kin-gery; Green Hall, Del Filman, Na¬tascha Sznejder, Jaynie Cpwen andJean Gatewood; Kelly Hall, BobbieSullivan and Mary Locke Taylor.From, the men^s dormitories thefollowing were elected: Burton-Jud-son 200 Entry; Frank Higgins andBill Lenz; 300 Entyy, Edward Simp¬son, Arthur Berlin and WilliamMeazell; 4400 Entry, Stanley Tennen-baum and Harry Atkins; 600 Entry,Stephen Planck and Marshall Lowen-stein; 600 Entry, Kurland Bushnell;700 Entry, Collins Jaffee; 800 Entry,Hughes Austin; and Phi Gamma Del¬ta Don Labudde.A **BIake Blowout'* is be¬ing held tonight from 7:30—12:00p.m. in the living-room of BlakeHall. Refreshments will be served,and the entertainment will includea floor show in which Diane Fen-or, Christine Tardy, PatriciaCampbell, Marcia Rich, and JaneRamfey will participate. The committees responsible for thisactivity are: program, Dorothy Allen,who is also chairman of the warstamp committee; refreshments. TeeGaber; decorations, Gerry Melton andJanet Ekdahl; and invitations, AnnBrown.Ida Noyes Lounge and Library willbe the scene of an informal dance forGates-Blake girls and their guests onSaturday, February 17, from 9:00—12:00 p.m. Refreshments will beserved, and music will be providedby Wally Hermes and his band.Several enterprising Foster girlsare running the Maroon a close raceby their recently conceived news¬paper. The instigators and directorsof this project are Betty McMinn,editor; Dot Gregory, news editor;Harriet Martin, feature editor; andAnna Nichols, make-up editor.Other aspiring young journalists fromthe hall complete the staff. The bi¬weekly paper wil relay any currentnews of interest to the girls alongwith other amusing and timely sub¬jects. In this attempt to promoteunity and harmony among the girlsthe paper is to be utterly void ofany malicious gossip. Group AdoptsConstitution,Elects Officers\The University of ChicagoVeterans Council was officiallyopened at a meeting on campuslast week. Officers of the councilelected then are: president, Si¬mon Wygodny; vice-president,Walter Eaton; and secretary-treasurer, Alden Thayer.The organization adopted a con¬stitution, the preamble of which fol¬lows:“We the Veterans, as studentsand alumni of the University ofChicago do hereby organize forthe following purposes: to con¬tribute to the successful conclu¬sion of the war and to the main¬tenance of post-war security; toaid in the readjustment of theindividual veteran; to developnew ideas and interpret socialtrends as they affect the com¬munity and the veteran; to co¬operate with the administratorsof the public laws relating toveterans; and to provide an op¬portunity for contact among vet¬erans.*’A program was planned to discussgeneral and specific veteran problems.Committees formed are, in ExecutiveCommittee with advisory duties, aProgram Committee ,a MembershipCommittee and a Committee of Vet¬erans* Affairs. Religious Review‘Mardi Gras’ Theme for DancePlanned by Calvert ClubPlans for the Mardi Gras dance to be given a week fromtomorrow by the Calvert Club are nearing completion. The dancewill be held in the Ida Noyes theater, at 8:00 P.M. MickeyBrennan's twelve piece orchestra, which played for the Club'sdance last quarter, will be on hand again. Helen Toman, presi¬dent of the club, has announced the following committee heads:refreshments, Helen Flood; decorations, Veva Hopkins; and tick¬ets, Marie Jeanne Martin.“The Moral Implications ofBusiness as a Profession** is thesubject fbr next Sunday*s talkand discussion at the Calvert• Club. Edward A. Duddy, Profes¬sor of Marketing in the School ofBusiness at the University, willgive the lecture.Dean William J. Faulkner, of theMemorial Chapel of Fisk University,speaker at the morning service inRockefeller Chapel,* will lead ChapelUnion's discussion Sunday night. Oneof the foremost Negro educators inthe United States, Dean Faulkner willappear as a part of Chapel Union'sparticipation in Negro RecognitionWeek which comes later in the month.The meeting will be at 5802 Wood-lawn at 7:46 p.m.Chapel Unioners will meet at theChapel House at 7:15 Saturday to at¬tend a pop concert.The Episcopal Student Groupwill have as its speaket February9, Rev. Bernard I. Bell. Themeeting, which will be followedby discussion, will be held in Swift Commons.Harold Fey, field editor of TheChristian Century, will be the speakerof the evening at the next MethodistStudent League fellowship suppermeeting to be held at Chapel House,Thursday, from 6 to 8 p.m. His sub¬ject will be “Peacetime Military Con¬scription.”The Lutheran Student Associationwill hold a fellowship meeting Tues¬day evening at 7:30 p.m. in the ChapelHouse.Rabbi Rahim Sion of Baghdad, Iraq,a student of the folklore of the Jewsof the Middle East, will speak I^ayevening, February 9 at the HillelFireside to be presented in the IdaNoyes library at 7:46 p.m. The rabbi,who has studied in the United StalMand abroad, has chosen for his topicof discussion, “The Jews of Baghdadand the Middle East.*’ the discussioilwill deal 'with various aspects thehistory and folklore of the ancient;and contemporary Jewish communi¬ties of the Orient.BOOKS FOR EVERYONE New&UsedSTATIONERYSUPPLIEStPOST OFFICESOFT DRINKSSANDWICHES RENTAL LIBRARYReference BooksRecent FictionMysteriesART PRINTSGIFTS AND NOVELTIESPHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIESCome in and browse and meet your friendsat theUniversity of Chicago Bookstore5802 ELUS AVENUEifHWMjtelll Friday, February 2, 1945Page FourTHE CHICAGO MAROON THE CHiCASO MAROON —Radiator Keeps Time.. •Nh#Official student publication of the University of Chicago, published every Friday during theacademic quarters. Published at Lexington Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago. Illinois.Telephone DORcheeter 7279 or MIDway 0800, Ext. 851.EDITOR: Frederick 1. GottesmanBUSINESS MANAGER: Alan J. StraussASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR: Abe KrashDEPARTMENTAL EDITORS: Joan Geannopoulos, Jack Hill, Zonabel King<ery, Norman Macht, Betty Steams, William R. WambaughDEPARTMENTAL MANAGER: Phyllis Riggio. ,EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS: Barbara Barke, Ellen Baum, Charlotte Block, Babette Casper,Mitchell Cotter, Jayni Cowen, Robert Delgado, Jane Diefenbach Judy Downs, Catherine Elmes,Roger Englander, Ellen Englar, Albert Friedlander, June Gillian, Pat Howard, Jean Hubbard,Pat Kindahl, Joan Kohn, Shirley Krumbach, Frank Lewis, Lois Lowe, Lorraine McFadden,John Odell, Jane Peterson, Philip Reilly, Lolly Sharbach, Ward Sharbach, Estelle Sharpe, NancySmith, Helen Tarlow, Espey Voulis Frances Wineberg, Mary Wong, Peggy Whitfield,Carol Wright.BUSINESS ASSISTANTS: Florence Baumruk, Carol Chism, Barbara Gee, Mary JaneGould, Elaine Johnson, Doris Krudener, Kathleen Overholser, Alex Pope, Connie Slater,Robert Voas, Phoebe Zinder.Where Are The Comrnuters?Last Wednesday’s meeting of the all-dormitory committeefor student organization made impressive progress in one sense,and in another it reached an impasse. After an endorsement ofthe formal ends of student government, the committee spent thebalance of the evening deliberating on possible means to imple¬ment these generally accepted ends. When no tangible agreementwas reached a motion was made and carried to appoint a fact¬finding sub-committee for the express purpose of collecting andstudying various plans of establishing a student council. It isexpected that students from all parts of the campus will submitplans for consideration by this committee.Planning Committee NamedThe establishment of a committee to study plans of studentgovernment represents progress, but, unfortunately, one factseems to have escaped the dormitory group: the commuting stu¬dents on campus have yet to be included as a body in the considera¬tions of the dormitory committee. This fact makes all progressto date limited, and any failure to recognize and adjust to thisfact in the future will make further progress impossible.Commuters OverlookedThe large mass of commuters must not only be given theopportunity to ratify or reject any particular plan formulated bythe all-dormitory committee ; they must also be allowed to par¬ticipate on a basis of full equality in all deliberations prior to theproposal of any given plan. Until the commuters share in suchfuture deliberations, any attempt to characterize the studentcouncil which will evolve from these group meetings as trulyrepresentative and democratic will be futile. Commuters make upa full fifty per cent of the campus, and they must be permitted tooffer their opinions, not only as individuals, but as a group as well.Full Endorsement NeededThere are, however, certain practical problems which niustbe considered and overcome before equal commuter representationcan be achieved. For one thing, no expression of endorsement ofthe principle of student council has yet been received from theday students as a body. This endorsement is essential if thosestudents .who are at all interested ever expect to see such acouncil exist as an instrument of common good on this campus.Furthermore, some mechanism must be established so that arepresentative commuter committee can be democratically electedto serve in the same capacity as the present dormitory committee.Both problem'^ must be overcome as soon as possible so that thecommuters will be placed on a basis of equality with the dormitoryresidents. Once this is done, the way will be clear for furtherprogress towards our common goal-—a democratic, all-campusstudent council.All-Commuter Meeting' The means to this immediate end are being provided by asmall group of commuting students who are sponsoring an all¬commuter mass meeting to be held Friday afternoon, February 16on campus. Such a meeting can and must solve these two vitalproblems. There must be, however, one essential ingredient addedto the efforts of this group. There must be a wholehearted,universal response by the thousand and more commuting students.All commuters must join in the meeting, express their opinions,and assume their definite share of democratic responsibilities.^ Representation VitalSuch a meeting will be an opportunity for all students toparticipate on a free and equal basis in a matter vital to theentire University. An overwhelming response will be the com¬muter’s guarantee that he will not be dominated by any narrowspecial interest splinter group, and he will receive full considera¬tion on a par with the student who lives on campus. Commutersmust he the forgotten people on campus no longer! The Albeneri Trio, AlexanderSchneider, violin; Benar Heifetz, vio¬loncello; and Erich Itor Kahn, piano;presented a very successful chamberconcert in Mandel Hall, Tuesday, Jan-uary 30. The program included' theTrio No. 5 in E Flat Major by Haydn;the Trio in A Minor by Ravel; and theTrio No. 1 in B Flat Major by Schu¬bert.The Haydn trio, a seldom heard,very appealing work, was played theleast attractively. Mr. Kahn playedwith good technique and musical ex¬pression, but full blending of theinstruments was marred by Mr.Schneider’s exaggerated “pushing”and the fact that Mr. Heifetz (whowas evidently bored by a typicallydull Hadyn ’cello part) paid too littleattention to important details ofphrasing and dynamics.The Ravel trio is a supremely beau¬tiful composition. The first move¬ment, Modere, is one of very warmexpression, which was not quite doneCritic LaudsArtisCs WorkAs Vivid^ AliveMy impression of the new showby Cha.rles Schucker, at the SouthSide Community Ai’t Center, is thathe is one of th« most vivid and aliveyoung painters around town today.It is an exhibition of watercolorswhich give full play to his broad andvigorous style of painting. Everypicture is lull of movement, and thereis a freedom and boldness in hisstrokes that makes even the still lifeslose the static quality that is usuallyassociated with the form. Animation,backed by sound draughtsmanship isparticularly well exemplified in ablack and grey study of three nudes,one of the most impressive in the show.His colors are primary reds, blues,and greens, with lots of black, thatmatch his style in their directness.His subjects range from landscapeto city scenes, and his figures arealmost caricatures, realistic, withoutdetail, only their action is stressed.He is primarily a realist, in spite ofhis freedom and a sometime tendencyto simplify almost to the point of ab¬straction.At first glance, the landscapes ap¬pear decorative and striking; actuallythey lack a certain depth. He seemsmuch happier when doing the streetscenes filled with moving people. Per¬haps this is because he is young, andin a tremendous hurry to paint allhe can, but he is an artist worth fol¬lowing, one who will go a long way.Biographically speaking, Schucker,was born in Maryland and graduatedfrom the Institute of Fine Arts ofthat state. He received the HenryWalters Traveling Scholarship, whichincluded a trip to Europe, and is nowon the staff of the Community Center.The Museum of Modern Art and theAnnual Watercolor Show at the ArtInstitute are among the galleries hehas shown at in the past few seasons.The Community Center at 3831 *S.Michigan is in itself one of the mostinteresting places of its kind in thecity. According to Mr. Gorleigh, the di¬rector, it is the only Negro and Whiteart center in the world, sponsored bypublic funds. The classes are free,and the staff of artists who teachthem have volunteered their services.It is certainly one of the more worthwhile community enterprises, par¬ticularly if all their shows are of thecaliber of this one.—Muriel McChesney to its fullest extent in this perform¬ance. The second movement, Pant-oum, is a catchy, very modern sound¬ing piece with a strong Spanish flavorto it. The third is a beautifully con¬structed passacaglia. Slow, somber,technically pure; it is profoundlymoving.* The final Anime is “anim¬ated” with a large quantity of fastpizzicatti, weird uses of the naturalharmonics of the ’cello, and delicaterunning passages in the piano. In thelast three movements the ensembleplaying was excellent, the difficulttechnical feats were dashed off withgreat accuracy, and inspired andstudied understanding of the feelingin the music was displayed.The- most perfect performance ofthe evening was given to the Schuberttrio. Audience reaction was enthus¬iastic, a fitting tribute to a very nicecomposition and the expert musician-ship shown. Unfortunately, a stub¬born backstage radiator kept up aA. People Who Owned Slaves.B. People Who Didn’t Own Slaves.The People Who Owned Slaves lived,generally, south of the line laid outby the famous surveyor. Mason Dixon.These people never did anything ex¬cept, of course, live in the South andown slaves, such warlike actions thatthe People Who Didn’t Own Slaveswere constantly expecting war tobreak out.The People Who Didn’t Own .slaveslived, generally, in the North. Thiswas a region where slaveiy was econ¬omically unprofitable. By a strangecoincidence, the people who lived therewere the Americans most firmly con¬vinced that slavery was an unpardon¬able moral wrong wliich should beobliterated immediately. Most out¬spoken of the People Who Didn’t OwnSlaves was Harriet Beecher Stowewho wrote a well known book basedon her experiences while living in atown on the north bank of the OhioRiver. There she invented an ingen¬ious method of freeing Kentuckyslaves. She realized how horrible san¬itary conditions were in the Southand began luring slaves into the freestate of Ohio to take baths. She istherefore known as America’s mostfamous abolutionist. The place wherethe abolutions took place was euphem¬istically called “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”.That Mrs. Stowe’s book was one ofthe chief causes of the Civil War isunquestionable. Having brought abouta fratricidal war which killed thou¬sands of American men, disrupted theeconomy of a huge portion of theUnited States, created the most acuteracial problem America has ever faced,and left a sectional animosity whichlasted for decades, Mrs. Stowe wasable to retire peacefully to Englandto help Lady Byron accuse her hus¬band of immoral conduct.Other prominent abolutionists of thetime were members of a secret militaryorganization known as the WilliamLloyd’ Garrison. The patron saintof this organization was a martyredslave named John, about whom theywrote the famous marching song ofthe aboultionists, John’s Brown Body. i'apping throughoutthe performance, causing a whispereddiscussion between the performers af¬ter the first movement. But in theperformance itself it was hard to finda significant flaw. The tempi, phras¬ing, tone and, in particular, the excel¬lent spicatto in the rondo (last move¬ment) were very highly commendable.It must be remembered that theAlbeneri group has only been in exist¬ence for several months. Present in¬dications are, however, that with con¬tinued association these artists maywell become the same sort of standardof excellence in their field as theBudapest group has become for stringquartets. As such they will be per¬forming a very useful service, as theform of the piano trio, for which manybeautiful compositions have been writ¬ten, requires the utmost of ensembleskill to achieve proper balance andtonal blending of the instruments.—Samuel GoldenFaculty GetsMost Smokes!To the Editor:We are sending you this letter inthe hope that you will publish it.We realize that the cigarette shortageis critical, however, since Ida Noyesreceives a number of cartons per week,it seems to me that the students areentitled to a few of the more popularbrands. We have observed many timesthat two and three packs are givento the members of the faculty whilethe students do not receive any. Am1 correct in saying that Ida Noyes isfor the students? If so, I think thatthe cigarettes should be evenly dis¬tributed to both students and faculty.J. V.R. T.AroundThe TownWhen soft lights, pleasant surround¬ings and good food are of majorimportance, beat a path to the“CASSEROLE”, Seneca Hotel, 200East Chestnut. It may be a little offyour beaten track, but for the mealwith charm you’ve always wanted,it’s worth clearing a road for. Threedelightful dining rooms await yourpleasure. One, large and formal; thesecond, with hand-painted Chinesewallpaper, and another, warmer andmore intimate.As you might imagine, casserolesare featured, the specialty changingeach day. Other dishes are equallytempting, and pastel china makes ev¬ery course appetizing. Despite thegood main dishes, we have a greatsuspicion that most folks await the“perfect French Pastry” with evenmore anticipation. Displayed in themain room, on a round, tiered table,covered with glass, they often keepthe mind off the main courses.You may have to dig down for anextra dollar-a-head, (dinner runsabout $2.60), before starting out, butyou’ll win many compliments from themost demanding “date,” for The Cas¬serole is just right for Saturday-evening “specials”.Audience Hails Albeneri Triosenii-rhythmicalA Guide To The Befuddled^ George HiltonTHE REPUBLICAN’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATESChapter XIIIWe shall begin the second half of the term by studying the. leading to the Civil War. The. was highlighted by the tremendousstruggle over slavery. The stragglers may be roughly classifiedinto two groups:Friday, February 2, 1945 —Eat With Tradition,Visit The CommonsFor the benefit of the new students on campus we'd like tointroduce Hutchinson Commons. So if you'll just follow me I'lltake you through. Careful now, step over that seal. No, there'sno trapdoor concealed underneath, it's just traditional to walkaround it. There are quite a few traditions around here; you'llget ujed to it, in time.Did I hear someone ask about Hut¬chinson? Why he was treasurer ofthe University until his death in 1924.That’s his picture over there on thecast wall. He donated the ^hall in1903; it s a replica of Christ ChurchDininp Hail at Oxford. The windows?I know, they are rather dirty, there’sa storv connected with that. It seemsthat the Prince of Wales visited someyears back and remarked that thewindows were much too clean—^theynever washed them at Oxford. Thenand there another tradition was estab¬lished, one that B. and G. (that’sBuildings and Grounds to you un-iniated) undoubtedly welcomed withopen arms. Observe closely and you’llnotice that some industrious individ¬ual, probably a human fly, has re¬arranged the dust of the windows onone side to spell out CHIICAGO.If you’ll lower your line of vi¬sion a little—that’s about right—you’ll notice the shields going allaround the room. Those rep¬resent Oxford, Trinity Collegeand several American universi¬ties. The alternating shieldsmarked HH stand for HutchinsonHalL The portraits? They areplaced here in honor of variousmen—and one woman—who havebeen a part of, or have con¬tributed in some way to theUniversity.Everyone can eat at the Commons.It was orig^inally a men’s dining roombut it was opened to woman inl926.No, they didn’t starve the womenprevious to 1926; they ate at theCloisters in Ida Noyes Hall.Are they always this busy? Welljust ask Miss Marshall. She told methe other day that they serve a thou¬sand people at lunch alone. Duringan average day approximately twothousand ‘five hundred meals areserved. Yes sir, I agree, that makesa lot of dishes to wash. By the way,if you’re interested in the job MissMarshall is loking for bus boys.Someone mentioned parties alittle while ago; the3r’ve beenabandoned for the daration. Thestaff has its hands full just keep¬ing up the regular schedule asyou can well imagine from thestatistics that I just gave you.Besides the Commons they main¬ tain the Coffee Shop for theA.S.T.P. The C. Shop used tobe a favorite hangout, especiallyfor bridge fiends (there are quitea few on this campus).That girl dashing through? That’sBabs Casper, creator of “Around theTown,” featured every week in theMaroon (may I sell you a subscrip¬tion?) She’s probably looking forOlga again. That’s right, you haven’theard about Olga. She’s the “woman”of the hour right now, Casper haseveryone out searching for her. She’sa beautiful female tapeworm andCasper just has to find her. If youspot her you might let me know.We’re nearing the food counternow—it’s every man for himself fromhere. I’ll be seeing you!Art Exhibit OpensIn Goodspeed Hall;Steig, Others ShotvnOne of the year’s nost successfulart displays is the Exhibition of Con¬temporary Illustrated Books, now be¬ing held in the Goodspeed Galleries.The show, sponsored by the Friendsof the Library and'the RenaissanceSociety, opened January 28 and willcontinue until February 10.A particulary prominent feature ofthe show consists of the original il¬lustrations by many noted artists.Among them is William Steig, repre¬sented by his original drawings forhis latest book and his cartoons forthe New Yorker Magazine. Most ofthe 200 books on display have beenloaned to the Exhibit by the variouscampus libraries.CHINA’S 400 MILLION, an epicof a heroic struggle, will be pre¬sented by the Documentary FilmGroup in Social Science 122, Tues¬day, at 8 p.m. With the re-openingof the Burma Road and the state¬ment by General Stilwell himselfthat the Japanese army may makeits final stand on the Asia main¬land, China is expected to play amore important role in the War.The Film is an insight into presentproblems of (Dhina.Betty StearnsSidelights on FootlightsIf you're ever up on North La Salle Street on a Friday orSaturday night, it might be worth your while to locate a littletheatre called Uptown Players Center. The Uptown Players, forall their theatrical ups and downs, are probably the most inter¬esting amateur group in tlie city.They were founded by Preston Brad¬ley and J. Bradley-Griffin, their pres¬ent director, in 1924, and gave theirplays in a succession of buildings fromthe People’s Church^to the Civic Thea-re. Early in 1943, however, Mr.Griffin secured another old church,which was promptly converted intoa theatre. A large stage was built,along with twelve dressing rooms, aradio room, costume departments,workshops, and an equipped kitchen.Now, the object of this tirade isnot to conclude that since the Playershave been awarded several prizes fortheir work, and since Hugh Marlowe,and Tyrone Power have at times actedwith them, you ought to be duly im¬ pressed. As a matter of fact, theirlast production, “The Taming of theShrew” while enjoyable, was certainlyno artistic triumph. The sets andcostumes, all m^de by the group, wereingenious; the interpretation was notextraordinary, nor was the acting, forthe most part, polished.But an amateur group in Chicagowith as much spirit and interest oughtto be noticed and appreciated. Don’texpect professional grace, for theydon’t have it, or at least it didn’tshow in their last play. You willhave a completely delightful eveningat the Center, tho’, coffee between actsand all, so look in next month on“Our Town”. THE CHICAGO MAROONCatherine ElmesCross CampusThis week we introduce one ofthe most colorful figures on cam¬pus, Sonia Friedman, 'wearer ofsu^ pumps on the midway.Sonia, known to her public as“Sunny,” is one of ODP’s young hope¬fuls. Some of you saw her in theExperimental Theater’s opus no. 1,“.The Astonished Heart.” The restof you will be seeing her in ODP’sforthcoming production “InspectorGeneral,” in which Sunny will scintil¬late for ten lines or so.She’s currently working on an Ex¬perimental Theater play of her own,Alfred Kreymborg’s “Mannikin andMinnikin” for which Sunny’s tryingto find a leading man to play oppositeher. Interested ?As per U. of C. formula, Sunny iswildly infatuated with the Gothicarchitecture of the university build¬ings and of Mr. Hutchins (yes, that’sexactly what we mean).More background stuff: Sunny’sname has appeared in The ChicagoMaroon three times to date. Sherides horseback and is takingadagio dancing and aviation les¬sons (which fact is not to reachMama Friedman’s ears till Sunnysolos).And here’s something for WillieWambaugh to mull over. Sunny hatesj i)ink and Elsie Dinsmore and thrivesDn breakfasts of lamb chops andFrench fried potatoes. On secondthought, let’s not tell Willie.In the middle of our interview, aline suddenly began to form onSunny’s right.“Why of course, help yourself,” sheinvited, in a lush Pennsylvania drawl.“Any time at all,” and she beganpassing out genuine tobacco-filledChesterfields to all comers.Sunny is still, however, a w^nianof mystery. “A career?” she echoed.“Yes, I’ve thought quite a bit aboutit. Right now I’m interested in beinga toxicologist.” “I beg your pardon!”“You know, toxicologist . . . one whostudie^ poisons.” “Oh yes, of course.Well, it’s been a pleasure, meetingyou and all. Good luck.”Film FeaturesVon StroheimL’Alibi, the second Fiction *Film to be presented this quarter,is entertaining, in spite of itsmelodramatic tendencies. Al¬though the plot is mediocre, thedirection and the photographyare excellent. The dialogue iswell-paced.L’Alibi was shown Tuesday eveningby the Documentary Film Group.Helene, a dance hostess at a cafe,is approached by Winkler (Eric vonStroheim), a psychic performer atthe cafe, and offered twenty thousandfrancs she will provide him with analibi for a certain night. She accepts,learning too late that murder is in¬volved. Threatened by Winkler, sheis forced to be silent, but the in¬spector in charge of the case suspectsthat she is lying. Helen is forced in¬to an admission when the man sheloves, really an agent of the police,is arrested for the murder. Enragedat the deception, she fiees, but is shotby Winkler’s personal servant. Wink¬ler himself commits suicide. The end¬ing, which detracted from any valuethat the plot might have had, reunitesHelene, now miraculously recovered,with her lover.Eric von Stroheim most nearly ap¬proaches a dignified characterizationin a very motley assortment of peoplewho do nothing for the unity of plotAlthough it was pleasant enough,L’Alibi is easy to forget.—Helen Taylor PageQuadranglesMiscellany‘LIFE’ Goes to School?We've been trying to track down the intrepid LIFE photog-.raphers who are rumored to be chasing around the campus for pixof all the pretty entering freshmen. A couple braved the place-;,ment test battery and furnished a diversion by posing all the glam¬or girls in the front row (legs crossed, too). And one of our inform¬ants whispered that some men with cameras had been roaming -through Foster Hall. We hope that this time the U. of C. will :make the magazine—^for we well remember once when the girls' 'jiu jitsu class went through their routine for the photogs andonce last fall when we heard horrible tales of a LIFE man posinga non-C Man (non-senior too) on the C Bench—and all for nought.Mirabile Dictu!At the Katherine Dunham tea this week we spotted a Sun reporter anda Tribune ditto in a deep and apparently amicable conversation over in a cor¬ner. What would the Colonel say were he to see one of his elite hobnobbingwith the hoi polloi?Social DoingsThe Burton-Judson lounge opened Sunday night with plenty of food,punch, books (ah yes, we heard they went up to the library) and women. Fos¬ter Hall’s dance Friday night promises to be a shebang of best Foster tradi¬tion—as does Blake’s blue jean party.If you see a club woman dashing madly about campus, you can rest assur¬ed she’s only looking for a date to Inter-Club Ball which cUmes off Saturdaynight at Int House. Plans are fiying thick and fast for cocktail parties thrownby each club before the dance to assure a nice wet evening.Bits of TriviaJack Williams is leaving us for the armed forces. One of the residentsof Int House won a nice little jack pot of $25 plus about $92 which was dividedfour ways. The Alpha Delts and several fraternities from Northwestern aretossing a formal February 10 at the Edgewater. Did you hear that slightlyfeather-brained woman who was walking down the Midway talking animated¬ly to her companion about the wonderful play she’d just seen—somethingcalled, let me see, the Glass Henhouse?? And speaking of the Midway, youmissed something the other day when two of our bigger BWOC’s were tryingto crawl up the side of the skating rink and finally went up on hands andknees.Hope Springs EternalWe have a proposal to put before the Army and the Commons: why notlet the ASTP eat in the Commons and let the students take back the C Shop ?Our very favorite rumor that the Coffee Shop would reopen in February stillremains our favorite rumor and nothing more. 126 new ASTP’s are comingin and they’ll still keep the campus bridge haunt.The DramaCampus theater-goers are enthusiastic about the “Intimate Theater”which was begun last Friday with “The Astonished Heart”. Everybody en¬joyed watching the play and smoking at the same time. A happy time atthe Palmer House preceded the very successful showing of “Craig’s Wife”at the Goodman—with proceeds going to the Delta Sigma scholarship fund.Warning to the Wise FreshmanDoubtless, a few of our new freshmen haven’t read their C books yet andhaven’t been enlightened on the subject of campus traditions. We’ll playEmily Post and give them a few pointers on how the correct U. of C. (neverChicago U) student (University man or woman—not fellow or coed) will be¬have himself. Whatever you do, NEVER step on the Seal in front of theCommons—it’s really charged with just enough electricity to give you a nastyshock in the conscience. As we mentioned above, nobody except C men andseniors sit on the C Bench—a dire fate at the hands of the Nu Pi’s awaits him.The dire fate which eventually befalls all freshmen—even those whodon’t sit on the C Bench—is a nice dunking in Botany Pond under the cynicaleyes of the Gargoyles on Hull Gate who have watched these goings on formore years than any freshman has lived. However, to mitigate the sad lotof the freshman there’s always the consolation that no one is ever requiredto wear a freshman beanie.Every true denizen of the U. of C. sooner or later has to learn the ele¬mentary rules laid down by Culbertson, Goren. Blackwood, et al. One mustbe prepared at all times for a good rousing game of bridge at the CampusPX and anywhere else you can find three other people.Traditionally, too, one always sneers at the food served in HutchinsonCommons. But it really isn’t so bad—the atmosphere probably does thetrick, for who can eat heartily while conscious of several black-robed formerpresidents and professors staring down from the walls?Never, never wear any high school insignia—always stand when youhear the Alma Mater (even though it’ll take you a few years to learn thetune)—and don’t complain about the unwashed windows in the Commons(it just isn’t done). Fraternities are not to be called “frats” and please re¬member we have only women’s clubs, not sororities. Just like every otherschool, we have a club and fraternity hierarchy—you’ll soon learn about that.Good luck to you—don’t cut too many classes—and remember what wetold you (it’s safer that way).n the Effectiveness of the Modern TheatreLast week, while sitting, mildly engaged, at a showing of “Gaslight”,we decided that there is no end to the power of this contemporarydrama. Miss Bergman had just announced to Mr. Boyer that she in¬tended to go to Mrs. Somebodies party, and Mr. Boyer had respondedwith a leer. As Miss Bergman reasserted her efforts, the vibrant younglady next to us, having exhausted the potentiflities of her fingernail,gasped excitedly, “Good, girl, free will”. rMMM...VIOLETS!f}in tnem everytchere!On your lapel! Or tucked in your belt.Precious clumps of violets looking fresh andIromantic as though you’d whisked themfrom the florist’s tissue. Also in white, pink,powder blue, aqua, or yellow. 1.25CARSON PIRIESCOTT & (SoFlower Counter * liret floor Friday, February 2, 1945Pres. Hutchins One of TwelveOpposing Peace Draft PlansPresident Robert M. Hutchins is one of a dozen presidents of greatAmerican universities who have signed a 1,000 world letter to PresidentRoosevelt. opposing adoption of a compulsory peacetime military trainingprogram while the nation is still at war.In the letter, delivered to the White House last Saturday, the educatorsurge the president to dday debate on compulsory training ^*at least untilcomplete victory is achieved.”There were six points in the opposition made by the University leadersto plans for immediate commitment by the nation to a year of military ser¬vice. They held the proposal is not related to successful prosecution of thewar; that it is a revolutionary change which should not be made under stressof war; that it is only one element in a rounded defense program; that itcomes at a time when the American people are being told that the war isbeing fought for an enduring peace; that need for it cannot be gauged untilafter the war and that the proposal should be considered in the light ofmilitary necessity alone.THE CHICAGO MAROON -Labor RightsOpposes DraftAfter The WarThe Labor'Rights Society, at itsmembership meeting, Tuesday, votedoverwhelmingly in favor of takingan active stand against any postwarmilitary draft. A break-down of thevote shows 17 members against con¬scription, 4 with no positive standand only 1 favoring it. The StudentPolitical Action Committee, in co¬ordination with leaders of other cam¬pus groups, will plan the further ac¬tion to be taken. *Mrs. Bella Palley and MarilynMiller of the United States StudentAssembly also spoke to the organiza¬tion about joining USSA. USSA iscomposed of two to three thousandmembers on 40 campuses. They arepledged to support the war, developinternational cooperation, work forfull employment after war and com¬bat minority discrimination."Souvenir's" FuturePlans AnnouncedA major portion of the advertisingfor Souvenir, College annual to bepublished May 16, will be a specialsection to be taken by Marshall Fieldand Company, the magazine’s businessstaff announced this week. The sec¬tion, in keeping with the theme ofthe publication, will be a nine-page“photo gallery,” consisting of shots ofUniversity of Chicago models, photo¬graphed against a background ofprominent points on the Quadrangles.The Souvenir subscription campaigrnwill begin shortly, under the directionof David Brill, promotion manager.According to Brill, a goal of 760 sub¬scriptions in advance of publicationhas been set. Prizes for the salesmenselling the largest number of sub¬scriptions are planned, including afree evening at the Edgewater BeachHotel for the grand winner. Studentsinterested in soliciting subscriptionsshould contact Brill, in care of TheChicago Ma/roon,Council.,,(Continued from page one)student body in relation to the func¬tions of the College, the report states:“It is impossible for each studentto know every other student on cam¬pus. But there are small groups ofstudents on campus with good in-groupcommunication; however, inter-groupcommunication is almost non-existent.This inter-group communication is de¬sirable because each group has newand different viewpoints, approaches,and ideas by which the others canbenefit. By “groups” we do not onlymean the organized groups recognizedby the Dean’s office, but also groupsof unorganized individuals with sim¬ilar interests and ideas.Likewise, there is no regular meansof contact outside the classroom be¬tween students and faculty members.There should be. On the one handthe faculty desires student criticismof its courses. This opinion, whichstudents for the most part would liketo express, can only be given to thefaculty effectively through frequentand regular discussions. On the otherhand the students can benefit at alltimes from the wisdom of the faculty.”The committee for the collection ofplans of government, appointed byBill Washington, who acted as chair¬man of the Wednesday meeting, in¬clude the following dormitory dele-'gates: Norman Kurland, Donna En-gelhart. Bill Lenz, Edward Simpson,Stanley Tennenbaum, and DoloresFilman. Petition DriveSupporting Ne^Labor Bill OnA petition drive backing the Wag-ner-Murray-Dingell Bill has beeninitiated on campus by the Universityof Chicago Division of the UnitedOffice and Professional Workers ofAmerica, affiliated with the C.I.O.This drive is part of a campaign toorganize University employees Allemployees are eligible for member¬ship, with the exception of mainten¬ance workers who are already union¬ized.The Wagner-Murray-Dingel Billcovers most of those job categories notincluded in the Social Security Act of1939, among them employees of non¬profit organizations including univer¬sities. Under the bill, workers will beeligible for unemployment and disabil¬ity compensation, hospitalization, andmaternity care. Petitions will be cir¬culated throughout the buildings oncampus.Orientation.,.(Continued from page one)hiding Tuesday evening for the bamdance at Ida Noyes. Social and squaredancing contributed to the success ofthe evening.Wednesday was registration day,but groups of students were also tak¬en on sight-seeing tours of the Uni¬versity. Activities Night that eveninggave them an opportunity to discussindividual interests with leaders ofstudent activities.The three day program beforeclasses began included a medical ex¬amination and a conference with arepresentative of the physical educa¬tion department, concerning sportsand recreation. It was intended togive the entering students a bird’s-eye view of campus activities and so¬cial life, and time to learn the geog¬raphy of the campus so that a mapwould no longer be necessary.Classes yesterday were followed bya meeting in the afternoon to explainthe administration of the College asit affects the individual student. Thisconcluded the orientation program.Living up to his usual box-officeappeal. President Hutchins as mainattraction at the War, Stamp Tea,held yesterday in Ida Noyes, at¬tracted nearly 260 people to thetune of seventy-five dollars in thesale of War Stamps.When quizzed about his opinionof faculty - student teas, inaugu¬rated yesterday, he stated: “Ithink it’s a fine idea.” The nextaffair will be held Feb. 9 withDurbin Rowland, Associate Pro¬fessor of Romance Languages, asguest of honor. Marshall FieliTs NewBook on JournalismAwaiting ReleaseFreedom is More Than A Word,Marshall Field’s statement of his be¬liefs and how he is putting them intoaction to preserve freedom is sched¬uled to appear in early April. Inthis, his first book, is presented an¬other chapter in modern Journalism;the story of PM, the newspaperman’sideal of journalistic freedom, and ofthe Chicago Sun and its battle withthe'Associated Press.The book will be released by theUniversity Press.Campus Radio WillAstound the WorldWithin Ten Days!Radio Midway, the new intra-cam¬pus radio station, expects to beginoperations within ten days. StationManager Hank Ruby announced thisweek. yStation officials are completing workon transmitters and will set up theapparatus this weekend for testing.The station expects to send its pro¬grams throughout the campus viasteampipes, though power lines maybe utilized.A final go-ahead has been receivedfrom the university administrativeofficials and from the FCC.The station is planning to broadcastprograms of general interest to thecampus and is currently seeking radiotalent. Interested persons have beenasked to contact Ruby at Judson 239,the station headquarters. ^Fund Drive...(Continued from page one)temities are invited at 8:00.Her schedule for the rest of theweek includes the Lutheran StudentGroup meeting on Tuesday at 7:30;the YWCA on Wednesday at 4:00; onThursday, the Hillel Group at 4:00and the Methodist group meetingat 8:00., To conclude, on Friday, Feb¬ruary 9, Miss Mayer will appear atthe Gamma Delta meeting at 7:46.Throughout the drive, Inter-ClubCouncil is providing girls who will bestationed at tables in the Bursar’s,Common, and Ida Noyes where theywill issue pledge cards for donations.The War Activities Committee, un¬der Virginia Tewell, the G.A.A. underEnid Harris, and the Girls’ Club, un¬der Francis Vincent, will jointlysponsor a Tag Day on February 16thand 16th, to climax the drive.CLASSIFIEDLost: Girard-Terresaux wrist watch in CobbHall on January 29, 4 p.m. Reward. CallBittersweet 1282.Student desires small, inexpensive room.Call Dorchester 7279.Friday, February 2, 1945 THE CHICAGO MAROON Page Seven5 BIG TEN SQUADS MEET HEREJack HillTime In“The only place for teams rep¬resenting colleges is on their ownfloor/’ So spoke Kyle Andersonwhen we asked him for a state¬ment on the recent Brooklyn Col¬lege basketball scandal. We hadtalked to Kyle several times pre¬viously on the same subject andeach time he voiced the opinionthat it (the playing of suchgames at Madison Square Gar¬dens or the Stadium) was badfor the teams involved.The whole thing is a damnshame but as the judge who hassince turned the case over to thegrand jury said, “You can’tblame a bunch of college kidswhen some gambler waves athousand dollar bill in front ofthem.”And now to a lighter subject:Mary Withington, pride of theSigmas and error of the basket¬ball court can be seen in actionover at Ida Noyes. The only rea¬son we mentioned this is for HalPatikin’s benefit.Seems like we did a lot of talkingthis week but we asked the athleticdepartment about the Solid Fuel’sAdministration’s ruling on coal forlarge athletic buildings. Accordingto the men in the know such a rulingon coal conservation would have littleeffect on the Fieldhouse for two rea¬sons: 1. As long as the governmentis using the Fieldhouse for athletictraining the big Ark will have apriority and 2. The Fieldhouse tem¬perature hovers around 40 degrees inthe morning anyhow.As is customary, about onceevery two seasons, some oldtimer comes up with the seem¬ingly bright idea of taking awaythe backboard and leaving therim in basketball. The idea be¬ing to return the game to astrictly ‘skilful’ basis. We werecurious as to the reaction of someof our own patients so we talked(more talk) to Bill Gray, U Highace center. Bill didn’t like theidea a-tall and said so quitefrankly.' And so enough aboutback-boardless basketball.One more thing before we quit forthe week. There’s a short story onthe page about baseball.' At long lastfriends Servies, Cimerblatt et al willhave their chance to get somethingconcrete on the diamond game. Mr.Anderson has announced that thismeeting (read the story) will showhim if it is possible to map out a BigTen schedule. His decision rests onthe turnout for this meeting so everyinterested man should put in an ap¬pearance at the Trophy Room. Three Teams Tied for League LeadAs Intramurals Enter Field WeekBaseball Meeting!A call for baseball candidateswas issued by Coach Kyle Ander¬son who plans to hold the firstofficial meeting in the Trophy Roomof Bartlett Gym on Thursday,Feb. 9 at 4:00. Anderson alreadyhas a rough idea of baseball pros¬pects and he plans on laying out aschedule and deciding whether theUniversity will be able to take partin Big Ten competition, nextThursday.Girls GamesPlayed OffEleven more games have been runoff in the two-field division of theIda Noyes floor during the past week.Last Wednesday, three dorms,Beecher, Blake and Green bowed toFoster, Quadrangler, and the Stu-demps with scores of 14-10, 20, and23-116 respectively; while W.A.A.beat Delta Sigma 34-5.In the first game Thursday, Sigmatied with the twelfth grade at 13-13.While Chi Rho Sigma was being de¬feated by the 12th grade to the tuneof 31-7, Gates was working towarda 24-6 triumph over Tau Sigma.W.A.A. won again over Esoteric 18-2.This Monday the Quads took Kelly18-11, and on Tuesday Beecher lostto Delta Sigma 16-6. Green barelywon a 22-21 victory over Esoteric.Next weeks girls’ game schedule:Monday, Feb. 6—4:00 Delta Sigma vsSigmaMonday, Feb. 5—4:00 Green vs Quad¬ranglerMonday, Feb. 5—6:00 Esoteric vsBeecherMonday, Feb. 6—6:00 11th Grade vsBlakeTuesday, Feb. 6—4:00 W.A.A. vs XYZTuesday, Feb. 6—4:00 Kelly vs 12thGradeTuesday, Feb. 6—6:00 Foster vs ChiRho SigmaTuesday, Feb. 6—6:00 Blake vs TauSigma UpisilonWednesday, Feb. 7—6:00 W.A.A. vsQuadranglerWednesday, Feb. 7—5:15 Esoteric vsNursing EducationWednesday, Feb. 7—7:30 Studemps vs11th GradeThursday, Feb. 8—4:0p Delta Sigmavs KellyThursday, Feb. 8—4:446 Chi Rgo Sig¬ma vs TauSigm a UpisilonThursday/Feb. 8—6:00 XYZ vs GatesThursday, Feb. 8—7:30 Sigma vsNursing EducationJACKSON PARK WINE STORE' FINE WINES' Exclusive Distributors ofPluma's 3 and 7 Star WinesMaroon readers are invited to sample our wines with each purchase1500-02 EAST 63rd STREET PHONE HYDE PARK 0061 With the play oifs of the league only five weeks away, thereis still a three-way tie for first place in the Billings league. SeniorMedics I won oyer the Spastics by a forfeit, as the Freshmenmedics lost to Billings, 17-31, and the Neurons squeezed throughto beat the Blockbusters, 13-12. The soph medics remained idle.The Navy Frosh defeated the Blockbusters on Tuesday, 26-18.In the college league. Burton 600 and 800 remain on top, theThe Navy Frosh defeated the Block¬busters on Tuesday, 28-18.LEAGUE STANDINGFraternity Dormitory LeagueFraternity Section W L pet.Phi Gamma Delta 2 0 1.000Psi U 2 0 1.000Sigma Chi 1 1 .500Phi Sigma Delta 0 1 .000Pi Lambda Phi 0 1 .000Dormitory Section W L pet.Burton 300 2 0 1.000Burton 200 1 1 .500Hill’s Entry 0 2 'oooGolden Maroon 0 2 .000College Leaguesw L pet.Burton 600 3 0 1.000Burton 800 2 0 1.000Commuters 2 1 .667Burton 400 1 1 .500Burton 500 0 3 .000Burton 700 0 3 - .000BillingsAlpha Section Leaguew L ■pet.Senior Medics I 2 0 1.000Soph Medics 1 0 1.000Freshman Medics 1 2 .333Spastics 0 2 .000Beta Section w L pet.Billings 2 0 1.000Neurones 2 0 1.000Navy Frosh 1 1 .500Senior Medics II 0 1 .000Block Busters 0 3 .000College Teams MeetThe University High track team,which has won three of its four meets,will bid for another triumph when itmeets Mt. Caramel High this after¬noon at the Field House.The U High basketball team willalso play its first game on the FieldHouse floor during the course of theafternoon.Tennis Men ConferCoach Nels Norgren, veteran of theEuropean theater and member of theathletic department, has announcedplans to hold a tennis meeting nextTuesday, Feb. 6 at 4:00 in the Trophyroom at Bartlett Gym, Training plansand a schedule will be discussed whileCoach Norgren will be able to get aslant on what prospects are in storefor the University.Foster Wins: 18-2The Foster basketball team beat the12th grade players by a very widemargin of 18-2 last Monday. Everyattempt advanced by the 12th gradersto redeem themselves was halted bythe effective teamwork of the guardsand forwards. Mary Alice Sproullacquired nine points, Helen Auerbachfive, and Dot Gregor four to make thefinal score 18-2.U.T.N1131-1133 E. 55th St.Complete Selectionof Beers andOther BeveragesMIDway 0524Blatz Beer In the college league. Burton 600and 800 remain on top, the formernarrowly winning over the Commuters20-19; the latter beating Burton 700soundly 30 to 8. The high scorers forthe 600 team were Horowich andMorgan, with 8 points apiece; for800, Anderson and Schinbergg withthe same tally. Meanwhile, Burton500 lost again to 400, 913.The Fraternity-Dormitory leagueis also tied up. Phi Gamma Delta run¬ning over the Golden Maroons 326,Psi U defeating Phi Sigma Delta, andBurton 300 soundly trouncing Hill’sEntry 23-18. High scorer for Burton300 was Plotsky with 10 points; forthe Phi Game, Coffee with the same;and Psi U, Robinson, With 14 points.After the play-offs, awards, in theform of individual medals will be pre¬sented to each member of the winningteams. Exact dates of the playoffswill be announced later.Squash ClubIn 2nd PlaceForming a representative cross-section of the University, ChicagoSquash teams 1 and 2 can claim 6doctors, a lawyer, an army captain,a University employee and a pro¬fessor in the zoology department.These ten men comprise the twoteams which at the present time are insecond and fourth laces in the CityLeague.Playing next Saturday at 2:00 inthe Lake Shore Country Gub, teamsone and two represent the Universityin competition which is proving totighter than many of the more pub¬licized sports. Team rosters are opento any member of the University ofChicago and the -desire has been ex¬pressed that more members of thestudent body come out for competi¬tion.W.A.A. Splash PartyThe Womens’ Athletic Associationof the University is sponsoring aninformal splash party for men andwomen Feb. 9. The pool at Ida NoyesClub House will be the scene of re¬lays and games for which prizes willbe awarded. Swimming is scheduledto begin at 7:00 and carry throughuntil 9:00 with the entire campusinvited. Mid-West MenTo Run InFieldhouseBy Jack Hill(Sports Editor, (ilhicago Maroon)One half of the Big Ten willbe represented at the FieldHouse Saturday when Purdue,Wisconsin, Northwestern andMinnesota meet Chicago in afive way indoor track meet.Coach Ned Merriam’s men willstart competition at 2:30 withthe prospects of a full after¬noon’s work cut out for them.Purdue, in the same straits asChicago, has a largely untriedsquad of newcomers to collegiateplay while Wisconsin will field aroster of veterans in the dashes,hurdles, distances and broadjump. Minnesota remains anunknown quantity to Merriambut the northerners are expectedto bring a well balanced team tothe meet. .Badger Squad is StrongThe Badgers have lettermen in thequarter, half, mile, two mile, hurdlesand broad jump, and claim numeralwinners in all other events. Wiscon¬sin has a traditionally strong trackteam both indoor and outdoor compe¬tition and many of their men haveseen action in former quadrangularand conference meets.The Boilermakers from Purdue leanheavily on veterans Ben Harvey *inthe dashes. Bill Haynes in the 880 andCalvin Davis, cross country expert.As yet untried in inter-scholasticcompetition, the Purdue men also havepromising men in the quarter mileand shot put but are seemingly weakin other field events.Wildcats Return VisitNorthwestern, third of the fourteam visitors, ran against Chicagolast Saturday but Coach Merriamwas unable to form a satisfactoryestimation of either his own menor the Wildcats as the Maroonmenwere hard hit by illness over theweek end. Hank Altpeter, versa¬tile athlete from Evanston, is themainstay of the Purple squad.The boys from the north woods,more commonly known as Minnesota,are reputedly strong in the field eventsand distances but they too are as yetunproved in inter-collegiate competi¬tion. Minnesota, Big Ten champ in1942, has lost much of its vauntedstrength but until tomorrow after¬noon will remain an unknown quan¬tity. ,A free for all is expected by allparties concerned when these fivesquads get together as they are allmore or less unknown quantities. Itis the hope of the Chicago mentorsthat where each school is weak, someother team will dovetail into thatweakness, thus making for a closerand more interesting contest.The meet will be open to the generalpublic with no admission charge.as reviewed by John T. Frederick in last Sunday's "Sun"The AFRICAN HANDBOOKSa completely up-to-date and scholarly series edited by the head of the Army's trainingprogram for Africa at the Univ. of Pennsylvania and published by the Univ. of Penna.Press.ENQUIRY especially recommends "COLONIAL POLICIES IN AFRICA" by H. A.Wieschhoff, "THE GOVERNMENT OF FRENCH NORTH ARICA" by Herbert J.Llebesny. and "LABOR PROBLEMS OF AFRICA" by John A. 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