54 YEARS OF SER^E AND LEADERSHIP ftB 'I e-w ^VOL. 5, NO. 4—Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1945 PRICE 5 CENTSMunnecke ^ps BigotryLouis Wirth to Keystone QI Housing ActionHome Sweet Home * ♦ ♦MIDWAY FOXHOLESMr. and Mrs. Rorer Wilco, formerly of the foxholes of Italy, France,Saipan and Iwo JIma, now wtohinf they had a foxhole at the Universityof Chicago. *Tt wouldn’t be so bad here” said Mr. Wilco, **but mybrother’s family wants to live with us too!”Denies KnowledgeOf Publicity forCommunist MeetSee Professor Phelps' ssnJ Letta V, Saroff's Letters to Editor on Page 4Professor Dryden L. Phelps, guest speaker at a “Univer¬sity of Chicago Communist Club” meeting last Sunday night,said yesterday in a letter to the Editor of THE MAROONthat he had no knowledge in advance of publicity regardingthe meeting.Noel CowardPlay ListedThis WinterNoel Coward’s well known com¬edy ‘‘Blithe Spirit” will be thefirst play presented by the PlayersGuild during the Winter quarter.Mr. Harley Smith, recently ap¬pointed director of dramatics, willdirect ‘‘Blithe Spirit” as well asthe melodrama ‘‘Gold in the Hills,”which will be presented later inthe quarter. ‘‘Ah, Wilderness,”Eugene O’Neill’s comedy aboutadolescents, and Sophocles’ ‘‘Elec-tra” have also been put on futureproduction schedules.Tryouts for ‘‘Blithe Spirit” willbe held Wednesday, December 12,at 4:00 p.m. in the Reynolds ClubTheatre. All interested studentsare invited. On Monday, December10, there will be a meeting held inthe theatre for any students whowould like to participate in dra¬matic activities including groupreading, work on the stage crew,costume design, interpretive read¬ing, and acting.Experimental theatre groups* D (Continued on Page 5) Simultaneously, a student in theDivision of the Social Sciences,Letta V. Saroff, 1111 E. 55th st.,in a letter to Maroon Editor AbeKrash revealed her identity as edi¬tor of ‘‘The Campus Commimist,”publication of an organizationwhich has not sought or receivedrecognition by the University,Asserts Right to SpeakPhelps, formerly a professor inChina and now guest instructor inthe Divinity School with the Bap¬tist Divinity House,’ asserted that(Continued on Page 8)Plans for a nationwide expan¬sion of the University’s famedgreat books plan, one of the mostambitious public education proj¬ects ever attempted, were reveal¬ed to THE CHICAGO MAROONby Dayton D. Hulburt, assistantto the Dean of the UniversityCollege, directing the project.With the aid of a manual nowbeing written by Hulburt andLowell Martin, Assistant Professorof Library Science, and a seriesof recorded class (fiscussions, it ishoped that seminars may be start¬ed all ovei the country by interested groups. Interest is evidenced,Hulburt reported by letter! of in- Parley toDiscussShortageVets Campaigning forAdded Residence UnitsBy RUTH WACHTENHEIMDr. Louis Wirth, Professorof Sociology at the Universityof Chicago, will address a meet¬ing on housing called by thecampus chapter of the Ameri¬can Veterans Committee in KentHall Tuesday evening, December11, at 8 p.m.At the meeting, which will key¬note the need for action, plans willbe crystallized for student com¬mittees to assist in alleviating theshortage of student resident quar¬ters.Munnecke Speaks AlsoDr. Wirth, an outspoken advo¬cate of decent housing for Ameri¬ca’s ‘‘ill housed third,” will bejoined by Wilbur C. Munnecke,vice-president of the University incharge of business affairs, who isthe principle figure in the U. of C.fight for student dwellings.While most of the students nowreturning to the University areveterans, AVC’s meeting is plannedto cover all student housing prob¬lems, since veterans simply em¬phasize the problems facing allstudents.Forced to Deny Students Admission“Students who want to study atChicago are being flatly deniedentrance to the University becauseof the acute housing shortage,”said David Sander, Chairman ofthe American Veterans* Committeecampus chapter, in an interviewyesterday. “Unless the City Coun¬cil takes action beyond the tokenbestowal of 200 units for the Uni¬versity’s veterans, more than twothousand persons will be turnedaway from the Admissions Officefor the next quarter. “Already,”Sander added, “applications arebeing refused imtil next Autumn.”“Ironically enough, there is acity ordinance forbidding use ofpark benches for residence, whichrefuses to students their last chance—or so it seems—of being able toattend school. Assuming four mento a bench (two on the seat properand two sleeping underneath), anadditional 500 men could be ac-(Continued on Page 2)quiry which have poured in to theUniversity.To Work with BriiannicaThe manual will include ex¬cerpts from class discussions aswell as methods used in conduct¬ing a great books class. Recordingswill be made in conjunction withthe Encyclopaedia Britannica,which is now working on a greatbooks series, to be published with¬in a few years.Classes in the great books areconducted as seminars, limited toabout 35 people, and led by twodiscussion leaders. Courses at theUniversity College this year havebeen divided into a three year Vice President...WILBUR C. MUNNECKESpeaking to a meeting of Anti-Discrimination Committee, hepromised to eradicate whateverdiscriminatory practices were re¬vealed.Critic HeadsResign; 1stCopy on SaleAfter a month’s delay caused byprinting problems, THE CRITICmade its long awaited appearanceon campus early this week. High¬lighting this issue are three signifi¬cant essays: “Cynicism, Realismand Idealism in International Af-fairs”'-by Hans Morgenthau, Asso¬ciate Professor of Political Science;“The Challenge of Karl Shapiro’sPoetry” by Preston Roberts, and“Roosevelt College: The Perform¬ance of a Promise” by AlbertFriedlander.Reflecting its new editorial pol¬icy, THE CRITIC also features aneditorial inquiry into the principlesand policies of the Universityextra-curricular program.CRmC Needs Additional TalentCoupled with the magazine’s ap¬pearance came the announcementthat the four top editors and thebusiness manager were tenderingtheir resignations. Reasons givenfor this surprise move were thatthe pressure of academic work leftinsufficient time for the sadly un¬dermanned staff to produce a pub-(Continued on Page 5)program, with one class in thethird year, three in the secondyear and the remaining 14 in thethird year. In response to increaseddemands, three new first yearcourses will be opened in January,Discussions will not stop at thethird year level, but will advanceas long as there are interestedparticipants.To Present ForumsAnother new feature of thecourse, introduced this year, is aseries of eight lectures deliveredby Professor Mortimer J. Adler,dealing with th«* same fundamen¬tal ideas and problems that areraised in the seminars, but differ- UC WillFight EvilsAdmits Flaws inWork; Will Try toImprove SituationBy JOAN KOHNIt is not a policy of the Uni¬versity to exercise discrimnia-tion on the basis of race, coloror religion, Wilbur C. Mun¬necke, vice-president in chargeof business affairs at the Universi¬ty, declared Wednesday night.Speaking at an open meeting,sponsored by the Anti-Discrim¬ination Committee, Munnecke an¬swered a list of questions submit¬ted to him by the committee.No Quotas HereIn answer to a group of ques¬tions concerning the medicalschools, Munnecke announcedthat there are no quotas in thator any other division of the Uni¬versity. Students are admitted tothe medical school on the basisof their qualifications, he ex¬plained, and Negro students areurged to apply.Discrimination is excercised inthe hospitals, but by patients, notby the University. The same sit¬uation exists in the employmentservice, where final hiring of aworker is in the hands of individ¬ual supervisors who may exercisepersonal prejudices. The situationcan be done away with, Munneckebelieves, by a plan of long runpersuasion, not by force. In theemployment situation, there hasbeen great improvement in thepast five years; resistance is metnow only in a minority of cases,as opposed to majority resistancefive years ago.Negro Aids HereThat the situation in the hospi¬tals has improved, Munnecke de¬clared, is evidenced by the factthat there are now Negro nursesaids working there.“I’m more than willing to ad¬mit,” Munnecke said, “that we’renot doing the kind of administra¬tive job against discrimination thatwe should, but we’re doing a betterjob than we did five or ten years -ago, and we lead all other univer¬sities in attacking discrimination.’*UC Will FightStudents were assured that theUniversity will act to eradicateany examples of discrimination ifsufficient proof of such discrim-(Continued on Page 3)ing in that they present the system¬atic development of an idea in thelight of contributions made by allof the books together. Forums,participated in by the teachingstaff, follow lectures. The successof these lecture-forums is markedby the overflow attendance, whichnecessitated moving to a largerhall.“The purpose of the course,”Hulburt declared, “is not to teachpeople the contents of these books,but to teach them how to read,analyze, think and talk aboutthem.” He emphasized that cer¬tain books have been chosen be-(Continued on Page 3)Map Nationwide Great Books PlanPage 2 THE CHICAGO MAROON Friday, December'7, 1945Calendar of Events Housing Expert Tinsel, and Wassail, and HoUy » • *Next Week onFriday, December 7Keligious Service. Joseph Bond Chapel. Speaker: Victor Obenhaus.12:00 noon.AYD Mass Meeting. Room C of Ida Noyes. Speaker: Sven Andersonof UAW-CIO on “Labor’s Position on Truman Plan.” 3:00 p.m.Basketball Game. Junior Varsity vs. Wheaton Academy. BartlettGymnasium. 4:00 p.m.'Bible Discussion Group. Room B of International House. 5:30-6:30p.m.Vuletide Party. Y.W.C.A. Ida Noyes Hall. 6:00-8:30 p.m.Bridge Lesson. Ida Noyes Library. 6:45-9:00 p.m.Record Playing. Room A of International House. 7:00-10:00 p.m.Public Lecture. “Chemical Factors Involved in Inflamation.” Speaker:Dr. Valy Menkin, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Duke Uni¬versity. (Freshman Class, School of Medicine.) Mandel Hall8:00 p.m.Saturday, December 8All-Campus Formal Dance. Ida Noyes Cloister. 9:30-12:30 p.m.Sunday, D«cember 9Religious Service. Rockefeller Chapel. Speaker: Rev. Edwin E.Aubrey, President of Crozer Theological Seminary, Chester,Pennsylvania. 11:00 a.m.Round Table Discussion. “Cancer—What the Public Should Know.”Speakers: Roscoe R. Spencer, M.D., Chief of the National CancerInstitute; Reuben G. Gustavson, Vice-President and Professorof Chemistry at the University of Chicago; and Alexander Brun-schwig, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Roentgenology. NBC.12:30 p.m. . •Concert Broadcast. New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Home Roomof International House. 2:00 p.m.Sunday P.M. Meeting. Chapel Union. Chapel House. 7:45 p.m.Monday, December 10Public Lecture. “Renaissance versus Baroque Music.” Speaker.Manfred Bukofzer, Music Historian of the University of Cal¬ifornia. Social Science Building. 4:30 p.m.Record Concert. Home Room of International House. 7:30-9:00 p.m.QuadranglesAddress all Calendar material to Calendar Editor,THE CHICAGO MAROON, Faculty Exchange. Material• must be submitted not later than 6:00 p.m. Tuesday after¬noon before the week (Friday to Friday) in which theevent is to occur.Tuesday, December 11Public Lecture. “Recent Developments in Andean Archeology.”Speaker: Donald Collier, Research Assistant in Anthropology.Social Science Building. 4:30 p.m.Public Lecture. “Major Countries in Transition: Germany and Japan.”Moderator: Robert M. Strozier, Associate Director of Interna¬tional House. Forum discussion follows lecture. AssociationBuilding, 19 South La Salle St. 7:00-9:00 p.m.Religious Service. Joseph Bond Chapel. A Service of Readings andMusic. 12:00 noon.Documentary Film. “The Wave.” 3rd Floor, Reynolds Club. 7:00 p.m.Labor Rights Mass Meeting. Clarifying of Mongomery Ward StrikeIssue. Speakers: Hank Anderson, President of MontgomeryWard Union; Leonard Levy, Vice-President of the InternationalDepartment Store Employes Union; and Michael Mann, Head ofthe Chicago Industrial Unions’ Council. Kent 106. 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, December 12Public Lecture. “The Great Circle of Ideas.” Speaker: Mortimer J.Adler. Social Science 122. 4:00 p.m.All-Campus Wassail Party. Ida Noyes Library. 4:00-6:00 p.m.Public Lecture. “English Music under the Commonwealth and Restor¬ation.” Speaker: Manfred Bukofzer, Music Historian of theUniversity of California. Social Science Building. 4:30 p.m.Public Lecture. “Small Business—Problems and Prospects: SmallBusiness in Tomorrow’s Economy.” Speaker: Joseph K. Wexman,Assistant to the Economist in Charge of the Study of SmallBusiness, Committee on Economic Development. Association. Building, 19 South La Salle St. 7:00-8:30 p.m.Public Lecture. “The Interpretation of the Renaissance: The Ren¬aissance as a Historical Period.” Speaker: Arnold Bergstraesser,Assistant Professor of German Cultural History. Social Science122. 7:30-9:30 p.m.Post War Discussion. Rooms C and D of International House. 8:00p.m.Thursday, December 13Public Lecture. “Henry Purcell, the Restoration Genius.” Speaker:Manfred Bukofzer, Music Historian of the University of Cali¬fornia. Social Science Building. 4:30 p.m.Public Lecture. “The Human Frontier: The Earth Community.”Speaker: Charles Morris, Associate Professor of Philosophy.Association Building, 19 South La Salle St. 6:45-7:45 p.m.Record Concert. Home Room of International House. 7:30-9:00 p.m.Foreign Film. Assembly of International House. 8:00 p.m."Books in War"VBooks and Libraries in Wartimeedited by Pierce Butler is beingreleased by the University Pressthis Monday. This book will be ofgreat interest and value to every¬one who is curious about the effectwar has had and will continue tohave on reading. It discusses con¬structive and destructive conse¬quences of past and future warsfor books and libraries.The material in this book is theresult of a series of Walgreen lec¬tures given at the University in1944-1945. Leon Carnovsky, Pro¬fessor of Library Science; RalphA. Beals, Director of the UniversityLibraries; Pierce Butler, Professorof Bibliographical History; Archi-halrf Marl,pish, Harold D. Lasswell,Ray L. Trautman, Paul Scott Mow-rer, and Joseph A. Brandt werecontributors to the book. Oriental InstitueReturns to EgyptDr. Harold H. Nelson, Field Di¬rector of the Oriental Institute’scopying expedition in Egypt, re¬ports that the Chicago House' inLuxor is in fair shape after somefive years of vacancy. This mostremote part of the University ofChicago has an excellent libraryand working quarters, and awaitsonly new supplies before resumingoperation.GRADUATE STUDENTfrom Europe will tuforRussian, German, Swedish, Economics,International Reations or Pianoat $2.00 per hourCall DANIEL FETLERHYDE PARK 5210 LOUIS A. WIRTH* * *Housing . . .(Continued from Page 1)commodated between Stony Is¬land Avenue and Cottage Grovealong the Midway.“We must remember that thesituation is much the same in everycity,” Sander said, “and blamingthe University for what is obvious¬ly lack of foresight in the CityCouncil will not build shelters. It’sno good crying over spilt milk!”Sander mentioned members of hisgroup who journey to the Univer¬sity from Evanston and from Garysimply because there is not a roomto be had.AVC Proposes PlanTaking up the fight for adequatehousing in Chicago, AVC, togetherwith other city housing agencies,proposes the following plan:1. Awaken the Hyde Park com¬munity to the urgent need for stu¬dent rooms by door-to-door can¬vassing and official Universitypublicity and pressure:2. Center activity around theUniversity Housing Bureau (Tele¬phone Mid. 0800, local 369) andorganize a Housing Brigade of stu¬dents to work afternoons “diggingup” rooms in the nearby commu¬nity:3. Urge the City Council to granttemporary shelters—old War Hous¬ing prefabricated dwellings—toUniversity student use, on thesame basis as the initial 200 units,to be set up near campus:4. Encourage a Upiversity ofChicago building program of per¬manent dormitories to be plannedNOW and made ready for con¬struction as soon as possible:5. Write to Congress to urgepassage of the Wagner-Ellender-Taft Housing Bill (S. 1342) whichhas hearings this week, and sup¬port moves for slum-clearance, re¬habilitation and planned projectson unused land in developed com¬munities in Chicago.“Every student now enrolled atthe University has a responsibilityto help those who cannot enter be¬cause of the housing crisis,” San¬der emphasized. “The ‘crisis’ willnot be over for at least two years,”he added, “and cannot be consid¬ered as a momentary disturbance.”THE MOST HONOREDWATCH ON I THECAMPUSTHE WORLD’S MOST HONORD WATCHWINNER OF 10WORLD’S FAIRGRAND PRIZES,28 GOLD MEDALSAND MORE HONORSFOR ACCURACY THANANY OTHER TIMEPIECE Ida Noyes Hall BeingReadied for ColorfulChristmas CelebrationBy BARBARA BARKEIda Noyes Council, according to Chairman Gwen Schmidt,is planning on spending a very busy time next week whenIda Noyes HalFs real beauty comes out and its shining copper,dark woodwork, and a candelebra make it a mecca for studentsand campus visitors.Working with the members ofthe Ida Noyes household staff,Ida Noyes Council is taking re¬sponsibility for the decoration ofthe hall.Tom Templeton, who for manyyears has worked at Ida NoyesHall, is already busy on largeChristmas wreaths.Wassail Party ScheduledMrs. Callister, the English house¬keeper who has been at Ida Noyesfor twenty-five years, is seeingthat all the best china and linensare ready for the Ida Noyes All-dUunpus Wassail Party on Wednes¬day afternoon, December 12.Invitations have been sent outto members of the faculty. Uni¬versity employees, and all stu¬dents to stop in at 4:30 pan. fora cup of wassail and an air ,ofreal Christmas gaiety. The Coun¬cil looks forward to hearingChristmas songs svmg by the newchorus directed by Mr. AustinGarrels, for it is understood that they are an exceptional group ofsingers.Will nil StockingsThe council is al.so hoping thatpeople will return their Christmasstockings filled for the UniversitySettlement that afternoon.The committee working on theparty includes: Pauline Matthew-son, Barbara Barke, Jean McFad-den, and Harriet Martin.Miss Edith Ballweber, Directorof Ida Noyes Hall, Miss Marguer¬ite Kidwell, Mrs. Alan Lake Chid-sey, and Miss Gertrude Smith willpour at the traditionally galaparty.CouncU Will Trim TreeThe trimming of the Ida NoyesChristmas Tree will be under¬taken by the Ida Noyes Councilon Tuesday, December 11. Coun¬cil members Margaret Bay andJune Bonner are responsible forinviting a group of people inter¬ested in tree decorating to help.NEW TELEPHONESFull speed ahead onour biggest peacetime jobToday, conveyors like this atWestern Electric are carryingthousands of new tehrphones for theBell System.but it takes far more than just tele¬phones to provide service. It takescable, central office equipment andmany other complex items that cannotbe produced and fitted into the tele¬phone system overnight. On thesethings, too, production is steadilyincreasing.Western Electric, supply unit of theBell System, is hard at work on thebiggest peacetime job in its history.Furnishing materials and equipmentto meet the System’s irhmediate needs-^and to carry out the System’s12,000,000,000 post-war program —promises record peacetime volume anda high level of employment,§vy oil tho Vkiory Bonds you eoathomiWestern ElectricSOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR THE BELL SYSTEMFriday, DecemberjT, 1SK5 THE CHICAGO MAROON Page 33 World Premieres to Be Played Here Dec. 14Adler^s Third Lecture,Scheduled WednesdayTwo series of lectures with adtxnssion free and open tothe public, are at present being given on the campus. “TheTheoretical and the Practical,’* the third in a series of lecturessponsored by the Committee on Social Thought, will be thesubject of a lecture by Mortimer J. Adler Wednesday at 4p.m. in Mandel Hall.Manfred Bukofzer, music historian* of the University ofCalifornia faculty, will deliver three lectures on baroque musicin the Social Science building, 1126 E. 59th Street, at 4:30p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, December 10,12, and 13. Subjects of Bukofzer’s lectures are: “Renaissanceversus Baroque Music”; “English Music under the Common¬wealth and Restoration”; and “Henry Purcell, the RestorationGenius.”New Director ♦ . .DAYTON D. HULBURT« « *Qreat Books . . ♦(Continued from Page 1)cause they deal with the funda¬mental problems of mankind andaVe works of the greatest mindsof our civilization. Jhere is no set4 MONTH INTENSIVECourse forC0UE6E STUDENTS and GRADUATESA chorough, intensive course—start¬ing February, July, October. BulletinA, on request. Registration now open.•Regular day and evening schoolsthroughout the year. Catalog.A SCHOOL OF BUSINiSSUtiFiBBED BY COLLEGE MEN AND WOMENTHE GREGG COLLEGEfretidcnt, John Robort Grogg. S.C.O.Dirtclor. Paul M. Pair. M. A.Dept. C.M. 4 N. Michigan Ave.Chicago 2, Illinois number, although th^e is basicagreement on about 50 selections.2,000 in ProgramTwo thousand people are nowparticipating in the great booksprogram. Under the auspices ofthe Univwsity College, 18 classesare under way. One of these clas¬ses is conducted at Marshall Fieldand Company, for the employeesof the store; two others meet inIndianapolis, one at the StuartWarner plant, composed of work¬ers, and the other at Butler Uni¬versity, including various commu¬nity leaders, among them the pres¬ident of Butler. These two classeswere started at the request of LynnWilliams, Jr., of Stuart Warner,formerly a member of the Hut-chins-Adler business men’s class.Cyril Houle, dean of the Univer¬sity College, has worked on thisproject along with Milton Mayer,Adler and others, and instructorsfrom the College go down everytwo weeks to lead the discussions.At the end of a year, it is hopedthat these classes will be able tocarry on alone, conducted by mentrained in a leader’s trainingcoiu'se, to be given within the nextfew months.Many Wait for ChanceIn addition to classes taught bythe University, there are 34 com¬munity groups in the Chicago areawith a combined membership ofthirteen hundred people and alarge waiting list for every group.These seminars are led by mentrained in a course conducted lastsummer by Adler and Houle, thefirst course of its kind. The Uni¬versity keeps a watchful eye ontheir progress, conducting month¬ly meetings of leaders, sending in¬structors out to visit and assistthem, and supplying books whennecessary.Don’t let Uis picture fool yonWe don’t guarantee Aat Ac g»l* will bemagnetically attracted to your Arrow Tic.But here’s what you can be sure of: Eye¬pleasing colors. Patterns you’ll go for. Plusa special lining that resists wrinkles.Sec Aesc attractive ties at your ArrowDealer’s.ARROW SHIRTS and TIESUNDaWMi • HANDKERGHIfFS « SPORTS SHIRTS Premiere Star ...ROY HARRIS Colorful Repertoire OpensUC Composers^ ConcertsThree world premieres will highlight the first Composer*Concert of the 1945-46 season when a program devoted tothe music of Roy Harris is presented in Mandel Hall nextFriday, December 14, at 8:30 p.m.The works to be premiered are Improvisations on AmericanFolk Materials (1945) for pianoGM Strike toBe ExplainedOpening its gun in their supportof the G. M. nationwide strike as“a strike that affects the natureof the postwar world,” AmericanYouth For Democracy featuresSven Anderson, one of the UnitedAutomobile Workers-CIO leadersin the area, as its speaker todayat 3 P.M. in Room C of Ida NoyesHall. Anderson, a veteran ofWorld War II, ^jvho attended theUniversity of Chicago, will soundoff the campaign of the AYD tohelp raise money for a Christmasparty for 2000 children of the GMstrikers.“We urge all AYD members andstudents to help pitch in thiscampaign,” stated Marie Bernard,Chairman of the AYD. “The GMstrike affects all students and con¬sumers, because it is not a questionof a mere labor dispute v but aquestion that is vitally affectingevery industry in America.”Last ^C’ DanceSet SaturdayIn a Christmas setting.University students willdance to the music of ParkerMelling’s twelve piece or¬chestra tomorrow night from9:30 to 12:30 at the Ida Noyesgymnasium.Formal dress is requiredfor girls; it is optional formen. Decorations will be un¬der the direction of AnitaReidel, assisted by VirginiaMainzer, both members ofthe Student Social Commit¬tee, which sponsors all of the“C” dances. solo; Lamentation (1944) for so¬prano, viola, and fiiano; and theWhiteman Suite (1944) for smallchorus, string quartet, and pianoduet. The Whiteman Suite will bethe first appearance of the newly-formed College Chorus, under thedirection of Austin Garrels of theDepartment of Music.Also to be pwformed is Harris’earlier Quintet for Piano andStrings (1937). Johana Harris, thecomposer’s wife, wUl be the pianistin each of the works. The ChicagoSymphony Quartet will appear inthe quintet and the Vl^itemanSuite. Anita Braude, soprano, andMilton Preves, first violist of theSymphony, will be featured in theLamentation. The composer will conduct the Whiteman Suite, andDorothy Walters, graduate studentin the Deparment of Music, will bethe second pianist in the accom¬paniment.Roy Harris, one of the fewAmerican composers, was a pupilof the composers Arthur Bliss andNadia Boulanger. He held the Gug¬genheim Fellowship twice, and hastaught at the Westminster Choirschool and at Cornell University,He now teaches at Colorado Col¬lege.He has achieved internationalprominence with his Third Sym¬phony and his Piano Quintet. Har¬ris is the first American compoi^rto have a complete program de¬voted to his music in the Univer¬sity Concert Series.Bigotry . . .((Continued from Page 1)ination is offered. Munnecke urgedthat these matters be brought tothe attention of the administration.According to Eva Emanuel,chairman of the committee, themeeting succeeded in its aim “toinform the student body as towhat kind of action to take againstdiscrimination.”All-Campus CommitteeFormed shortly after the GaryStrike, the committees repre¬sented by many campus organi¬zations, including American Youthfor Democracy, Socialist Study $100 AYD GoalAs a part of its drive to raisemoney for the University of Paris,the American Youth for Democ¬racy on campus is asking for con¬tributions from students and fac¬ulty members. A goal of $100 hasbeen set. In addition, AYD willcollect pencils, which will also besent to Paris.Club, Labor Rights Society, NegroStudent Club, Calvert Club, Y.W.C.A., Hillel Foundation, ChapelUnion, the Bar Association andTHE CHICAGO MAROON.Chorus of 140 Will SingIn UC Christmas CantataThe University of Chicago Choir, under the directionof Gerhard Schroth, will present a program of Christmascarols on Sunday and Monday evenings, December 16and 17, at 7:30, in the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.With a membership of more than one hundred fortyvoices, the choir will sing a variety of internationalChristmas carols, as well as American carols. The programwill include a group of three French carols arranged byMr. Schroth.On December 27, the choir will present a programwith the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the direc¬tion of Hans Lange and Mr. Schroth, at Orchestra Hall.The combined groups will perform the Fantasia onChristmas Carols by Vaughn Williams.Seasonal Holiday OfferingTOCOEDS and FACULTY★ ★From December 4tli Till Saturday, 6 p.m., December 29, 1945Carol^iine^s Beauty !§»aluii1414 EAST 55th STREET$15.00 Machine ttUAAA Machine UQ'tAPERMANENT PERMANENT forCOLD Wave Permanents $50.00 down to $10.00Wo WU! Accommodate Permanent Wave Appointments EveningsIf Made Throo Days in AdvancePHONE MIDWAY 4210$12.50 MachineDPage 4 THfe CHICAGO MAROON Friday, December T, Ui45iKardcnFounded! Oct. 1, 1892> \' Official Studenit Newspaper• - * .The University of Chicago1945 ACP 4UrAmericsnPublished everv" Friday during the academic year by THE CHICAGOMAROON, an independent student organization of the University of Chicago.Abe Krashj Editor-in-ChiefWard J. Sharbach Jr.. Business ManagerTHE EXECUTIVE EDITORSAssistant-to-the-Editor David S CanterNews Editor Joan KohnRewrite Editor ....Ruth WachtenheimFeature Editor Betty J. SteamsCopy Editor . Barbara Lovett Sports Editor Keith CliaveCirculation Manager. .James E BarnettGeneral Manager,.. .Norman L. MachtExchange Editor.... Donna K, GleasonArt Editor. Cissy LiebshutzEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESMuriel Abrams. Barbara Barke, Ellen Baum. Donald Bushnell Bab^te V.Casper. Myrt Chamberlin, Merilyn Anne Cohen. Clare Dayidscm, Libero T. De-Amicis Judy Dowms, Catherine Elmes. Rose Encher. William Escoube, RimardFine Lucien Fitzgerald. Albert Friedlander. Samuel D. Golden, Jerome Gold¬stein. Mary Jane Gould. Naomi Halperin. Robert Hanvey. Murray Harding, RayHorrell Shirley Isaac. Louella Johnston, Patricia R Kindahl, Marguerite Kirk.Lora Lee. Gerald G. Lehman, Leon Letwin. Tess LeVentis, Marshall Lowen-stein. Victor Lownes, Alan Locke McPherron. Shirley Moser, Anne Norris. PatO’Halloran, Kathleen Overholser. Hillard Anne Perry, Joan Reid. Joan Reinagle.Eleanore Saunders. William Schwab. Don Shields. Bert Simon. Edwin W Sude-row. Helen Tarlow, Antonette Totino. Robert Trilling. Roberta Unger, VirginiaVlack. William Wambaugh, Arthur Whitman, Carol Wright.BUSINESS ASSOCIATESFlorence Baumruk. Charlotte Block. Fiances Carlin, Carol Chism, BarbaraGee. Valerie Kopecky. Herbert Leiman, Doris Mathews, Edwina Schultz, NatalieWaechter, Betty J. Watson, Mary Wheeler.EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS OFFICES: The Reynolds Club. 5706 SouthUniversity Av'enue, Chicago «‘17, Illinois Telephones; MiDway 0800, extension3.51 (Editorial Office), extension 1576 (Business Office),351 (Mitoriai Office), extension 1576 (Business Office)SUBSCRIPTION RATES; On campus, 50 cents per quarter. By mail. 75cents per quarterADVERTISING RATES: Quoted on request. Address all communicationsk) The Business Manager, The Chicago Maroon.Member Associated Collegiate Press (1945 ACP All-American) and Inter¬collegiate Press. Editorial of. WeekPros, ConsOf ReligionIn Schools Lament • * ♦Lost GenerationsSelective-service mumbo-jumbo soard to new heightsthis week with the announcerhent of ‘"proposed deferments”for students of science. Not only is the pronouncement soriddled with reservations as to be inane but it typifies in quitestriking fashion the confusion and bewilderment now ram¬pant in the war department.National draft- headquarters “recommends to the localboards” that they defer graduate students, teachers, universi¬ty research workers in the physical sciences, and undergrad¬uate students who have successfully completed at least threeyears of work leading to a bachelor’s degree in science, pro¬vided the student has served a minimum of two years in aproject directly connected with the war effort. If implicit inthe memorandum is the assumption that scientific research isessential to the welfare of the nation, selective service is thenguilty of the most gross double-talk and hypoersy. It paysmere lip service to the principle, for it is manifestly evidentthat no one will qualify for deferment under such specifications.Graduate students, teachers, and research workers are ob¬viously either too old or will be rejected for the same physicalreasons which kept them out of the service during the war,while there are virtually no undergraduate students whocould possibly have received three years training unless theywere classified as 4-F, in which case the ruling is needless.The statement is ill-timed and ill-conceived. It arrives asCongress is being broached with proposals to appropriatelarge sums for the support of scientific enquiry on the mostambitious scale in the nation’s history. By now it is banalto repeat that the war roared to its crescendo largely byvirtue of the developments of science.We have lost a generation of brains. Science must con¬stantly be replenished with new talent if it is not to suffocate,but the policy of selective service stabs at the very heart of thesuccess of the future of scientific inquiry by blocking the source.Nor can we any longer justify the drafting of scientificstudents on the grounds of wartime necessity. No complexhierarchy of values is needed to know that the greater goodof the country will be se^yed by permitting students to con¬tinue their work. One does not need a physicist to standguard over a brothel.in Yokohama.It is simply not adequate for war department high mogulsto assert that science is “vital.” We are not interested in wellphrased tish and pap. Positive, meaningful measures shoyldbe taken at once to implement a full scale program of scien¬tific research. As such the initial step is the simple recogni-tion that you can’t have science without scientists.Even more fundamentally we may ask why any responsiblestudent should be drafted into the armed forces today. Thepermanent damage to the country’s future incurred by re¬moving students from the classrooms is enormous and cannever be calculated. Statistics reveal that an infinitesimalaverage—less than 1 per cent—of released veterans are re¬turning to universities. We are not alarmists. Nevertheless,we believe that continuance of the current foolhardy selectiveservice policy may wreak irreparable harm to our educationalstructure.Such paradoxical blundering in high governmental circles18 inexcusable. Examination of the entire selective serviceframework would appear to be in order. Pros and cons of religious educa¬tion in the publifc schools wereaired., this-week in‘the editorialcolumns of the Daily Illini, studentnewspaper of, the' University ofIllinois. \ ;The editorials* refer to the‘Mc¬Collum case, a Champaign suit, inwhich the wife of a University ofIllinois professor is" seeking an in¬junction restraining the schoolboard from conducting religiousclasses in the public* schools dur¬ing school hours with school facili¬ties. The Civil Liberties union inChicago sought to restrain theschool board from releasing stu¬dents, but the injunction was notgranted.The editorials were prefacedwith the statement that “The read¬er is left for himself to determinehis own opinion.” The Illini edi¬torials follow:Pro . • . Roligious EducationIt is a mistake to wei^h thegreatness of religious teaching jagainst legal technicalities and the j“embarrassment” of one boy.No matter what, religious educa¬tion will Continue. It is somethingfar too great to be thwarted byeven such a concentrated effort asis being thrown against it. A com¬munity which realizes the import¬ance of religion can, with perfectlegality (if that is the question!)have the school board declare 10a.m. Wednesdays not sbhool time—and the classes will go on.If all Biblical and moral teach¬ing is to be left to churches andSunday schools, three great diffi¬culties are encountered immedi¬ately. First, many of the Sundayschool teachers, although well-meaning and sincere, are inexperi¬enced and haven’t the knowledgeof a well - trained communityteacher.Second, fewer children will bereached by the church classes—theblame of which will fall on theparents, and not the church.And third, religion and all itteaches should not be connectedwith just the church and Sundayschool but with every walk of lifeTo be well educated, one shouldknow the Bible if just from a liter¬ary standpoint. Some of the world’sbest literature is contained in thepsalms and Bible stories.To say that the teachers will tryto impose upon the child their ownparticular creeds could be classedas a “glittering generality.” Howmany actual cases have been in¬vestigated and how many outlinesof subject matter and objectivesand aims of different religiousteachers were examined?Was this not a direct plan todrive a wedge between the variouschurch groups represented? Thelittle seeds of distrust were wellenough sown at the McCollum trialto make the ministers uneasy andguarded, and to weaken their posi¬tion immeasureably. •Religious education in the pub¬lic schools offers to every child thechance to learn to be a better andhappier person, and a better edu¬cated, more understanding citizen.This is an opportunity whichshould be denied to no one.Con • • • Raligious EducationLegality, and not the benefitsof a plan for religious educationin the schools, should be the mainquestion in the case against re¬ligious education on released timein the Champaign public schools.The classes being taught in theChampaign schools were on schooltime. Whether such a plan is ofbenefit to the children of Cham¬paign is not the main issue of thecase, but is nevertheless an inter¬esting question. Persons who favorreligion in the schools claim thatsuch courses tend to lower juveniledelinquency rates, raise standards,and break down religious preju¬dices.While religion courses may helpin fighting juvenile delinquency,it is more probable that one’s(Continued on Page 8) They may be dull, they may be hard, they may be quite intensive ...They may be long, they may be short, they’re always comprehensive.Letters to EditorPhelps, CommunistClub Explain StandCommunist Editor Raps 'Yellow Journalism'Paper Commended for Stand on HousingDear Sir:Wasn’t it Mark Twain who once said, “The reports of my death aregreatly exag^jerated”? Well, I know how he felt!Some weeks ago a student asked me to talk to a Communist clubabout the future of China. I consented, for, after all, a missionary onfurlough to the United States is still a missionary. The more Americansinterested in Chipa, the better; and to this particular group I felt I hadsome definite things to say both of commendation and of criticism. Itwas my impression that the meeting was to be a small informalgathering. “ * 'Then a friend said, “I’ve seen the placards Snnouncing your meet¬ing.” Next, I picked up several randbills; and finally beheldthe advertisement and write-up in the MARCK)N. Perhaps there wasjust a touch of editorial irony in the headline describing all this pub¬licity as “Sub Rosa ...”This letter is simply to say that I was not consulted about thepreparation, wording, or distribution of any of this publicity. My dis¬cussion was to be on the future of China as one of the great democracies,the title not to be confused with the book, China’s Destiny. The fram¬ing of the question in. the advertisement, and the statement on thehandbill, were not my formulation, and do not express my point ofview.I have not the slightest connection with the organization which in¬vited me to speak or which issued this publicity.After the address—and I believe it a right of any American citizento speak to any audience if he believes such action tends towards con¬structive clarification—a member of the group said, “Well, your analy¬sis doesn’t agree with our analysis.” And I recalled Dean Inge’s re¬mark, “When everybody is thinking alike, nobody is thinking at all.”Dryden L. PhelpsTo the Editor:In your article on the Communist “Youth” Party in last week’sMAROON, you'make many statements that indicate your lack ofinformation. This letter will answer some of the questions you raise,and give a more rounded picture to your r'eaders. The UniversityBranch of the Communist Party is not an official campus organization.It is made up of students and employees of the University of Chicago,and functions as any other branch of the Communist Party.Our program is to bring greater clarity on political affairs amongour fellow students, employees, and faculty. The meeting on China wasdesigned for this. We invited Professor Dryden L. Phelps to speak, notbecause he supports our views or we his, but because he is a first handobserver of the situation, and can present facts from which we candraw our own conclusions. This type of program is what we plan forthe future.Your bias in the news article on the Communist Party seriouslyendangers your slogan of service and leadership. Editorial comment ina news story is out of place, dangerous, and is the tool of yellow jour¬nalists. Your excuses for lack of information on our group soundweak, when a glance at your Phonebook, and a call to our downtownoffice could have gotten you reams of copy.■ Please contact me if I can be of any further service to you.Letta Saroff,Editor of the Campus CommunistTo the Editor:THE CHICAGO MAROON is to be commended for calling itsreaders’ attention to the serious housing shortage facing ex-GI’s. Weof the University of Chicago Chapter of the American Veterans’ Com¬mittee are in complete accord with the editors of the CHICAGOMAROON as to the urgency of the problem but we believe it necessaryto stress several additional p>oints:1. The housing crisis on the campus is part of a larger picture of acrisis in housing on a national scale.2. Insufficient housing constitutes a direct threat to the effectivenessof educational provisions under the ‘G. I. Bill.’3. Definite steps can and must be taken to alleviate the housingcrisis.With these considerations in mind, the Housing Committee of theAVC has presented its ‘Report on Housing’ to the CHICAGO MARO<3N.We are sure that we can count on you for suggestions and effectivecooperation in the solution of the housing crisis—^not only as a serviceto veterans, but to the entire community as well.Wmiaili Meyeia^ Housing Committee ChairmanU.of C. Chapter of AVCJ . MiMiHitfiiiiiiibMiiiDeeembcr T, 1M5 THE CHICAGO MAROONExhibit Reflects Trend ofModern PaintingsCopHc ArtExhibit atGoodspeedBy Libero de AmicisAn unusual display of CopticArt, and of the paintings of MaxWeber and Mafsden Hartley, is onexhibition at GoodspeedHall. The pictures are signifi¬cant of the trend of modern paint¬ers toward uniqueness and inter¬pretation rather than beauty.The collection of Coptic Art in¬cludes beautiful fabrics of thefourth and fifth century and sev¬eral carvings over fifteen hundredyears old. For patrons of CopticArt, these pieces will no doubtprove to be of great interest, butto the public, they hold little sig¬nificance, except for the fact thatthey are so old. It is remarkablethat such intricate patterns wovenin the cloths can retain their orig¬inal beauty and designs.Weber, Hartley Displayed WorksSupplementing the original Cop¬tic works are paintings by twocontemporary exponents of CopticArt: Max Weber and MarsdenHartley. Weber, who is consid¬ered by many to be America’s firstmodern painter, was a student ofthe famous French painter, Ce¬zanne. He studied El Greco’spainting and brought to Americaa new type of art.Although Hartley and Weberboth were admirers of Copticworks, their paintings have littlesimilarity. While Hartley’s pic¬tures are profoundly simple andhave a great feeling of warmth,Weber creates a mood of melan¬choly with his grotesque style.Bot}\ are more interested in crea¬tion than in representation.Comparing two of the Hartleyworks, “The Waxenstein at Gar-misch - Partenkirchen’’ and “Alp-spitz Mittenvald Road,” it is evi-The Department of Music oc¬casionally displays peculiar tastesin program-making for the Uni¬versity Concerts. So far this seasonit has been found necessary tosignalize the fiftieth birthday ofPaul Hindemith and to ignore theeightieth birthday of Jan Sibelius,which is tomorrow, December 8.Certainly Sibelius’ place is alreadyassured, while Hindemith’s is not.Part of last Friday’s concert mighthave been more profitably devotedto playing the Sibelius Quartetthan that which was played.On Friday, November 30, YellaPessl gave a harpsichord recital inMandel Hall. I^metimes peoplewho play harsichords present asloppy and ill-rehearsed perform¬ance of Bach’s Toccata in D—sloppy both in conception and ex¬ecution. They take liberties withthe composer’s clearly expressedintentions and they make peculiarand ill-considered cuts in thework. To these may be added ap¬parent lapses of memory and un¬couth phrasing. The only worsefate That could overtake this un¬happy work would be for Horowitzto take up Schnabel’s arrange¬ment for piano.It is a mistake to employ aharp.sichord which lacks sufficientvolume to be heard clearly in therear of a medium-sized hall. Istood at the back of Mandel Hallfor part of Dieupart’s Suite declavecin en concert No. 3, forharpsichord, flute, and ’cello. Ifound it impossible to catch manydetails, let alone nuances, of whatI heard. Afterwards I \7as askedby several members of the audi- Student PollTo Determine* Annual Plan^' The organizing committee of theproposed annual. Souvenir, willconduct a poll of the campus to de¬termine the type of publication de¬sired by the majority of the stu¬dents.To begin in a few days, the pollwill include questions regardingthe makeup and selling price of theannual. The questionnaire willalso be used to locate potentialstaff members.The poll will be conducted in thedormitories for the resident stu¬dents. and at Ida Noyes Hall,Hutchinson Commons, and theBookstore for commuters. The staffis very desirous of obtaining anaccurate report of the fwtentialsales for the annual, and everyoneis requested to cooperate by ex¬pressing his opinions on the ques¬tions asked.dent that the influence of Picassoguided the painter’s brush. WhileHartley’s paintings are simple, hisline and color are impressivelydistinctive.Weber Is VersatileIt is hard to write of the Weberworks. One minute his paintingsare depressing and disgusting andthe next minute they suggest amood of intimacy. At first glance,Weber is vulgar and coarse, butupon closer analysis, his grotesquecharacters take on a quality ofspirit. His repetition of color inall parts of the picture is espe¬cially noticeable in* “Discussion”and in “The Gorge.” Flat planesand sharp edges are, clearly de¬fined in “The Toilers.” Weber’sflexibility and fluidity of colorsuggest the technique of a sculp¬tor.ence whether that were the besta harpsichord could do.Several people complained afterthe concert that they had heardvery little of the music. Thiswould suggest that the Depart¬ment of Music should set up anamplifying system if they intendto hire Yella Pessl regularly, orelse that they insist on a betterinstrument. The harsicbord whichDorothy Lane used in her MandelHall appearance was a much moresuitable instrument. Mandel Hall’sacoustics are not perfect; neitherare they so poor as to evaporatethe music.Miss Pessl had an annoyinghabit of keeping time by stomp¬ing. In Domenico Scarlatti’s Es-sercizii in C Minor and D Majorshe quite drowned out her pallidinstrument with her foot. MissPessl also played Hayden’s Sonatain B Minor. Her textures weremuddied. Her pace in the finalevaried a great deal.Miss Pessl also essayed Handel’sSonata in G for flute and harpsi¬chord, with Harvey Noack of theSymphony. Mr. Noack’s flute has apallid tone; but his melodic line iswell - drawn, clean, and well-phrased. If he can just put thestrength into his tone which ErnestLiegl had, he’ll do very nicely.Besides the Dieupart, in whichthe ’cellist was Dudley Powerf-flrst ’cellist of the Symphony, th#trio played Rameau’s Pieces declavecin en concerts No.. 5. Thisbuoyant work, with its lacy Tri¬anon effect, was performed withspirit and grace, and somewhatserved to compensate for the weakperformances which went before.^ —WJI.W. Comedy HitBilled Here“Nothing Sacred,” starring Car¬ole Lombard and Fredric March,will^e the presentation of theDocumentary , Film Group tonightat 7 and 9 p.m. in the ReynoldsClub Theatre.This special showing of BenHecht’s story, which became one ofthe outstanding comedy films ofthe thirties, is produced in tech¬nicolor.Critic . . .(Continued from Page 1)lication consistent with its wonideals.When questioned by THE CHI¬CAGO MAROON, Frederick Got-tesman. Counsellor on Publications,stated that he sympathized withthe problems of these students andthat he would recommend at thenext CRITIC staff meeting a shiftfrom a monthly to a quarterlypublication basis. He also indi¬cated that a reawakened interestin student publications would pro¬duce the additional talent neededto fill out the CRITIC staff.Gottesman Is Confident of WorkMr. Gottesman felt confidentthat an equitable solution could beworked out so that THE CRITICwould be able to continue publica¬tion without requiring any studentto jeopardize his academic status.“I feel,” he concluded, “that THECRITIC possesses real merit andthat it is of such value to the cam¬pus as to deserve the cooperationand support of the students.” ~Here and There/FraternitiesAre RappedAt MinnesotaAbolish Frats by Law, SaysMrs. Glenn Frank■ “Sororities and fraternitiesshould be legislated out of exist¬ence,” Mrs. Glenn Frank, widowof a former University of Wiscon¬sin president, said at a meeting ofthe University of Minnesota Stu¬dent Forum recently.Emphasizing the undemocratic,snobbish qualities of the socialorganizations, Mrs. Frank criti¬cized the exaggeration of racialand creed differences and the so¬cial cleavage which she declaredexists between the various organ¬izations themselves. Her talk wasillustrated by specific examples.She concluded her address withthe statement that the fraternitysystem is hurting rather thanfurthering the great post-war aimof increased brotherliness amongmen.* * *More Vets’ TrailersMichigan State is joining the listof colleges which will house theirveterans in trailer parks.A thirty-acre plot near thecampus has been leveled, roadshave been constructed, and pro¬visions have been made to supplythe area with light, water, andheat. The first trailers will arrivewithin a few days.Iowa State Plans TelevisionConstruction of a television stu¬dio is included in the post-warplans at Iowa State University atAmes.The studio, to occupy two floorsof the proposed new wing of theService Building, will be equippedto house farm machinery displaysand livestock shows. It will beused for the production of educa¬tional shows and agricultural dem¬onstrations, as wen as dramas, andschool ceremonies. Broadcasts offootball and basketball games willalso be made through the facilitiesof the studio. UC Prof withA NY AccentBy VICKI DOWMONTBenjamin: M. Nelson, the newassistant professor on the SocialScience staff of,the College . .Long, scholarly words, spokra ina giveaway New York accent . . ,strictly a product of U. S.’s biggestcity , . . B.A. at C.C.N.Y M.A.and Ph.D. at Columbia . . .majored in philosophy and history. . . has taken to Chicago life . . .“Chicago is a nice big small town”... a relief from New York . . .enjoys hearing discussions of Platoand Aristotle on the I.C. , . . Soc.2a thrills him ... in fact thewhole College thrills him . . .“Nothing around here but funda¬mental questions raised but some¬times he feels like slinking offinto a comer for solitary reflection... he must reflect a lot, he’s saidto be the only man who can talkto Mr. Schwab . . . maintains he’shere to learn too, and can oftenbe seen sitting in classes . . .Book coming out early next year. . . Princeton Press . . . The Ideaof Usury: From 'Tribal Brother¬hood to Universal Otherhood . . .(don’t try to look up otherhood inMr. Webster, it’s probably notthere!) , . . deduction: he’s a wordcoiner ,. .In April ’45 he got a Guggen¬heim Fellowship . . . he’s con¬cerned with topics like the inter¬play of conscience and casuistryof moral thought ... all of whichmakes him a natural for his re¬view of Milton Mayer’s, Thomistand Atomist at Student Forum. , . in the course of which he ex¬amined, “relation between moral PattiUnique Prof . . ,BENJAMIN M. NELSONabsolutes and moral ambiguities”, . . hummmm . . .News editor of his college paper. . . also worked on the New YorkTimes as religion reporter . . .till he couldn’t resist the LURE ofthe Middle Ages any longer , ..Winter Plays ...(Continued from' Page 1)under the direction of Martha C.McCain will continue to operatenext quarter, giving students inthe college a chance to gain ex¬perience in one-act plays. Anintimate thatre group to be di¬intimate theatre group to be di-organized soon, and will stress in¬terpretive reading, and individualpresentations.Ellen Baum- ^ ^ ^ 'The TravelingBazaar. _Congratulations ToJoan Kohn and Catherine Elmes who won coveted places on theMademoiselle College Board. It seems that despite Chicago’s reputa¬tion as a badly-dressed campus we still have women smart and chicenough to rate top style po.'sitions. More congratulations to newlyinitiated Chi Rhos Louise Borden, Jane Hanke, Valerie Kopecky,Pauline Mathewson, and Joyce Wight.Sarcasm in the SunWe note in Dale 'Harrison’s column in the Chicago Sun that ithas come to the attention of that eminent gentleman of letters thatour sweet young things in Foster and Green often serenade BobbyHutchins of an evening. It seems that their favorite song is, “Oh,Bobby, Oh, Bobby, How you can love,” and is supposedly calculatedto leave the Mind In great embarrassment. Mr. Harrison^ commentssagely: “Young ladies living aw’ay from home in dormitories andlearning to be smart do things like that. It is release. It is exuberance.It is cute. It is Adolescence.” We suggest that for true adolescenceyou read one of Mr. Harrison’s columns written in psuedo-Pepys style.Social LifeThe weekend’s parties provide us with a few newsworthy items.The Sigma-Psi U party at the Southmoor was a most enjoyableevening—after the partyers evicted a weddjng rehearsal from thepremises. A slightly sour note was introduced when some Sigma Chis(having a likewise successful party with the Chi Rhos in anotherroom) somehow persuaded the band at the Psi U party to play theSweetheart of Sigma Chi. The basketball game was highlighted byP. J. Murphey’s cheer leading shirt—she remarked that it wouldhave been much longer if she hadn’t started sewing it about 5:00. Anonlooker was heard to regret that she started so early.Miscellany'Two former U. of C.’itcs took the fatal step—Jo Thomas with BobNoble and Audrey Reed with Henry Fletcher. Quad’s idanning aweekend Winter sports party in Michigan in January. An otherwisesedate appearing gentleman in Int. House has been sporting a pairof very loud Persian slippers, red with enormous gold embroidery.We are pleased to announce that w’e have a reader of this columnsomewhere in B & G; shortly after we discussed the possibilities offilling the fountain with jello, the fountain was boarded up for thewinter.Bookstore IncidentsA story—apocryphal, we hope—had come to our ears of thestudent who went to the Bookstore at the beginning of the quarterwith a long list of Humanities 2 readings. She read off the long listof books and hesitated over one, “I don’t know which one I want—the dialogues of Plato or Socrates.” Whereupon the woman back ofthe counter snapped back, “Well, make up your mind!” A repetitionof last year’s absent-minded female who had to leave stamps on themailbox for letters put in sans postage occurred this week when aforgetful student walked over to the bookstore for stamps and puttwo letters in the mailbox—not only without postage but also withoutenvelopes. That’s why the postman’s face is red nowadays.Something NewInter Club Council’s program of all-club meetings began with abang this Monday at Ida Noys where Virginia Madigan of the Counsel¬ing Bureau spoke to some 150 club women on the Bureau’s activities*The meeting was sponsored by Alpha Chi Theta and Mortar Board whoalso provided refreshments.William WambaughThe Critic's CornerPage 6 THE CHICAGO MAROON Friday, December.-^,'*1^5David S, CanterOn The BeamLet’s look at our world—^today. Tomorrow may be too late.Today America is pursuing a dangerous foreign policy. Nolonger are there efforts to increase co-operation, United Nationsunity, or internationalism. Even while the ink is still wet on theagreement, there is talk of “defense,” “intervention,” “anti-“Big Stick.”agreementCommunism,” andJava, China, Argentina, and Eu¬rope are words that mean thattoday freedom is attacked insteadof being asserted.Tomorrow our world may be onfire again. Tomorrow our worldmay again have to defend itselfagainst a few who desire to seeit enslaved. Tomorrow, when weneed it most, our peace may bebroken.Too many people fall asleep atthe switch. Wake them up!Too many Americans find itmore comfortable to relax. Arousethem! Do it now. Tomorrow maybe too late..Today, December 7, Pearl Har¬bor Day, is a day to draw lessonsfrom. It means that we acted late,almost too late. It means that ourpeople were forced to come of agealmost overnight when they shouldhave matured from 1933 on, underthe bitter schoolmastering ofAdolph 'Hitler. The men whodied in this war gave their todaysthat our tomorrows might besaved.We did not pay attention to theJapanese militarists in 1931 whenthis war actually began. Ten yearslater they smacked us. What hap¬pened in Manchuria affected usright here in Chicago.Human freedom is indivisible.If a man is dying on the streetsof Bombay, he is dying on thestreets of New York.‘‘We’ve learned that our eastcoast is the w'est bank of theRhine, and that the defenses ofSeattle begin in Shanghai.“We learned at Munich thata soft answer doesn’t turn awaywrath; that if you offer yourother cheek to a Nazi, you’ll getyour head blowm oft.“We’ve learned that a news¬paper right here at home canlie with a straight face sevendays a w'eek, and be as filthyand fascist as a handout in Ber¬lin.“We’ve learned that thosemost concerned with saving theworld from Communism usuallyturn up making it safe for Fas¬cism.“We’ve learned that freedomisn’t something to be won andthen forgotten. It must be re¬newed like soil after yieldinggood crops; must be rewound,like a faithful clock; exercisedlike a healthy muscle”—Nor¬man Corwin.We did not realize that whatwas happening to the people inManchuria, China, Germany, Eth¬iopia, Spain and Munich was hap¬pening to us, too. We were asleep.We were disunited. That warwould hit us was fantastic.“We tried the ostrich routinebut that didn’t work”—Nor¬man Corwin.It was unity on the part of theworld that could have stopped the Axis partners. But there was none.When unity finally was achieved,the Axis lost.United for action. Don’t botherabout credit. The most importantthing about unity is that it works.We might have won the lastrounds of the war in Tokyo, butwe’re losing the first rounds ofthe peace right here in America.The people must unite and stopthe coming of this World War.Another World War might meanthe end of all civilized living:there is the atom bomb, robotbomb, radar, jet propulsion, tar-get-seeking bombs, precision in¬struments for detection of targets,death rays of invisible light, etc.We’ve got to get On The Beamto prevent another World War.Our path is charted. We arealready marching into tomorrow.4> • «“To win is great: to learnfrom winning, greater; but toput the lessons learnt from win¬ning hard to work—^that is theneatest trick of all”—^NormanCorwin.VocationalBoard CallsJob SeekersStudents who will receive de¬grees during the 1945-46 schoolyear, and who will be interestedin securing permanent positions inteaching, business, or industry,are urged to register immediatelywith the Board of VocationalGuidance and Placement, 215 CobbHall.Beginning in December of thisyear, company officials will bevisiting the Quadrangles to inter¬view and select 1946 graduates foremployment following gradua¬tion. Due to the smaller numberpersonal requirements, there is noformalized recruiting program forteachers, although office inter¬views are often conducted. TheBoard prepares, in the case ofteachers, sets of credentials for theregistrant, which are mailed toschool officials and thus serve asrecommendations. Inasmuch as theannouncement of vacancies inthese cases is received well in ad¬vance of the starting date of theposition, immediate registration isessential.Especially in demand this yearare those students who have hadtechnical training; chemists,physicists, and mathematicians.The excellent opportunities for im¬mediate placement for these menand women in important researchwork is not to be overlooked byqualified graduates-elect.MONOGRAMMED GIFT MATCHESOrder Now for Christmas DeliveryBox of 50—$1.25; 3 boxes—$3.4510c postage for orderSTATE:Mofehes—Royal Blut or BlockTypo—Block or EnglishColor of Imprint—Gold or SilverSend Chock or Money Order toMOIVOGIFT7217 MERRILL AVENUEClika^ 49. lUiMlt" rboM: MIDway 94S7 Religious RoundupCongregationalistsTo Fete SeminarMembers of the International Seminar will be guests ata dinner to be given by the Congregationalist Student Groupthis Tuesday.The Seminar, which has been meeting on campus thisquarter, deals with religious problems of international impor-Foreign members includetance.representatives from India, Ceylon,Honduras, Africa and the Philip¬pines while the ten Americanmembers are from various fields ofreligious work, from several Chi¬cago churches, and from students’and women’s clubs. After thisquarter, members of the Seminarwill travel throughout the countrymeeting to discuss internationalreligious matters with variousgroups and organizations.The dinner will be given in theGeorge Henry Commons Room inthe Chicago Theological Seminary,and all students interested in at¬tending may call Chapel House forfurther information.Chapel Union will have VictorObenhaus, Professor of SocialEthics of the Federated TheologicalFaculty, as a guest at its weeklymeeting on Sunday. ProfessorObenhaus will discuss last sum¬mer’s “Students-in-Industry” proj¬ ect in which students from severalschools worked in various Chicagoarea factories and held discussionmeetings on the firsthand experi¬ence gained about labor and indus¬trial problems.« * *Calvert Club will hear FatherGeorge Mahan, S.J., of St. Thomasthe Apostle Church in Chicago, atits weekly meeting tonight at Cal¬vert House. Father Mahan willspeak on archaeology. An informaltea ;iance will follow the meeting.« * *Volunteers for the UniversitySettlement and for Billings Hos¬pital are being supplied by theYWCA’s Community Service Com¬mittee. The “Y” is also sendinggirls to act as junior hostesses atthe USO Center at 131 South Wa¬bash. “Y” girls will act as host¬esses at a formal dance to be heldat the Center December 22. Labor RightsStrike MeetingA mass meeting to clarify theissues in the Montgomery Wardstrike has been scheduled by theLabor Rights Society, in coopera¬tion with the Socialist Study Club,for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Kent106. * Speakers will be Hank An¬derson, president of the Mont¬gomery Ward Union; LeonardLevy, vice-president of the In¬ternational Department Store Em¬ployees Union, and Michael Mann,Secretary of the Chicago Indus¬trial Union Council.The Labor Rlgnts Society is astudent organization whose pur¬pose is to draw together into asingle active group all studentsdesiring to take positive action onlabor isues facing them today.Offer MedicalAptitude ExamMedical aptitude testswhich have been adopted asa requirement in most med¬ical schools will be given toall interested students De¬cember 14 from 3:00 to 5:00pjn. Those interested mustregister before December 7in Cobb Hall 100. There isa registration fee of $2.00.Those students who havepreviously taken the test arenot required to take it again.☆ ☆☆WITH THE THREE FIRSTSIN SM0KIN6 PLEASUREAimrs/mtoER. C hesterfield’s gay Christmas' carton is a beauty...just the thingBciTc/^ TAST/JwG ^ say "Merry Christmas” to yourCOOLER S/ttOK/AfO and to top off thebundles for those at home.And there's nothing finer than what's inside,for Chesterfield's Right Combination ... World's BestTobaccos gives you all the benefits of smoking pleasure.They’re givable, acceptable and enjoyableCopyright 194}, Lioam a Atm* Tomcco Co. WESr£Rf/£U)Friday, December 7, 1945 THE CHICAGO MAROON PaRc 7Maroons Win Cage OpenerThe optimism is pardonable.Things are looking up. Didn’t Chi¬cago’s Maroons come from behindin the last few minutes to upsetthe I.I.T. Techawks in the firstgame of the year? Didn’t CoachNels Norgren’s men break Tech’s13-game winning streak? Whocould think of a better way tousher in the new cage season?We repeat, things are lookingup. In fact, we got to wonderingif maybe this might be the yearthat the U. of C. wins its first con¬ference game since 1940. With theaid of the schedule we discoveredthat the Maroons will during the1945-46 hoop season encounter In¬diana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa,Minnesota and Ohio State, all ofthem twice.Surely of this ligt there must beone team the local cagers couldtop. But which one? Iowa or OhioState? Horrors! Perish the thought.The Hawkeyes were conferencechamps last year and have theirentire starting team back. TheBuckeyes were a close second be¬hind Iowa and are counting ontheir three returning lettermen,including a six-foot, nine-inchcenter, to produce a season at leastas successful this year.But how about Minnesota’’ Well,press release from Gopherlandcontains such phrases as . the'best Gopher basketball team inseveral years.” Not too encourag¬ing; let’s try Illinois. Here’s whatCoach Doug Mills has to say ofthe mini squad: ”A . . . club . . .which may be a strong factor latein its Big Ten schedule.” Thiswould sound better io Maroonrooters if Illinois hadn’t come quiteso close to upsetting a star-studdedWright Field outfit just last week.There’s always Michigan. TheSport News from the University ofMichigan has this to say about theWolverine team: ‘‘Bigger physical¬ly, just as fast and a better groupof ball handlers . . .” Gulp! Let’stry Indiana. This is better. No oneis claiming a championship for theHoosiers, or even predicting a bet¬ter season than last year. In fact,no one is saying anything aboutthe Indiana outfit. Indiana couldbe the team and January 5 thedate when the U. of C. breaks its47-game Big Ten losing streak.Nels Norgren hopes so. Qet That Ball Beat Illinois Tech43-42: ThreeMore This WeekMAROONS 43: TECHAWKS 42These are two valuaUe pointe for Ellision. OUier Chicago menvisible are Raby, number 19 and De Graw, far right. Chicago’s cagers met their firstchallenge of the year last Saturdaynight in the Fieldhouse, beatingIllinois Institute of Technology, 43to 42, in an overtime game. TheMaroons showed plenty of promise,although their defense against thefast Techawk team was a littleweak in the first part of the game,and their long shots were far worsethan in practice.Although Coach Nels Norgrenwas satisfied with the first show¬ing of his team, he has inaugurateda much more rigorous practiceschedule this week in preparationfor the coming three contests. Thegames to be played are December7, Vaughan General Hospital there;December 10, Naval Reserve Arm¬ory here and December 12, Illi¬nois Tech there.Among the personalities in lastweek’s tilt, Fred De Graw playedhis usual stellar game, scoringfifteen points to tie for the high scoring crown with Smart from theTechawks. George Raby, with hisexceptional speed .and agilityscored eight points and was thebackbone of the teams defense. RayFreeark and Fred King, both new¬comers to the squad, played a goodbrand of basketball, well worthyof the name of Chicago. Steve El-liston, long, lanky center, surprisedeveryone with his agility aroundthe backboard; it was a real losswhen he broke his toe and had tobe carried from the floor.BOXSCORECh’go (43)fgftpfDeGraw, f .H .3 1Sharp, f. . . t 0 3Raby, c .. . 3 2 1LiUenr g...2 0 2Freeark, g.l 3 2Bradley, f. . 0 0 1King, g . .. .1 3 2Riley, f 0 0 0Elliston, c 2 0 0TOTALS 16 11 12 Ill. T. (42) fg ft pfMurphy, f . 2 1 SEvers, f. . . .2 0 0Browning, e 3 2 5Lake, g.... .3 0 2Smart, g. .. .6 3 5Melek, f. . . . 0 0 0Poulter ... 0 0 0Garbal’ski, g 0 0 1M’cAdams, g 0 0 1Bergst’m, g 0 0 0Breuning, f 0 0 1TOTALS 18 617OFFICIALS: Referee, Reiff; UmpiretCurrie.Coed Contests • • • • by Ylack I up for JVRomping over the Green Hall representatives, 28-14, apowerful Beecher Hall team took the Intra-Mural volleyballcrown Tuesday, November 27.Ida Noyes Gym was the scene of the hard-fought battle.The characteristic of the Beecher team which brought it thevictory was its excellent team¬work. Captained by EdwinaSchultz, the Beecher team mem¬bers included Joyce Rich, BettyGrant, Jane Simmons, Nancy Car¬penter, Yolanda McGeehee, Shir¬ley Kipp, Pat Taif, Marcia Auer¬bach, and Pauline Mathewspn.This is the second title garneredby Beecher this quarter. Withthe hockey and volleyball cham¬pionships pocketed, the Beecherresidents and associates are noweyeing the basketball crown. How¬ever, Kelly and Manly Halls, witha crown each to their credit,won’t let Beecher take another championship without a struggle.The basketball tournament,scheduled for the fifteenth ofJanuary, is open to club and or¬ganization, as well as house,teams. Women affiliated withneither a house nor a club .areinvited to see Miss Burns in thePhysical Education offices on thesecond floor of Ida Noyes Hall.Broadening the competition to in¬clude all women students is anexcellent plan and is far moredemocratic than the policy of lim¬iting the play to house teamsalone. The Physical EducationDepartment is to be commended. Chicago’s junior-varsity basket¬ball team has a .500 average as itgoes into its third game this Fri¬day against Wheaton Academy. OnDecember 1 the Junior Maroonslost a close one to Bowen, 28 to 27,while on December 4 they won anequally close one from ChicagoVocational, 32 to 30. The gamewith Wheaton is the first PrivateSchool League game of the seasonfor the Jay-Vees. Chicago’s lineupfor the tilt will find Reaven andGeocaris at forward, Vernon atcenter and Childs and Eubanks atguard.SWIMMERS ond DIVERSYour school needs you forVarsity competition. Bart¬lett pool every day from 4till 5:30.Mathews Cops IM Swim MeetMathews continued to dominateintra-mural athletics by placingfirst in the Inter House SwimmingMeet held in Bartlett Pool, Tues¬day afternoon. Linn with ninepoints, one less than the victors,copped second spot, while Doddand Salisbury tied for third andfourth with five points apiece. Chamberlain tagged along in lastplace with four tallies.Because of an infraction of oneof the rules, Mathews was dis¬qualified in the medley-relay, butits two firsts in the other twoevents were all it needed for thechampionship. Second place Linnfinished first in the Medley, second in the eight-man relay and fourthin the four-man relay.Team results with the winner’stime in each event are as follows:Four-man Relay: Mathew, 1:58.4;Dodd; Salisbury; Linn; Chamberlain.Medley Relay: Linn, 1:15.5; Chamber-lain; Dodd; Salisbury. Eight-man Re¬lay: Mathew, 3:13.9; Linn; Salisbury;Chamberlain; Dodd. Squash ClubAgainLast Saturday, at the ChicagoAthletic Association courts, thetwo University of Chicago SquashClubs met the Lawson Y.M.C.A,and the C.A.A. in a twin meet.Chicago’s “A” team beat the Law-son team, 4 to 1, while the “B”squad lost a close match to theC.A.A., 3 to 2. The particularsfollow:TEAM A (1st) vs. LAWSONLevenfeldt 1Styrt 3Sn^th 3Wright 1Doak 3Derr 3 Jacobson 2Bralla 3Dunn 1HendricksonTEAM B (2nd) vs. C.A.A.Choy 2 Stevens 3Thomas 3 Williams 2Rahl 3 MacEvoy 2Murphy 1 Spalding 3Burbank 0 O’Rourck 3Coach Paul Derr, instructor andmember of the club, has an¬nounced that on December 15 inthe West Stands the two Chicagoclubs will meet in competition toshow the students who' are inter¬ested in learning the game how itis played. The club is very anx¬ious to have new members, socome out and see what a fastand fascinating game it really is.36 Teams in Xmas TourneyInter-High School Basketball Tournament, started by thegrand old man of Chicago, A. Alonzo Stagg, and now spon¬sored by the U of Chicago, will begin its 26th Annual Christ¬mas Week, Dec, 24, T. Nelson Metcalf announced yesterday.Of the 41 Chicago High Schools invited only three havedeclined so far, while two have notyet replied. The first game willstart at 1 p.m. in the fieldhouseand will continue play till 5 p.m.;the night games will begin at 7.The final game is scheduled forNew Year’s Day at 4 p.m. Ad¬mission to all contests will be 50c,tax included.^Nelson Norgren, basketball coachand T. Nelson Metcalf, director ofathletics, will be in charge of thetournament.Senn High School, winner of lastyear’s playoff, is one of the schoolsthat has accepted this year. Therewere no playoffs during 1942 and1943. DuSable was the winner inthe playoffs of 1940 and 1041.The complete roster of teamsthat have accepted is as follows:Tuley, Calvin Park, Amundsen,Harper, Farragut, Hyde Park, Mar¬shall, Wells, Gage Park, Roosevelt,Lindblom, Morgan Park, Bowen,DuSable,' Tilden, Englewood, Wal¬ler, Senn, Crane Tech, Washbourne,Keiley, Calumet, South Shore,Hirsch, Dunbar Trade, Chicago Vo¬ cational, Fenger, Lane Tech, Park¬er, Sullivan, Steinmetz, Von Stu-ben, Taft, McKinfey and Austin.Mermen ShortOf SwimmersSwimming is returning to theU. of C. as a competitive sportafter a lapse of three years. No¬body knows as yet if Chicago willschedule any dual meets in theWestern Conference, since it maynot have enough men for a com¬plete team. Coach McGillvray,however, is anxious to return Chi¬cago to its former top-rankingposition in conference water sportsand he has determined to re-entervarsity competition this year. Soit is certain that the U. of C. willbe represented at the Western Con4ference meet this Winter.At present there are about 18boys out for the varsity, abouteight of whom arc certain ofon the team.8 THE CHICAGO MAROON Friday, December 1945Debate Clinic Tops Forum SlateSpeakers Girding forAnnual Big 10TournamentOn Tuesday evening, December11, at 7:30 the Student Forum willhold another of a series of weeklydebate clinics.These meetings serve as a testingground for arguments to be used inintercollegiate debate this season.The proposition is: “The ForeignPolicy of the United States shouldbe Directed ToVard the Establish¬ment of Free Trade.”This Tuesday’s session will pre¬sent Curt Crawford and ShirleyThurston on the affirmative andSheldon Stein and Irvin Fasan onthe negative.Members of both the men’s andwomen’s divisions debate squadare preparing for the coming BigTen Tournament, and other im¬portant contests against variousUniversities.Montparnasse ForumOn Saturday, December 1, apanel of Student Forum speak—^presented a round table discussionbefore the Montparnasse Forum ofChicago. The topic considered was“Is Our Present Foreign PolicyLeading Us Into Another War?”The participants: Marquita Mack,Shirley Thurston, Ed Hobbes andCurt Crawford, came to a generalaffirmative agreement.Bert Wax, Director of StudentForum activities, served as moder¬ator of the session which was at¬tended by a large delegation of thestudent body.George Geocaris Appointed Asst.- The administrative staff of theForum has been enlarged by theaddition of A. G. Geocaris, newAssistant Director of the Forum.Mr. Geocaris, a veteran of Saipan,Guam, Leyte, and Okinawa, at¬tended the University from 1938 to1942, and received an A.B. in polit¬ical Science from Chicago. Duringhis undergraduate year he was amember of the College-Divisiondebating team. President of Youthlor Democracy, and Douglas UnitedStates Senatorial campaign bid in1942. Geocaris is enrolled in the U.of C. Law School.With regard to his appointment,Georcaris said: “The Forum hopesto increase the scope and intensityof its activities so that an ever-increasing number of students canreceive training and experiencebefore civic groups and in competi¬tion against leading speakers anddebating teams of other colleges.”'Women in Society'Round Table Topic“The Place of Women in Amer¬ican Society” will be the subjectdiscussed at the University of Chi¬cago Student Forum Round Table,to be held at the Social ScienceInstitute, 708 N. Clark st., at 8:30pjn. December 8.Admission is free, and the publicis invited.219 Last MonthEx-GI's OkVocationalBoard AidAt the end of its first year ofoperation, the Board of VocationalGuidance and Placement at theUniversity of Chicago announcedtoday that a new high of 219 vet¬erans used the testing and coun¬selling facilities during the monthof November.Robert C. Woellner, ExecutiveSecretary of the Board, said thatnearly a thousand veterans havebeen served during the year, andthat the majority of them havebeen placed immediately througha list of positions maintained bythe board.On referral from the Veterans’Administration, veterans receivethe service free of charge, whetheror not they are students at theUniversity of Chicago. This Is MassDistributionOf the WisdomCopies of a speech by Rob¬ert M. Hutchins, Chancellorof the University of Chicago,have been distributed inplace of the regular alumnibulletin for December.50,000 copies of the' ad¬dress, printed in pamphletform, have been distributed.The speech on the conditionof the Univeisity was de¬livered May 18 at a meetingof the Citizens’ Board.Complete File ofChildren's BooksWill Be AvailableAll new books for children willnow be received on publicationand kept at the newly establishedMaterials Center of the Univer¬sity’s School of Education, Mrs.Alice B. Mooney, Director of thenew Center, announced this week.Mrs. Mooney was formerly withthe Drexel Institute LibrarySchool in Philadelphia.The Center will serve facultymembers and students at the Uni-Iversity, in addition to parents,teachers, librarians, and others inthe Chicago area concerned withchild development.Staff members will receive allpotential materials, analyze themin terms of maturity levels andareas of prospective usefulness incooperation with specialists at theUniversity, and organize themappropriately for study and re¬search.Nearly 700 children’s books ayear are expected to come into theCenter, ranging up to the seniorhigh school level. Hutchins andMerriam WillTalk to PACChancellor Robert M. Hutchinsand Charles E. Merriam, ProfessorEmeritus of Political Science, willspeak at a dinner of the NationalCitizens Political Action Commit¬tee in the Stevens Hotel December13. The purpose of the meetingis to organize independent votersand liberals in the Midwest behindprogressive legislators.Other speakers will include Har¬old L. Ickes, Secretary of the In¬terior;. Sidney Hillman, PAC chair¬man; Orson Welles, movie actorand producer, and J. RaymondWalsh of the CIO.Communist . . .(Continued from Page 1) -he believed “it a right of anyAmerican citizen to speak to anyaudience if he believes such actiontends toward constructive clarifi¬cation.”He said he had consented tospeak to the organization someweeks ago and knew nothing of theadvertisement publicizing themeeting which a:^ked “Wby AreAmerican Marines Fighting inChina?”Publication Not RegisteredMiss Saroff, whose publicationis not registered with the Counsel¬lor on Publications and may thusnot be distributed as a “U. of C.”newspaper, said “University ofChicago Communist Club” is madeup of students and employees ofthe University of Chicago and Setting a new first for the University in this television broadcastare these members of the student forum including Sylvia Slade. CurtCra^vford, Bert Wax and Bob Voos. Monte Randall is lighting Slade’scigarette. (Photo by courtesy of Balaban and Katz.)functions as any other branch ofthe Communist Party.” Studenforganizations are required to reg¬ister with the Office of Dean ofStudents under University regula¬tions, and as of yesterday theCommunists had not filed applica¬tion for recognition.Miss Saroff charged THE MA¬ROON with “yellow journalism”in its story on the CommunistClub last week, and said that the“paper’s bias in the article . , .seriously endangers its slogan ofservice and leadership.” Lying-In Seeks AidVolunteer help is needed at theLying-In Hospital from 4 to 5:30p.m. daily. Those interested areasked to apply at the nursing of¬fice, in the south corridor of thefirst floor.ClassifiedStudent wants ride to N.Y.C. orWashington, Dec. 20, 21, 23. Gelier,Hyde Park 1001 i.Religion ...(Continued from Page 4)training and background, includingteaching of religion in the home,would be a better preventative ofthese problems.That such a plan would increasetolerance is doubtful. By settingoff certain students as. belongingto different faiths, religipn classeswould tend to defeat their purpose,and would actually build up great¬er prejudices.Furthermore, it has been arguedthat the teaching in the schools isnon-sectarian. Anyone, however,who is qualified to teach a coursein religion, is bound to have cer¬tain interpretations and' ideaswhich will become evident inteaching a religious course.More important than any of this,'however, is the legal and historicside to the problem.In the history of our countrythe struggle for separation otchurch and state was a long anddifficult one. In the schools forexample, each colonial churchgroup had its school, and religionconstituted a large part of the cur¬riculum. This is easily understood,for in colonial times a large partof all literature was of a religiousor Biblical nature.After the colonies became morethickly settled, however, this re¬ligious control over schools result¬ed in disorganization in the edu¬cational systems. Each school haddifferent standards and methodsof teaching.Our state constitution guaranteesthat no sectarian teaching shall beconducted in the schools, and thatschool money shall not be used forthis purpose. This is actually ameans of securing freedom of wor¬ship.The Champaign question, there¬fore, is not a new problem, butmerely the old question of religionin government, and in previous ex¬perience it has been shown that itwon’t work. 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