Merry Christmas—Happy New YearChitann arnon54 YEARS OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP ^ -x UVOL. 5. NO. 6—Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1945 PRICE 5 CENTS198 GraduateHere; Colv/ellIs KeynoterExercises at RockefellerChapel to Begin at 3One hundred and ninety-eight degrees including 62 inThe College will be conferredhere today at the 223rd convo¬cation exercises at RockefellerChapel.President Ernest C. Colwell willkeynote the exercises with an ad¬dress on “The Free University.”Chancellor Robert M. Hutchinswill confer the degrees.In this, the second peacetimeconvocation since Peail Harbor,twelve World War II veterans willbe graduated. Youngest of the 198U. of C. graduates is Sigurd John¬son who will receive the CollegeB.A.Among the degrees awarded willbe 62 College B.A. and Ph. B.degrees, 69 conventiohal bachelorcertificates, 40 master’s degrees,and 21 decorates.William E. Scott, assistant deanof students, addressed the specialprayer service at the baccalaur-rites last Sunday, •The exercises will begin at 3Give GermanVolumes toUC LibraryA book collection of more thanordinary merit has been receivedby the University Libraries fromMrs. Charles G. Goetsch.The collection consists of 38volumes of printed material withoriginal source material for thestudy of Low German. In additionto these there are five folders ofmounted facsimile reproductionsaud 61 cartons of photographicnegative plates of manuscriptdocuments from the archives ofthe cities of Riga and Tallinn(Reval).The collection was assembledby the late Associate ProfessorCharles G. Goetsch, member of theDepartment of Germanic Lan¬guages and Literature of the Uni¬versity. It so happens that exceptfor about a dozen items, all thematerial has for its subject mat¬ter the history and social condi¬tions of the Baltic States for themedieval period. Thus, the col¬lection is of importance not onlyin the field of Germanic philology,but also in the history of the Bal¬tic States, Estonia and Latvia.The value of this collection isenhanced by the fact that none of. these publications has appeared' in the book market for the past 15to 20 years.MAROON to ResumePublishing Jan. 11.THE CHICAGO MAROONwill resume publication onFriday, January 11 after atwo-week Christmas holidaysuspension.An editor’s meeting hasbeen scheduled for today at4 p.m. and the first staffmeeting of the new quarterwill be held Thursday, Jan.at 4 p.m. Piano Soloist . . .PERRY O’NEILLWinter MusicProgram SetBy WILLIAM WAMBAUGIIContinuing its two series of con¬certs through the Winter Quarter,the Department of Music announc¬es that campus programs, present¬ed in Mandel Hall, will be given onFriday, January 11; Wednesday,February 6; Friday, February 8;riday, February 22; and Friday,March 8. Tickets for the campusseries, priog^ akiour dollars, maybe obtained' ^ tb4^HI tne Press Building.The opening concert on January11, will feature Perry O’Neil, pian¬ist and a group of players from theChicago Symphony in four of Mo¬zart’s chamber works: StringQuartet No. 23. F Major, K. 590;Quintet in E Flat, K. 452, for pianoand wind instruments; Sonta for’cello and bassoon, K. 292; and theQuartet in G Minor, K. 478, forpiano and strings.The February 22 concert will bedevoted to Soviet music and willbe the Composer’s Concert for theWinter Quarter. The Gordon Quar¬tet will play Prokofiev’s newQuartet No. 2; and Leo Smit, pian-(Continued on Page 3)No Med FroshClass in '46Newest development of the U. ofC. Medical School is postponementof entering freshman classes sched¬uled to begin in June 1946 untilthe following September 25. Therewill be no activity in the MedicalSchool at all this summer as thefaculty hastens to decelerate thecurriculum, said Dr. F. J. Mullin,dean of students of the BiologicalSciences.As the emergency need for doc¬tors eases. Naval V-12 medical stu¬dents expect to be placed on in¬active service at the end of thisquarter, while the Army hopes torelease its students at the end ofspring quarter.'At the present time Medicalschool requirements remain thesame. However, under this newprogram the University Clinicsplan to slow their classes down inorder to have only three-quartersof junior and senior classes parti¬cipating in clinical work at a giventime. Although the new date forstarting freshman classes only af¬fects entering students, presentmembers of other classes shouldnote the change of plans whichincludes cessation of all work thiscoming summer. It is not yetknown if the Medical School plansto hola this as a permanent sum¬mer policy. Postpone Plan toJunk Ph. B. DegreeUnusually strong and unexpected opposition led to post¬ponement of a measure to abolish the Ph. B. degree after astormy college faculty conference this week.Consideration of the bill was tabled until a meeting in Feb¬ruary, although earlier passage of the measure by a substantialmajority had been forecast.The proposal, if passed, would provide for elimination of thePh. B. Degree after a specified period of time, and would inau¬gurate a compulsory B. A. with amandatory liberal education cur-ricuum for all students in TheCollege. Under the current ar¬rangement, opportunity for op¬tional courses is provided in the4th year of The College.Maclean, Opposed MeasureNorman F. Maclean, formerDean of Students in The Collegeand Associate Professor of English,and Hermann I. Shlesinger, Pro¬fessor of Chemistry, spearheadedopposition to the measure. Theproposal was supported on thefloor by sources close to the ad¬ministration and survey courseand liberal education proponentes.THE CHICAGO MAROON,banned from attendance at facultymeetings by a University edict,learned from reliable sources thatopponents to the bill had contend-ca tuai xiic college was not suffi-cently well established to warrantelimination of all elective coursesInitation of a compulsory degreemight also work a hardship onscience students, and students inthe humanities who have alreadycharted specialized fields, it wasasserted.Degree Said ParadoxicalSupporters of the bill main¬tained that the liberal educationshould be provided all studentswithout reference to vocational in¬tent; that the Ph. B. degree wastherefore paradoxical to the pro¬nounced aim of The College, andthat The College was sufficientlywell established to warrant theproposal.If passed by The College faculty,the measure will be referred to theUniversity Council, the executivefaculty-administrative body of theUniversity. In the event the billis vetoed by The Council, it isreferred to the Chancellor. Shouldthe Council veto be overriden byMr. Hutchins, the measure wouldbe sent to the Board of Trusteesfor arbitration. 1st YuletideAt Int HouseBy RAY HORRELLEighty foreign students living atInternational House were guestsat an informal party in the loungelast Saturday evening. These stu¬dents, who are spending their firstChristmas in the United States,helped to decorate the HouseChristmas tree at the party.The following day a musicalprogram was held. After severalselections by Miss Irene Wiseman,pianist, and Beverly Shea, tenor,those present joined in groupsinging of Christmas carols frommany nations. Members of theBoard of Governors and theirfamilies were special guests, andthe Alumni Association providedits annual wassail bowl.Foreign students will eat theirfirst traditional American Christ¬mas dinner tonight. The* tradi¬tional roast turkey, cranberrysauce, and Christmas cookies willbe included on the menu. An eve¬ning party and dance for resi¬dents of International House andother foreign students will be heldat 8 p.m. Sunday, December 23.The International House dininghall will be closed on ChristmasDay.PBK AWARDS MADEThree University of Chicagostudents have been elected to PhiBeta Kappa, the Beta Chapter ofIllinois announced yesterday.Awarded keys were Philip Glot-zer and Ernst R. Jaffe of the Di¬vision of Biological Sciences andEva Pellock of The HumanitiesDivision.Seventeen students were alsonamed to Sigma Xi, Science Hon¬orary Society.Price Hike StirsProtest in DormsA Storm of protest this week in University residence hallsfollowed announcement that the third price hike in as manyquarters is scheduled beginning Jan. 1.Howard B. Mathhews, assistant University business man¬ager, and Albert^F. Cotton, bursar, jointly announced the in¬crease of $10 in dormitories serving meals and $5 in residencehalls which have no commons.Petitions opposing the action were circulated in Blake andGates Hall and committees were appointed to register officialprotest over the action.Burton-Judson residence who demanded an investigationinto the dining hall operations at the courts, were informedthe raise was necessary to offset rising food pricey A 2 centper hour increase to waiters was also made effective, thoughthe waiters will pay an additional $10 per quarter to residein the entries.The boost followed increases initiated in the summer andfall quarters. Average prices in University dormitories serv¬ing meals Is now $230 per quarter as compared to $175 priocto the war.>a Oppose DraftFor StudentsIn Peace Time65 Per Cent of U. of CStudents for DefermentBy HELEN TARLOWUniversity of Chicago stu¬dents would favor military ex¬emption for college studentsfrom compulsory peacetimemilitary conscription, a bi¬weekly CHICAGO MAROON Stu¬dent Opinion Poll disclosed Ibisweek.65 per cent of students canvassedby THE MAROON said they wouldapprove of deferment for Univer¬sity students were a compulsorypeacetime service law enacted,while 33 per cent opposed the pro¬posal.The most frequently expressedopinion among those who favoredexemption was that for the maxi¬mum benefit to society, studentsshould remain at school. Somecomments were, “Education pro¬duces useful citizens”; “the studentshould take his place in society assoon as possible”; “It is im¬portant for as many people aspossible to attend school, and thereis the danger that they will not re¬turn after military training”;“There should be some intelligent,unregimented people to build thefuture world.”Those that objected to exemp¬tion stressed the undemocraticview, claming that there shouldbe no discrimination in favor ofany group. Typical comment in¬cluded: “They’re no better than therest of the fellows”; “College stu¬dents are no different as far asmilitary material is concerned; allmen should be trained”; “Com¬pulsory military training is of novalue if it doesn’t include every¬body; It should come either beforeor after a college education”; “Anarmy without people at the collegelevel would not be complete; thisexperience should be shared by allalike”; “At 18 such training is de¬sirable especially for the ivorytowered individuals at the Uni¬versity of Chicago”; “The trainingwould help students in relationwith other people and in bringingthem in contact with others fromdifferent parts of the country andof different social status.”Classes HereResume Jan. 3Christmas recess after theend of the Autumn quarter,December 22, will end Tues¬day, January 2, when theWinter quarter begins withregistration for the new termand resumption of classesscheduled to meet that day.After Tuesday, January 8,a fee of $5,000 for late regLs-tratlon will be added le theregular registration charges.Page 2 THE CHICAGO MAROON Friday, December 21, 1945iiaromtFoumled Oct. 1, 1892The University of Chicago Official Student Newspaper1945 ACP All-AmericanPublished every Friday during the academic year by THE CHICAGOMAROON, an independent student organization of the University of ChicagoAbe Krash, Editor-in-ChiefWard J. 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Address all communicationsto The Business Alanager, The Chicago Maroon.Member Associated Collegiate Press (1945 ACP All-American) and Intercollegiate Press.A very merry Christmas anda Happy New Year to 2,500subscribers.The staff and the editorsofTHE CHICAGO MAROONCalendar o/ EventsFriday, December 20RECORD PLAYING. Room A of International House. 7:00-10:00 p.m.RELIGIOUS SERVICE. Joseph Bond Chapel. Convocation Service.Speaker: William A. Irwin. 12:00 Noon.Sunday, December 23ROCK CHAPEL SERVICE. ?? ??ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION. “What About Science Legislation?”Speakers’ Harold Urey, Nobel-Prize Professor of Chemistry;Edward H. Levi, Professor in the School of Law; and AndrewConway Ivy, Head of the Division of Physiology and Pharma¬cology at Northwestern University and Scientific Director of theNaval Medical Research Institute, NBC. 12:30 p.m.CONCERT BROADCAST. New York Philharmonic Orchestra. HomeRoom of International House. 2:00 p.m.Monday, December 24RECORD CONCERT. Home Room of International House. 7:30-9:00p.m.Thursday, December 27RECORD CONCERT. Home Room of International House. 7:30-9.00p.m.Letters to EditorLash Munnecke PlanFor Erasing BigotryTo the Editor:The speech on discrimination at the University of Chicago recentlygiven by Wilbur C. Munnecke and reported in THE CHICAGOMAROON and The Chicago Sun merits comment. I’ve forgotten ifit was Plato or Aristotle who said that there inevitably exists adichotomy between the policies of the business office (and personnel)€f a great institution and the theories of its academic departments.Mr. Munnecke exemplified this .separation.Race relations expert Munnecke says that discrimination “canbe done away with by a plan of long-run persuasion, not by force”and, as The Chicago Sun reported, only education, not laws orrules, 'can remove prejudice and discrimination. Mr. Munneckeshould consult the University’s social science department (or, forthat matter, the Divinity School) where this theory of long-runpersuation has long been discarded (as ineffective and hypocritical)lor the be' cf in the adequacy of laws and affirmative policies.After siKFwing great humility in stating that “we lead all otherUniversities in attacking discriminiation,” Mr. Munnecke makes thechallenge that “the University will act to eradicate any examplesof discrimination if sufficient proof is offered.” This is the shabbysong and dance of Mr. Hutchins and Mr. C<5!well. How' much moreproof of discrimination is needed than that the University of Chica¬go, by its own admission, is sponsoring Nazi-like racial restrictivecovenants and is giving unequal treatment to Negroes in the Uni¬versity hospital?Very sincerely yours,Ilomei A. JackExecutive SecretaryChicago Council Against Race,And Religious Discrimination Editorial of WeekThomas MannHailed ByUCLA PaperOne of the nation’s outstandingUniversity newspaper editorialswas published this week by theDaily Bruin at the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles.The editorial, hailing ThomasMann as one of the “giants of ourtime” follows in full:One of the finest arguments wehave read in a long time was giv-eh by Thomas Mann yesterdaywhile discussing the Nurembergwar crimes trials. Mann, the bril¬liant writer who wds thrown outof Germany for his anti-Nazisentiments, upheld the trials onthe basis of their future benefits.He said, in part, “This trial isbased on a law that even today isdeeply ingrained In the conscienceof the peoples . . . The law* ofpeace. In its consequence lies allthat is indispensable to peace anddemanded by life itself: a highestmoral authority, a world govern¬ment and united administration ofthe earth, an international bill ofrights, and a universally validcriminal code.”.Thus the elderly scholar repliedto Karl von Wiegand, who con¬demns the trials as Red mockeryof attempts to punish war crimi¬nals, most of whom, he says, arein the Russian army. And thusThomas Mann replied to the pettynationalists who hoot at the meremention of world amicabilitythrough international organizationWorld Unity Only HopeMann is not afraid of what the.senarrow men sneeringly call the“super state.” Indeed, he seessuch world unity as the only pos¬sible hope for all mankind. Ofcourse he admits that the finishedorganization may be a long time incoming, mostly due to the effortsof the obstructionist nationalistgroups.He continues. “Then, indeed,the Nuremberg trials will appearas hypocritical judicial farce . . .nevertheless I stand by them, be¬cause some future day will seerealization of that which now isreal to the spirit only; and whenthat day comes, mankind will rec¬ognize proceedings now takingplace in a shattered old Germantown as a prelude to this reality.”Mann ignores, for the most part,those who flatly oppose interna¬tional unity, but he confutes thearguments of those (as von Wie¬gand) who oppose the trials forother reasons. He considers thatcritics say the judging powers arenot completely innocent; that theaccuiiing powers are also doing thejudging; that no law exists provid¬ing for the trial of the Hitler gov¬ernment.But he downs these argumentsby pointing out that the prosecu¬tors, through Justice Jackson,have made it clear that it is notRussia, Britain, United States, whobring the charges, but civilizationitself. Civilization, that mute andsuffering spirit, which Mann callsthe “soul of mankind,” is seekingredress for the injustices it has |suffered.Nazis Planned for TearsAlso, Mann uses the Nazis’ pre¬determination of war as a secondpoint in his argument. The factthat they planned for years andrealized their responsibility leavesthem liable for trial as conspira¬tors against the peace. He con¬cludes that “these trials are heldin order to establish what shouldbe and what had attained spirit¬ual and moral reality to a highdegree when fascism viciouslyrose against it.”Out of the maelstrom of warand the depressing tide of the |postwar, Thomas Mann emerged,stronger than ever, to uphold thewar crimes trials as a basis forinternational peace through worldcooperation.Thomas Mann, it seems to me,should be taken by the world asa living demonstration of the oft-rejected theory that idealism is The Commuter . . ♦weak. Here is a man who hasbeen deprived of his citizenship,had his books banned and burned,been forced to flee his home tosave his life, and even had hisrichly deserved academic degreestaken away by the Nazi party—yet his ideals have survived. SOCIALIST MEETINGThe Socialist Study Club cjuit Jthis quarter’s activities with aSong Fest and* Record Party at IdaNoyes on Tue.sday, December 18th.At the meeting, to which the pub¬lic had been invited, a large var¬iety of songs was sung.Afieect oAead mOne o f many giantpresses tchith applylead sheathing totelepiione cable.SINXE the war ended, thousands upon thousands of newtelephones have been produced and installed.Hundreds of miles of telephone cable have rolled out ofWestern Electric plants to provide more circuits for you.Central office switchboards and other equipment are beingmanufactured with all possible speed.Much of this equipment is extremely complex —not onlyto make but. also to fit into the Bell System network. Naturallyshortages caused by four years of war cannot be made upfor overnight.Supplying materials and equipment for the Bell System’s$2,000,000,000 construction program promises record peaee-time volume and a level of employment at Western Electrichigher than in the years immediately preceding the war.Buy all the Victory Bonds you can —and keep them!Western Electricemio/.e rkc CIIODIV EnP TME RELL SYSTEMFriday, December 21, 1945 THE CHICAGO MAROON Page 3Neie Dowling Play Seen asChallenge to Drama WorldBy BETTY STEARNSLast year at this time we werewriting about an obscure youngplaywright named Tennessee Wil¬liams whose “Glass Menagerie’'was being produced by EddieDowling just in time for Christ¬mas. The strange and wonderfuldrama which has since caused somuch comment w'ell passes themark of being last season’s mostsignificant play. We can only hopethat Mr. Dowling’s newest venture,••St. Lazare’s Fharmacy,” wnicnopens at the Studebaker on De¬cember 23, will be theatre of thesame calibre.The play by the Hungarian au¬thor, Milkos Lazio, has beenadapted and directed by Mr. Dowl-'ing for production in the UnitedStates. As far as I can gather, it’sabout a young apothecary who isprevented from running awayfrom the provincial town of St. Lazare by his mother who hadcommitted the same “mistake”thirty years before. The cast, withthe exception of Miriam Hopkins,who is playing the lead, is entirelyFrench-Canadian, and the actorsare unfamiliar to Chicago audi¬ences.The presence of Fridolin in thecast is sure to cause many liftedeye-brows from the cognoscenti,Mr. Fridolin’s chief claim to famerests in “Fridolin’s Revues” whichhe has been presenting in Canadafor years with immense popularity.These variety shows have beenidolized by the French-Canadianfolk audience, and are not the dishof the sophisticated.We look^ forward with great in¬terest to see whether Fridolin, whowho is no-t only making his firstappearance on the English speak¬ing stage, but his first appearance in many many years in seriousdrama, can successfully make thetransition. However, he has suchtheatre greats as Gertrude Law¬rence, Frank Fay, and Fred Stoneto provide precedence.Miss Hopkins, it may be ratherbloodthirsty to note, starred inTennessee Williams’ “Battle ofAngels” when it opened and closed^in Boston almost simultaneously afew years ago. But neverthelessMr. Williams says of her perform¬ance, “she played her part withheartbreaking beauty and some¬thing that only a woman of poeticunderstanding and deep experi¬ence could give.” We trust she willdo as well this time.Whether or not this play is suc¬cessful really doesn’t make muchdifference. Mr. Dowling is givingChicago’s theatre a real impetusand a challenge by his willingnessto experiment here.Music(Continued from Page 1)i.st, will play Prokofiev’s Piano So¬nata No. 3 and Kabalevsky’s Pre¬ludes. Another work will be an¬nounced later for this concert.The concerts of February 6 and8 will feature Alexander Schnei¬der, violinist, and Ralph Kirkpa-Irick, harpsichordist, in two sona¬tas by Bach for violin and harp.si-chord, a Mozart sonata, and thenew Milhaud sonata for the com¬bination. In addition Mr. Sclfnei-der will play Mozart’s Violin Con¬certo No. 5, A Major, K. 219, withthe University of Chicago ChamberOrchestra, and Mr. Kirkpatrickwill play Haydn’s HarpsichordConcerto in D Major with thatorganization.Ofhpr works to be heard duringthe Quarfer wm mciuucQuartet in F; Brahms’ Quintet inB Minor, for clarinet and strings;Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy andFugue for harpsichord, and hisPartita No. 3, D Minor, for violinsolo.The University College series,presented in Kimball Hall, 306South Wabash Avenue, will offera series of five concerts on Wed-ne.sdays, January 16 and 30; Feb¬ruary 13 and 27; and March 13.Tickets for this series, priced atfive dollars, may.be obtained fromUniversity College, 19 South La¬Salle Street, Chicago 3.The March 13 program will fea¬ ture Perry O’Neil, pianist, andJohn Weicher, violinist, in Stra¬vinsky’s Duo Concertant, whichhas been given on campus in thetwo previous seasons; Hindemith’sSonata No. 3 in E (1935); andAaron Copland’s Sonata. The con¬cert will be preceded by a lectureon “Contemporary Forms” byRudolph Ganz.Other works to be presented onthe University College series in¬clude Mozart’s Quintet in G Minor,K. 516, for string quartet and sec¬ond viola; Brahms’ Trio in E Flat,Pp. 40, for piano, violin, and horn;Purcell’s “Goidjen” Sonata; andBeethoven’s Quartet in E Flat, Op.127. ' VMicrofilm Laban kMomfno*DlHerman H. Fussier, Chief of theDepartment of Photographic Re¬productions of the University Li¬braries, Has recently returnedfrom the University of Louisianawhere he was invited to appraisethe problem of establishing a mi¬crofilm laboratory there.Microfilm is used to reproducematerials and thus preserve themfrom loss, destruction and decay.It is also useful in centralizingmaterial that is scattered over alarge area. The University of Chi¬cago has the best equipped micro¬film laboratory of the universitiesin this eountry.If mirrors could talk..Does your mirror on the wall say"You’ve got the neatest shirt of all!’’?If you’re wearing an Arrow shirt, with asmart Arrow tie and matching Arrowhandkerchief, you really won’t have to consultthe magic mirror to know you look your best.Because a well-styled Arrow shVt. a perfeedyknotted Arrow tie, and an Arrow handkerchiefto match, make an ensemble that isabsolutely tops!ARROW SHIRTS and TIESUNDIRWEAR • HANDKERCHIEFS • SPORTS SHIRTS Ellen BaumBlood DonorAppointmentsAre DeferredDr. Ruth E. Taylor, Director ofHealth Service, announces thatthe appointment* for blood dona¬tions scheduled for today havebeen postponed until a futuredate. At a time to be named byDr. Taylor, Michael Reese Hos¬pital is sending a team to Burton-Judson to draw blood for con¬valescent serum for severe casesof influenza.Volunteers for this State De¬partment of Health program areten men from Vincent House, eightmen from Chamberlain House,and fourteen men from Mathews.Jijacn or tne Muuems, wiio iiavehad influenza, will give a half-pint Iof blood. IThe entire program has been |deferred indefinitely until the!physician in charge recovers from |the flu. i The TravelingBazaar..,A LiterateWe have at last discovered somf^ne who has actually read four-fifths of Hutchins’ “Ten Great Books,” as listed in the Daily Newsa while ago. The Maroon’s esteemed music critic William R. Wam-baiigh shyly confesses to having read all but two of the books; wemight add that W.R.W. is also an accomplished cook—he baked thechocolate cake for the Classics Club tea'last week. Mention of thegreat books reminds " us of the menu we found at the Cloisters Clubthe other day—ten book titles, complete with author, neatly listedon a sheet of paper standing between the salt cellar and the waterbottle.PeopleThe army soon will claim several of our more sterling citizens(as it has been doing for the last five years) among whom are JimSmith, George Drew, and Stan Hart. Dave Bachrach is planning to bemarried. There’s an ex-soldier on campus who’s being most ex¬uberant about being an ex-soldier; we saw him trotting merrilyaround the quadrangles clad in complete regulation khaki—adornedwith flaming red socks and a neat pork pie with a red band.^ Onsecond thought, he may merely have been protesting against* thecurrent shortage of men’s clothing. . . .Something NewA petition of an entirely different nature from the usual run ofpetitions has been circulating around the libraries and classrooms.It’s not against military conscription, not about the atomic bomb,nor does it urge that our troops be withdrawn from China. Insteadthis very interesting document bears an anguished plea to a certainstation to stop playing jazz recordings from three to five in themorning and to substitute classical music to soothe his weary soul.MiscellanyIt seems you can now capitalize on your illnesses—we.hear thatyour blood’s worth $5.00 a pint if you’ve had flu. Charley Einstein’saround Chicago again—as midwest sports editor for InternationalNews Service. The Fijis braved the cold Monday night to serenadeBeecher Hall; we understand their efforts were not particularly ap¬preciated since they disturbed the hard-studing residents. Leo Dar-darian was back on campus for a short time. If you should happento see in your wanderings a furtive figure ^kulking behind trees andlurking behind doors, rest assured; it’s not a prowler, just an un¬happy soul who drank a little too much one afternoon and can’t re¬member what he did. He’s sure, however, that he disgraced him¬self somehow and doesn’t want to show his face to his friends.Pick Two CastsFor Quild PlayHarley Smith, Director of Dra¬matics, has announced that “BlitheSpirit,” first production scheduledby the Players Guild for the Win¬ter Quarter, will have the unusu¬ally long run of six nights, begin¬ning February 4 and ending Feb¬ruary 9.Two casts have been chosen for Noel Coward’s well-known com¬edy, and each will play for threenights. Helen Auerbach, JeanCooke, Sid Levy, Roberta Unger,Mary Aley, familiar to campusaudiences for their work in “Win-terset,” will have parts, as willMartha McCain, director of theiii’xperiniental Thealre, Ann Bar¬ber, David Weaver, Felicity Pratt,Margaret Stevens, Rosaline Biasonand Franklin Alexander. Mr.Smith will direct both groups.4 MONTH INTENSIVECourse forCOLLEGE STUDENTS and GRADUATESA thorough, intensive course— starting February. July, October. BulletinA,on request. Registration now open•Regular day and evening schoolsthroughout the year. Catalog.A SCHOOL OP BUSINESSPREFERRED BY COLLEGE ¥EN AND WOMENTHE GREGG COLLEGEPresident, John Robert Gregg S.C.DDirector Pout M Pair. M ADept. C.M. 6 N. Michigan Ave.Chicago 2, Illinois THE MOST HONOREDWATCH O^ THECAMPUSTHE WORLD’S MOST HONORED WATCHWINNER OF 10WORLD’S FAIRGRAND PRIZES,28 GOLD MEDALSAND MORE HONORSFOR ACCURACY THANANY OTHER TIMEPIECEAll’s well•OniED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY iYC«ca*C#l« B9ttliiig Co. of Cliicogo, Inc.Cagers in Stagg MeetBE§T y^lSHESMerry ChristmasHappy NewSeasonFromUniversity of ChicagoBOOK STORE(This is the same as we ran last week, but we bet nobody notieesi^k-rA1- •Browsers Are AlwaysWelcome atBob MarshairsENQUIRY BOOK SHOP1324 East 57th Street PLAza 644JWalking on Air . . .FineTimeCHICAGO 57; HACOMB 40The Maroon’s Ray Freeark climbs high to add another two pointsto the score as Chicago runs aw'ay from Western Illinois State Teach¬ers College. Watching the action is Cook of the Macombs.Quintet Wins Two More;Awaits Big Ten InauguralChicago’s still rampaging Ma¬roons made it two in a row andfive out of six for the year bysweeping both of its latest pre¬conference starts. Another game—with DePauw—was played lastnight but the results were notknown at press-time.Latest victims to fall beforeCoach Nels Norgren’s men wereWestern Teachers’ College of Ma¬comb, 57-40, last Saturday night,and Naval Armory, 46-42, lastTuesday. The latter game was arepeat contest with a squad v/hichhad previously dropped a 46-39decision to the Maroons.Only one non-conference game—with Lawrence on January 2—remains on the schedule beforeChicago journeys out into the cruel, cruel world of Big Tenbasketball. Already assured of asuccessful pre-conference season,Coach Norgren could think of nobetter way to start off the BigTen schedule than with a victoryover Indiana on January 5. Itmight be said that the Maroonshave been pointing for this gamesince 1940 when Chicago chalkedup its last conference victory.The considerable improvementthe Maroons have shown in shoot¬ing accuracy since the start of theseason provides ample groundsfor optimism. Local cage fans ad¬mit that a victory over Indianawill definitely be in the nature ofan upset, but point out that suchthings have happened before. It is customary at the end of acalendar year for a sports writerto look back over the past twelvemonths and to recall the fate ofthe various squads during thattime. For rather obvious reasonswe’d rather look ahead to the newyear.Basketball as usual hogs thespotlight during the wintermonths. If pre-season games in¬dicate anything, the Maroon fiveseems headed for a season moresuccessful than is customary onthe Midway campus. Coach Nor¬ton’s men are definitely eyeingtheir Big Ten opener againstIndiana, scheduled for January 5.An indication of Chicago’s chanceson that date may be gathered thisweek-end when the Hoosiers opentheir conference season at Michi¬gan.But the cage court isn’t the onlyscene of athletic activities duringthe Winter Quarter. Chicago re¬turns to the inter-collegiate swim¬ming wars this year with a teamthat is willing if not able. Also forwrestling fans Coach Vorres prom¬ises what may be a highly success¬ful season. Several veterans areback, headed by Nick Meias,runner-up in the 1943 Big Tenmeet.4> * «Indoor track opens February 2witli d dual meet , against North¬western. On March 8 and 9 theWestern Conference indoor cindermeet is being held at the Univer¬sity of Chicago fieldhouse« * *Though it may be a bit incon¬gruous to talk tennis and baseballwhile the snow keeps piling upoutside, the respective coaches inthese two sports are already pre¬paring for the 1946 season. Thenet squad has been practicing in¬doors every day now since thefirst of December, while baseballpractice commences the first ofJanuary in the fieldhouse.Nor are the intra-mural athleticsbeing ignored. The House Basket¬ball Tournament gets under wayas soon as the Winter Quarter Thirty-three Teams ClashFor Inter-School TitleThirty-three city high school basketball teams are to clashin the 26th annual inter-scholastic prep cage tourney openingMonday, December 24, at the University of Chicago Field-house, according to an announcement by T. Nelson Metcalf,Director of Athletics at the University. Senn High School,from Chicago’s North side, willbe the defending champmns thisyear.First Game MondayHarper vs. Tilden is scheduledfor the opening date at 1 p.m.On Wednesday afternoon the tour¬ney will swing into high gear; onthat day sixteen teams meet inthe first half of the opening round.The other sixteen teams will com¬plete the first round on the follow¬ing day. The first three day gameswill be played every hour on thehour from 1 through 5 and from7 through 9 p.m.Quarter-final contests on Satur¬day will be played at 3, 4, 7 and8 p.m. Monday’s semi-finalists willclash in the evening; the finalsare scheduled for New Year’s Dayat 4 p.m. Preceding this game, thetwo losers in the semi-final battleswill meet to decide the third andfourth positions.Tourney Begun in 1919When the first of these tourneyswas envisioned in 1919, it wasplanned as a national meet withone representative from each stateparticipating. Eleyen years later,when inter-state high school com¬petition was prohibited, the tour¬nament became a purely local af¬fair, and has remained as such tothis date.First-round pairings listed inthe order in which the games areto be played are as follows:Monday: Harper vs. Tilden.Wednesday: W’inner of Monday’sf^ame vs. Austin: Hyde Park vs.akmjr Va. ■CuvMwi,., mm. ■gan Park vs. Washburne; Crane vs.Phillips: Bowen vs. Waller; Englewoodvs. Lindblom; Calumet vs. Wells.Thursday: Marshall vs. Senn; SouthShore vs. Gage Park; Kelvyn Park vs.Farragut; Hirsch vs. Lane; Sullivan vs.Du Sable; Chicago Vocational vs.Tuley; Fenger vs. Steinmetz; Parkervs. Dunbar Trade.begins. Another cage tourney fordivisional and professional stu¬dents is also planned for January.Besides plans for other minorsports, plans are already under¬way for a soft-ball inter-housemeet in the spring.And there you have it. Now allthat is left is to say Merry Christ¬mas and Happy New Year. Bridge TourneyScheduled forWinter QuarterBy Virginia VlackThose delighted expressionsyou’ve been seeing on the faces ofbridge enthusiasts on campus areoccasioned by the recent an¬nouncement that a bridge tourna¬ment is scheduled for January19 to be held on the third floorof Ida Noyes Hall.One or two pairs of players maybe entered by any house club ororganization on campus. Womenwith no affiliation may enter thetournament by signing up at thephysical education offices on thesecond floor of Ida. Mrs. Leavitt,who teaches the Friday eveningbridge classes, plans to organizethe tournament according to na¬tional competition rules. It shouldprove excellent experience forfledgling enthusiasts as well asan excellent workout for the moreexperienced players.If you’ve been wondering whythe pool at Ida Noyes has beenclosed so long, here’s the story. Apart of the pump which controlsthe filtering is broken. The poolcould be operated without it, butnot without endangering thehealth of the swimmers. Becauseof the post-war chaos in the re¬pairing business the part had to besent away, and apparently thissSS.iIar"work. Xtany rate, the part is expected backany day—the Physical EducationDepartment says hopefully.Billiards, badminton, bowlingand figure skating enthusiastsought to begin warming up now.B-J TO OPEN LOUNGESThe promise was given thisweek by the combined social com¬mittee of the Burton - JudsonCourts who announced that withthe opening Big Ten game, January5, Burton Court will be thrownopen to the entire college for in¬formal dancing to the masters onwax.