/Oltft Harper Periodical Recordin^ RoomFa cul^y^ fix Chang e ronn54 YEARS SERVICE AND LEADERSHIPVOf- 5, NO. 16—Z“14f THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FRIDAY, MARCH 15. 1946 31 PRICE 5 CENTSShowdown on Pfi. B. . . .Hutchins Vetoes CouncilDrive in Full SwingDOLLARS FOR MERCYIn full swing this weuk on the Quadrangles is the RedCross fund raising campaign. Donating to the fund are (leftto right) Sally Waterbury, Alice Levine, Roz Cohen, MaxineKroman, B. J. Klein, and Betty Kati.The Red Cross drive on the University campus is headedagain this year by Mrs. Robert Woellner. Money is alreadyCoining' in, and a large total is anticipated. Students, under thechairmanship of Marie Jeanne Martin, have so far turned in ap¬proximately $500, and the faculty and employes are followingsuit.Over $400 was collected by theclub girls last week during twcTag Days. Other student contribu¬tions to date include: Le CercleFrancais $11.25; Linn House,$12.25; Manley House and ManleyAnnex, $12.80; Pi Lambda Phi,$21.00; Sigma, $10.00; Tau SigmaUpsilan, $13.25; and Alpha Delta,Mr. George Stirer, $5.00.Beecher expects do have a largecontribution; in addition to mak¬ing individual contributions, thehall is selling milk, doughnuts,fruit, and candy for the benefitof the Red Cross.Because of the competition of¬fered by comprehensive examsand quarterlies, some, organiza¬tions have decided to postpKineuntil next quarter their activi¬ties for the benefit of the RedCross. Ida Noyes Council willgive an All-Campus Bridge partyon Friday April 12, InterclubCouncil will sponsor a dance onSaturday, April 13, Foster Housewill hold an auction of servicesand Green House is selling sta¬tionery.The Red Cross office will beopen until five p.m. today, March15, to receive any extra donations.Anyone wishing to give after to¬day is asked to contact MarieJeanne Martin.Faculty women who are assist¬ing in the drive include Mrs. Reu¬ben G. Gustavson, Mrs. WilliamBurrows, Mrs. J. Fred Rippy, Mrs.Louis Landa, Mrs. C. Philip Mil¬ler, Mrs. Winthrop Hudson, Mrs.Willard Graham, Mrs. MorrisKharasch, Miss Alice Campbell,and Miss Margaret Kidwell.Neu; ScheduleFor CoursesNext FallBeginning with tha Fall quar¬ter. "A" ttcfions of courseswill be offered only twice ayear—Fall and mid-Winter,plus a possible third sectionin the Summer quarter, Deon<iohn R. Davey onnounced thisweek.The move will be made in aneffort to get U. of C. course workback on a pre-war footing. Dur-big the war; Dean Davey said, somany students, especially draft-^hgible men, felt it necessary tocomplete their college work asquickly as possible, that practical¬ly every section of every courseWas offered every quarter. Staff¬ing the courses properly has beenpr oblem throughout this period,be went on, and it has, in manybeen impossible to give in¬structors the usual quarter off forJ'esearch and study.Intensive Summer Quarter Workl'’or the benefit of students whoy'bi take Section A of any courseih the Spring quarter. Dean Davey^^Plained, section B and C will bew'ered during the Summer, soIbat in the Fall quarter the newPlan can be put into effect. Stu-(Continued on Page 6) Hutchin TermsPh. B. RejectionForward StepThe complete text of ChancellorHutchin’s veto message to theUniversity council follows:To the Members of the Council:Pursuant to the authoritygranted in Statute 14, Article IV,Section 3g of the Statutes I here¬by disapprove the action of theCoimcil taken at its special meet¬ing on March 5, which reads asfollows:Whereas in the interval sincethe action of the College on Feb¬ruary 6, 1946, providing that theCollege award only the degreeof Bachelor of Arts as at pres¬ent defined to students enteringafter the Summer Quarter 1946,the Divisions of the PhysicalSciences and the Humanitieshave expressed concern over theeffect of this action on otherruling bodies and the generalinterest of the University; theCouncil requests the College toreconsider its action of February6, 1946 by designating a com¬mittee to confer with »-commit-• Aiie RC^awae)l;^-ae«e«r»ing^the possibility of resolving theissues between the College andother parts of the University insuch a way as to conserve,through greater flexibility inthe requirements for the Bach¬elor of Arts d^ee, both theobjectives of general educationand the interests of students in¬tending to enter the Divisionsor Schools.This resolution refers to an ac¬tion of the College faculty takenFebruary 6 as follows:That the College award onlythe degree of Bachelor of Artsas at present defined to stu¬dents entering after the SummerQuarter 1946.The intention of the Collegefaculty was to eliminate the Ph.B.degree and the elective examina¬tions open to candidates for thatdegree.The College faculty has had longmeetings on this subject. In thedebates they have heard numer¬ous members of the other facul¬ties, including several chairmen(Continued on Page 2) Move to ReconsiderPh. B. Ouster BlockedChancellor Robert M. Hutchins, invoking his veto powersfor the first time, this week overruled a motion by the Univer¬sity council calling for reconsideration of the abolition of thePh.B. degree in tlw College.Adding fuel to thf hottest aca¬demic issue to confr<it Universitysolons since the “memorial” twoyears ago, Hutchins ^warned thatif the council did iiot recall itsmotion, the issue would be sentto the Board of Trustees for arbi¬tration.Council Wants “Flexj|>ility“On March 5, the council, highestfaculty ruling body of the Univer¬sity, approved a prof^sal for ap¬pointing a joint c^ncil-collegefaculty committee to gfcconsider theabolition of the Ph. BJ The councilmotion urged greater Ilexibility inthe requirements for-,the Bachelorof Arts degree so As to retain“flexibility for studeaBts intendingto enter the divisions and the grad¬uate schools while mslintaining theobjectives of general' education.”In a four-page veto messagethe Chancellor;(Defended the college action ineliminating the el^tive degree2 Charged that the council motionwould “delay the progress ofthe college, discourage its facultyand put it to great inconvenience.”3 Asserted irrelevant issues had“affected” the council’s deci¬sion.In defending the action of thecollege, Hutchins asserted thatUniversity faculties were empow¬ered to develop their own educa¬tional program so long as “theyare not in conflict with establishedpolicy or clearly unsound.” He re¬garded the council action as aninfringement of the rights of theteaching personnel of the college.Hutchins recommended that acommittee of the council be ap¬pointed to confer with a collegegroup on general educational is¬sues but not on the Ph.B.His veto will be considered bythe Council next Tuesday and ifits original motion is again ap¬proved the issue will be sent tothe Trustees. *End of Elective SystemIn eliminating the Ph. B. thecollege faculty uprooted the last remnants of the elective system.Students entering the first yearof the college will be required tocomplete 14 mandatory compre¬hensive examinations in place of12 required courses and two elec¬tives as permitted under the Ph. B.plan.Proponents of the abolition havemaintained that it is conl^istentwith the general education poli¬cies of the college, while opponentshave charged the measure se¬riously interferes with the pro¬gram of students planning to enterthe division and would seriouslyimpair the graduate school curric¬ulum.New StudentFellowshipHasner First to ReceiveInternational House FundThe first foreign student to ar¬rive at the University of Chicagounder the newly-established In¬ternational House Fellowships isnow on campus preparing to startwork in the spring quarter. He isRolf K. Hasner of Oslo, Norway.The Fellowships have been es¬tablished by the Board of Direc¬tors of International House inorder to aid students in foreigncountries who have suffered fromthe educational “blackouts” intheir native lands due to war andpost-war conditions. Seven Fel¬lowships are to be awarded an¬nually, on a competitive basis.They consist each of full tuitionfor a calendar year plus $1,300.In an interview with THE MA¬ROON, Hasner, who was awardedhis fellowship through the Scan¬dinavian - American Foundationwith headquarters at the Interna-(Continued on Page 6)Floorshows Highlight BigHillel Carnival This Week“Streets of Shushan,” the HillelFoundation’s annual carnival incelebration of. the festival of Pu-rim, will go on tomorrow eveningfrom 7 until 12 p.m. in the Rey¬nolds Club. Admission is free andthe affair is open to everyone.Three floorshows in the Rey¬nolds Club Theater will highlightthe affair^to be given in the atmos¬phere of old Persia. Featured per-forme^s will be Lloyd “Kale” Lif-ton, pianist currently featured atthe Downbeat Room; the team ofBud Beyer and Sunny Friedman;Zetta Fisher in a comedy act; anda comedy song number, presentedsuccessfully before, by Allan Ro¬senblatt, the master of ceremonies,Paul Miller, %md Jot Goldsmith.Last year’s carnival, with Zero Mostel as the headline performerof the floorshow, attracted over¬flow crowds and the social com¬mittee, headed by Rosenblatt, ex¬pects eyen better attendance thisyear.Those who attend the carnivalwill cast their votes for King andQueen of the Carnival. Buddy Ri-fus, Charles Pressman, Paul Mil¬ler and Gene Gootnick, are can¬didates for king. Contestants forthe title of queen are DorothyWarshaw, Lya Dym, Zetta Fisherand Barbara Lipman.Another big event of the eve¬ning will be the raffling of apair of nylons, a white shirt, andsix copies of Up Front, Bill Maul¬din’s recent best seller.Booths and ga'mea of all kinds will be maintained in cooperationwith various campus groups, in¬cluding Manly, Manly Annex, In¬ternational House, Talbot, Michael-son, Kelly, Green, Beecher, Fos¬ter, Snell, Burton Judson, P|Lambdi Phi, Phi Sigma Delta, andTau Sigma Upsilon.Refreshments in the form ofhot dogs, cokes, and homentashen,traditional Purim pastry, will beserved, and there will be dancingthroughout the evening.^All proceeds from the carnivalwill be given to the United HillelWelfare Fund, an organizationwhich contributes to such activi¬ties as the World Student ServiceFund, the Red Cross, and to manyother cause.s.I^ag« S '■ 'i ■■>..' :.1|: \%' si"? V£JTHE CHICAGO MAROONtCalendar oj EventsNext Week onQuadranglesFriday, March 15EXHIBITION. Sculpture and Drawings by Alfeo Faggi. Renai.ssanceSociety. Goodspeed Hall. Daily except Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m. March 15 to April 2.CHAPEL TALK. Phil Anderson, student in Chicago Theological Semi¬nary. Bond Chapel. 12:00-12:25 p.m.EXPERIMENTAL THEATER. “Hello Out There” by William Saroyan,and “Overtones.” Reynolds Club Theater. Admission free. 4:00 pjn.INFORMAL DANCING. Records. International House. 7:00-10:00 pjn.FIRESIDE TEA. Hillel. 8:15 p.m. (Worship Service 7:30.)RADIO BROADCAST. “The Human Adventure.” WGN and M.B.S.Network. 7:00-7:30 p.m.Saturday, March 16PURIM CARNIVAL. “The Streets of Shushan.” By Hillel. ReynoldsClub. 7:00-12:00 p,m.Sunday, Mcirch 17UNIVERSITY RELIGIOUS SERVICE. President Carey Croneis, BeloitCollege. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. 11:00 a.m.ROUND TABLE. WMAQ and NBC Network. 12:30-1:00 p.m.Monday, March 18RECORDING CONCERT. Ida Noyes Council. Ida Noyes East Lounge.4:00-5:00 p.m. Tea served at 5:00.Tuesday, March 19A SERVICE OF READING AND MUSIC. Bond Chapel. 12:00-1:25 p.m.FOLK DANCING. International House. 8:00-10:00 p.m.Wednesday, March 29INFORMAL BIBLE STUDY. Ida Noyes Hall, third floor. Beveragesserved. 12:00 M.COFFEE HOUR. Discussion. Hillel. 4:00 p.m.U. of C. CHORUS. Reynolds Club. 7:30-9:00 p.m.Thursday, March 21RECORD CONCERT. Hillel House. 8:00 p.m.Hutchins^ Letter..(Continued from Page 1)of departments. The College hasbeen working since 1930 on anintegrated, unified program of gen¬eral education. It has been thepolicy of the University to en¬courage and support this effort.The abolition of the Ph.B., a de¬gree which was retained as acompromise, is a natural next stepin the development of the Col¬lege.The effect of the action of theCouncil is, at the least, to delaythe progress of the College, to dis¬courage its faculty and to put itto great inconvenience in plan¬ning its work for ’the comingyear. Such consequences mightbe justified if it could be expectedthat the conference committeecalled for might shed new lighton the issue of the Ph.B. degree.In view of the discussions alreadyheld, it seems unlikely that newlight is to be looked for.Other Issues EnterThe votes of some members ofthe council seemed to be affectedby considerations not revelant tothe action of the College, such asfears or doubts about the relationsbetween-the College and the De¬partments or about the content ofcertain courses in the College.These matters are important; theyshould be discussed. But fears ordoubts about them should not de¬termine action on the structureand plan of the College curricu¬lum and should not delay a settle¬ment of that structure and plan.They are a proper subject forlater consideration.The action of the Council notonly delays the development ofthe program of the College; itseems also to disapprove it. Theconference committee which theaction calls for is an instructedcommittee. It is Indicated that thecommittee has a purpose, and onenot in harmony with the actionof the College. The intention of'the Council was partially clari¬fied by its rejection of the amend¬ment offered by Mr. Jacoby, whichcalled for conference and nothingmore. Since I approve the actionof the College, I cannot approvethe action of the Council.The policy of the University isto place great responsibilities onthe several faculties and to ex¬pect them to take the initiativein developing the educational pro¬gram in the area committed totheir, care. The actions of a facul¬ty in its area are not to be re¬jected or seriously delayed unlessthey are clearly in conflict withestablished policy or are clearlyunsound. To hold otherwise is totlampeii the ardor of the groupsupon which the University mustrely for its educational vitality.The action of the College facultyis in harmony with establishedpolicy and seems to me education¬ally sound.The Committee of the Council,after six meetings on the subject,voted to request the College toreconsider. I do not concur in theviews of the Committee; but Iwould point out that the recom¬mendation it made is not open tothe objection discussed in the pre¬ceding paragraph.Committee to ConferIn view of the outstanding is¬sues affecting the relations be¬tween the College and the otherfaculties and in view of the factthat members of other’ facultiesmay have opinions which theymay wish to express on generaleducation, I propose to appointa committee of the Council to con¬fer with a committee of the Col¬lege on these matters. This confer¬ence committee could then offerits advice to the Council and theCollege.The result of this veto Is thatthe action of the College on Feb¬ruary 6 will have the effect ofUniversity legislation unless, atits meeting on March 19, theCouncil votes to reconsider andthen to reaffirm its action ofMarch 5. In the event of recon¬sideration and reaffirmation thequestion will go to the Board ofTrustees for decision.ROBERT M. HUTCHINS.Chancellor. Schedule DanceFor Moving DayTo provide a few moments ofrelaxation for students who areshifting residence halls, the Ad¬ministration is holding an all¬campus Moving Day Dance Partyon Saturday evening, March 23.The dance, which is FREE andopen to the entire campus, willbe held in the Burton Lounge. DickCollins and his orchestra will pro¬vide music betwewi the hours of8:30 p.m. to 12:00 midnight.Guests are urged to come stagand clad in their moving dayclothes, blue jeans, or other in¬formal attire.John Yarnelle, faculty represen¬tative, is planning the party in co¬operation with a student commit¬tee consisting of Sally Cowles,Betsy Barnes, Pat Burns, LinLundgaard, Wanda Grzanka, andMarsh Jjowenstein.Alfeo Faggi...Visual PowerNeeded forWork of Art“Visual power, not literal intel¬ligence, is the proper tool to piercethrough the difficulties of thework of art,” declared Alfeo Fag¬gi, speaking Tuesday night atMandel Hall on “The Sculptor” inthe fourth of the series of lectures“Works of the Mind,” sponsoredby the Committee on SocialThought.The fifth of the lecture-series“Works of the Mind” will be pre¬sented 'by Subrahmanyan Chan¬drasekhar, director of the YerkesObservatory and Professor ofTheoretical Astrophysics In theUniversity of Chicago. He willspeak oa “The Scientist.”Faggi, whose works will be ex¬hibited by the Renaissance So¬ciety beginning today, deliveredhis speech, as he said, in “stac¬cato sentences, almost aphoristic inmethod.”He described his method of ap¬proach to his work as consistingof three phases. He, first, mustbe “exalted by deep emotion”;then, he organizes the completecomposition in his mind, beforestarting* the final step of actuallyworking in the plastic form.Plegdes ListedBy IF CouncilInter-Fraternity council an¬nounces the pledging of the follow¬ing men.Alpha Delta Phi: Dick Bartlett,John Cooper, Robert Hannemer,Roderick Moe; Beta Theta Pi:John Connealy, Jack Hartsma;Delta Upsilion: Frederick Alert,Pierre Bray, Dave Dennis, JosephGoeke, John Goeke, John Jameson,Ralph Swartz; Phi Gamma Delta:John Foley, Don Hallman, DickRedden, Jim Ritchie, Charles Witt-more, and Ralph Wood.Phi Sigma Delta: Manuel Kas-kell, David Levinsohn, Robert Ro-senzweig; Phi Kappa Psi: GeorgeBroderick, Bill Boyleston, ChuckKelso, Dave Larson, Bob Slaigle,Bob Smith, Dick O’Keefe, ChuckVan Cleave; Psi Upsilion: TomAlexander, Jack Cosgrove, Her¬bert Dyer, Lloyd Fosdick, GeorgeLindholm, Alvo Martin; SigmaChi: Bill Anderson, Dwight Brown,Robert Eddy, Edward Kebller,Raymond Kjellberg, Stewart Mann,Charles Molander, Louis Prebil,Richard Riley and Donald Smith. Collect $2500For WSSF FundThe World Student Service FundDrive has collected $2,500 of itsgoal for $4,000. The drive will of-fically end the day after Easter.In order that all funds might beaccounted for at that time, MaryKellog, chairman of the executivecommittee, has asked that allpledges turn in their money to theYWCA office or to Bob Reed,treasurer, as soon qs possible.“The goal of $4,000 will bereached after the Easter collectionand after all contributions havebeen turned in by the various clubson campus,” said Miss Kellog.“This will bring lh^ drive over$500 more than last year’s and willset the pace for the other Univer¬sities working in the campaign.” Friday, March 15^ 194^r - ■ j—New Officers .and PledgesOf Women's Clubs ListedInter Club Council announces that the following womenhave pledged clubs: Betty Krause, Alpha Chi Theta; MarieEckert, Alpha Epsilon; Jane Couch, Virginia Johnson, and Car¬men Montowski, Delta Sigma.Pledged to Motar Board were Elizabeth Couch, CatherineLeinin, and Sue Reaman; to Quad- er^ vice-president; Reid^secretary; and Nancy Bay, ireas*rangier, Clara Magnussen andHelen Marshall; to Sigma, JanetHalliday; and to Wyvern, ShirleyKirtz and Lydia Kotarski.• « *Alpha Chi Theta elected IrisSpielman, president; Shirley Frye,vice-president; Jo Anne Lightle,secretary; and Ruth Sternberger,treasurer. Eva Mae Alfonsi is thenew president of Alpha Epsilon;the other new officers are LoisRobert, secretary, and LillianLundgren, treasurer.* « *Chi Rho Sigma’s new officersare: Lois Lawrance, president;Florence Baumruk, vice-president;Joyce Wight, secretary; and Dor¬othy Taylor, treasurer. Lois Swan,Mary Jane Gould, Marjorie Gui-naugh, and Corrine Kyncel arepresident, vice-president, secre¬tary, and treasurer respectively ofDelta Sigma.Pat Myers, president, Beth Jane,secretary, Pam Shannon, treasurt*r,and Jane Dahlberg, rushing chair¬man form Esoteric’s new executiveslate. Mortar Board’s officers areJoan Hayes, president; Lois Berg- urer.Pi Delta Phi’s officers are Bob-ette Salter, president; Beth VanHise, vice-president; Jean Fid-delke, secretary; and Elaine Hock-inson, treasurer. Lucille KonecyMary Adinamis, Myrtle Miller, andNancy Vogelsang head Phi DeltaUpsilon for the coming year.New Officers of Quadrangler araGrace Dober, president; June Bon¬ner and Joanne Lundberg, vice-presidents; Betsy Green and Tril-lian Anderson, secretaries; andMarjorie Fullmer, treasurer. Pris¬cilla Joice heads Sigma with Do¬lores Schulze, Florence AnnO’Donnell, Dian Gorgas, BarbaraBloomquist, and Mary Withingtonas the other officers.Tau Sigma Upsilon’s officers areEllen Bransky, Barbara Cromer,Dorothy Warshaw, Gaile Moss, andEnid Reich. Wyvern elected JudyDowns, president, Marie Walsh,vice-president; Marilyn Laffertyand Virginia Vlack, secretaries;and Ruth Browning, treasurer.Harper Library authorities re¬port that the Reserve Room is al¬ways busiest on Friday afternoonsand Monday mornings. Signs of alost weekend, no doubt.4 MONTH INTENSIVECourse forCOUEGi STUDENTS an<f GRADUATESA thorough, intensive course—start¬ing'February, July, October. BulletinA, on request. Registration now open.•Regular day and evening schoolsthroughout the year. Catalog.A SCHOOL OP BUSINESS ^ ■PBSPEBBSD BY COLLEOS MEN AND WOMENTHE GREGG COLLEGERrMldMit John Rebort Orogg. S.C.D.Olieclor. fowl M. Pair. M. A.Dept. C.M. 6 N. MlehtgoH AveMlcego 2. IHhtols “Sure, I’ve mode41,000,000telephones... but what else do I make?^'"I do make good telephones and I’m proud of every oneof th*em."But your Bell Telephone would be completely silentwithout the other things I produce to go with it."Wire for instance... miles and miles and miles of it.Acres of reels of cable... thousands of intricate switchboards,.. delicate electronic apparatus to improve your long dis¬tance calls. And that’s only the beginning . . ."That's just my manufacturing funaion for the Bell System.(I’ve been at it since 1882.) I’m purchaser for the Bell tele¬phone companies, too. I distribute equipment and suppliesto them throughout the nation. 1 even install central officeequipment.*T’ve helped to make our nation’s telephone service thebest in the world and the most economical'"My name? Remember it.. ."It’s Western Elearicl”Western Electric,SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR THE BELL SYSTEi r“"i fFriday, March !»> 1^45 THE CHICAGO MAROON Page S 'Benefit Concert Feafures Russian SongsAppoint Fifteen Women asHonorary Graduation AidesPresident Ernest C. Colwell hasannounced the appointment of fif¬teen women students as honorarygraduation aides. The aides, ap¬pointed for a full year, assist atinvocations and other ceremonialgatherings, wearing caps andgrow ns.Selected on the basis of schol¬arship, service to the Universitythrough student activity, and per¬gonal qualities, the aides include:Constance Allenberg, June Bon¬ner, Diana Ruth Diamong, MaeLee Dow, Cynthia Nancy Garst,Gora Glasner, Anita Dorothy Koe¬nig, Lois Lavinia Lawrence, Mar¬gery Evans Mather, Faith Pear-fon, Mary Alice Reed, GwendolynStuart Schmidt, Margery Rose-niary Sperry, Shirley Wilaker andBarbara Jean Winchester.Children Books Arein Harper DisplayA colorful exhibit of children’sbooks is being displayed ip theshow cases of the first floor ofHarper Library. The exhibit com¬memorates the centennial of KateGreenaway and Randolph Calde¬cott, noted 19th century illustra¬tors of children’s books. Works ofseveral other early illustrators areIncluded. Miss Mary KatherineEakin of the catalog departmentof Harper Library is responsiblefor the exhibit.Public Planning ModeEssay Cantest TapicA one hundred and twenty-fivedollar prize for the best essay on*‘Are Freedom and Public Plan¬ning Mutually Compatible?” willbe awarded a University of Chi¬cago student at th« June, 1946convocation. Competition for theannual political institutions prizeIs open to any student registeredin the College of the Universityduring the academic year 1945-46.Final date for submitting essays isMay 15.L. A. Kimpton, dean of students,is chairman of the committee incharge of awarding the prize.Other members are: Jerome G.Kerwin, Professor of Political Sci¬ence; Maynard C. Krueger, Assis¬tant Professor of Economics in the College; and John Dale Russell,Professor of Education.Additional smaller prizes maybe awarded for meritorious essays,at the discretion of the committee.Baccalaureate OpensGraduatlen March 17Convocation activities for thestudents tentatively scheduled tograduate in the University of Chi¬cago’s 224 Convocation March 22will open Sunday, March 17, withprayer and baccalaureate servicesin Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.Carey Croneis, President ofBeloit College and former Profes¬sor of Geology at the Universityof Chicago, will present the bac¬calaureate address, “Smooth asButter,” at 11 a.m. A specialprayer service for the graduatesand their families will be held at10 a.m. in the chapel.Reuben G. Gustavson, Vice-President of the University andDean of Faculties, will present theConvocation address at 3 p.m. Fri¬day, March 22. President ErnestC. Colwell will confer the degreesand read the University statement.3 UC Professors .Speak'of A-BombThree University of Chicagoprofessors, Dr. Harold C. Urey, Dr.Louis L. Mann, and Dr. S. K. Alli¬son have been conducting sessionson control of the atomic bomb atRollins College, Winter Park, Flor¬ida, this week.The purpose of this conferencewas to formulate a plan for effi¬cient control of the bomb and todevise a plan for the outlawing ofwar.• « *Dr. Mann, professor of OrientalLiterature, served as guest speakerfor the campus chapel service lastSunday. He maintained that thereis little hope that atomic energycan be confined to channels ofpeace by the United Nations Organ¬ization. He further stated, “Whenthe United Nations Organizationadopted the veto poser they pre¬served national sovereignty, anddestroyed the hope of world peace.” Saroyan Play IsTheater ShowingWilliam Saroyan’s one actplay, “Hello Out There” willbe presented this afternoonat 4 p.m. in the ReynoldsClub Theatre. Produced bythe Experimental Theatrewing of the Players Guild,the play was directed byMartha McCai(f. This wellknown psychological dramawill be staged impressionis¬tically. The cast includesHelen Auerbach, James Hol¬land, Sylvia Slade, GeorgeMorrison, and Jack Warren.Med Sehaal AnnualMakes AppearanceThe Synapse, University of Chi¬cago School of Medicine year bookfor 1946 was published this week.With the editorial motto, “Forwhat we have published, we canonly hope to be pardoned; for whatwe have burned, we deserve to bepraised,” the year book representsa magnificent endeavor in thefield of student publications.The staff of the SYNAPSE in¬cludes; Laurence Finberg, John R.Hogness, Otto H. Trippel, RichardS. Farr, John W. Cashman, DanielM. Enerson, Jack E. Kahoun, Wil¬liam C. Drennoan, Daniel K. Bill-meyer, and E. Gregory Thomas.The book was dedicated to Dal¬las Burton Phemister, Chairmanof the Department of Surgery.Settlement AsksFor Used BooksThe University SettlementHouse will welcome all usedtextbooks which might oth¬erwise be discarded at theend of this quarter.Currently holding a bookdrive for Its library, the Set¬tlement has placed boxes inIda Noyes Hall, ReynoldsClub, the Bookstore, and inseveral dormitories on* cam¬pus, and will appreciate anycontributions from studentsand faculty.Especially wanted arechildren’s books, non-fictionand textbooks, particularlyon th sciences, for children ofhigh school age.IT’S SPRING**C>hy but the air is sweet with lilac bloom,Wild crab apple lingering in the room!Under cloud, the sun not for away—|-From A LETTER TO THOREAU, Formerly 51c, Now J D CMany other books of poetry published by new directions, in-^eluding Rafael Alberti, John Donne, John Malcolm Brinnin.Howard Baker, Friedrich Hofderlin and many others.Formerly sold far $1.00 and 51c. Reduced to 65c and 35eCOME IN TO BROWSE AND DON'T MISS THESEAUDUBON. THE NATURALISTBy Franeli Hobart HerrickBeautifully illustrated—two volumes in one pA—^THE BOOK OF NATURALISTSEdited by William BeebeThe greatest writings from the ancients to the moderns—an an- c Othology of the best natural historySAILING CRAFTBy Edwin J. SehoettleHere, at about one-third its original price, is one of the mostauthoritative and complete books on sailing and racing ever pub- <p n b'lished $395FUN WITH PUZZLESBy Joseph teemingHere is every kind of puzzle: coin and match puzzles, brain twist-ers, mathematical puzzles, anagrams and word puzzlesLEARNING TO SAILBy H. A. Calahan ^2^0UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOKSTORE Native Program for Russia AidPremiere of Ballet and Opera,Spring Concert Series BeginsThe American Society for Russian Relief will give a concertfor the benefit of Russian cripples tomorrow at 8 p.m. in theAssembly Room of International House. Tschaikowsky’s Trioin a Minor and Shostakovich’s Trio will be performed byRuth Kaufman, pianist, Fritz Siegal, violinist, and ShirleyEvans, ’cellist. Jacob Sherokoff, baritone, will sing two groupsof Russian folk songs; and the Rev. Paul Folino will speak.Tickets priced at $1.20, tax includ¬ed, are on sale at the UniversityInformation Office and at the GiftShop in International House.Three Concerts During SpringThree concerts for $3.00, tax in¬cluded, are offered by the Depart¬ment of Music for the Spring quar¬ter on subscription. On Monday,April 15, the Albeneri Trio willplay Mozart’s 'Trio in E. Major, K.542; Faure’s Trio; and Schubert’sTrio No. 2, E Flat Major, Op. 100.The world premiere of DariusMilhaud’s recently completed bal¬let, The Bells, will be given on Fri¬day, April 26 together with thefirst American performance, inconcert form, of his three-actchamber opera, Les malheursd’Orphee (“The Mishaps of Or¬pheus”). The ballet, based on Ed¬gar Allen Poe’s poem, will be per¬formed by the Ruth Page Ballet,with Berenice Holmes, RobertJosias, and Jerome Andrews asprincipal dancers. Scenery andcostumes were designed by IsamuNoguchi. Requiring a regular thea¬ter-size orchestra, the ballet musicwill be provided by 27 players ofthe Chicago Symphony Orchestra,with Nicolai Malko conducting.First Performance in BrusselsThe opera is a composition of amuch earlier period in Milhaud’scareer; but it has not received astage or concert performance inthis country. Its first performance,with John Charles Thomas in thelead, took place on May 7, 1926, atthe Theatre Royal de la Monnaiein Brussels. A chamber orchestraof thirteen musicians will be con¬ducted by Hans Lange. AigerdBrazis, baritone, and Anita Braude,soprano, will sing the leading rolesof Orpheus and Eurydice. Threestudents, Carl Honzak, Denis Co¬wan, and Andrew Foldi, will be in¬cluded in the supporting cas.t,which also includes WinifredHeckman, Roy Urhausen, AnnaDorn, and Austin Garrels.The concluding concert on Fri¬day, May 3, will present the re¬vive Fine Arts String Quartet, awar-time casualty, in Beethoven’sQuartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18,No. 2; and Mozart’s Quintet No. 4,C MaW, K. 515. A third work willbe announced later. Subscriptiontickets are on sale at the Univer¬sity Information Office. Singletickets for April 15 are also on sale,priced at $1.20. All concerts willbegin at 8:30 p.m.« * •Tickets for the University Col¬lege spring quarter series are onsale at University College, 19 SouthLaSalle Street priced at $6.00. Fiveconcerts will be presented at 8:15p.m. in Kimball Hall, 808 SouthWabash Avenue, on Wednesdays,U.T,1131-1133 I. SSth Sf.Campfefa SeleeHonof Beers andOf her BeveragesMIDway 0524'Blots Beer March, 27; April 10, 24; May 8, 22,Play Music New to ChicagoThe first concert on March 27will present chamber music ol tiiosixteenth and seventeenth centur¬ies, most of which has never beenplayed in Chicago. Among worksto be performed will be Posch’sIntrada V a quattro; fantasias byGibbons and Purcell; Rossi’s So¬nata a tre sopra I’Aria della Ro-mauesca; Maschera’s Canzon dasonare a quattro; Isaak’s Sinfenia“La Mora”; and Merula’s Canzon“La Pedrina.”On April 10, music of the Baro¬que period will be performed byDorothy Lane, harpsichord; RobertDolejsi, viola d’amore; and EmilEck, flute. Included in the programwill be Bach’s Sonata No. 5, BMinor, for flute and harpsichord;Vivaldi’s. Concerto in D, for violad’amore and harpusichord; Cou¬perin’s Les dominos; and Tele¬mann’s Trio for flute, violad’amore, and harpsichord.AYD DelegateSees TrumanJeanette Fiss, vice president ofthe campus AYD chapter, is amember of a delegation which leftthis week for Washington, D. C.,and Nashville and Columbia, Tenn.which is planning to see PresidentTruman and other responsible au¬thorities. The trip is being madein an effort to bring about therelease of over 70 Negroes stillimprisoned in Columbia as a re¬sult of a race riot there severalweeks ago.The delegation also includesHerbert March, District Directorof the United Packinghouse Work¬ers of America, CIO, Ira Latimer,Executive Secretary of the Chi¬cago Civil Liberties Committee,and Ishmael Florey of the NegroHistorical Society, among others.Meet Other GroupsThe group was joined in Wash¬ington on Wednesday by delega¬tions from several othe^ cities,made up of union representatives,and spokesmen from the NationalAssociation for the Advancementof Colored People, and variousveterans’ groups.Today the group is scheduled toconfer with Governor McCord ofTennessee and local authorities inColumbia.-Both AYD and the Anti-Discrim¬ination Committee, as well asmany individual students on cam¬pus, contributed money to defraythe traveling expenses of the AYDvice president, who is acting asthe AYD Intercollegiate represen¬tative in the Chicago delMatlon.Commenting on the 'I^nnesseeincident, Mrs. Fiss said: “Colum¬bia, Tennessee is not an isolatedexample because of much thathas happened recently. The KuKlux Klan burned a cross iaChattanooga and Gerald L. K.Smith spoke in Chicago. Fascismis still a living thing in many partsof the United States.”QUEEN MARFSCandits ond let CrtamCome in for a super-duparsundaa63rd Sfretfof Groenwood'AvenuePage 4 ■■ ■• ' "‘j ' ’■■:^ '•■ .S-y?-: ’fs -•. TiiiS 'Chicago' mAii6on"We Know the Truth. Not Only by the Reoson, but Also by the Heartif |Wday, March 15,Pascal(Ul^r (dijiraga liaraattThe University of Chicsfo Official Student Newspaper19^5 ACP All-AmericanPublished every Friday during the academic year by THE CHICAGOMAROON, an independent student organization of the University of Chicago.Abe Krash, Editor-in-dhief(On Temporary Leave of Absence)Ward J. Sharbach Jr., Business ManagerManaging Editor.. Ruth WachtenheimNews Editor Joan KohnFeature Editor Libero De AmicisCopy Editor .. ^. .Antoinette TotinoSports Editor Richard FineTHE EXECUTIVE EDITORSCirculation Manager .James E BarnettExchange Manager Donna K GleasonGeneral Manager .... Norman MachtArt Editor .. Cissy LlebschutzPhotography Editor.. Edwin SuderowEDITORIAL ASSISTANTSBarbara Barke, Ellen Baum, John Below, Don Bushnell, Babette Casper,Philip Davis, Clare Davison, Judy Downs, A1 Eckersberg, Catherine Elmes,Rose Encher, Lucien Fitzgerald, Murray Harding, Fred Hartstone, Ray Horrell,Eleanor Hoyt, Shirley Isaac, Patricia Kindahl, Lerry Krebs, Tess La Ventis,Gerald Lehman, Sidney Lezak, Norman Macht, Fayette Miilroy, Alan Mc-Pherron, Anne Norris, Kathleen Overholser, Hillard Anne Perry, WilliamPhillips, Joan Reinagle, Eleanor Saunders, David Sander, Betty Stearns, HelenTarlow, Virginia Vlack, William Wambaugh.BUSINESS ASSISTANTSFlorence Baumruk, Helen Brandenberg, Charlotte Block, Valerie Kopecky,Herb Leiman, Muriel Thompson, Natalie Waechter, Betty Watson, Gwen White.EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS OFFICES: The Reynolds Club, 5706 SouthUniversity Avenue, Chicago 37, Illinois. Telephones MIDway 0800, extension351 (Editorial Office), extension 1576 (Business Office).SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On campus, 50 cents per quarter. By mail, 75cents per quarter.ADVERTISING RATES: Quoted on request. Address all communicationsto the Business Manager, The Chicago Maroon.Member Associated Collegiate Press (1945 ACP All-American) and Inter¬collegiate Press.Opportunities Await AllThe question of whether University of Chicago students arebecoming profound intellectuals at the expense of growing intosocial morons has been raised time after time by some campusfigures, as well as by spectators of University activities. Thistopic reached the height of acrimony following Chicago’s with¬drawal from Big Ten athletics last week. In general, this ac¬tion was sanctioned by the majority of students as well as bythe faculty, but here is a perfect vehicle for those who maintainthat Chicago is rapidly sowing the seeds of recreational degen¬eration. The cry that Chicago had abandoned athletics was soontaken up accompanied with vehement protestations that oppor¬tunities for social activity are deficient on this campus. A sur¬vey of student activities in any shape or form at this schoolwould soon convince these skeptics that here at the Universityof Chicago is to be found as great a variety of extra curricularactivities as at any other school in America.Any student at this school con enter into os many activi¬ties as he or she may desire. The facilities, as well as com¬petent coaches and directors, are available to all. Theseactivities include all types of sports, competitive or other¬wise, publications, dramatics, radio, debating, political clubs,fraternities, music—or anything that would be of interestto a group of students. It is not the fault of the Uaiyersitythat these recreational facilities are net utiliied os theyshould be.True, the academic program is so demanding of time thatone c6uld not possibly hope to enter into all of these activitiesbut, nevertheless, they are there for anyone and everyone whowould be interested enough to participate.Evidently the difficulty lies not in the fact that opportunitiesfor social activity are inadequate, but rather, in the problem ofdeveloping enough interest for students to attend and partici¬pate in recreational activities. No one can deny that social lifeand recreation are essential in our society but, also, no one candeny that the absence of social communion is due to the in¬efficacy in the individual.A Criticism of "Critics IIDisrael once remarked, “It is much easier to be critical than cor¬rect,” and we might insert here a few words on the recent oral criti¬cisms of the MAROON. Each week when this paper is sold on campus,used and reused phrases are brought out of hiding by self-styled ex¬perts on’ journalistic matters. These experts boldly and viciously be¬moan the fact that “it ain’t worth a nickel.” Strangely enough, thesederogatory renaarks are voiced by those persons who do not read thepaper and who have formed opinions about the paper merely becausethey overheard slanderous comments or because they naturally derideanything that shows the least mark of progress. Rather than voicetheir criticisms in the conventional “letter to the editor,” they chooseto shout in loud voices to students selling the paper that they wouldn’tread that “scandal” sheet even if it were free.It might be wise to say there that the MAROON is a studentactivity just as any other student activity on the campus, and just asother student activities, it is interested in* becoming an interest to ailstudents. Being a non-professional paper, many improvements couldbe made, and the MAROON constantly encourages any student on thecampus to bring in suggestions or criticisms that will be of aid in im¬proving our paper. Instead of boisterously shouting, “lt*s no good,**why not come into the office and submit your comments or criticisms?True, this is a country of free speech, but also it is a country of freethought. How much better it would be to utilize that freedom ofthought before we voice our opinions. Too many of us use obloquywl^en we should use constructive probity. This editorial is not a disser¬tation against free speech but rather a plea to think upon the situationbefore “blowing your lid ” Guest CommentQuotas FastBecoming aCollege FadRemarks are often made oncampus to the effect that thereis really no discrimination con¬cerning studfot admissions tocolleges and universities anddiscounting all such stories as ru¬mors spread by hypersensitive in¬dividuals.A report published recently inNew York City by the mayor’scommittee on unity, a commissionestablished by former Mayor Fio-rello H. LaGuardia two years agoto investigate the problem of dis¬crimination in institutions ofhigher learning, proves that thequota system is not a myth but avery definite and sad reality.The report declares that a quotasystem against Catholic, Negro,and Jewish students has been es¬tablished and charges that it isparticularly bad in the field ofmedicine, although liberal arts in-sututions are not exempt.The report goes on to state thatalthough all the New York Cityschools publicly deny that any dis¬crimination against minoritygroups exists, deans and facultymembers of many of these schoolshave admitted privately that suchquotas do prevail.Admits Official Limit. Quadrangle OpinionUrges Maroon StimulateAtom Legislation Issuestudent' ExchangesPlanned with OrientThe plan for exchange student¬ships between American andOriental Universities will be dis¬cussed tonight by Dr. Robert Stro-zier, Assistant Dean in charge ofForeign Students. The discussionwill be held at Brent House, 5540Woodlawn Avenue,, at 8:00 p.m.and all who are interested are in-vlt»d tn attf^nd. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO MAROON:THE CHICAGO MAROON, stating its platform in a January issueid, “A sense of urgency is one of the crying needs of our ijm*’said, ^ sciiac WA uAsciii^jr la uuc ua me nCCQS Of 01 ir Umjand as such the editors of the MAROON believe that a specific re *resentation of the major questions confronting students of the Uni¬versity will jae of significance and value.”NOW the greatest crisis that has ever confronted mankind facMthe people of the world, more specifically the people of this countr?and still more specifically the students of this University.On March 5 Chancellor Hutchins brought to the attention of manvmore people the consequences of military control of atomic energyas advocated by General Groves. At the present time there are nri'marily two important bills for the control of atomic energy beforeCongress, the May-Johnson Bill (S 1463) and the McMahon Bill(S 1717). The May-Johnson Bill is essentially a bill for promotingfurther military development of atomic power. It turns the entirequestion of development and u.se of atomic energy over to a nine manpart-time commission and to an administrator appointed by the com¬mission who cannot be removed by the President. The bill does notprovide for free dissemination of basic scientific data. In direct con¬trast to this the McMahon Bill places great emphasis on freedom forscientific research and on the free international exchange of basicscientific information. This bill places control of developments withinthe United States in a full-time five member civilian Commissionappointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of theSenate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the President.It is evident that prompt action must be taken by the people ofthe United States, and this action could and should be stimulated bvthe students of *1110 University of Chicago. It is the duty of the CHI¬CAGO MAROON to help rouse student action on this vital issue. Fartoo many of us are pacified by this momentary relief from war anddo not realize the impending danger.Only through publicity can this placid attitude be renounced.Therefore, I appeal to the students of the University of ( hicagothrough THE CHICAGO MAROON to underUke the responsibilityof stimulating the American public to immediate action on this vitalissue.Joan ReinagleStudentThe chairman of the admissionscommittee* of one of the most fam¬ous liberal arts colleges in NewYork, according to the report, de¬nied the existence of a quota. Yetwhen questioned in an off the rec¬ord conversation concerning thepercentage of Jewish and Catholicstudents, he .said that there is avery definite and official limitationon the number of students withthese religious backgrounds. >•The report states that in the lastdecade the percentage of Jewishstudents in the total student bodyadmitted to undergraduate collegesfell 50 per cent.Discrimination in the medicalcolleges is serious and rapidlygrowing worse, according to the re¬port. The average number of Jew¬ish students in grade A schools de-ci'eased from 12.16 per cent of thestudent body in 1933 to 6.29 percent in 1938. “It is in this area thatthe cancer of prejudice in Ameri-cafl education practice first grew.It has since spread into almostevery branch of higher education.Italians, Catholics Victims.The investigating committee wasinformed by a prominent professorat one of the city’s principal lawschools that shortly before the be¬ginning of the war a geographicalquota system had been introducedin order to transfer the school intoa national institution and to limitthe number of Jewish students.Discrimination is practiced notonly against Jews but against Ital¬ians, Catholics and most drasticallyagainst Negroes, who are virtuallyexcluded, the report emphasized.It cannot be argued that educa-'tional practices in New York Citydiffer from those prevailingthroughout the rest of the nation.The quota system is fast becominga **good old American institution”like hot dogs and soda pop and theFourth of July. The incongruencydoesn’t strike us as being particu¬larly funny.—Reprinted from TheMichigan Daily. A STRONG NO TO MILITARY TRAININGTO THE EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO MAROON:After Chancellor Robert Hutchins “Atomized” the proposed uni¬versal military training program before the House Military AffririCommittee recently, the following conclusions will seem mild:The importance of serious and informed consideration of theissues presented by the proposed peacetime compulsory militarytraining program cannot be exaggerated. Permanent peacetime train¬ing would greatly affect our social, economic, political, and educationallife as well as our military organization.There is no well established historical precedent in the I nitedStates that advocates adoption of permanent peacetime training andthere is in its adoption a great potential danger of the creation ofnew' and greater pressures against our system of government.While there is much to be .said for compulsion as the mo.st demo¬cratic and effective method of securing a large force of manpowerin a short time during an emergency, it is far from the most cilieientand effective basis of a system for peacetime military organi/ation.An examination of the by-products produced by such a programshows they offer no great advantages. There are grounds to believethat any advantages would be heavily out-weighed by disadvantagesand costs inherent in the program. _The only valid argument that can be made for peacetime trainingis from a strictly military point of view as necessary for the adequatesecurity of our country. Here it is not clear that the large citizenarmy recommended by the President is needed at this time or willbe needed until after the first phases of actual warfare. There is,also, the po.ssibility that future scientific weapons such as the atomicbomb will make impracticable large land armies.Therefore, there can be only one answer to the question, “Shallwe have peacetime compulsory military training?” A large and re¬sounding NO.Alton W. PotterInternational HousePsychology . - ♦iMHaiag away from Ilia, again. MorgaratVf. Friday. ». »»« THS CHICAGO MAHOON Page IMilton Mayer, • ♦No Politics, No Science andNo Degree, Has Only MoralsBy ROSE ENCHERHe doesn’t know any politics orany science. All he knows is mor¬als in an immoral, political, scien¬tific society.He is a hard guy to understand,they say. He is God’s angry manon one occasion and is genUe andwitty the next.After weathering his satire forabout twenty minutes on the tele¬phone, I persuaded him not to goto Albuquerque until after I hadinterviewed him. I knew he wasbrilliant and expected him to bebrutal. He must have been tiredfor he was gentle as a lamb duringour hour’s discussion.He writes sensational articleslike “The Case Against the Jew”and “Chicago: Time for AnotherFire,” and straight, factual ones,like “William Benton.” He lookslike a gangster and teaches severalGreat Books courses. He doesn’thave a degree.“It’s all very simple,” he says.“All you need is a clean heart andreason. Every one has that to startwith.”He says that education is greatlyoverrated. All one needs is to fol¬low the Angelic Doctor’s advice.“What difference does it make,” heasks, “whether your blood flowsaround your system or your sys¬tem flows around your blood?”What we do about our fellow men,he adds, makes a great deal of dif¬ference.Came to See Hutchins, StayedHe came here about ten yearsago to interview Hutchins for aHearst paper, and stayed. He quitthe “dirty newspaper” game andwrote “Hiit/'bino of Chicago ’ forHarpers magazine. He took a half¬time Job here in Public Relationsand “erijoyed academic freedom”the rest of the time.“And I began reading the GreatBooks,” he said. “1 had never reada book before, although I hadwritten one.” I asked him moreabout the book and he said itwasn’t a good book and it didn’tmake him happy. He has beenreading the Great Books eversince, and for the past few yearshas been teaching classes in theGreat Books.“I was on my way to becominga bum,” he explodes when askedabout his early newspaper ex¬periences. He worked for the As¬sociated Press in St. Louis forabout a year, and then in Chicago for the old Chicago Evening Postand the Chicago American.A Westbrook Pegler?They told him when he quit hisnewspaper Job that he should stay,that he had a great future, thathe would be another WestbrookPegler. “Can you imagine me be¬ing a Westbrook Pegler?” he asksin sublime surprise.He belongs to the Newspaper¬men’s Guild which he helped toorganize in Chicago. “It has noth¬ing to do with dirty journalism,”he says, and calls himself a news¬paperman . . . out of a job.Prof With No DegreeFor a long time, whenever hisname appeared on lists of profes¬sors and Ph.D.’s, he was known asMilton Mayer, period. He is nowAssistant Professor in the Univer¬sity College but still has no degree.“And I never intend to get one,”he says. He was a student at theUniversity of Chicago from 1925to 1928. He was in the class of ’29,had a racoon coat and a $25 Ford.“I was put on temporary proba¬tion,” he explained when I askedhim if it was true that he had beenkicked out of college. He adds, “Ihave made it my life-time purposeto make the temporary probationa permanent one.”No problem is too large to dealwith for this undergraduate, andhe says that anyone can do it.Last quarter at a Student Forumlecture he settled the atomic bombquestion as he settles everythingelse, with morals and a cleanheart. He Is no more against theatomic bomb than he is against thesling-shot, and he is against thesling-hot like some people areagainst the atomic bomb.He juxtaposed quotations fromthe Bible with quotations fromspeeches made by leading men. ‘Heincluded Hutchins and the contrastwas not favorable. Asked aboutthis after the lecture, he said,“When Hutchins and God disagree,I am on God’s side.”Article Causes SensationIn his article about tho Jewswritten for the Saturday EveningPost, he again used quotationsfrom the Bible, and terrible quota¬tions they were. The Post calledhim the “modern Jeremiah.”(Jeremiah was vindictivelyrighteous in the Old Testament.)This article created a nation-widesensation. It almost broke the Postbecause of advertising cancella¬tions. Most of the people who hatehim to this day because of thatWilliam WambaughThe Critic's CornerThe Gordon Quartet made a return appearance with a new secondviolinist, Urico Rossi, in tow. last Friday night in Mandel Hall. Ap¬parently even the Gordon group is not immune to the current practiceof having every competent second violinist in sight lifted by rivalgroups. Andor Toth, who appeared in that capacity on the Composers’Concert two weeks back, must have seen greener lettuce in anotherbackyard.The Gordon Quartet Is, In gen¬eral, a competent, well-rehearsedgroup. It lacks the extra spark,however, which would make It afirst-rank group. The first violin¬ist, Jacques Gordon, who was oneOf John Wetcher's predecessors inthe apostolic succession of sym¬phony concert-masters, shares nissuccessor's predilection for leav¬ing out notes, apparently when hethinks DO one will notice.Three too-frequently performedchamber works found their wayout into the open on this ninth con¬cert. The Department of Musichas the curious habit of not per¬forming some chamber works onthe grounds that they can beheard at Ravinia during the Sum¬mer, and then turning around andgiving works which ap^ar therealmost every season. Mozart’sQuartet in B Flat, K. 589, the sec¬ond of three quartets written fprPrussia’s ’cello-playing monarch,Frederick William II, is a formal piece with more passage work thanmelodic embellishment. Written togive the royal fiddler a chance toshow off his A-string, the quar¬tet falls below the level of itstwo companions, and quite missesthe dash of its tonic predecessor,“The Hunt.”Ravel’s Quartet in F, lush andsensual, had a careful perform¬ance which one or two timescouldn’t make up its mind wheth¬er to go in for detail or stick tobroad strokes. For ail its luxu¬riant decadence and rich writing,there is an economy of thematicmaterial in the quartet which ischaracteristic only of French com¬posers of the d’indy->Faure group.Last came Brahms’ Quintet inB Minor, Op. 115, for clarinet andstrings, with Robert Lindemann,first clarinetist of the Symphony,as assisting' artist. Performancewas competent but a bit mechani¬cal. pure tn Kgort forMILTON MAYERarticle never read it. All it saidwas that the Jews were as bad asthe Gentiles; the Gentiles, inheri¬tors of Jesus’ kindly religion werematerialistic and immoral.His article on conscription called“I 'Think I’ll Sit This One Out,”brought him new enemies. I can’tcomment on it since I haven’tread it. The Harper Library boundvolume of Saturday Evening Postsin which this article appeared doesnot contain it. Mayer says it is thebest article he has ever written." He is a contributing editor tomagazines like Progressive, NegroDigest, and Common Sense. Hehas been writing articles since1932 for Forum, Survey Graphic,Nation, Harpers, New Republic,Atlantic Monthly, Saturday Eve¬ning Post, Life, and others. Atpresent he is .working on an articleabout Robert Morss Lovett, “adangerous man,” for Harpers.Besides conducting a GreatBooks course on Quadrangles(with Mortimer Adler) Mayerteaches the Great Books twioe aweek in Indianapolis, at the Stew¬art-Warner plant and at ButlerUniversity. He is a tutor on theCommittee of Social Thought.He is 37, divorced, and has twodaughters, aged 10 and 4.Servin' It HotBy JUDY DOWNSDallas Bartley and his SmallTown Boys, the fine jump combothat gained nation wide reknownduring its long stay at Joe’s PeluxCafe on 63rd Street, have nowopened a new club, the Stairwayto the Stars, on 47th Street, justoff South Parkway. Any nightduring Duke Ellington’s recentstay at the Regal Theater, theDuke and his boys, old fans ofDallas’, could be found betweenshows clustered around the Bart¬ley bandstand.Dallas presents a vigorous, un¬sophisticated brand of modernjazz, featuring mostly ‘bebop,’ witha healthy smattering of blues. Anexcellent vocalist is presented inthe floorshow who effectively de¬livers Around the Clock Blues andDid You Ever Love a Woman.It is the policy of the Stairwayto the Stars to offer a “surprise”guest artist at each show. DuringDuke’s stay, A1 Hibbler could becounted on to take over the mikefor Ain’t Got Nothin* But the Bluesand Embraceable You.♦ ♦ ♦Tommy Dorsey opened Chi¬cago’s new Rainbow BallroomTuesday night for a week’s stay.Bobby Sherwood will follow himin the 19th. The Rainbow promisesto be a bright addition to Chicagonight life. If it follows its initialpolicy, it will be the city’s onlyballroom featuring prominentswing bands.* * *Don’t forget the Hot Club ofChicago’s “Battle of Bands” nextSunday afternoon at Moose Hall. Ellen BaumThe Trayeling Bazaar...Every three or four years there comes a time when some inner im«pulse causes a group of people on campus to rise up in arms againstthe club system. The present is one of those periods of criticism. Thqreaders of the MAROON have probably read Dave Sander’s column oitwo weeks ago criticizing the club system and we feel that a few argu¬ments should be presented from the pro-club faction.At present neither side appears to have so completely a one-sidedpoint of view, as formerly, e.g., clubs are either totally good or bad.Even the most vehement detractors of the club system will admit thatthe club system on the University campus is not nearly so vicious agthe sorority system at other colleges; few club women can be foundwho will not admit that the present club set-up has several weaknesses.This view may very possibly presage a healthy improvement in thqclub system.The most recent and important development concerns the discrimi¬nation clauses which formerly existed in the constitutions of nearlyall clubs. Only one club can be found at present which still preservesa discrimination clause. It may still be said, however, that discrimina¬tion still rules as an unwritten law; even so, it should be recognizedthat the mere deletion of the clause is a step in the right direction.Elsewhere it has been seen that the eradication of long-standing racialand religious pre.fudices is a task requiring no little time and effort]even on so “enlightened” a campus as the University of Chicago onecan hardly expect that prejudices will vanish immediately. It shouldalso be admitted that discrimination is not practiced by the clubs alone.Contrary to general opinion, the average club girl is not a “goodtimes girl” who came to school to play bridge, to have a good tim^and in the process of acquiring as small a smattering of education agpossible, to catch a husband. The survey made by Inter-Club Councillast fall disclosed many interesting facts; up to two-thirds of thqmembers of each club are working during the school year to hel^pay the cost of their education and living expenses. Most clubs re*quire a certain scholastic average before initiation and require thelypledges to do a definite amount of studying in the libraries. From one-quarter to two-thirds of the members are in the divisions or profes¬sional schools.All of these facts denote a seriousness of purpose, related to gettini^an education, with social activities being relegated to a secondaryposition. Few women work 20 to 30 hours a week just to sit aroundand play bridge afternoons. (And, incidentally, statistics show thatcollege women get better educated husbands—although, unfortunatelyifewer college women get married.)Clubs have a dual purpose on the campus—service to the Univer¬sity and social. Every club constitution has a pledge by its membersto pay more than lip service to the University and its social and in¬tellectual ideals; a large majority of the students do not even pay lipservice. (One may check with the alumni association as to what per¬centage of the alumni take aftive interest in the University.) Thesqpledges, moreover, are not empty words; for proof, take a look at therecord of the clubs in organizing and carrying out drives for variouswar funds, in addition to donating their own money for these funds,and in their outstanding record of volunteer service at Billings and theSettlement.It should be considered fortunate that the campus has at least oneorganization able to do these things which no individual could do.Until it is possible to set up some other organization v/hich can ade¬quately take over their functions, dubs should and must continueto exist. In view of the extreme disorganization and uninterested at¬titude of the campus as a whole, it is safe to say that some time willelapse before any such organization can be formed and function ef¬fectively.The other main function of the clubs is social. They provide ameeting place for people of congenial interests, a thing very necessaryfor commuters and persons desiring to make acquaintances and friendsoutside of the dooms. It is impossible for any club women to deludqherself that by being a member of a club she automatically attains acertain nebulous social standing as a member of the “elite”; this cam¬pus simply does not recognize such a distinction.As a note of Interest to prove that the club system m not a closedcircle. Inter Club Council provides in its constitution that any groupof ten University women above the second year of the College may berecognized as a club so long as they adhere to the regulations laiddown by the office of the Dean of Students and various regulationsof the Council pertaining to the regulation of rushing.Clubs are said to take only women in the higher economic brackMs—obviously few women would work to pay for their education ifthey were in these higher income brackets. Contrary to popular be¬lief, club dues are not fantastic sums; actually, they represent ap¬proximately what one would spend for recreation if she were not gmember of a club. Almost every club has a scholarship and or loaiifund which aids members in need of financial assistance.The clubs are not based on a social (tea party) framework whosechief value is eliteness. Neither the non-club majority nor the club-minority feels that there is any basis for assuming superiority inthe club woman; on this campus, it might be said that the non-clubmajority somehow considers itself more righteous in not belonging*to a club.The foregoing discussion is not intended to cover the multitude ofevils which undoubtedly exist in the club; it merely points out somPof the more neglected reasons for the existence of the clubs. Thqclub woman is just as concerned with her relationship, as a citizen,to the rest of the world as any other student in the University—or igthat admitting that the campus isn’t all concerned with the largerproblems of the world?Review Postponedby Printing DelaysBecause of printing delays, theChicago Review, new campus lit¬erary quarterly, which was sched¬uled to appear today will not comeout until next week. Featuringwork by James T. Farrell andJohn Frederick Nims, the maga¬zine will sell for 40 cents.Classified Returned veterans on campufcan start preparing long low whis¬tles again with the. sudden out¬break of Spring. Next quarter’sgym program will include tennis^which means gals marching acrossthe Midway in shorts and tighttee-shirts. Hubba-hubba.Are you going away for the Summer?Furnished apartment needed fromMay 1st to Sept. 1st or for SummerQuarter. Desirable tenants: Universitycouple, two children, maid. PhoneDrexel 0555.LOST, Silver cigarette case in Rey¬nolds Club Theatre; sentimental val¬ue: reward. Hyde Park 0820.6200 ST. LAW^NCE, apartment 2,large front room, suitable for twoor three girls; davenport, fireplace.Celling eleven room house and allfurniture, nrand piano, linens, cur¬tains. 5737 Kenwood. TYPEWRITERSREPAIREDREASONABLEWe Pick Up and Deliver.All Work Guaranteed.Free Estimates.Coll: Hydo Pork 9651Ulva Office MscliiiM Sc.5549 Loko Pork Avonuc>oPage f THE CHICAGO MAROON Friday, March 15, 1^45Irving ScottC-Ration Prominent VetRequests to write “political pieces” for the MAROON have comefast and furiously since Dave Sander warned us of his intention toresign several weeks ago. The requests are in keeping with the spiritof the “good old days,” for University of Chicago students have alwaysbeen prepared to let go with a political theory at the drop of a hat.A couple of the applicants, who forsook the scholarly life severalyears ago to go to war, were shown some back issues of the MAROONand recalled with nostolgia the exciting issues which popped up againand again in the yellowing pages. For one who loves a good fight,It was difficult not to become fired with a bit of their enthusiiasmupon reading the adventures of several action committees in particular.Back in 1940, for example, when the rest of the country was callingthat kind of thing war-mongering, there was a “Students Committeeto Aid the Allies” which organized rallies that crowded Mandel Hallto capacity.What a committee that must have been! Meetings of a thousandstrong seemed to be commonplace, and the police were frequentlyin attendance to maintain order.Excitement appeared to have run high again a few years laterwhen Professors Walter Johnson and Maynard Kreuger were Candi¬dates for aldermen of the fifth and sixth wards respectively. And areminder that their men were away at war in these days was to benoted in an exhortation to the editor in favor of the two faculty mem¬bers, signed by five prominent (then) Mortarboards. In the absence ofmale politicos, the political spirit of the University was apparentlymaintained quite satisfactorily by the ladies alone.Now, with the veterans arriving on the campus in ever-increasingnumbers, the political bent which has always characterized the studentbody has been intensified.But the student body itself is changed. The student-veteran, whoconstitutes a large part of it, is older than the non-veteran. He cantherefore he expected to act in a changed manner, for the veteranis a man with a vote.If the student-veteran wants the building codes altered in orderto improve housing conditions in the fifth ward, he need not nowconfine his actions to signing a petition or attending a rally. He hasanother weapon to swing: a ballot.That ballot can be a most powerful weapon. Judging purely fromthe amount of attention given to it in local newspapers during previouscampaigns, the fifth ward has an important place in the local politicalstructure. Since a great many of the veterans attending the Universityof Chicago live in this ward, their votes will be much sought after.They would do well, therefore, to familiarize themselves with thepolitics of the community in which they live, for there will be nodearth of exciting political issues in the future.As for “political pieces” previously referred to which offer ideasto make the community a better and happier place to live in, they arecertainly welcome. Particularly those \ihich apply to the school com¬munity, for it is the most immediate concern of readers of a schoolnewspaper. They will be happy indeed to hear from the man orwoman, veteran or non-veteran, with a new, constructive idea.Davey(Continued from Page 1)dents who do not take both quar¬ters this Summer would have towait until the Winter quarter tocomplete the course.Only possible exceptions to the“only A sections in the Fall” rulemay be made in the case of stu¬dents who had to take English 1and/or Social sciences ID last Fall,before starting English and Soc.2 in the Winter quarter. SectionC of each subject will be offeredin the Fall quarter if enopghstudents come under this category.All three quarters of many col¬lege courses will be offered thisSummer, he said, and in futureyears, so that students may be ableto plan on completing their collegework in less than the usual time. Marketing division of the BusinessSchool. He wants to learn of theprocesses of American industrybefore returning to Norway to pur¬sue a business career there.Fellowship ...(Continued from Page 1)tional Relations Center in Chicago,told of his educational and busi¬ness background in Norway and of'his plans for work at the Univer¬sity.Interested in FinanceHasner attended the NorwegianUniversity of .Commerce, fromwhich, in 1943, he received a de¬gree in Social and Financial Sci¬ences. Part of his studies at thisuniversity, which prepares stu¬dents for administrative positionsin industry and trade, was a yearof practice work in various depart¬ments of the Bank of Norway.After graduating from the Uni¬versity of Commerce, Hasnerworked as Secretary to the Ad¬ministrative Department of Lille-borg Fabriker A/S, the Norwegianbranch of the American firm ofLever Brothers.Worked for Dept, of JusticeFor a short period after the war,Hasner worked as a consultant tothe Norwegian Department of Jus¬tice, in an investigation of thebusiness affairs of firms who hadproduced for the Germans. His jobwas to reckon the earnings ofthese companies and thence theamounts which they must pay tothe Norwegian government.Mr. Hasner expects to concen¬trate his studies for a Master’sDegree at the University in the Atom ScientistsReceive MedalsThe University of Chicago’sfour outstanding atomic scientistswill be awarded the Army Medalof Merit in a 10:00 a.m. ceremonyat Breasted Hall Oriental Instituteon Wednesday, by Major GeneralLeslie R. Groves.The scientists are Samuel K.Allison, co-director of the LosAlamos Laboratories; Enrico Fer¬mi, famed Nobel Prize winnerwho discovered the chain reac¬tion; Syril Smith, U. of C. Direc¬tor of Metallurgy; and Harold C.Urey, Nobel Prize winning chem¬ist whose most important workwas on heavy hydrogen.Those who cut across that plotof ground just inside the 57thStreet gate, as they leave MandelHall can now look forward to thespring thaw. Building and Groundsoverworked forces no longer haveto re-string the chains each day;they merely pry out studentsfound there ankle deep in themuck. But cheer up kids, it AL¬WAYS snows in April.Ask Vets to ReturnRentals by Mar. 22Veterans holding rentalmicroscopes from the Lab¬oratory Supply Store or rent¬al book sets from the Book¬store should return the itemsor renew the rental beforeMarch 22. If this requestis not complied with, a finewill be imposed which mustbe paid by the veteran sincethe Veterans* Administration< ; not pay penalty fees.Veterans enrolled duringthe Winter Quarter who re¬registered in advance are re¬quested to turn in to theOffice of the Adviser to Vet¬erans a consolidated requisi¬tion for books and suppliesas soon as possible. RUSSELL AUSTINRecently elected to chairmanshipof the campus chapter of theAmerican Veteran’s Committee,Russel Austin is a graduate stu¬dent in the divisions where he isworking on his master’s degree ineconomics.A native of Milwaukee, Austinfought in Italy for sixteen monthswith the 88th Infantry Divisionprior to his arrival at the Univer¬sity of Chicago in January. Hisdecorations include four battlestars, the bronze star and the com¬bat infantry badge in addition totwo purple hearts.Austin has been active in AVCsince his discharge. He plans toenter the field of labor relationsafter he has received his degree.A V C Dance toBe March 26The campus chapter of theAmerican Veteran’s Committee isplanning an all-campus dance tobe held at Ida Noyes theatre onMarch 26, it was announced todayby Jack Quigley, chairman of thegroup’s social committee.The dance will be open to every¬one, Quigley stated, in describingit as a campus mixer. Womenare to be admitted without charge,but tickets will cost the men 60cents.At a meeting in the new AVCoffices on the, third floor of Reyn¬olds last Tuesday, the followingcommittee heads were appointed:Alfred Popham, membership; EdWood, program; Jack Quigley, so¬cial and Ralph Wood, publicity.The recently appointed execu¬tive committee, of which RussAustin is chairman, announced to¬day that AVC is supporting theWyatt housing program by wiringand writing congressmen of itsstand.Want VeteransOn Social Comm.Elections to positions on theStudent’s Social Committee willbe held on April 29, it was an¬nounced today by Miss MargueriteKid well, director of Ida NoyesClubhouse. Veterans interested injoining the group should submittheir names to Lois Boerger, chair¬man of the committee, at IdaNoyes Hall, Miss Kidwell said.■The Student’s Social Commit¬tee includes sponsorship of thepopular C dances among its nu¬merous activities. Its list of mem¬ber include an equal representa¬tion from the College and the di¬visions.* You havo ability, or you wouldn’tba bar# in collaga. Now add a Oibbi•acratarial courta to your coliegabackground and you’ra all sat fortfaa pick of tha Job^op. Parsonalplacamant sarrlca in four citias. Forcatalog, Collaga Coursa Daan.KATHARINE GIBBSNIW YORK 17BOSTON ISCHICAGO II..PROVIDCNCg S... SSS Park Avt.to Marlkwraili tt....720 N. MithlSM Avf.Ill A«t«1l it Airmen FormingUC OrganizationNon-Political Club to IncludeGround, Air Crew PersonnelHighlighting the current membership drive of the newly or¬ganized Airmen’s Association, former aifmen of the army, navyand marine corps met Wednesday night in Reynolds lounge todiscuss plans for a permanent campus organization.Organizing along the lines of thenational Air Force Association, thegroup has adopted as its aims andpurposes the “continuation of thecomradeship we enjoyed in theservices,” and the advancement ofthe cause of air progress throughdissemination of Information.The former .flyers are also pre¬paring to meet the government’sreserve flight training programwhen such a program is inaugu¬rated.To Include All Air ServiceFormed primarily for social ac¬tivity, the Air Forces Associationis a non-political organization.At the present time, the group in¬cludes only former flying membersof the three services, but planshave been laid to include all mem¬bers of the air services, bothground members and air crew per¬sonnel.Members of the organizing com¬mittee have received membershipapplication forms from the nation¬al Air Force Association, and thesewill be made available for formerair forces personnel who wish tojoin the national group.Not Affiliated NationallyPointing out that the local groupis not directly affiliated with thenational organization, members ofthe organizing committee have an¬nounced that membership in thenational group is optional for thoseinterested in the campus AirForces Association.Similar activities are underwayat the University of Illinois, wherea CAA flight training program isalready in operation.Members of the organizing com¬mittee include Pete Gunnar, BobMurray, George Drury, EarlyBromstedt, Jr., Sidney Lezak, DickModling and Bob Crowe.The organizing committee willmeet the first Friday of the Springquarter in Reynolds club to planthe next general meeting of theassociation.With the former service flyersas a nucleus, the association willexpand to include all interestedcivilian flyers, and all persons in¬terested m a flight organization,who are students at the Universityof Chicago.Dr. Henry T. Ricketts, formerlyan instructor in the civilian flighttraining program sponsored by theUniversity before the United Statesentered the war, and an associateprofessor of medicine at Billingshospital, will serve as faculty ad¬viser for the group. Acquit VeteransOf Riot ChargesThree University of Chicagostudents arrested for rioting dur¬ing a speech by Gerald L. K.Smith, America First Agitator, onFebruary 7, were acquitted byJudge George L. Quilici last Mon¬day.In acquitting the men, RobertReed and John Day, students inthe college, and Thomas M. Fitz¬patrick, a divinity student, Quilicidenounced the philosophy ofdemagogues and condemned thtaction of police who protect them.Harry Iseberg, city prosecutor,declined to prosecute the men fol¬lowing Reed’s statement that anofficer had kicked him in thashins.Smith, with the suspendedpriest, Arthur Terminlello of Bir¬mingham, Alabama, will be triedMarch 27 on charges of instigatinga riot.. . . QaVs EyeView of VetsEnd of Indians-IsTopic of UC BookGrant Foreman has written a newbook The Last Trek of the Indianswhich the U. of C. Press will re¬lease this Monday. In his book.Foreman tells the tragic finalchapter in the epic of America’sfirst inhabitants. Was that you, you darlings, whoflirted with us at U.S.O’s. . . .?Who whistled at us when wapassed. . . .? Who sent us poemslike this one from overseas . . . :“I’m sending a message to themoon above.For someone back in the StatesI love . . .It’s faster than V-mail,To tell that dear female,How I miss her tonight . .?????????Overheard in a woman’s'dorm:. . . “Where can we get some vet¬erans for a party , , .? They’re sodamned elusive . , ,How times have changed!Foggi ExhibitionAt Goodspeed HallAn exhibition of Alfeo Faggi’ssculpture and drawings openedlast night at (Joodspeed HaU un¬der the sponsorship of the Renais¬sance Society of the University.The exhibition will be open dailyfrom 9 until 5 p.m. throughApril 2.ISBELL'SRESTAURANTfhrto locations590 Diversey Pkwy.940 Rush St.1435 Hydu Perk Blvd.X NFriday, March 19, 1949 THE CHICAGO MAROON Page XVarsity Sports to Carry OnFineTimeChicago has at last yielded topressure and dropped out of theBig Ten—dropped out the news¬paper stories all say because of its“inability to compete on equalterms with the rest of the confer¬ence.”Somebody may have an awfulmouthful to chew by June 1 whenthe Maroons’ baseball and tennisteams will have gotten together toforce those words down someone’sthroat. Such a possibility is not atall improbable.Coach Kyle Anderson of thevarsity nine is working with themost capable group of candidateshe’s had in many a year. The teamis bolstered by several ex-servicemen as well as a number of formerletter-winners.Chicago’s net squad never didsink to the same depths that havecharacterized the rest of the Ma¬roons’ athletic teams, and thisyear the return of four major let¬ter recipients bids fair to makeCoach Hebert’s boys a contenderfor the conference crown.• * *All the stories last week that toldof Chicago’s dropping from theBig Ten reminded their readersof the Walter Erkersalls, the JayBerwangers, and the ClarenceHerschbergers who made the nameof this school revered in athleticcircles.No one is likely to forget thesemen or A. Alonzo Stagg or ClarkShaughnessy for there is qlwaysthe record book to refresh thememory. Much more likely to beforgotten in the ensuing years arethe Lou Hamitys, the Solly Sher¬mans, the Fred DeGraws, and theGeorge Rabys who were victimsnot only of humiliating defeatswhether on the gridiron or on thebasketball court, but also werethe victims of the most pointedsarcasm newspaper journalistscould think of.For years Chicago has offerednewspapermen an opportunity touse their most sarcastic cliches,and seldom have these opportuni¬ties been overlooked. All of them—from Heywood Broun to ArchWard—have had their fun at theexpense of a bunch of fellows whostrangely enough thought as muchof intellectual activities as they didof athletics.Late as it is we take off ourhats to these men who never stop¬ped trying even in the face ofimpossible odds. It isn’t easy tokeep fighting when you know it’s^or a lost cause; it’s harder stillwhen your efforts go unrewarded.tm m%iiiTATtti 9i fitof 10^^M OoW Med-qU honon^lor occbrocy Ihobother fimepieeb. Ball Players Move OutsideBy NORMAN MACHTChicago’s meteorologists may beable to look into a girl’s eyes andtell “Whether,” but they sureweren’t able to do anything aboutthe cold winds and muddy fieldsthat kept the Maroon baseballteam indoors until this week.While waiting for the mercuryto rise, Coach Anderson’s menworked out in the Field Houseamid irate trackmen, who werekept busy running and dodgingto avoid the fate of one of theirfellow thinclads. It seems that thisparticular sprinter was taking afew laps when “Crutch” Hendle-man wound up and threw. Thejogging trackman got it behind theear . . . and kept the ball too.Aside from these hazards and thegeneral lack of light in the FieldIllinois CopsConferenceTrack TitleBy FRED HARTSTONE <Illinois managed to unseat de¬fending Michigan last Saturdaynight in the Field House by ascore of 57*/^-56% by viHue of awide victory in the mile relay.Over four thousand people jammedthe stands to witness a superbmeet who’s outcome was in doubtuntil the final second.The victorious Illini managedto score in every event save theshot put, won by Purdue’s singingshot-putter Bill Bangert with aheave of 50'8".As was expected these twoteams — Michigan and Illinois —completely dominated the meet,Wisconsin their nearest competitorscoring 16% points. Chicagobrought up the rear with a grandtotal of zero.Outstanding victories werescored by Illinois’ Herb McKenleyand Lloyd LaBeach of WisconsinThe former ran the 440-yds. run inthe sensational time of 48.1,equalling not only the Conferencerecord but also the American In¬door record, while the latterleaped 24'2%'’ to set a new Con¬ference mark.High scorer for the day wasGeorge Walker of Illinois who wonboth hurdle events. Clifford ofOhio State turned in a surprisevictory when he beat Bob Humeof Michigan in the mile, whichdefeat incidentally cost Michiganthe title.The order of finish was as fol¬lows:Illinoii 57 1/2|Purdue 12 'Michigan . . .56 5/6|Northwest’n 5 1/2Wisconsin ..161 /2|Indiana .... 31/2Minnesota ..14 |Iowa 1/2Ohio ....... 14 iChicago .... 0 House, the boys have been round¬ing into shape quite satifactorilyand need only a few weeks of out¬door work before t^e first gameof the year. That game is April1 and, no fooling, Chicago willstart winning games on that Mon¬day.Four veteran pitchers have beenlimbering up their payoff wingssince mid-Winter along with sev¬eral very capable receivers. Therjest of the team is stacked withreturning lettermen and ex-serv¬ice men.The infield has Bernie Eisensteinback from last year’s squad * atfirst, Ray Freeark or Nick Melasat second, and perhaps Stan Le¬vine and Johnny Sharp to stop thegaps on the other side of the field.Lou Johnson and Le Moine Stittare two very likely outfield can¬didates, but with two weeks ofOr if said student prefers an ex¬citing hockey game he might haveenjoyed watching the Chicagowomen’s team trample the Uni¬versity of Iowa squad a fewmonths ago. Judging from the tal¬ent slated for positions on thewomen’s baseball teams, the in¬terested student can count onwatching many Chicago-domi¬nated games on Dudley Field.,It’s comforting to know thatwhile Chicago may lose athleticprestige in the Field House it isgaining such prestige on the gymfloor of Ida and on Dudley F’eld.Last Saturday at the Intercol¬legiate Basketball Playday, held inthe Ida Noyes gym, U. of C. teamstook seven of their ten scheduledDue to Larry Walford’s injury.Coach Vorres entered only twomen in the meet, Nick Melas andOrville Palmer. Melas, in the 121lb. class, lost his first match, butPalmer gained all of Chicago’sthree points.Illinois added to its successfulweek end by scoring 31 points,enough to take first from a fa¬vored Indiana team which man¬aged to amass only 25.Palmer compiled an excellentrecord this year, winning seven practice left the above list is verytentative.A full card of Big Ten gameshas been scheduled for the Ma¬roons. The team will travel toMichigan and Illinois, and willentertain Iowa, Northwestern, Wis¬consin and Minnesota at Washing¬ton Park. A series of preliminarygames to the conference campaignis being prepared and will beprinted in a future issue of theMaroon.Anderson’s charges have an ad¬ded incentive to take a few ballgames from Big Ten opponents.They would like nothing betterthan to show some people just how“hapless and pitiful” the competi¬tion from Chicago can be. A fewresounding victories and an im¬pressive record may change someviews on the subject before Chi¬cago bows out on July 1.games. The teams entered by Chicago were the two top teams inthe inter-house and the open bas¬ketball tournaments held recently.Foster Hall came out on top inthe intert>hou3e tournament; Bee¬cher and Blake tied for the secondslot. In the open league the Divi¬sions team took top honors, withStudemps running a close second.Luncheon was served to the Play-day entrants at nbon.The first practice for the wom¬en’s baseball teams is scheduledfor 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 27in the Ida Noyes gym. Practicewill be moved to Dudley Field assoon, as weather permits. All in¬terested divisional students areurged to come out and sign up.and dropping only one decisionto Rummy Macais of Iowa in theregular competition.After throwing his first roundopponent in the conference meetin 8:35, he had *the ill luck todraw the same Macias as his semi¬final adversary. Again Macias de¬feated Chicago’s Palmer, but thistime by a 5-2 score gained in anovertime period. However, Palmerwon -the consolation tournamentto take third place, gaining twopoints to bring his and Chicago’stotal to three. Teams SeekMore EqualCompetitionBy RICHARD FINE’‘Business as usual” is the key¬note of the policy being pursuedby the University of Chicago ath¬letic department in planning foffuture sports activities, accordingto T. Nelson Metcalf, director ofChicago’s athletics.The Maroon’s decision to dropout of the Big Ten does not mean,Metcalf insisted, that Chicago willcall a halt to inter-collegiate con¬tests. On the contrary, new sports— particularly soccer — may beadded to the athletic agenda ifthe student body on the Midwayshows a sufficient interest.To Meet Big Ten TeamsDespite the withdrawal from theConference, Chicago remains onfriendly terms with the rest ofthe member schools, all of whonlexpressed a desire to meet Maroonathletic teams in the future. Atthe present a by-law in the BigTen constitution prohibits mem¬bers from scheduling games withformer members, but a waiver onthis rule is expected soon.Other Conference schools areparticularly anxious to continuerelations with Chicago’s tennis,fencing, and gymnastic teamswhich have more than held theirown during the years when othersports were declining so rapidlyon the Midway.Chicago, according to Metcalf,is interested in arranging a sched¬ule for all its teams that will con¬sist of schools which for the mostpart are neither much above orbelow the quality of the Maroonsquads. If such schools can befound close by, so much the better,but if it is necessary to make longtrips to secure this kind of com¬petition, Chicago will do that trav¬eling.Soccer Squad PossibleAlready the athletic departmenthas received letters from a numberof universities anxious to meet theUniversity of Chicago in severaldifferent sports. Chicago wouldlike to confine its competition notonly to schools that are on a parwith it athletically but also scho¬lastically, «s far as this policy ispossible.Mr. Metcalf hinted at the possi¬bility of Chicago fielding a soccerteam for the first time. As statedbefore this would be done onlyif Chicago students were to sup¬port it. This incidentally will bea test to which all sports in thefuture will be put.The only two Mid-Westernschools which play soccer as a ma¬jor sport are Oberlin in Ohio andWheaton here in Illinois. However,a number of Eastern schools fieldexcellent teams.Now that little green things areraising their heads along* theground, perhaps the Chapel caril¬lon will cease firing with “JingleBells” and “Adeste Fedelis” Thurs¬day afternoons.Sports Schedules ReleasedSports schedules for the Spring Quarter in varsity track,baseball, and tennis were released this week by T. Nelson Met¬calf, director of athletics at the University of Chicago. Theschedule follows: Gymnastic Crowns CoTo Sommers, ThurowCoed Contests ... by YlackStudents who would like to be able to look at a scoreboardand smile are advised to leave the mourner’s bench at the FieldHouse for the balcony overlooking the Ida Noyes gym. Therehe can watch U. of C. women’s basketball teams in intercol¬legiate competition roll up scores like 38-6, 45-10, and 12-0.Palmer Takes ThirdIn Big Ten TourneyChicago’s wrestling team proved itself to be the best Maroonteam of the year, to date, in the annual Big Ten WrestlingChampionship meet held at Champaign last week end. The twoman squad succeeded in placing ninth in the scoring, finishingahead of Wisconsin to whom it had previously dropped a duelmeet.TrackApril 26-27—Drake Relays at DesMoinesMay 4—Iowa, ThereM^ 11—^lowa and Northwestern atEvanstonMay 18—Milwaukee Teachers, HereMay 25—Northern IllinoisTeachers, HereMay 31, June 1—^Big Ten Conferenceat UrbanaJune 8—Central Collegiate atMilwaukeeJune 21-22—National Collegiate atMinneapolisTennisApril 6—^North Central, HereApril 13—Illinois TeclK HereApril 26—Wisconsin, HereApril 27—^Northwestern, HereMay 4-^Iowa State, ThereMay 10—Indiana, HereMay 11—Michigan, ThereMay 15—Illinois, There May 17—Minnesota, HereMay 24—Purdue, HereMay 27—Northwestern, ThereM^ 30, June—Big Ten ConferenceEvanstonBaseballApril 1—Bradley, ThereApril 6—Wheaton, ThereApril 9—^North Central, HereApril 10—Illinois Tech, HereApril 12—Wisconsin, HereApril 13—Wisconsin, HereApril 19—Illinois, ThereApril 20—Illinois, ThereApril 26—Michigan, ThereApril 27—Michigan, ThereMay 3—Northwestern, HereMay 4—Northwester^ HereMay 7—Concordia, HereMay 10—^lowa, HereMay 11—^lowa. HereMay 16—Wheaton, HereMay 18—Illinois'Tech, HereMay 24—Minnesota, HereMay 25—Minnesota, Here at Two members of Chicago’s little publicized gymnastics teamscored individual victories recently in the Chicago Times’ A.A-Central AAU novice gymnastics and tumbling championships,John Sommers is the new intermediate gymnastics champ, an<JGordon Thurow walked off with the intermediate tumblingcrown.Sommers, besides triumphing inthe all-around event with a pointtotal of 82.5, also was awardeda second gold medal for first placein the parallel bar competition.It has been Sommers and Thur¬ow along with Harry Aldridgewho have formed the backboneof this year’s U. of C. junior-var¬sity gymnastic squad. The team so far has won one meet—againstCrane High School—and lost threq,Coach Beyer’s men still hav4over a month in which to preparefor the coming AAU Champion*,ships April 20 and 27 at BartleqGym. April 20 is the date of th4all-high school meet while thfMen’s Open Gymnastic Champion¬ships is scheduled for the follow¬ing week.urning theeampuscalendarThe American Veterans Committeewelcomes the campus to a bang-up *party on the eve of the new quarter.It’s open house at Ida Noyes withan mchestra and dancing •. •refreshments, too!for. the party is BWOC,Baum, who’s President of Chi RhoSigma, Intercluh Council Secretary, aNu Pi Sigma member, a Marooncohunnist • i • Whew! And that’sall! She’s wearing a NYLON dress!t’s a cool beauty for your spring dates,and sports a wide studded leather belt thatwhittles away your waistline.Comes in lush turquoise, coral, navyand gray. Sizes 9 to 17. $29.95(The place to find it is the Young ChicagoFloor^ South, State.)Written by: Betty Steams0Cartoons fy: Cissie LiebshuU