S4 YEARS ilPrOL. 5. NO. 17--Z-149 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FRIDAY, MARciv 31 PRICE 5 CENTSShowdown Near on PhB236 to Be Qradudted Today at RockefellerFraternitiesOpen HousesThis SundayBy LOU FITZGERALD“It’s been a long, long time,**0 quote a popular song, since fra*ernities have had the pleasureif their respective houses, butiunday'^norning the scene of fourears waiting will be the frontloor of seven fraternity houses.Rushing planned for the com-ng spring quarter will again bearrled on in the traditional man¬ner of the past. All rushees will^ invited to the houses to meethe brothers and enjoy some ofhe fraternities’ famous meals.University women residents ofhe fraternity houses will be ac-fommodated in Snell and Hitch-ock dorms. The Army studentslow stationed in the dorms areleing transferred to regular duty.Some of the fraternities will bebanning functions this week-end,»iit iivoM will be few of all-cam-ms nature. Some of the housesire planning parties for the en-ire campus at the middle of thepring quarter, as there are a fewraditional beer busts that camevith Blackfriars Week, but fra-ernities have plans to revivehese, even in the absence ofJiackfriars this year.Scheduled to reopen their houseshis Sunday are the followingraternities:Alpha Delta Phi, 5747 Uni ver¬ity ave.Beta Theta Pi, 5737 Universityive.Delta Upsilon, 5714 Woodlawnive.Phi Delta Theta, 5737 Woodlawnive.Phi Kappa Psi, 5555 Woodlawnive.Psl Upsilon, 5639 Universityive.Sigma Chi, 5615 Woodlawn ave. GustavsonKeynoterSix Awarded PkiBeta Kappa KeysTwo hundred and thirty-three degrees will be conferredhere today at the University’s224th Convocation exercises.The ceremony will take place inRockefeller Chapel at 3:00 p.m.The highlight of the ceremonywill be the Convocation address byReuben G. Gustavson, vice-presi¬dent of the University and dean offaculties. President Ernest C. Col¬well will confer the degrees uponthe graduates, and read the Uni¬versity statement.Nine Vets Get DegreesNine of the students to receivedegrees in this, the third peace¬time convocation, are World WarII veterans who have studied underthe GI Bill of Rights. One of theveterans, Charleton C. Bard, willreceive two degrees—a bachelor’sdegree from the College, and atraditional bachlor’s degree. Alto¬gether, forty graduates will reveivebachelor’s degrees from the Col¬lege.Fifty-three medicaf school stu¬dents, including one woman, willreceive doctor of medicine degrees.Twenty-nine of the men have beencommissiond first lieutenants inthe U.S. Army Medical Corps, andfifteen will be lieutenant j.g.’s inthe Navy.Six Grads to Honor SocietySix of the graduates have beenelected candidates to Phi BetaKappa, national honor society forscholastic_ achievement. The sixcandidates, to be initiated thisJune, are all students in the Physi¬cal and Biological Sciences Divi¬sions. They are: Charlton C. Bard,of the Chemistry Department;Leonard D. Berkovitz, Meteorology;William C. Drennan, Medicine;John S. Kozy, Medicine; Steven A.Moszkowski, Mathematics; andVan Dyke Tiers, Chemistry.PhD degrees will be conferredupon twenty-eight students.Reynolds Club OpensNew Rooms Next TermMax Mertz, director of the Reynolds Club, has announcedre-installation of several features of the club which had beendiscontinued at the beginning of the war.On the second floor in the North room, six pool tables andsix billiard tables have been installed this week and will beready for use by all men studentsmd their lady guests the SpringQuarter. The charge is forty centsper hour for the use of the billiardtables and thirty cents per hour forthe pool tables. These tables havel>een collected from Burton-Jud-lon, Tablot, Ida Noyes, Chicagorheological Seminary, and othercampus buildings where they havebeen on loan for several years.Candy, cigarettes, and pipe tobaccowill be sold at a counter in thisroom. Tables may be used from 8i.m. to 10 p.m.Also opening at the start of theSpring Quarter will be a lounge inthe South room on the main floorof the Reynolds Club. The ro<«n,which for the past few years, hasboused activities of the Music De¬ partment, has been refurnished asa students’ lounge with magazines,papers, a radio, and a piano. TheNorth room on the main floor willcontinue to be a reading room. Thelounge will be open from 7 a.m. to7 p.m., and after 7 p.m. may bescheduled for use by privategroups.The Coffee Shop adjacent to theCommons has been returned to theUniversity and should be ready forstudents’ use at the end of April orearly part of May, Mertz an¬nounced.The cloakroom will be openedand ping pong tables installed inthe basement of the Reynolds Clubas soon as the Army vacates thispart of the building. Inside StoryOf Feud OverPh, B. Degrees(By THE CHICAGO MAROONPOLITICAL ANALYST)A new chapter in the seventeenyear struggle between Robert M.Hutchins and the University fac¬ulty was recorded this week as theCouncil, in an angry and tumultoussession, repudiated the Chancellorand sent to the Board of Trusteesfor arbitration its dispute with thecollege over the junking of the Ph.D. degree.Battle lines were drawn upsharply between pro and anti-ad¬ministration forces Friday and ashowdown appeared imminent inone of the bitterest academic con¬flicts in the history of University.At stake ultimately is control ofthe philosophy of Education of oneof the world’s greatest centers oflearning.The council, a 55-member pro¬fessional committee, representingthe faculties of the University,overrode Hutchins veto on Tues¬day- 1^ a margin of 3-1. As pro¬vided in the new University reor¬ganization plan the issue will besent to the Board of Trusteeswhose decision will be final.Alignments TraditionalThe current dispute has beenwaged over the awarding of de¬grees in the college but the align-(Continued on Page 2)FellowshipsFor U of CNovelistsAnother stimulus to student cre¬ative literary effort, in addition tothe recent organization of the stu¬dent quarterly, THE CHICAGOREVIEW, was revealed this weekwith the announcement of theestablishment of the Ann WatkinsFellowships of $1,500 and $500 tobe awarded annually for the twobest novels written by students ofthe University. The first prizeaward is the largest single sum of¬fered to student writing talent oncampus.According to the terms of theaward, the fellowship is open to allstudents of the University underthirty years of age who have neverbeen published in book form andwho are enrolled in either graduateor undergraduate schools. Eachentry must be a novel of a mini¬mum length of 50,000 words, andthe deadline for submission is July1. First screening of the novelsentered will be done by the Uni¬versity, and the six best will besent for final judgment to AnnWatkins, Inc., the New York liter¬ary agency donating the fellowship.The winning manuscript will re¬ceive $1,500 in cash, and the run¬ner-up, $500. Announcement ofthe winners of the 1946 award willbe made on August 1.In offering the fellowship to theUniversity, Mr. Armitage Watkins,vice-president 'of the literaryagency, stated, “ ... w# feel strong-(Continued on Page 2) Uniyersity Council MovesTo Fight Hutchins VetoAn academic showdown loomed this week as the UniversityCouncil voted to overrule Chancellor Hutchins’ veto of theirmotion to reconsider abolishment of the PhB. The Council’sunprecedented action followed Hutchins* warning that the mat¬ter would be sent to the Board of Trustees if the Council didnot recall its motion.The controversy over electivesversus compulsory courses in theCollege raged for months beforethe College Faculty on February 6approved abolition of the PhB de¬gree and made the BA. manda¬tory for all students entering theCollege after September, 1946. OnMarch 5, when the Council, high¬est faculty ruling body of the Uni¬versity, voted to appoint a com¬mittee to reconsider abolition ofthe PhB Hutchins used his vetopower for the first time.If permanent abolition of thePhB is effected, students enteringthe College the first year will berequired to pass fourteen compre¬hensive examinations. No elec¬tives will be permitted.Under the two-degree system,students may substitute, one ortwo elective courses in the fieldof their special interest for an.equal num^ of mandatory sub¬jects.Defenders of the PhB degreeclaim that an all-compulsory col¬lege program would not only up¬set the plans of students planningto enter the College and interferewith the program of students whoneed certain electives for theirgraduate work, but would lowerthe morale of students who wouldnot be allowed to brighten an all-compulsory program with evenone course of their own choice.They charge that stagnation is in¬evitable under a program whichdoes not permit students to man¬ifest their dissatisfaction by stay¬ing away from ineptly - taughtcourses.Administration - led proponentsof the measure have maintainedthat the move is in line with Uni¬versity policy. Greater flexibilityin requirements for the Bachelorof Arts degree, it is claimed, wouldtake care of the students who in¬tend to enter the Divisions and theGraduate Schools, Campus DriveNets $2,500To Red CrossBridge Party, BenefitScheduled for AprilThe Red Cross drive on campushas netted approximately $2,500thus far collected from faculty,students and employees of the Uni¬versity, and there are still ten moredays to go before the end of theorganization’s current fund-raisingcampaign.“It looks asthough the drivewill be as suc¬cessful as lastyear’s was,’*said Mrs. RobertWoellner, incharge of thecampaign. “Wehave a good to¬tal so far, andwe’re only inthe second week. And since mostgroup contributions are held untilthe last week of the drive, we areanticipating quite a bit more.”Although the drive will techni¬cally be over at the end of themonth, contributions will, ofcourse, be accepted after that date.Several activities for the benefit ofthe Red Cross are scheduled fornext month by campus groups. AnAll-Campus Bridge Party will begiven by the Ida Noyes Council onFriday, April 12, and InterclubCouncil will sponsor a dance onApril 13.Students, faculty, and universityemployees may make contributionsat the main office in Ida NoyesHall.Prefabs Ready forMarried Vets Soonopening day for the new veterans’ prefabs has been pushedback to approximately April 15, Howard B. Matthews, Assist¬ant Business Manager of the University announced this week.“As many as 50 may be ready for occupancy by that time,” hesaid, “and the rest will be made available as fast as we can getthem ready.”Each of the one and two-bed¬room units rising at 60th andGreenwood will be heated by itsown coal or wood stove, Matthewssaid. Other details of interest toveterans’ wives: Cooking equip¬ment includes a two burner elec¬tric plate with a portable ovenwhich can be placed over the stove.In the kitchen is a combinationsink and wash basin, and the bath¬room has a toilet and shower.Only married ex-G.I.*s are eligi¬ble for this housing, Matthews em¬phasized, but applications for the two University - owned apartmenthouses are not limited to veterans.Fermi to LectureIn College ClassThe Department of PhysicalScience announces that ProfessorEnrico Fermi will lecture on April2 in the Physical Science three-course in the College. Doctor Fer¬mi is very interested in the typeof general education offered inthe College and is in favor ofpresenting to the general publicthe theory of atomic structure.■M y-'4#WIvf ' ' V-I„ . _ ‘ ’■* ” . V «' .’ < <e^ ■^> -nu»t '„' ’i ’',‘If ■'-'i-uTHj: CHICAGO MAR<X)N ss|gp;iiiJ'MmiWt y,y-Wm FHdfty, March ft, If44■JCaUndar of EventsNext Week onQuadranglesFriday, March 21WINTER QUARTER CLOSES.DIVmiTY SCHOOL CONVOCATION CHAPEL SERVICE. BondCliapel. William Pauck, Professor of Historical Theology. 12:00 M.TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FOURTH CONVOCATION. RockefellerMemorial Chapel. President Ernest C. Colwell, presiding. Convo¬cation address by Reuben Gilbert Gustavson, Vice-President andDean of the Faculties. Admission by ticket. 3:00 p.m. ^Sotlirday, Moreh 23MOVING DAY MAUL. Entertainment and Refreshments,to those who move. Burton Lounge. 8:30-12:30 p.m. DedicatedSunday, Moreh 24ROUND TABLE. “Can We Keep the Peace?” Quincy Wright, Professor(sf International Law at the University of Chicago; I^ird Bell,tiUstee of the University; another speaker to be announced.WMAQ. 12:30-1:00 p.m.Monday, March 25REGISTRATION. Bartlett Gym. 8:30-12:00; 1:30-5:00. Students shouldseport first to Mandel Hall.Tuesday, March 26REG*STRATI0N. Bartlett Gym. 8:30-12:00; 1:30-5:00. Students shouldImport first to Mandel Hall.ALL CAMPUS DANCE. American Veterans Committee. Ida NoyesTheater. 8:30 p.m.LECTURE. “The Scientist.” S. Chandrasekhar, Professor of Theoret-V 3 cal Astrophysics in the University of Chicago, an(^ director of' Yerkes Observatory. (Fifth in a series. Hie Works of the Mind:The Nature and Perfection of Intellectual Work.) Presented byJ toe Committee on Social Thought. Mandel Hall. 8:30 p.m.Wednesday, March 27SPRING QUARTER BEGINS.Thursday, March 28RECORD CONCERT. Hillel House. 8:00 p.m.Inside Story(Continued from Page 1)Biento are traditional and extend totoe l^eginning of the Hiitehins* era.Supporting the faculty of toe col¬lege who on February 6 voted toab<d|Bh the Ph. B., an elective de¬gree, and establish a compulsoryare professors close to the ad-mlaistratinn. Spearheadtog the op-osltiun are long-tim» wpponenta oftoe Chancellor and his pouci' ..headed by professors in the sciencedivisions who have long fearedHutchins’ alleged “de-emphasis” ofa scientific curricula.The college faculty voted to out¬law the optional course plan afterfour months of discussion. Sup¬porters of the abolition proposalmaintained that it was essential tothe development of an integratedgenest&l education program, andthe Ph. B. was a contradiction tothe alleged liberal training of thecollege. But the Council and op¬ponents have asserted that eluninatinf the degree will work a hard¬ship €Mi students preparing for ad¬vanced study in the division i, par-ticuiarly stud^ts who intend toent94’ the science and medicalschools where college preparatorywork has included the optionalcotsrses afforded under the Ph. B.plan.CoMtcll Wanted CommiUeeOn March 5, the Ck>uncil meetingbi executive session, sent to Hutch¬ins a proposal that a joint c<Hn-initte be established between theCouncil and the College faculty toreconsider the B.A. and to modifythe program permitting sufficientfreedom for students planning ad¬vanced programs. Earlier, the fac¬ulties of the Physical Sciences andthe Humanities had expressed“alarm” ovar the move to scuttlethe Ph. B.Hutchins, siding with the college. vetoed toe Council' motion onMarch 12, maintaining in a sting¬ing four-page message, toat toeCouncil action would “delay theprogress of the college, would dis¬courage its faculty, and put it togreat inconveuience in planning itswork for‘the coming year.” In lieuof the council proposal, Hutchinsrecommended that a committee beestablished to entertain auestionsnf senersi education, but that it he* u«,„ the Ph. B.wliki! — ^ a aue*4i«M»limited tocollege.Current Case Test IssreThe council actk ii u! I'is* Tues¬day followed suit. TT«d {ho rounettnot rejected Hutchins’ alteinativemotion, the I' 'I abolitioti wouldhave become official and the ffd-lege would have to b^ gJn a manda¬tory B. A. curricuiunj for ail enter¬ing students with the fell quarter.Observers rtgarti Um turrHii Styles of 100Years Ago inBook DisplayCommemorating the hundredthbirthday anniversary month ofKate Greenaway, an English artistwho had no children herself, yetwho is credited with “dressing thechildren of two continents,” andRandolph Caldecott, another fa¬mous English illustrator, HarperLibrary at the University of Chi¬cago is sponsoring an exhibit oftheir work this month.Both Miss Greenaway and Cal¬decott were bom in England inMarch, 1846. Both became two ofthe greatest illustrators of chil¬dren’s books. Kate Greenaway wasbetter known for her children—Caldecott for his humor and typi¬cally English scenes.The smart and unnatural dresswith which society decked its off¬spring was repellant to KateGreenaway. She set about devisingfrocks and aprons, hats andbreeches, funnily-neat, and prim,yet comfortable and ready forchildhood play.One original book of Miss Green¬away’s is on display. The univer¬sity’s large historical collection ofchildren’s books includes 14 Green¬away originals. Other Greenawaybooks on display are early r^rints.Seventeen Caldecott originalsare shown, including The Divert¬ing History of John Gilpin, Kide-A-Cock Horse to Banbury, and TheQueen of Hearts.A fifth case in the exhibit is de¬voted to books whose artists, in theopinion of the exhibit committee,might have won the CaldecottAward for outstanding picturebooks, had it been offered before1900, The case includes Comenius'Orbls Pictus (first illustrated chil¬dren’s book, 1672), Walter Crane’sGoodly-Two Shoes,‘George Cruik-shank’s Cinderella. John Tenniel’sAliee in Wonderland, and others.Watkins FellowshipIf you hav* ever won e collegehonor—elate office, newti>rper eteff,drematic or glee dub epi>ointment—you’ve known the thriil of tuccetg.Prepare for eucceea in butineee by•arolling at Katfaaruia Oibba S<^odin die epecial eeevatariai courea forcollege wotneai. Addraee CoUageCotnee Dean.KATHARINE GIBBS17.MIW YOSKaoaroNCHtCASO tPSOVIOENCI • 230 Peft Aw."HoHiaMiipii SI-.720 N. Mltkigce AW.!«• Afltell tt (lul Ihri it is without pifetieuthl fn?the Bn»rd of Truslvei to arbilrwlea devlflcin which is iiUiiugt purelyacademic. : .r;iri!{nued from Page 1)f-K, .t tJfiited StatesiHie T**> ri- <•.; I'nhii'JL’U-I tOTs of importatii citaiivc wrinugmil h.g in** dcfcadc to come. Duringthe same period, however, theyounger writers, to whom we shalllook for major works, are likely tob« bedevilled by moral, social, andeeomimlij problems that will bemore ai ule than those with whichwriUus were faced after iht lastwar. If our jvidgmciit Is correct,wa art? luit tinw?*!** in deciding tothrow our small weight on the iidcof encouraging the new genet ationof writers.”Don’t despond-xtry aFim MM: “WfttOROIt Tiiei»”. WrNi My M, M.. HpL B. 1S7S r»i|, N.y. It ■MltiSidelights onBy BETTY JANE STEARNSAlmost every Friday afternoon for the past quarter, and ap¬parently unknown to most of the campus, the ExperimentalTheatre or the Intimate Theatre wings of the Players GuiWhave been giving admission free programs in the Reynolds GlutTheatre.Last Friday William Saroyan’sone act play, “Hello Out There,”directed by Martha McCain, andAlice Gertsenberg’s “Overtones”staged by Rosaline Biason andFrederick Hefter were presented.After the whole thing was over, Ifelt I had seen something inter¬esting, something worthwhile, infact something far more worth aprice of admission than “Ah, Wil¬derness.” As it was, the directorsasked nothing more of the audi¬ence than its attention and imagi¬nation,A Sensitive PerformanceThe Saroyan piece, about a phil¬osophic tramp who is jailed on acharge of rape, and the jail housecook he falls .in love with, wasgiven a sensitive and effective per¬formance. Helen Aurebach andW ScientistsAt MandelrrSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,Professor of Theoretical Astro¬physics at the University, will de¬liver the fifth lecture in the“Works of the Mind” series nextTuesday at 8:30 p.m. in MandelHall. Chandrasekhar, director ofYerkes Observatory and authorof Principles of Stellar Dynamics,will speak on “Th« Scientist.”Prank Lloyd Wright’s lecture on“The Architect,” originally sched¬uled for April 2, has been post¬poned until May 14. MortimerAdler’s lecture, slated for May r4,will be given on May 21.Dante LecturesStart March 27Giuseppe A. Borgese, Professorof Italian Literature at the Uni¬versity, will offer a course onDante beginning next Wednesday.The series, entitled “Dante and theCrisis of the Middle Ages,” willcontinue on successive Wednes-dtt/5 through June 5 at 7:30 p.m.ill .Social Science 122.Given by the Division of Hu¬manities, the course may be takenfor academic credit. Students whowish to take the course for creditshould consult with the Dean ofStudents in the Humanities Divi¬sion concerning qualifications forthe course. Admission for the gen¬eral public is by ticket. George Morrison as the cook andthe tramp held your attention eve-iry minute of the time, and althoughSylvia Farnham, James Holland,and Jack Warren had small parts,they were good too.“Overtones” is a strange littledrama about two women and theilrespective consciences which takean active part in the proceedings.The students who appeared in thisplay have never done any actingbefore, and considering this factthey conducted themselves verywell.Designed to act as a provingground for the Players Guild, theactors and student directors of theExperimental and Intimate thea¬tres are doing remarkable work.It is remarkable first because ofthe chance it gives the campus atlarge to see significant one actplays, and parts of longer works,or to hear some fine interpretativereading. It is encouraging second¬ly, because it seems to me that itis only through these groups thatcompetent and more polished ac¬tors will be turned, out to act inthe major productions.It would be a big step forwardif these experimental plays couldbe given more frequently andplanned for free evening perform¬ances. Of course, if adequate cam¬pus support is forthcoming, thereis no reason why this could not bearranged. Fortunately, last Fridaythe Reynolds Club Theatre wasfull, but for weeks before youmight have seen ten or twelve oldfaithfuls holding up the morale.Dramatic activities are makingmuch progress, but the PlayersGuild needs YOUR support, not inmoney, but in the audience. Astimulating program has beenplanned for next quarter—let’s seesome initiative on’■the-part of you'theater-goers!4 MONTH INTENSIVECounm hrCOlllOI STUDINTS oik/ GRADUATISA thorough, toteosive course—start*iog February. July. October. BulletioA,on request. Registradoo now opemRegular day and eYeniog schoolsthroughout the year. Catalog;A SCHOOL OA susmtsiASfffffsro sr coufot him and womusTHI SRSeG COILEOIAwi«*^aa|, Mm taiMn Oi9§§. S.CJ>OiMKtar. A«wl M. fair. M. AOepf. C.M. 4 N. Mlelilgm Av««Chlcofs 2. Illlaols**AU I did tea# buy a boiih oftVOY *11 /ILL* PERFUMED*AT HIDY liM- ivitrArrMKmrs in imaowo troim tSMiiewMlT !«'' 1 '''' t .. ' ,,• ‘ / A.,: v:Pagt *I► /rtliAf, ^darcli n» lt4«^First Spring ConcertThe first concert of the University College Spring quarterseries will be given in Kimball Hall, 308 South Wabash avenue,bn Wednesday, March 27, at 8:15 p.m. Series tickets for thefive concerts, priced at $6.00, may be obtained from Univer¬sity College, 19 South LaSalle street. Individual concert tick-ets, priced at $1.50, will be on saleat the box office prior to the per¬formance.Leonard Sorkin and Morris Mor-ovitsky, violinists; Armand Rothand Harold Klatz, violists; andGeorge Sopkin, ’cellist, will appearin a program of sixteenth and sev-•nteeth century music, most ofwhich has never been performed inChicago. Isaak’s Sinfonia “La Morra”; Maschera’s Canzon da So-nare a 4; Gibbons* Fantasia; Rossi’sSonata sopra I’Adia della Roma-nesca (Chaconne); Merula’s Can¬zon “La Pedrina”; Posch’s IntradaV a 4 and Couranta V a 4; Pezel’sSonata No. 30; Purcell’s Fantasiaon One Note; and Johann Fischer’sSuite; will comprise the program.ISBELL'SRESTAURANTthr«« locations1590 Diversey Pkwy.940 Rush St.1435 Hyde Park Blvd. THE CHICAGO MAROON—' , ,1Private FlyingCourse OpensSpring QuarterA course in the funda¬mentals of private flyingwill be offered by Univer¬sity College during thespring quarter from 8 to 10p.m. on Wednesdays, March27 through June 12, at theAssociation building (19 S.LaSalle street). Wilbur Dyer,dean of the Lewis School ofAeronautics, Lockport, Illi¬nois, will serve as instruc¬tor.Intended for people whoplan to fly their own plane,the course will consist of thebasic fundamentals of civilair regulations, navigationand meteorology, and tech¬niques of cross-country fly¬ing. Particular stress will heput on methods of securingsafety.The University Collegecourse has been planned incooperation with the CivilAeronautics Authority anda number of specialists inprivate flying. People inter¬ested in the course may reg¬ister during the hour pre¬ceding first class period onMarch 27. No universitycredit will be given for theclass. A |35 fee will becharged. .is A ALWAYS MILDERB BEHER TASTINGC COOLER SMOKINGfhe ofSmokiifcf P/easyro ^THE H/GHT COMBINATION OF THEWOBIOS BEST TOBACCOS - PyU/H/0/ Alinsky, RedfieldWarn "Little Man'''^,The helpless position of the **little man** today is nowhere morestriking than in his relation to the control of atomic energy, RobertRedfield, dean of the Division of the Social Sciences, declared Sundayon the University Round Table broadcast on *‘The Little Man in a BigSociety: What Can He Do?’*Participating with Dean Redfieldin the Round Table program wereSaul D. Alinsky, executive directorof the Industrial Areas Foundation,and author of the recent best-sellerReveille for Radicals, and LouisWirth, professor of sociology at theUniversity.“The little man’s position today,”Redfield continued, “is far worsethan he knows, for wrong decisionsat the top of his collective societyin regard to the atomic bomb andforeign policy may mean his ruinin a situation which ‘security*denies him the facts.“Unless the little man rises tothe control of his world,” Redfieldsaid, “the bombs will surely fall.”Wirth and Alinsky agreed withRedfield that the making of foreignpolicy and the momentous problemof the control of the atomic bombtoday are dangerous examples ofwhere the little man does not haveany say. They all agreed that unlessthe common man does rise to makehis influence felt, the results maybe fatal.Alinsky argued that the littleman must be organized in a newway in order to express his willtoward democratic ends.People Must Organize“Unless the people,” Alinskysaid, “have channels to expresstheir power, there can be nodemocracy. They cannot do this as individuals, but must do it throughpeople’s organizations which willcut across and join into one move¬ment all the organizations withwhich they now identity them-which they now identify them¬selves. They must be in a positionto force their government to re¬spond to their popular pressure;'and they must learn to ‘lobby’ fortheir collective good.”Man’s Situation Gets WorseRedfield, in concluding, pointedout that the position of the littleman today is getting worse forseveral reasons: 1) because he canbe the victim of wrong decisionswhich have not simply local resultsbut world-wide repercussions; 2)because military security regula¬tions obscure the facts from him;3) because an imperfect press doesnot properly inform him; and 4)because he does not understandhow to communicate his will to hiselected representatives. There isnot escape, Redfield said, but forhim to use his pressure through or¬ganized groups and through unor¬ganized expression—like the use oftelegrams to his Congressmen—asthe means of expressing himself.“He must make the effort,” Red¬field said, “and it must be for thecommon good. There is no erne tosave the common man—no wisemen at the seats of power; there isno one but himself!”TNI WORLD'S MOST NONOREO WATCRWINNER OF 10 World’sFair Grand Prizes,28 Gold Medalsand more honors fqiaccuracy than anyother timepiece.DSuqlaA^Shoe^WUPOUflAfftHOI CO.. OnOCKTON II. MAIO.12 S. DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO ,«40e2 W. MADISON ST. *1321 MILWAUKIE AVI.SOUTH SEND—*210 S. Mtehifaa St.*LADY DOUGLAS STYLES AT $S.4B, $4.41Pafe i THE CHICAGO MAROON March Zt,''Time Is Precious but Truth Is More Precious than Time" . • • • • • DisraeliEditorial Guest EditorialA Program for ActionIt has now been three months since the administration es¬tablished a steering committee to investigate the thorny prob¬lems connected with the dormitories and student activities. Wehave been assured that the slow and ponderous machinery ofofficialdom has begun to revolve and that in the good days tocome we shall be enamoured by a new and shiny plan for end¬ing the turmoil and chaos in the residence halls and in the ex¬tra-curricular realm.In recent weeks the editors of THE MAROON have filled thesecolumns with an appeal for thought and action in solving the bewil¬dering enigmas of student activitites. The University of Chicago isutterly unlike any other University, and it should follow, therefore,that its out-of-class program should be correspondingly different. Butsuch an outlook does not imply the do-nothing and apathetic policyof the administration, and it most emphatically does not represent theappalling misemphasis and lack of understanding by those who cryfor a return to the triviality and frivolity that has marked every otherAmerican campus.The rapid growth of the college and the appeal which it is gener¬ating for out of town students has focused the white-hot glare of ne¬cessity on the dormitories. For fifteen years U. of C. dormitories havestood for lost opportunity. The large numbers of commuting studentsand the emphasis on development of the curriculum offered the plan¬ners an escape from the residence hall dilemmas. But the blueprints fora large network of new dormitories as soon as building is logically feas¬ible and the rejection of the fraternity, system on the flimsy premise thatit was undermining the dormitories is impelling cause for developinga thoughtful dormitory program NOW. The next few years will becrucial ones for the residence halls. The college, gaining in strengthand stature, is facing a vital test. The fraternities, aggressive and rap¬idly gaining strength and power with their alternative philosophy,will boldly challenge the supremacy of the dormitory plan.The fundamental axiom on which any dormitory programshould be constructed is that the thinking and methods obtain¬ed in the classroom are meaningful and real in all life situa¬tions. As such it should be the purpose of the residence hallsto create an intellectual atmosphere combined with good, all-around living which can demonstrate the values of a liberal edu¬cation in action. It should be recognized at once that the dorm¬itories cannot compete with the curriculum. It should also be aself-evident truth that they are not social centers and that theyare much more than a place to live and eat. By the same tokenit should be possible to synthesize the values and methods ofthe classroom and good living, preventing the creation of eithera psuedo-intellectual atmosphere or a tea-party outlook.To attain these ends THE CHICAGO MAROON proposes the fol¬lowing three-plank platform:1) In the final analyses the success of the dormitory program isdependent on the individual residence heads and assistants. The cur¬rent staff is riddled with incomp)etent or uninterested individuals whoshould be eliminated. The men and women who lead the residwvcehalls should be of high intellectual calibre, interested in students, witha gift for leadership and persuasion. At all times maximum freedommust be guarantee the student but social pressure or quasi-mobpsychology will supplement the efforts of the heads once the programis launch^ and should attain the desired goals.2) The college should merge its system of academic advisors withthe residence halls, once it is assured that a competent staff is avail¬able to carry out the objectives. The current advisory system is hope¬lessly inadequate and has resulted in tragedy for many students.3) To specifically attain its ends no better program has been out¬lined than in the Memorandum of the Residence Program of 1944. Thisplan, while obviously incomplete, suggested a program of informalathletics in encouraging healthful living; the development of studentabilities to think by discussions; stimulating interest in social prob¬lems by forums and by active participation in political and sociologicalactivities on and off the campus. It further urged the developmentof an interest in the natural sciences through projects, field trips, andvisits with scientists; the promotion of an interest in music, art andliterature through distributing free tickets, by having creative artistswork on the premises and meet with students, and by having informalreading and discussion of literary works. Such a plan should be sup¬plemented by a program which can carry out certain desirable socialand recreational activities.It is evident that such a program cannot be projected overnight,that it will slowly evolve and will be modified. Nevertheless the pres¬ent indirection and confusion in the dormitories is intolerable. TheUniversity has appointed a capable residence hall director; the steer¬ing committee includes men of stature and keen interest in the sys¬tem. They should begin to act. Denounce Pro^SmithStand by S. CaliforniaCivil LibertiesAlthough Gerald L. K. Smithis in the East somewhere, a newhighlight has been thrown on hisactivities with revelation of therenunciation of the supposed sup¬port of his philosophies and per¬son by the American Civil Liber¬ties Union. It seems that Dr.Clinton J. Taft, director emeritusof the Southern California branchof the Union, has taken it uponhimself to come out openly inspeeches and magazine articles infull and direct support of Smith,using his post as director emeri-tus.to add weight to that supportBut the Civil Liberties Union ^has denounced Dr. Taft’s activi¬ties pro-Smith and in a ringingarticle in the March 2 issue ofOpen Forum, its weekly paper, itstates, “Roger N. Baldwin, direc¬tor of A.C.L.U., said, ‘Mr. Taft’sopinions about Smith’s propagan¬da are wholly personal, and arerather, obviously not in accord¬ance with facts now painfullyclear’ (boldface theirs). TheA.C.L.U.’s obligation to defend therights of all comers without dis¬tinction imposes the clear obliga¬tion not to comment on theirviews or character.”What Baldwin says quite plainlyis, “We defend the rights of evenfascists, but that doesn’t mean weuphold those political or economicphilosophies.”Dr. Taft, as a former directorof the A.C^.L.U., knew this; buthe evidently so completely cameunder Smith’s spell that he threwcontrol to the winds and came outin blind adulation from a publicplatform and in the pages ofSmith’s magazine The Cross andFlag, praising Smith as a man lit¬tle short of God.In his own words, . . he(G.L.K.) is not anti-Semitic, anti-Negro, nor a Fascist, nor is he aseditionist. ... We need moresuch men. The world languishesfor lack of them. . . . We all owehim a debt of gratitude for whathe has achieved. And those whohave been drawn into this fightunwittingly on the side of theopposition ought now to repentheartily and get down on theirmarrow-bones before this manand ask his forgiveness. Morepower to you, Gerald L. K.Smith.’’As Baldwin said, “rather obvi¬ously not in accordance with factsnow painfully clear.”Moral: Watch out for individ¬uals speaking in the name of wellknown groups, especially forSmith.—Reprinted from The LosAngeles Collegian.©Ijirmin iMaraattOfficial Student Newspaper1945 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-Chief(On Temporary Leave of Absence)Ward J. Sharbach Jr., Business Manager English NowForeign forTexas LatinsEnglish is studied as a ‘foreignlanguage’ by 60 Latin-Americanstudents at the University ofTexas.The class meets in one sessionfor grammar, reading, and compo¬sition, and in one for conversation.Material is being prepared at theUniversity which soon will beavailable in book form for teach¬ers of English to Spanish speakingTHE EXECUTIVE EDITORSManaging Editor.. .Ruth WachtenhelmNews Iklitor Joan KohnFeature Editor Libero De AmicisCopy Editor Antoinette TotinoSports Editor Richard Fine Circulation Manager James E. BarnettExchange Manager Donna K. GleasonGeneral Manager Norman MachtArt Editor Cissy LiebschutzPhotography Editor.. .Edwin SuderowEDITORIAL ASSISTANTSBarbara Barke, Ellen Baum, John Below, Don Bushnell, Babette Ca.sper,Philip Davis, Clare Davison, Judy Downs, AI Eckersberg, Catherine Eimes,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 Mulroy, Alan Mc-Pherron, Anne Norris, Kathleen Overholser, Hillard Anne Perry, WilliamPhillips, Joan Reinagle, Eleanor Saunders, David Sander, Betty Stearns, Hele/iTarlow, Virginia Vlack, William Wambaugh.BUSINESS ASSISTANTSFlorence Baumruk, Helen Brandenberg, Charlotte Block, Valerie Kopecky,Btrib Leiiiiaii, Muiiei lliuiiipson, iNaulie Waecnter, Betty Watson, Uwen wnite. | students.Virginia U. Will ExpandA $300,000 gift to the Universityof Virginia has enabled the Uni¬versity to plan early expansion ofinstruction in international affairs.The new Woodrow WilsonSchool of International Affairswill become part of the Univer¬sity’s reorganized Institute of For¬eign Service and InternationalAffairs. Courses offered will cutacross departmental lines and willinclude subject matter from avariety of fields. Spring ♦ ♦ ♦"I lovtd you tho moment I sow you tot that hot."Quadrangle OpinionPoor Wambaugh. 'Be GentleLike Me,' Says ReaderTO THE EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO MAROON:I resent very deeply the calumnies and slanders perpetrated byWambaugh in his “critic’s” corner on Soviet music recently. I wond« rif the title “critic” grants him the right to engage in vicious attackson the people.The use of such wildcat words as “censor, banal, trivial, vulgar-minded, barbarian, strait-jacket, etc.,” in his attack on the Soviet peo¬ple and on people in general reminds me very much of the “Aryan"superiority myth of Fascism which we have smashed militarily andare attempting to defeat ideologically.What music will Wambaugh criticise now? Will he begin to rriti-else music of the Negro? Other minorities? Will he then broaden outto include all folk musict then folk culture? This is a dangerous (rendthat starts, innocently enough, with things Soviet.The avalanche of hate and slander against the Soviet Union hasenough support from other fronts that it has to have support from themusical front which Wambaugh purports to represent.I do not propose to engage in any debate on a musical level. If 1do, it certainly will not take place until Wambaugh qualifies his state*ments, despite his “lack of space.” The alibi of “lack of space” doesnot grant him the right to launch unprincipled attacks on the people.I not only challenge his opinion but challenge his right in attacking asection of the population who has contributed more to society’s wel¬fare than the “critic” can ever hope to achieve.DAVID S. CANTER.Let Ballots Move BoardVeterans’ organizations have been strongly backing recent civicenterprises designed to reduce that elusive statistic—the juveniledelinquency curve. Proposals to improve the playground system andto provide supervised leisure activities have received powerful support.A new and much more fertile field for these undertakings has beenopened. Mayor Kelly has ordered a public hearing on the report ofthe National Education Association on Chicago schools.The NEA report charged bribery, political intimidation of teachers,graft, financial irregularities, and illegal text-book contract deal.^^ mthe city’s most potent formative institution, the school system Itundoubtedly stepped on political toes, and it was perfunctorilysquelched ten months ago when presented to the Mayor. Agitationby the Parent-Teacher Associations, various women’s group.s, andseveral alderman on the City Council has reopened the matter, andKelly has appointed a committee to hold a thorough public investiga¬tion.The demands of those groups seeking public insight into thematter have been met. It is up to the veterans’ organizations to addtheir voices to the demands that the reforms eventually to be recom¬mended are acted upon by the autonomous school board. Theportunity to press the attack against the contributing causes to juveniledelinquency is immeasurably greater in this direct effort to improvethe educational system than it is in the essentially negative approa(hto the problem through programs involving leisure activities.Bill Montgomery_G.I.'s Hourn Sander's DepartureTO THE EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO MAROON:The MAROON needless to say has been steadily improving not onlyin style, choice of material, and lay-out, but also in circulation.what position veterans, as such, are going to assume or be allotted oncampus has naturally been of great concern to us. To make our point—we feel that although former men in uniform should definitely 1**'come members and active members of the veteran organization of theirchoosing—this should be secondary to Joining those who wear tweedsplaids, wools, cottons, and yes, even blue Jeans—we mean the citizenry.Citizens first, veterans second! Thus, we are wholly in sympathywith Mr. Sander who admits to writing his column not as a represen¬tative of veterans, as a group, which is secondary; but as speakinghimself, an individual, who has made some infinitesimal sacrifice tomaintain his life, his liberty, and his right to the pursuit of happiness.That, to us, should not be reserved to veterans large or small incountry—it m'ist be for all without exception. ,With this, judging by the editorial policy of the MAROON, we feeyou are in accord—therefore, we can not understand how yourefuse to continue Sander’s column which has on the whole presenteacogent and pertinent material admirably in the face of sharp criticismand perhaps ostracism.Thanking you for your time, we are. Sincerely yours,Pvts. Norman Finle, Daniel L. Azarnoff, Larry Zinner, Robert J.' B'os-I ijdii, G. Angus Macaulay, Floyd J. Humphries, Jr.rrldftfi MJtrch t%, IMt THE CHICAGO MAROON Page SSurrey Finds StudentsHere for Many ReasonsStudents often ask one another why they chose to attend theUniversity of Chicago rather than another college. Attempting todetermine the predominant reason why some of the students selectedthis school the question was placed before a number of both Collegeand graduate students. The reasons (and excuses) vary but the chiefdeterminant qualification is apparently the time element. Here are afew of the answers to the question, “Why did you choose the Uni¬versity of Chicago?’* William WambaughThe Critic's Corner“Because of the general edu¬cation provided by the CollegePlan and because of the qualityof the Physics Department.”“Because I wanted a generaleducation before I specializedin art and this school offeredit in two years.”One young female student re¬marked, “I believed I was goinginto social service—it was atoss-up between the U. of C.and Columbia. I learned thatwomen students were segregatedand knowing that all femaleclasses are singularly sterile, Ichose U. of C. After meetingsome of the social workers, atInternational House, I hastilychanged my plans but Inertiakept me here.”Several other students empha¬sized the fact that they neededthe general education provided intwo years of school. One started“because the University offereda two year general education pro¬gram and I was not interested inspecialization and had been out of high school ten years so thata two year program looked good.”Another exclaimed, “Being an oldman, I wanted a quick education.”Another young college studentconfessed that he is attending thisschool “to avoid going to highschool,” and another stated thatthe reason for his choice was that,“The U. of C. was farther fromhome than any other school.”The last person asked professedthat his reason was that “I likeHutchin’s idea on education.”Alumna Works withRed Cross in ChinaNews comes from Tientsin,China, of the activities of JoanGreene, U. of C. alumna andresident of Cutbank, Montana.Miss Greene is a Red Cross staffmember at the Liberty Lounge,one of the two servicemen’s clubsin Tientsin. The Red Cross notonly operates the two clubs whichsupply much-npeded relaxation forG.I.’s but also did all the work oftaking over the buildings and re¬modeling them for use. Ellen BaumThe TravelingBazaar . . .Commercialiiotion of OurYouthOne of these bright Spring dayswe were strolling around thequadrangles and as we passed infront of Blake we came up behindtwo small boys, aged approximate¬ly seven and nine. They were talk¬ing earnestly about the state oftheir finances and one turned tothe other with a pained expressionand exclaimed, “What? You’remaking only $5.00 a week? Youused to do much better when youwere with the Quiz Kids!”* « «PeopitCongratulations to Ellen Bran-sky, president of Tau Sig, whowas just elected president of InterClub Council for the coming year.. . . Jean (“Billie”) Head andJoseph Sisco will be married the26th in Louisville. They’ll be re¬turning to Chicago to continuetheir studies. . . . We hear thatMadeline Montgomery of the blondhair is returning to campus fromPortland, Maine, next quarter. . . .Carol Wright and Charlie Einsteinwill be married sometime thisSpring.* * *This and ThatSylvia Allen’s leaving the U. ofC. to take up flying as a careerdown south in Louisville. . . .People are still talking about thefarewell party thrown for Nat Eekon the occasion of his leaving forthe navy. . . . Matt Jenetopuloshas hung his Alpha Delt pin onTerry Flambert. . . . And Jo VanCleave is wearing brother AlphaDelt Hal Mattox’s pin. . . . The30th is the date of the weddingof Marcia Rich and Reynolds ClubMax Mertz.« « <»Around CampusSaturday (moving day) prom¬ises to produce some interestingsituations. First and for^ost isthe Moving Day Maul in the Bur¬ton Lounge from 8:30 p.m. to 12p.m. Second will be the confu¬sion engulfing Int. House; menwill be moving into the women’sfloors and women will be movinginto the men’s floors. The hoursof moving are from 9 a.m. to 3:30p.m., but in view of the fact thatmost residents refuse to get upbefore noon, some glorious mix-ups should occur. The University College concertof March 13, too late for inclusionlast week because of printers’dead-lines, offered three modernworks of varying worth. Hinde¬mith’s Sonata No. 3 in E (1935),Aaron Copland’s Sonata (1944),and Stravinsky’s Duo Concertant,all for violin and piano, were per¬formed by John Weicher, violin¬ist, and Perry O’Neil, pianist andgraduate student. Performancefor the most part was clean, neatand facile.Of the three the Stravinsky isthe most finished music. Writtenat the height of the composer’sthird period, the work is concise,succinct, elaborate but congenialto the violin. Stravinsky’s pas¬toral musings are to Beethoven’scountryside what the Eclogues ofNemesianus are to Vergil’s: con¬trived and springing from thesubjective, effective in their sim¬plicity which conceals art.Best Performance in 3 SeasonsThe Duo Concertant has beenperformed each season in the Uni¬versity series. Of the three per¬formances, this one was the bestbalanced. The first, by John Wei¬cher and the composer, was un¬balanced by Stravinsky’s dynamicdomination of the pair. The sec¬ond, by Joseph Szigeti and HarryKaufman, suffered from violin¬ist’s dominance. O’Neil has moreagility and was not heavy-handedas was Stravinky, neither did heefface himself like Kaufman.Hindemith’s third sonata for thecombination is a calm work, un¬bending by comparison with other works of that period. It lacks theextreme dissonance of the thirdquartet and the rigidity of thatwork. There was some tension inthe performers which interferedwith the projection of what shouldbe a relaxed and free-flowingwork. O’Neil displayed an occa¬sional rhythmic mincing in thefirst movement which was dis¬turbing.Copland’s New Sonata PerformedAaron Copland’s new sonata isan undistinguished one, its firsttwo movements not oustandingmelodically or harmonically. Thethird movement is attention-wor¬thy. A theme suspiciously likethe “hoe-down” finale of RoyHarris’ third symphony bouncedalong to a Hollywood climax, bad¬ly overwritten, and with the in¬evitable El Salon Mexico touch.A Poor Showing by TrioA trio, Fritz Siegal, violin,Shirley Evans, ’cello, and RuthKaufman, piano, essayed Tchai¬kovsky’s Trio in A Minor, Op. 50.This plaintive elegiac work re¬ceived a very uneven and cutperformance, which omitted theeighth variation in the secondmovement and made another cutin the finale. The performers hadthe loudest pianissimo I have everheard in a trio. There was poorbalance among the instruments,the piano dominated and at timesdrowned out the other players.The performance, scheduled for8, started at 8:35. I left after thetrio as I also had a recital of Wolflieder to attend, so I could nothear the Shostakovich trio or Mr,Gordjaeff’s second group.AWARDFOR SERVICE SHIPPING-STORAGEBOXESAnother First for HarvardTo the Editor of THE CHICAGO MAROON:Recent researches at HarvardHave incontrovertihly shownThat education pioneered by ChicagoWas discovered by Harvard alone.Still more recent discoveries at Harvard,By Hooton, and Huxley, and Hall,Have shown that the ideas of HutchinsCan now be adopted by all.So thus the youth of the nation.Who must have learning flavored with beans.May use time-tested methods of HutchinsSanctioned solely by Harvard*s good Deans.DOUGLAS STEWART, Jr.A sleeping village in the path of a rag¬ing flood ... at her switchboard anoperator makes call after call to alertthe community and summon aid. Sheleaves only when rising waters reachthe board and the building itself be¬comes flooded.For this and similar acts of public service,more than 1,200 telephone men and womenhave received the Bell System’s most covetedaward—the Theodore N. Vail Medal.Service to the public has long been a tra¬dition in the B^ll System. The thought "servicefirst”—day by day as well as in emergencies—has helped give this nation the best communi¬cations service in the world. arc back and the Bookstore’s got ’em! They are not back per¬manently, however. We were fortunate in picking up 100 atthem from government surplus.They are exceptionally sturdy boxes with hinged top andhasp for padlocking. They are ideal for storing or shippingbooks. The inside measurements are 221/2x16x14 V2 inches.The price is ^4.25.When more will be available is very indefinite so if you aregoing to need one, now is the time to get it.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOKSTOREBELL TELEPHONE SYSTEMPa^e 8 THE CHICAGO MAROON fVUay. March M. 194^A VC Exec PoundsMayor Kelly’s DeskWhen members of the campuschapter of the American Veterans’Committee go a-hunting for hous¬ing they mean business. How thechairman of a delegation, Mark¬ham McEnroe, a student in theDivision of Social Sciences, pound¬ed on Mayor Kelly’s desk topunctuate his demands for actionwas told to THE CHICAGO MA¬ROON today in an interviewwhich indicated that his earnestpleas for G.I. shelter may not gounrewarded.Appointment to see the Mayorbeing difficult to secure, the meet¬ing was arranged by Walter John¬son, assistant Professor of His¬tory, several weeks ago, for whichthe group, after extensive researchin the local housing situation,prepared a carefully wordedstatement setting forth a six-pointprogram. Gist of the statementwas a demand that the Mayorbring his personal influence tobear in coordinating the effortsof various factions to secure im¬mediate safe shelter for veterans.McEnroe Reluctant to Leave“Thank you,” said Kelly, in apolite attempt to dismiss thegroup. “The matter will be re¬ferred to the proper committee.”And that was the signal for Mc¬Enroe to begin waiving an admon¬ishing finger around the room.“That won’t do, Mayor Kelly,”said McEnroe. “There have beencommittees and committees andcommittees, but only you, with your immense personal prestige,can get a house built in this city.We want your assurance that you,personally, will see to it that anadequate housing program is pro¬vided for the city of Chicago. ’McEnroe then proceeded to re¬count to the mayor the lengthyhistory of jumbled attempts at arebuilding program which his re¬search had uncovered, and summedup by repeating several cogentpoints contained in his preparedstatement. These included a de¬mand for modifying present zon¬ing restrictions (so that smallhomes can be built in areas whichat present require construction ina certain price level), and a de¬mand for a revision of the presentbuilding codes.Mayor Promises SupportAt the conclusion of the inter¬view, Kelly promised to give hiscomplete support to the A VC pro¬gram. Since that time a tem¬porary emergency building codehas been adopted pending thewriting of a new permanent code.And, perhaps significantly, aninjunction brought against a Chi¬cago builder for erecting a pre¬fabricated dwelling in a restrictedsection of the city was dismissedin a recent legal decision.AVC executives here disclaimany credit and insist that what¬ever was accomplished by theirconference with the Mayor was amere drop in the bucket.Well . . . every drop helps,Mac. Good hunting ahead! Prominent VetAirmen Here Total TwoCenturies of ServiceSixty former army, navy andmarine corps airmen, representa¬tive of an estimated 300 formerairmen now at the University ofChicago, have polled a total ofmore than two centuries of serv¬ice in World War II, with hoursaloft totaling nearly seven yearscontinuous flight.The group, on 1,725 combat mis¬sions, destroyed 97^ German andJapanese aircraft, along with sev¬eral ships including a light cruiser.and two submarines. Forty-tv/omembers of the group who servedin bomber crews flew 1,260 of thetotal number of missions, dropping3,150 tons of high explosives, in¬cendiaries and fragmentationbombs.Many Hold High AwardsThe sixty airmen have a totalof 473 combat decorations earnedin combat theaters all over theworld. Included in the list of mil¬itary awards for valor in combatare; one Navy Cross, one SilverStar, 29 awards of the Distinguish¬ed Flying Cross, 188 awards of theAir Medal, 6 awards of the Pur¬ple Heart, 39 Presidential citations,207 bronze battle stars, and twoawards of the Croix de Guerre,presented by the French govern¬ment.Outstanding Chicagoans in thegroup are: Raymond Jehli, 1123East 82nd street; Robert C. Mur-AVC Dance toHave HostessesThe Student Forum will providehostesses for the AVC dance to beheld next Tuesday at Ida Noyestheatre, it was revealed today byRalph Wood, publicity chairmanof the group.New veterans on campus will bethe guests of AVC at the dance,which will feature Dick Collins’orchestra. Wood said. Ticketspriced at 60 cents will be on saleat the door.The Ex - Servicemen’s WivesCinb of Texa« A and M has organized a “Ciothes on a $90.00 Budget’group. They pian to aid membersin correct styling, color schemes,poise, posture, weight regulationand modeling. ray, 10363 Longwood drive; andKarl E. Brandt, 6020 Drexel ave¬nue. Jehli, a former navy pilot,holds the Navy Cross, the Distin¬guished Flying Cross with cluster,the Air Medal witn two clusters,and three battle stars. Murray ishigh man in the group with 575combat hours flown on 115 mis¬sions in both the Pacific and Eu¬ropean theaters. His crew is cred¬ited with ten Japanese fighters ona single mission over Burma inwhich Murray’s bomber was theonly one to return.Prison Mates MeetTwo friends from German pris¬on camp days, Lowell Walker, ofColumbus, Nebraska, and CharlesSteenbarger, of Jackson, Michi¬gan, are reunited on the Midwaycampus. They lead the group inoverseas service with three yearseach, tw’o and a half years ofwhich were spent at Stalagluft IIInear Sagan, Germany.Alexander Ulreich, Jr., 9961Winston avenue, Chicago, formerair force pilot, flew three of histwenty - seven combat missionsagainst the town in which he wasborn — Vienna, Austria. Many ofhis aunts, uncles and cousins werepresumably in Vienna at the timeof the raids, although Ulreich hasreceived no word from them sincethe beginning of the war. Bob ReedThe treasurer of the World Stu¬dents Service Fund, Bob Reed,now a third year student in thecollege, has just announced thesuccessful completion of a drive tocollect $4,000 for aid to foreignstudents in war-torn c<> jntries.A former University of Pitts¬burgh student. Bob worked forU. S. Steel before entering thearmy in 1943. Trained in the fi¬nance department, he was sent tothe Pacific where he was attachedto GHQ, U. S. Armed Forces inthe Far East. At his own request,he was re-assigned to the army’sCounter-Intelligence Corps. Fol¬lowing three campaigns with theinfantry, he was injured on Leyte,returned to England General Hos¬pital in Atlantic City, and was dis¬charged in August 1945.Entering Chicago shortly there¬after, Bob became active in sev¬eral student activities, includingWSSF and AVC and has recentlybeen appointed Civil LibertiesChairman in the latter organiza¬tion.He plans to enter the Divisionof the Biological Sciences andeventually return to the Pacific tostudy tropical diseases. Irving ScottC-RationRaise Pay forG.I. StudentsThe Veterans’ Administra¬tion at 366 W. Adams st. hasrecentiy announced a revi¬sion of poiicy in the empioy-ment of part-time person-nei. 'The Civil Service Com¬mission has allowed them tohire clerical personnel for 20hours a week, with workinghours from 5 until 9 p.m.Monday through Friday atthe rate of 85c per hour,All veterans interested inpart-time employment mayfile applications for one ofthese jobs with the person¬nel section of the Veterans’Administration at 366 W.Adams street. Typists espe¬cially are ppeded.Veterans who are regis¬tered in advance are re¬quested to turn into the Of¬fice of the Adviser to Vet¬erans a consolidated requi¬sition for books and suppliesfor next quarter as soon aspossible. An officer in my battalion gothimself a posthumous DSC be¬cause he was able to master themechanism of a gun he had neverseen before during the few mo¬ments between his discovery ofan enemy tank and the tank’s firstshot at his platoon.The gun—an anti-tank weaponstanding on a beach in Moroccoin November, 1942—had beenpartially destroyed during ourpreparatory artillery fire. LarryDushane shoved a round into thebarrel, while an ancient Renaulttank chugged toward him, set itoff by firing a burst from histommy-gun at the spot where adamaged firing-pin should havestruck, and destroyed the tank inthe split second before one of itsmachine gun bullets took his ownlife.Larry had learned about weap¬ons at the Infantry School at FortBenning. He arrived, a farmer kidfrom Oklahoma who had neverseen anything but a BB gun be¬fore, and in a few weeks wastaught the basic principles whichenabled him to save a defenselessplatoon from almost certain de¬struction. His teachers were notlearned professors with Ph.D.’sand M.A.’s tacked onto theirnames, but equally green kids whohad learned their lessons just alittle while before they wereshoved into classes of their own.What made their teaching soeffective? A thing the army called“TRAINING AIDS.” Recognizingthat personality or ability in aninstructor were the all-importantelements which would ultimatelydetermine the success or failureof a course, a “Training Aids De¬partment” was established whichconceived teaching devices thathammered ideas into a “secondlooey’s” brain no matter how un-receptive he might be or how dullhis instructor. For the Humani¬ties I course at the Universityof Chicago, for example, this de¬partment might have substitutedan educational film for the tire¬some series of slides now used. ItBegin Housing SurveyTo Assist VeteransAVC announced today the start of a sample housing surveyof an undisclosed area east of the campus in which an attemptwill be made to uncover the maximum amount of living spaceavailable.David Rich, head of the survey group stated that if the sur¬vey proves sufficiently fruitful thework of his group will be extendedto include an area of about eightblocks on all sides of the campus.All vacancies will be reported tgthe University Housing Bureau,Rich said, who will pass the infor¬mation on to vets applying forrooms.AVC members working on theproject include Wilda Chambers,Margaret King, Morris Shoel, Nor¬man Martin, Asher Solef, KarlBrandt, Stanley Long and BenJoshel. Vet HeadsFraternityPhi Gamma Delta fraternity haselected an Air Corps veteran. ArtParsons, to be its president forthe Spring quarter. Other newofficers include Larry Deets, treas¬urer; Jack Jenson, recording sec¬retary; Jack Craig, correspondingsecretary, and Nick Melas, histo¬rian. would have employed speciallyprepared charts and phonographrecords to teach Elements of Musicto replace the hit-or-miss meth¬ods of individual instructors whomight, or might not, be enthusias¬tic about teaching the course.There is a hlie and cry beingraised currently about antiquatedteaching methods which willeventually cause the University «fChicago and all other schools toadopt similar teaching ideas.“VETERAN EDUCATION INCHAOS,” says a press releasefrom Uberty magazine which hasjust arrived. It quotes a claimby Dean Arthur S. Postle of theUniversity of Cincinnati that“courses have not been modern¬ized and nineteenth century tech¬niques in teaching are forced onpractical-minded veterans who areused to the best in new teachingmethods.” Postle continues withthe suggestion that the Veterans’Administration require colleges toemploy adequate staffs and up-to-date teaching techniques.It should not be necessary forthe VA to burden its already un¬wieldy structure with matters ofthis kind, however. There hasalready been sufficient griping sothat schools should sit up and takenotice of their own accord. Thisis a field in which a vets* groupon campus could provide a serviceto the school by taking it uponthemselves to draw from experi¬ences of its members a file of im-IMX)vement-suggestions.And school authorities shouldlend a willing ear.A veterans group in the thirdcongressional district has an¬nounced its intention to haveworkers in every precinct in afight to send former congressmanFred E. Busby back to Washington.Who is Mortimer Midwoy?ClassifiedTYPIST WANTED; $32.60 for five dayweek. Apply 923 E. 60th. Encyclo¬paedia Brittanica.How about your own little^'sphere of influence?**That’s the region containing your shirt, collar, tie,and handkerchief. Your mirror will show how muchit influences your entire appearance.To make that inner circle a winner, do this!Wear an Arrow Shirt. It has a collar diat sets andslopes perfectly. (Also the Mitoga form-fit body.)Wear an Arrow Tic. It knots wonderfully, thanksto a special lining.Wear an Arrow Handkerchief. It matches, and has&e quality of staying fresh.At your Arrow dctler’f.TJt, If 19m Arrow dtolor $ho ono fom wmt, Iry khm s§do»ARROW SHIRTS and TIESUNDIRWIAK • HANDKnCHIPS • SPORTS SHIRTS**> *•*• THE CHICAGO MAROONIM Athletics Crab SpotlightFineTimeThe last time Chicago finishedup on top of the Big Ten in base¬ball was in 1913. But the situa¬tion isn’t as bad as it seems. In ’35the Maroons missed a tie for thetitle merely because they playedone game less than the champs.Since the organization of theConference Chicago has walked offwith three titles as well as eightseconds and five thirds. Only Illi¬nois, Michigan, Wisconsin andIowa can show a better record.This year will find Michigan de¬fending its 1945 title. Incidentally,every Big Ten school has capturedat least one pennant, though that’sall Purdue and Northwestern havewon.Though the Maroon team atpresent is working under the pres¬sure of an extended losing streak,it is nowhere near as severe as theone that plagued the cage squadfrom 1940 until its withdrawalfrom league competition this year.The uninterrupted defeats go backonly to 1942 and take in 17 re¬verses.Whether the Spring quarter willbring an extension of this streakor will see its interruption isstrictly a matter of conjecture, andwe refuse to crawl out on anylimb. Too many sports writerscrawl out never to come back.Nevertheless, it is true that los¬ing streaks in baseball aren’t aptto be as long as those in basket¬ball or football. In either of thelatter sports the team with just alittle bit more class almost invari¬ably triumphs.In bas'eball, however, breaksplay an indisputably importantrole. There’s all the difference inthe world between a line drive hitright to the second baseman andone hit two feet away from him.It’s that type of thing that win orlose ball games.Nor is it true that the best teamwill make its own breaks. Afterall the New York Yankees do loseto the Philadelphia A’s once in awhile. Class may tell over a sea¬son but not in one game.Still, in order to take advantageof breaks you do need nine menwho know what the bat and ballare for. This is the least than canbe said for this year’s squad. In the SpringRun MakersCounted on by Coach Kyle Anderson to produce many of Chicago’shits this season are: 1. to r. front row; Sharp, Hanson, Melas. Back row;Freeark, Noffsinger, Schallman, Eisenstein.Pitching Squad LongOn Quality, QuantityIf pitching is 75% of the game, as the experts claim it is, the1946 edition of the Chicago Maroons will bear little resemblanceto the teams of the last few years.For the.first time since the beginning of the war Coach KyleAnderson is faced with the problem of PICKING a first stringhurler. Nine candidates includingseveral returning letter-men are allcompeting for the starting assign¬ment.With over a week to go beforethe first game—against Bradley onApril 1—no pitcher at present holds the favored spot. But sureto be in there in the final elimina¬tion are Bob Meyer and RodneyBriggs who won Chicago’s last twoconference games in 1942. Trophy HonorsTrack CoachNed Merriam“In recognition of his lifetimeof devotion to track and fieldathletics,” members of the Uni¬versity of Chicago track team andother friends have established theNed A. Merriam Trophy for thewinner of the two-mile run in thecoming Chicago Relays.The trophy pays tribute to oneof Chicago’s outstanding cbkeheswho has devoted most of his lifeto popularizing track and fieldsports. It is in recognition notonly of his service to the Univer¬sity but also to the athletic world.Cup on DisplayThe cup, bearing his name, willbe awarded annually to the win¬ner of the two-mile run at theRelays sponsored by the ChicagoDaily News. To retain permanentpossession of the trophy, however,a man must either place firsttwice in a three-year period orelse turn in the fastest time duringthat same stretch.The cup will be displayed nextweek in the window of the Uni¬versity Book store.Merriam began his track careeras an undergraduate at Chicagowhere he was Conference quarter-mile champ. He graduated in 1908after competing not only in trackbut also in football where heplayed alongside the immortalWalter Eckersall.Coached at YaleNed didn’t return to the Midwayas a coach until 1928. Betweenhis graduation and his return hecoached track at Texas A. & M., atIowa State, Depauw, and at Yale,where he turned out the NCAAchampions in 1924.Merriam will formally be noti¬fied of the honor his friends arepaying him tomorrow afternoon inthe Chicago field house. Four SportsOn Tap forNext MonthWith the University of Chicagoout of the Big Ten much of the re¬sponsibility of providing studentswith athletic activities falls to in¬tra-mural sports. The challengehas been accepted with the an¬nouncement by Wally Hebert, headof IM athletics, that the comingspring quarter will witness tourna¬ments in softball, badminton, ten¬nis, and volleyball.The badminton tourney is an all¬university affair to be held some¬time in April. Entries must beturned into the intra-mural officeby April 5.Volleyball First on AgendaA volleyball meet for all eighthouses in Burton-Judson Court isscheduled to begin April 2 and willterminate on April 23 when thewinner from Burton will face theJudson champs.Both the college and the divi¬sions will have a softball league tobegin play later in April.Also on the agenda is a housetennis tournament set to get underway April 24. Each entry will havea six man team, four singles andone doubles.Tourneys Finish EarlyA special effort is being made tosee that everythings is finished be¬fore exams start at the end of May,House members who are inter¬ested in playing in any of theseevents are urged to see their re¬spective house sports representa¬tives to get the teams organized.There is to be no individual teamcoaching as in football and basket¬ball.Spring Is Here; Net-Men Ready“Let it snow, let it snow, let itsnow ...” that has been the chantto'date of the varsity tennis candi¬dates working out daily since theautumn quarter under the protec¬tion of the broad roof of the Chi¬cago Field House.But now with the calendar—^ifnot the weather man—insistingthat it’s spring again, the net squadexpects to be moving outdoors assoon as the varsity courts get their customary grooming. With the firstmeet scheduled for April 6—againstNorth Central of Naperville—thiscan’t happen too soon for CoachWally Hebert and his boys.Long the most potent power inBig Ten tennis, the net team’s for¬tunes waned slightly during thewar, but in noways suffered thefate—or the ridicule—of the restof Chicago’s athletic squads. Butnow with four major letter-win¬ners back from previous years as aNow for Coke•OmiD UNOa AUTHOMTY OF 1HE GOCA-COU COAPANY IVCoeo-Colo Bottling Co. of Chicago. Inc* nucleus for the 1946 team. CoachHebert has served notice on Michi¬gan, last year’s champs, to look toits laurels.Letter-winners Wally Michaelsof the 1942 outfit and Bob Tully,team member in 1943 are returningto join last year’s number one andtwo men, Phil Glotzer and HarryTully, to give Chicago a real corpsof veterans. Incidentally, Bob andHarry are brothers.The other two spots op«i areprizes dangling before the eyes ofcandidates Howie Husum, TomGrayston, Eddie Schein, Paul Jern-berg. Eight AthletesEarn MajorsLetter-winners in basketball andwrestling for the 1945-46 seasonwere announced this week by T.Nelson Metcalf, director of athlet¬ics at the U of C. A total of ninemajor and eight Old English C’swere awarded.Fred De Graw was elected cap¬tain of the cage squad and GeorgeRaby was voted most valuableplayer on the team.Basketball;Major letters: Fred De Graw, GeorgeRaby, Ray Freeark, John Sharp, WallyRiley, and Armand LJlien. Old EnglishC’s: Jerry Bradley, Bertram Rifas, Wal¬ter Goedecke, and George Sisco.Wrestling:Major letters: Nick Melas, OrvillePalmer, Larry Walford. Old EnglishC’s: Duval Paros, Leslie Gross, BenCrue.Coed Contests ... by YlackWould you like to spend the summer soaking up sunshinejmd get paid for it? You can do just that by taking the job oflife guard at one of the many summer camps. The qu^ifica-tion, of course, is a senior life saving badge. You can earn thatbadge before summer by signing up for and attending the classto be offered next quarter at IdaNoyes. Register at the office inthe first floor lobby of Ida beforeU.T.1131-1133 i. 55th St.Complete Selectionof Beers andOther BeveragesHIDwoy 0524Blatx Beer April 1. Classes will be held onMondays and Wednesdays at 4 p.m.For those who have alreadyearned the senior life saving badgea six weeks instructors course inwater safety is being offered.Classes will meet on Thursdaynights beginning April 18.» » *Don’t forget the first springbaseball practice to be held at 4p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in theIda Noyes gym. All interested di¬visional students are urged tocome out, sign up, and form theirteams soon because an intra-muraltournament is planned for April.The practice schedule for housetalent, to go into effect at the be¬ginning of the next quarter, is asfollows:Moadayi and Wednesdays4 P.m.—Beecher and Manly,4:4S p.m.—Gates and Talbot.Tuesdays and Thursdays: .4 p.m.—Blake and Foster,4 In ■ ■'iTi ffb.fWv XIVAAIl Afidl K^Uvput a mute em pour emtemdmr: kaek te etasses agaim ter the first dug et the sprimg qmmrter^ moedmesdag^ mmreh 27,S>.w>w^«\'Ary23MkmiU^v>\«yfr»X‘><^a§VP i V ♦ :mwi'M'K ■ •I nming thecampusL. calendarTo the coming sunny days when college life ..goes outdoors . . . studying on the grass • • •sunning on the C bench .. . long walksalong the lake. Spring is in the air andSpring Quarter is here.Keeping an important datewith her first classis pretty Felicite PrattHer feminineapproach tor springincludes a natty lumberjacket suit punctuated with shining silver-coloredbuttons. It has that go-everywhere, well-tailored air,so right for spring on campus . •. the casualperfection you find, always, in the Sports Room.From a collection of suits $29.95 to $79.95, thisparticular suit is a checked wool—gray, blueor aqua with white. $55. Sizes 10 to 16.The Sports Room—Sixth Floor, Middle, JTabashWritten by: Betty SteamsCartoons by: Cissie LUhshuU