VOL. XXIV Midsummer, 1 pj 2 number 9THE UNIVERSITY OFCHICAGO MAGAZINEA Selection ofCHOICE HOMESFor Your Stay in Chicago• Listed here is a selected group of attractive and reasonable hotels and apartment hotels close to the University and to swift transportation to Chicago's loop.Approved by the Housing Bureau for undergraduate tenancy, we recommendthem to you^ the alumni, as ideal homes during your next stay in Chicago.• THE VERSAILLES53rd and DorchesterHere you can get the finest service combinedwith the quiet atmosphere of a privatehome. Close to the University and totransportation. The Versailles offers perfect accommodations for transient or permanent guests.Hotel Rooms $45 to $70. 2-3 Room Kitchenettes $60 to $95. Mr. Shea, Mgr.Phone Fair. 0200• THE DORCHESTER1401 Hyde Park Blvd.Situated on exclusive Hyde Park Boulevard,the Dorchester has one of the choicestlocations of any apartment hotel in Chicago.Each apartment has free electric refrigeration in addition to complete hotel service.2 Room Dinette $65 up. 3 Room Kitchenette $100 up. Roof Bungalow $125.Mrs. Thatcher, Mgr. Phone Dor. 9100.• THE BROADVIEW HOTEL5540 Hyde Park Blvd.Beautiful Jackson Park is just a block awaywith its yacht harbor, tennis courts andbridle paths. This is one of the mostmodern and up-to-date hotels in Chicago.Excellent dining room.Room with Private Bath $8 Weekly. Mr.Lineaweaver, Mgr. Fair. 8800 • THE ESSEX6230 Dorchester Ave,One of the most attractive apartment hotelson the south side. The rooms are large,light, attractively decorated and free electric refrigeration goes with each suite.It is conveniently located just one-half blockfrom the 63rd street T. C. Station.1-2-3 Room Kitchenette Apts. $45 to $95.Mr. Hayes, Mgr. Phone Plaza 6477.m CORNELL TOWERS5346 Cornell AvenueJust a block from Hyde Park Boulevardand from the 53rd Street I. C. Station.A comfortable hotel apartment where youcan enjoy the most complete service andthe beauties of Chicago's famous southshore.2-3 Room Kitchenettes $75 to $175.4 Room Apartments $165 and up.Mr. Olson, Mgr. Plaza 5400• TUDOR MANOR7416 Phillips AvenueThis delightful apartment hotel is abouta mile and a half from the University butto see it is to want to stay there. A largesolarium adds to your comfort and enjoyment and the service offered is unexcelled.Hotel Rooms $45. 1-2-3 Room Apartments$55 to $95. Mrs. Blair, Mgr. PhoneReg. 1620Wbt Unibetrgttp of Chicago i$laga?meEditor and Business Manager, Charlton T. Beck '04Cobb Hall, University of ChicagoEDITORIAL BOARD: Commerce and Administration Association — Rollin D. He-mens, '21; Divinity Association — C. T. Holman, D.B., '16; Doctors' Association — D. J.Fisher, '17, Ph.D., '22; Law Association — Charles F. McElroy, A.M., '06, J.D., '15;School of Education Association — Lillian Stevenson, '21 ; Rush Medical Association —Morris Fishbein, 'ii, M.D., '12; College — Roland F. Hollow ay, '20; Allen Heald,'26; Wm. V. Morgenstern, '20, J.D., '22; Faculty — Fred B. Millett, Department ofEnglish.Donald P. Bean, '17, ChairmanI /M T H I ^Czarna Moecker, who contributes a crispand sprightly article on the opera, isfamiliar to readers of the Magazine whohave enjoyed her comments on graduateschools and education in general in otherissues.« » »Of unusual interest is John Howe's report of the President in politics, as a sidelight on the role played by the Universityin civic affairs.News of Reunions and of the AlumniConference is herein brought to those whocould not come in person to this year's celebration. We are glad to be able to presentthe address given by Dean Ernest E. Ironsat the Rush Reunion dinner, and the reportof the retiring president, Charles P.Schwartz, J.D. '09, to the Law SchoolAlumni. Professor William E. Dodd's article,Basic Causes of the Great Depression inthe June issue of the Magazine, calledforth much enthusiastic comment. Thismonth Professor Dodd discusses finance andbanking in a masterly way in SomethingLess Than Revolution.A pictorial review of International Houseis appropriate at this time. The doors ofthis student home will be opened in theFall, and residents are assured that they mayenter by the first of September.Football prospects for next fall are discussed with more than usual optimism by" William V. Morgenstern in the Athleticdepartment. Look over the lineup ofplayers and games and share his discreetenthusiasm.The Magazine is published at 1009 Sloan St., Crawfordsville, Ind., monthly from Novemberto July, inclusive, for The Alumni Council of the University of Chicago, 58th St. and Ellis Ave.,Chicago, 111. The subscription price is $2.00 per year; the price of single copies is 25 cents.Entered as second class matter December 10, 1924, at the Post Office at Crawfordsville.Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879.385Doorway of International House.The Medallion Over the Arch is Symbolic of the Peoples of the Four Quarters of theEarth Meeting in Friendship386Vol. xxiv No. 9tEPbeUnftiersittp of ChicagoJflaga^meMIDSUMMER, 1932¦J — — |.Mr. Jones Considers the OperaBy CZARNA H. MOECKER, '29, A.M. '3 1WITH the evil days that have fallenupon the world, opera as an institution has felt more than itsusual pangs of financial distress. It has goneinto a decline which gives unhappy signs ofbecoming fatal. The forthcoming seasonbrings with it tidings of more trouble thanprofit, and the great American public feelsless inclined than ever to reach down intoits lean, cavernous pockets for the panaceawhich alone can medicate and revive itsopera. There is hardly a one of this greatAmerican public who would permit even acanary bird to die of starvation, yet as abody it stands by while opera languishesamid sighs and tears and prepares hourlyto breathe its last.In its heyday opera clung to its ponderousand proud traditions with a dangerous self-sufficiency and showed itself serenely impervious to the opinion of all self-appointedcritics. Recent figures of the Chicago OperaCompany reveal the extent and concreteeffect of this unnoted criticism; as early as1 929-30 this organization sustained a lossof more than one million dollars which wasmade up out of the personal resources of its guarantors and, it is rumored, particularlyfrom the private purse of its head, Mr.Samuel Insull. With modern businesstactics, opera really tries to attract theaverage layman. Its advertisements fill railroad cars, ring out from bill boards, andflash in the golden space of daily papers.Its published pamphlets vibrate with thesmiling portraits of the fairer members ofthe company and hum with general gossipof the stars and their cosmopolitan environment. The wary and skeptical Mr. JohnHenry Jones is informed from all sides thathere indeed is the entertainment of the gods.After a certain period of bombardment bythe advertisers this Mr. Jones buys a ticket.But, as the figures above suggest, his initialinterest is only the result of high-pressuresalesmanship and does not often grow intosteady patronage. For some reason, the performance on the stage does not measure upto the promises on the bill boards, and Mr.Jones returns with a sigh of relief to hisDramatic League and his symphony concert, or his movies and his radio, dependingon what sort of Mr. Jones he is.Why should opera find it such an insuper-387388 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEable problem to draw crowds in sufficientnumbers to pay expenses? Traditionally,the blame has been laid on the uncouthtaste and barbarous ignorance of the public-at-large, which, it was said, delighted inentertainment of a lower and grosser sortand characteristically haunted the regionswhere it was to be found. This analysis is,I suppose, in large measure accurate, but,like most sweeping statements, is at once tooincomplete and too all-inclusive.*****Opera we fondly define as "music-drama."The first of these operatic performanceshave in superb quality — but alas for thesecond! In their choice of stories, mostcomposers have been filled to the point ofsaturation with a sense of the dramatic;Aida rises to its heights of raw tragedy withthe imprisonment of Ai'da and Rhadamesbehind a ton of solid stone; Rigoletto is anineteenth century compilation of the gruesome horrors of the Jacobean tragedy ofrevenge, with a Hugo flavor added; LaJuive flutters the nerves of the most self-contained with the startling leap of itsheroine into a cauldron of boiling water.With such remarkable subject matter, operaought to be as exciting as the best currentmelodrama, and yet, "exciting" is the lastword one would think of to describe it. Thestory, the vehicle for lavish scenic effectsand the point of departure for the chorusesand arias, is paraded on the stage, but itsdrama, normally interpreted through theacting of the characters, concerns the averageopera singer as little as the taxes on an estatein Florida concern a polar bear.Opera boasts, none too modestly, that itcan at one time fascinate the playgoer withdramatic spectacle and acting, and charmthe musician with aural magic. Thepotency of the music has already been mentioned; the stagecraft is on an equal plane.Opera producers have, indeed, so wholeheartedly bent their energies to this branchof the theatrical art that acting, the truesine qua non of the theatre, has been neglected to the point of extinction. Worseluck, for it is no severe tax on our sensibilities to see a play unsupported by adequatestage settings, but intolerable boredom to endure one poorly acted or read. The acting of the four priests in the tenth centurywho first hit upon dialogue as a device forgiving realism and poignancy to the Easterservice, was almost as mature and realisticas the full flower of the art which we viewon our twentieth century operatic stages.With just a shade of exaggeration it may besaid that here, as in the drama of a millennium gone by, there is no acting except whatis inherent in the mere recitation of dialogue.I have been told that singers express thedrama of their story in their songs and not inovert action. Why then, in the name ofreality and propriety, preserve the operaticform? Oratorio stands ready to absorbopera if the latter no longer wishes to maintain all its distinctive features. While stillpurporting to operate according to the technique of the theatre, opera is in duty boundto present its audiences with acting perceptible to the eye as well as the ear.At present, not enough serious effort ismade to interpret by studied and significantgesture and motion the internal seethingand writhing of the spirit which must accompany the awful fates to which mostoperatic characters are subjected. Notenough serious effort is made to project theseemotional states into forms discernible to anaudience a block or two distant. The actingis, perhaps, very subtle. If so, it is too subtleto be perceived and grasped beyond the firstten rows on the main floor. States of feelingare not crystallized in pantomime for theobserver as they are crystallized in song forthe listener. There are moments even inthe heavier operas when trivialities are underway. How longingly we look at such timesfor some small, human, realistic sign of lifeand spontaneity and feeling in the austerepersonages on the stage. And how oftenare we disappointed!Opera as it is evidently affords keenestdelight to music critics, but poor Mr. Jones,to whom drama and acting are as vital andengrossing as music, finds it thin and unreal ;in the back of his mind lurks the unholyconviction that most opera singers are butblushing amateurs in their acting.* * * * *Without a doubt, Mr. Jones must explainMR. JONES CONSIDERS THE OPERA 389himself. Acting of a sort there is in opera,but acting such as it would be well to dispense with. There are a number of honorable and reliable postures which serve seasonin and season out to express every varietyof emotion with which the human soul isvisited. There is the delicate and tender"Forward, lunge!" of the gymnasium floor,used with great success by the ingenue toregister grief at the execution of her beloved,by the captured rival king to exhibit wrathat an insult from his captor, and by a loverproposing to his fair (who stands warmlyreceptive on the other side of the stage,gazing alternately at his plumed helmet andher own artificial braids.)Equally respected is the eloquent pose,originated probably in prehistoric days andin use ever since by tillers of the soiland folk off on picnics, known as "feelingfor rain." I recently watched a notedtenor feel for rain for fifteen minutes at astretch, and the marvel to me was that hecould endure such motionless tension for solong a time without visibly flinching. Thesinger in this pose stands squarely on thetwo feet, looking straight ahead, with thearms reaching upward from the elbow directly in front of him. This pose is veryserviceable and has stood the test of time.It is indispensable to priests in attitudes ofreverence, to fathers lecturing stubborndaughters, and to heroes endeavoring atlength to decide whether to stay and be anhonorable soldier in father's guards, orelope with the beautiful slave girl. I shudder to think what modern opera would bewithout the "Forward, lunge!" and the"feeling for rain" poses.More popular, it sometimes seems, thaneither of these, is the renowned pose forwhich I believe "Asperin, ho!" would be arather fair title. This is reserved for moments of extreme trial and sadness andis an exact replica of the attitude struckby the stenographer at four in the afternoon when she is suffering from a headache and has despatched the office boyto the drug store. It finds special favorwith portly ladies who are broken-heartedover the disappearance of the diminutivetenor who was somehow to carry them off despite the double guards at the gate. Theunhappy man or maid employing it standswith hand on brow, evidently too overcomeby emotion to do anything than support thehead through this dread emergency. (Thehead appears to be the most severely afflictedmember in these instances. ) I recently sawan Ai'da who preferred it to all other posesand used it consistently throughout the fouracts of the opera. This should remove alldoubt in the minds of aspiring novices concerning its suitability to the operatic stage.On the same occasion I witnessed a lovescene truly striking in its daring and originality. Rhadames and Ai'da, as is their custom, were renewing old acquaintance in thetomb. Rhadames, confronted with the absolute necessity of doing something to Aidato show that he loved her, grasped her aboutthe neck, presumably to kiss her, but withevery apparent intention of choking herbefore she could emit a sound. He held herin this highly dangerous position for thespace of several minutes, while he selfishlypursued the noble theme of his love andcursed himself and his fate. Chance, however, was preserving Aida for another end,and she emerged unimpaired from Rhadames' gentle clutch and joined him in hislusty lament.In an impressionistic description of anoperatic stage one would try first of all toexpress color: a brilliant scene. Dispersedabout the stage would be the singers, somewith the right hand raised, some with theleft (great diversity is observable in thesematters), all firmly rooted to the spot.Equipped with a gigantic stage and everyconceivable mechanical device for producingamazing effects, the actors conduct themselves as if each one were allotted a strictspace of twTo feet by two feet outside ofwhich they dared not set foot on penalty ofbeing expelled from the company. In casesof uncontrollable passion, remorse, or fear,some cast themselves ponderously to theirknees in a stupendous revelation of emotion,and at the end of a specified interval, ariseagain, with manifest difficulty and the sympathy of the entire house. If through theexigencies of the story someone is constrainedto walk across the stage, he will adopt the39Q THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEeager gait of one proceeding step by step tothe gallows where his earthly existence is tobe brought to a sudden and violent close.So much composed serenity and unmovedand unruffled dignity fatigue the modernobserver beyond all hope of enjoyment, andhe longs vulgarly for the drop of the finalcurtain. The tempo on the stage seldomvaries from the heavy, slow march of thevery dead, however riotous and passionatethe dictates of the music may be.Critics frequently undertake to justifythis "symbolic" acting on technical grounds.For example, singers engaged in the processof reaching a high tone in a clear, beautifulvoice are prohibited, say they, from weepingreal, wet tears because tears cause an uglychoking in the throat. Let us willingly relinquish the tears, then. Tears, beside beinginvisible from the balcony and undreamed ofin the gallery, are the easy stock-in-trade ofsecond-rate actors who can find nothingless obvious and more original. But thereare hundreds of other details in the calendarof acting technique which opera singersshould know as the familiar "thou shalt"of a religion. How many of them do, Iwonder?*****There was assembled for a time a groupof young men and women who did knowthat in opera a knowledge of the techniqueof acting was as important and indispensable as a knowledge of the technique ofsinging. They had learned their trade onthe stiff competitive boards of Broadwayand had survived in this hard school becausethey were comely enough to assuage the proverbial "tired business man" (now extinct !)and sufficiently intelligent and skilled asactors to produce long-run box-office successes. This group was, as every one knows,gathered from a variety of sources by theAmerican Society for Opera in English,Inc., put under the direction of VladimirRosing, and became the novel entity knownas the American Opera Company. It wasthe purpose of this venture to bring operainto the ken of the common man by eliminating its purely traditional and obsoleteelements: to open the way for opera in ournative English ; for opera in smaller theatres where actor and audience are in contact asnever before; for opera at really popularprices; for opera with first rate acting aswell as music and spectacle; for realisticopera with the actor picked for the rolemusically and dramatically for an indigenous opera.In looking back over the few short,brilliant seasons of this optimistic societyfor the popularization of opera, I find itsomewhat of a task to choose from its manydelights. The zest, speed, and realism ofits performances stand out, perhaps, aboveall else. With the American Opera Company, Carmen became the passionate, wily,fickle, beautiful creature Merimee andBizet conceived her to be. One never forgets the tantalizing, cruel vivacity of BettinaHall as she flirted and swirled and dancedand sang Carmen's wild songs, sparingneither voice nor body in the determinationto incarnate the flashing, alluring, ill-fatedSpanish gypsy. Bettina Hall managed somehow to reach her high tones very creditablyand to give a realistic and fascinating dramatic performance at the same time. Herswas the technique of the ever-critical andwatchful stage and operetta star rather thanof the pompous, self-content opera star, who,through tradition and the laxity of publictaste, has come to think she does enough inmerely singing the role of Carmen and getting off a few inconsequential and abortiveleaps in the way of a dance.The production of Gounod's Faust occasioned a revelation in the characterizationof the scheming Mephistopheles. Like aserpent in costume and stealthy, undulatingmovement, he sprang from floor to table,from victim to victim, as magically as if hewere an embodied evil spirit. Handsome asto exterior, John Moncrieff realized theMiddle Age concept of sin as an alluring,living personality, who would tremble andshrink before the symbolism of a shiningpair of crossed swords because they resembledCalvary. The staging of Faust was assuperb in its imaginative and original symbolism as the acting in its intense realism.Under the surveillance of the AmericanOpera Company, opera was rejuvenated andmade as attractive and entertaining as anyMR. JONES CONSIDERS THE OPERA 39iof the better operettas since the early daysof The Merry Widow and The ChocolateSoldier. Traditional opera, in the mind ofMr. John Henry Jones, does not come upto that mark. In the field of open competition it cannot survive in its present atrophiedform, hardened in the shape of its conventions, dead to the demands of a swiftly moving world. But for the buoyant swellingand ebbing of the music itself, opera wouldperish over night, it seems to me. It hascrowded out drama, and so precluded thelikelihood of mass support from laymen whohave no taste for the desiccated hybrid typewe still term "music-drama."If the American Opera failed throughthe absence of public support, it must be remembered that public opinion developsslowly and that long-established indifferencemust take years to overcome. Its declineand dissolution may not be taken as a tokenof popular preference for the older form.Where private fortunes perennially succoredthe prostrate Civic Opera, and substantialwage reductions rescued the tossing andpitching Metropolitan, the American Operaidealistically expected to rely largely on box-office receipts. The enthusiastic receptionaccorded it in some centers should encourage traditional opera to put on new waysand walk in the bright light of the modernday.The apparent contempt of modern operafor realism is puzzling in an era which hasrevealed in drama the stark details of thelife of Porgy, explored the inner-consciousness of O'Neill's creations, and sufferedwith the vivid problems of The Field God.To a generation which has experienced theawful reality of war and probed throughthe confusion of aims and desires to a precarious peace, it offers lazy, unimaginativeposing in the way of interpretative acting. It greets with stolid indifference the requestsof an English-speaking world for opera inEnglish; its stars confidently neglect tolearn their roles in the native tongue of theUnited States, a circumstance rivalling thesituation in London in the eighteenth century when the British citizenry were perpetually served with the florid, artificialItalian opera of the day; in 1721, however,such a fashion did not go unsatirized — in adramatic skit entitled The English StageItalianized, the author sorely yearns for thetime when "the Italian Language is eithertotally introduc'd in England or the Englishtongue taught the Italian comedians." Perhaps if Gay and Pope and Swift could passan evening in one of our great opera houses,one of them at least would feel inclined towrite another Beggar s Opera!*****Modern music, like modern drama, haskept pace with the world as opera has not.In its vast fortissimo reaches, it tells aclamorous, strident story of passion, despair,and cataclysm which could only be conceived in the chaos of our modern view ofthings ; but in opera, where so many arts arewedded and where the depth of our experience should find its expression as never before, we are greeted with a conventional,affected, formal, stiff school of acting comparable only to the maneuverings of anyjuvenile company. Our souls, tuned totheir highest pitch by great events, can bereleased only by the dynamic surgings of anart which has itself grown to a maturity ofknowledge and experience and wisdom.Anything less than that fails signally totouch us. Perhaps in this is to be foundone reason for the failure of opera to continue a living force in the twentieth century's wild and tumultuous crowdeddecades.392 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE111 I I I 1 • 1 » ¦I I I I I I I I Ill|B I I II I » I I ¦ ¦Ijif 1 1Kiir jffl ¦bi iP iui 0 II II 1 or ¦L IInternational HouseAS YOU walk down the Midway/-% toward it, you are reminded of a-*- ¦*¦ fortress, solid and secure againstattack. As you approach its gracious doorway, crowned with the symbol of brothersclasping hands, you feel its welcome as ahaven to the stranger. And as your eyefollows its strong and graceful lines to theclimax of its tower, you think of it as abeacon — as a city set on a hill.And all these things it is. InternationalHouse is in a sense a fortress, a strong defense against the powers of darkness andignorant unfriendliness. Its inhabitantswill be fighters for peace.There can be no doubt that the intimateacquaintance of educated people of differentnationality, race and creed, is a factor ofgreat importance in promoting world peace.The students who have known the finestmen and women of other countries will takeback to their homes an intelligent understanding of their neighbors which should do much to make war difficult. After all,it puts fighting on a different basis whenyou know the man you're shooting at.If International House serves only thishigh purpose it will more than justify itsexistence. But it has other, more immediatethings to accomplish. It will be a friendly,welcoming place for strangers, a comfortablehome, and a stimulating environment forstudents.Its doors are open to all races and creeds,and all who live there will be expected toenter in a spirit of friendliness. Its hospitality includes all.The physical surroundings at the Housewill be extremely comfortable, even approaching the luxurious. It will be a placeeasy to live in. The individual rooms arecharmingly furnished and the lounges andsocial rooms combine beauty with an inviting informality. There is a really beautiful dining hall, where all residents mayeat, and a striking modernistic Coffee Shop,INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 393opening on the flag-stoned court-yard.Indeed, in the completeness of equipmentand self-containedness of the House as aliving unit, one is reminded again of themedieval castle, a complete city under oneroof.The social program of the House willoffer every student an opportunity to makefriends and to contribute his share to thecommunity life. The completely equippedtheatre will be available for the presentationof national dramas, dances, and pageantry.The drawing rooms and informal socialrooms with kitchenettes attached will beused by all students as living rooms.Bruce W. Dickson, whose experience asadviser to foreign students at the University for years, has ideally fitted him for thework, will be in charge of the House andits program. He announces that the facilities of the House will be available to nonresident members of the International Students' Association, as well as to members, and that other groups will be able to use theauditorium when it is not required by theAssociation.The residents will be fortunate in havingthe privilege of membership in such a groupas will be gathered there, and in takingpart in the daily life and program of thisinstitution. And the city of Chicago isfortunate to have such an invaluable addition to its cultural life. For InternationalHouse really belongs to all foreign studentsin Chicago, not alone to matriculants at theUniversity of Chicago.It is inconceivable that such a group ofstudents, and such an institution as International House can fail to influence directlyattitudes and ideas in Chicago. Its activitiesand purpose will inevitably open new channels of thought to many to whom international affairs are a matter of indifference.The community cannot but be aware of thechallenging idea expressed in stone on theMidway.This is a typical student's room at International House. All necessary furniture andlinens are supplied.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEsh'§5>I"*«• 2-a £e-ssTHE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE 395Ra¦ft.f<News of ReunionIT IS good to get back and talk 'University' again" said one alumna, commenting on reunions in general and1932's program in particular. And she expressed the feeling of the great army ofreturned alumni who spent a leisurely butbusy week in June, revisiting the quadrangles, meeting old friends, and enjoyingthe opportunity to talk in that common language of University ideas and experiences.Our reunion this year was based on twoideas — first to summarize the important,interesting, and amusing events of the yearin the Alumni Conference and assemblies,second to give the returned alumnus timeand opportunity to seek out his friends andto visit the places he most wished to see. Itmay safely be said that both sides of theprogram were a real success.Beginning with the famous Alumni-Varsity baseball game on Thursday, June 9,the widely varied events on the programoffered something of interest to everyone.Mr. and Mrs. Alumnus could take theirchoice of athletic spectacles, afternoon teas,dinners of varying degrees of formality,tours of buildings, a dip into the treasuresof the museums, a visit to the clinics, or agood old-fashioned talk-fest with classmates.The great baseball game was a hilariousevent as usual. Although the varsity triedto be polite about it, they were obliged todefeat the old-timers by a score of 10-1. TheAlumni feel consoled though by the consideration that when the present Varsity joinsthe ranks, the alumni team may do a littlebetter.Thursday seems to have become, unofficially, Athletic Day in our Reunion schedule. The annual "C" Banquet in Hutchinson Commons and the Women's AthleticAssociation dinner at Ida Noyes Hallbrought back many of the University's starathletes. The "C" men of other days enjoyed meeting the new winners of the emblem and heard a splendid address by AmosAlonzo Stagg. At the W.A.A. dinner anunusually large representation of alumnae appeared, some of whom added to the gaietyof the occasion by chanting extemporaneousverse for the benefit of the undergraduates.The Social Service Administration alumniheld a most successful banquet at JudsonCourt on Thursday evening, when DeanEdith Abbott reviewed the work of theSchool. Louis Evans spoke on behalf of thepresent students and recent alumni. Thelargest crowd in the history of the Association appeared for this gala occasion.Friday morning saw the inception of theSecond Annual Alumni Conference at Judson Court. A detailed account of the eventsof the Conference appears on another pagein this Magazine.The Aides' dinner on Friday evening attracted sixty-six, including the Aides elect,and nearly every class was represented.Ethel Freeman Strong, 'oi, the first womanto be appointed an Aide, was present, andwas elected Chairman for next year's meeting.The Class of 1907 celebrated its quartercentennial (that sounds so much longer thantwenty- five years!) with a dinner at theGraduate Club, from which they emergedin time to join the throng that assembled atMandel Hall at 8 :oo P. M. for the "academic variety show," "Life on the Quadrangles."The talking picture of the University washere shown to a most appreciative audience.Carl Bricken and his orchestra gave a splendid performance, and convinced the alumnithat something really important had developed at the University in the last year,with the growth of the Department ofMusic. And finally the alumni were privileged to hear from three learned members,Messrs. Arthur P. Scott, James WeberLinn, and William V. Morgenstern, thereal truth about alumni and their place ifany, in the scheme of things. This weightyquestion disposed of, the audience, stillchuckling, repaired to the Reynolds club,where Vice-President Filbey and facultymembers held an informal and delightful reception.396NEWS OF REUNION 397Although many reunion events precedeand follow Reunion Day, the Saturday afternoon of Reunion Week is the center of interest for the greatest number of alumni.The annual Alumnae Club Breakfastbrought back a goodly number of alumnaeand gave the senior women a cordial welcome into the fold. As usual it was a gayaffair and well attended.Saturday afternoon was "brite and fair,"and under the class umbrellas in the Circle,many old friends met and exchanged news.Costumed sellers ofthe Alumnae ClubMap added color tothe scene, and 193 i'sfree root beer addedflavor. Strains of theband playing at theNational CollegiateA.A. Track and FieldChampionship Meetattracted crowds toStagg Field, whereone of the most thrilling sport spectacles ofthe year was to beseen. Meanwhile hundreds of alumni weretaking advantage of the "open-house" invitations of the Oriental Institute, International House, Graduate Education Building,and the Residence Halls for men, and seeing for themselves the beautiful new buildings that have been pictured in the Magazinethis year. One corner of the campus wasreserved for the historic battle between 19 16and 19 1 7. After their most amicable luncheon together at the Coffee Shop, the oldrivalry cropped out again in a fierce anddeadly ball game, which interested spectatorsfor numerous reasons.The Reunion Revue at Mandel has become so important a part of the day's entertainment that 4:30 found the Circle allbut deserted, and Mandel packed to thedoors, while Alumni and undergraduatesput on the snappiest show of the season.Songs, dances, skits, and excerpts from themost successful melodrama of the year wereskillfully combined by Director O'Hara tomake a delightful entertainment.The Reunion Dinner at 6:00 P. M. filledA Group of iQoy Classmates Get TogetherHutchinson Commons to the doors. Classnumerals on tables provided rallyingplaces, but the friendly spirit of the occasionwas such that everyone made new friendswhether they met old ones or not. The banquet was a real triumph for the cook andthe occasion a real success. Dean Laing'sstory of the idiot earthworm and his otherdelicious anecdotes delighted his audience somuch that they were almost reluctant toadjourn to the University Sing.To many and many an old grad the Singwill always be thesymbol of collegedays. The lights,the music, the gaypageant of youth, thethrill of the awardsand the climax of thebells epitomize theCollege.This year's Singhas been preserved, inpart, for the enjoyment of Alumni whocould not attend it inperson ; pictures withsound were taken in the midst of the festivities, to be added to the growing University film.Alumni members of Phi Beta Kappa metthe new initiates at the annual banquet meeting of that society at Judson Court Monday,June 13. Professor William Oldfather ofthe University of Illinois was the speaker.Professor Fred. B. Millett was reelectedpresident of Beta of Illinois chapter.Rush Medical College and the LawSchool celebrated on Tuesday, with theirrespective banquets at the CongressHotel. Report of their reunion is madeelsewhere.Many alumni who attended the reunionthis year have been sufficiently interested towrite their impressions and it is gratifyingto hear that members of widely varyinggroups and classes all found something tointerest them. It was a distinctly Chicagoaffair, with a flavor all its own, and markedby a cordial friendliness that made everyalumnus feel that it was a real homecoming.The 1932 Alumni ConferenceINSPIRED by the success of the oneday Conference of a year ago, theAlumni Council, working in cooperation with the University administration,scheduled its Second Annual Alumni Conference on Friday and Saturday, June 10and n. The Conference sessions wereheld in the beautiful lounge of JudsonCourt, meals were served in the JudsonCourt Dining Hall, and the delegates werehoused in the adjacent dormitories.The Friday morning program was presided over by Emery T. Filbey, actingVice-President of the University, who presented as the first speaker, Dr. James M.Stifler, Chairman of the Committee onDevelopment of the Board of Trustees.Mr. Stifler gave a most interesting talkupon the public relations of the University,and told in a general way what was beingdone to carry the story of the Universityto alumni, to prospective students anddonors, and to the public at large. Hethen called upon his co-laborers in the publicrelations field to tell more specifically oftheir work in spreading the gospel of theUniversity.Miss Valerie Wickham told of the officialpublications of the University; Kenneth A.Rouse outlined the work that was beingdone in bringing the University before thestudents of the secondary schools. MartinFreeman explained the recent plans to makethe students of the Junior Colleges acquainted with the advantages of Chicagoas a place for later study.The relations of the University to thepublic press were discussed in a most interesting way by William V. Morgenstern,the University Director of Publicity, and"The University on the Air" was the subject of an intriguing address by AllenMiller, the University Radio Director.The Friday morning program was concluded by an address by George A. Works,Dean of Students, who gave a most interesting survey of the relations existing between the University and its student body, and outlined the aims and hopes of hisdepartment.Friday afternoon was devoted largely tothe visiting of the University but the delegates became so deeply interested in DonaldBean's presentation of the new educationalpictures in sound, produced and distributedby the University, that the afternoon waswell along before the alumni fared forthto see the University in action, and to visitold friends on the " Quadrangles.Friday evening, Mandel Hall was filledwith delegates and local alumni who enjoyed a program that included the University talking-movie, "Life on the Quadrangles," the first appearance before anyalumni group of the University symphonyorchestra of ninety pieces, under the direction of Carl Bricken, and a sizzling symposium by James Weber Linn, '97, Professor of English, Arthur P. Scott, Ph.D. '16,Associate Professor of History, and WilliamV. Morgenstern, '20, J. D. '22, Directorof Publicity, who talked on and about thesubject "What Shall We Do With theAlumni?".Following the Mandel Hall program, thePresident's reception to the alumni, unfortunately staged with the President in absentia, due to an attack of EpidemicPeritoditis, was held in the parlors of theReynolds Club.Saturday morning found John FryerMoulds, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, and Executive Secretary of the AlumniGifts Fund, in the chair. He first calledupon Charles W. Gilkey, Dean of theChapel, to tell of the place of the Chapelin the life of the University. Dean Gilkeywas followed by Mr. Frank McNair, '03,Vice President of the Harris Trust andSavings Bank, and a member of the FinanceCommittee of the University Board ofTrustees, who gave a most comprehensivesurvey of the University's finances.Chauncey S. Boucher, Dean of the College, told of the new educational programin the college, as it has developed duringthe past year, dealing most frankly and398THE 1932 ALUMNI CONFERENCE 399specifically with the trials and errors andsuccesses of this period of educational evolution and painting a picture that enthusedhis audience and tempted many an alumnusto return to the campus for a general education.The Conference was brought to a closeby Harold H. Swift, '07, Vice President ofSwift and Company, and President of theUniversity Board of Trustees, who outlinedthe accomplishments of the University during the past decade, explained the newemphasis that had been placed upon thework of the college, pictured the advantagesof Chicago as a University for the seriousstudent of ability, and presented a methodof cooperation by which the Chicago alumnithroughout the country could assistin interesting such students in the University.The Conference was most successful inbringing to those who attended a very comprehensive picture of the Chicago of today,and the delegates are unanimously in favorof holding such an "alumni party" at theend of every school year.While all of our sixty-five alumni clubswere not represented, a large proportionof them sent delegates. In addition to thesix delegates from each of the two localclubs, fifteen representatives from theAlumni Council, and as many more fromthe University administration, there werepresent the following from outside of Chicago: Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Anderson, CedarFalls, Iowa; Dr. and Mrs. Vinton A. Bacon, Detroit, Mich. ; Dorothy G. Boynton,Elkhart, Ind; Ruth Bozell, Indianapolis,Ind.; Amy Bradshaw, Oak Park, 111.; Waldo Bredin, Pittsburgh, Pa.; JosephBrody, DesMoines, Iowa; Mrs. Arthur E.Brown, Oak Park, 111. ; F. E. Brown, AmesIowa ; Charles Darel, Salt Lake City, Utah ;Harry E. Elder, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Dr. andMrs. J. C. Ellis, DeKalb, 111. ; Lansing Fel-ker, St., Louis, Mo.; George E. Fuller,Fairhope, Ala.; James H. Gagnier, Kalamazoo, Mich, ; Robert M. Gibboney, Rock-ford, 111. ; J. Frank Goodenow, Kansas City,Mo. ; Lydia Grabbe, Muncie, Ind. ; DonaldGray, Kankakee, 111.; Mrs. James H.Greene, South Bend, Ind.; Carl D. Green-leaf, Elkhart, Ind.; Olive Greensfelder,Gary, Ind.; Nell C. Henry, Cleveland,Ohio ; Helen Jackson, Muncie, Ind. ; HelenEaton Jacoby, Indianapolis, Ind. ; AlbertW. James, Waukegan, 111.; Howard Jer-sild, Neenah, Wis.; Laura M. Johnston,Oshkosh, Wis.; Harold G. Lawrance,Elgin, 111.; B. A. Lillywhite, Salt LakeCity, Utah; Mrs. Mary Ellis Lottman,Peoria, 111.; Frank A. Maas, Milwaukee,Wis. ; Mr. and Mrs. Louallen Miller, Minneapolis, Minn.; Sebastian Miller, Elgin,111.; Harold G. Moulton, Washington,D. C; Mrs. Merle C. Nutt, Moline, 111.;James Peeling, Indianapolis, Ind.; MissJohn Petty, Wilmette, 111.; Ernest E.Quantrell, New York; William Rasche,Milwaukee, Wis.; Frederick Sass, Denver, Col.; Clara Severin, Cleveland, Ohio;Erma Smith, Ames, Iowa; James H.Smith, Aurora, 111.; Maudie L. Stone,New York City; Paul Amos White,Davenport, Iowa; Florence Wickersham,Oshkosh, Wis. ; William Wrather, Dallas,Tex.; Mrs. Frank T. Wyman, Boise,Idaho." Naughty Two" AssemblesTHOSE "Naughty twos" who attended our thirtieth reunion, onAlumni Day, June nth, had a veryhappy, buoyant time.Of course we met old friends of otherclasses at the tents, not far from CobbHall, had a '02 table at the Alumni Dinner in Hutchinson Commons, and attendedthe "Sing."But our own special celebration was heldat 3 o'clock at the charming residence ofMrs. William Rainey Harper and SamuelN. Harper, '02, at 5728 Woodlawn Avenue.They generously were our gracious hosts.First we had an informal meeting in the /Library, a spacious, book-lined room, domi- /nated by a portrait of Dr. Harper. As wewent around the circle, each member present gave a brief talk on the following topic :"My Plans for Study, Work, and Play forthe Next Thirty Years."Whimsical comments were included in thetalks, in which varied and interesting planswere outlined. This was true also of someletters from absentees, read at the outset.Miss Winifred G. Crowell, writing fromGeorgia State College for Women, said:"As to my work, may I quote one wittierthan I — 'I have taught English for thirtyyears. I hope to teach English the nextthirty years. Then if I like it I shall makeit my life work' My cordial greetingsto the Class and my loyal devotion to theUniversity always.""Sam" Harper said that if the Alumniwould keep on sending children to the University he would continue to teach them,and incidently cultivate his farm and attendto his cows. "Bert" Nelson remarked thatsince he had no cows he was in for keepingon teaching boys and girls to talk in public.Earl Dean Howard, Class Treasurer, saidthat after excursions in business he was concentrating on his teaching of economics atNorthwestern.George A. Young, of 14 Wall Street,said he "used to be" a bond broker, still was,and would continue to be, for that matter.He promised further participation in theidealistic governmental affairs of a NewYork City suburb. Mrs. W. R. Kerr, Jr., told of the continuation of the happy U. of C. romance of"Ralph and Louise." Mrs. Lill StevensSutherland (Mrs. Douglas Sutherland)said she hoped during the next thirty yearsto add a pound to Douglas' weight. AndDouglas, Executive Secretary of the CivicFederation, said he hoped to find a way forthe public to get all the service it wantswithout paying any taxes.Arthur C. Jacobus, who brought a copyof the June, 1902, Convocation program,told of the joys of the printing industry.Mrs. Walter Scott Kennedy, accompaniedby her daughter, a University of Chicagograduate, mentioned her interest in printing,as the wife of the U. of C. football captainwho is a Michigan newspaper publisher.Mrs. Antonie Krejsa Kendrick told ofher interests as a grandmother and as astudent, continuing her studies. She spokewith special appreciation of the inspirationthe members of our Class had received fromPresident Harper.Following the talks, of which these aretypical, tea was served in the dining-room,where Mrs. Jessie Sherman Tuthill, Vice-President of the Class, and Mrs. EthelRemick McDowell assisted Mrs. Harper.After the tea, we gathered on the lawnat the rear of the Harper house, sinceCharlton T. Beck, Secretary of the AlumniCouncil, had sent the movie-talkie men overto get a record of our '02 reunion for usebefore the Alumni Clubs in different parts ofthe country.As we said then, we were especially happythat this one of our fifth year reunions couldbe held at the residence of Mrs. Harper, thewife of the First President of the University— our "Prexy," and his son, our classmate,Professor Samuel N. Harper. PresidentHarper lived in the realm of the imaginationand the realm of action, inspiring us todream big dreams and to work and workto make those dreams come true. He taughtus to have the Forward Look. And so for'02 men and women, and, as we believe,for all University of Chicago graduates,every Alumni Day is a Graduation Day.400Something Less Than RevolutionBy Willtam E. Dod>d,Chairman, Department of HistoryWE REVIEWED last month thebasic conditions that underlie theexisting world-wide distress andmisery. In this article we shall considerremedies. But before entering upon theproblem allow me once more to say that intelligent and disinterested study with absolute freedom and reasonable publicity areindispensable. And it is most difficult witha generation which has lost its social balance,even its courage to speak frankly."Unrestrained business control of the essentials of economic life, here, as abroad, hasbrought all the peoples of industrialcountries to the point where the inequalitiesof the returns of labor are so great that fewof the rural and not many of the urbanpopulation can buy the needful articles ofcommon consumption. That is the greatestinjustice to be remedied."Milk in the country (here, in England,Germany and France) is worth three to fourcents a quart ; in the city it sells from ten tofifteen cents. Wheat on the farm sells forthirty or forty cents a bushel; in the citybread is worth only a little less than it wasin wartime. Hides bring a cent a pound onthe farm; they sell for forty cents a poundto the shoe and harness maker. A farmlaborer receives from fifty cents to a dollara day ; in the city an organized worker musthave a dollar an hour or he goes on a strike.Corn is hardly worth hauling to market; acorn planter sells at forty-five dollars, littleless than in 1929."Here is the first and the greatest problem : an appreciable equalizing of the returns of life so that men may feel confidencein the system and find means to buy the basicnecessities of life. The remedy is not easy,but it is possible. Let city councils forgetfor a moment the political consequences oftheir conduct and guarantee the men whosend them their food at least half the costto the consumer. It can be done ; and bothorganized labor and organized capital willbe the better for the remedy. If there are watered stocks, let the water go ; if deliveryservice is too expensive, let rents be loweredand duplication of service be abandoned.The overhead must be reduced by half.That would increase consumption in thecities ; it would increase farm buying in thecountry. It would be a beginning. Chicagoand Washington invite the experiment."The next thing is the distribution of thesurplus unemployed urban population. Fromthe beginning of the American colonies till19 1 4, large numbers of unemployed foundready access to free lands either as unlawfulsquatters or homesteaders. At times in thenineteenth century, as many as a fourth ofthe population in older sections migrated tothe wilderness, hunted on the way, builtthemselves cabins and began to buy goods, allwithin periods of ten to fifteen years. It wasin that way Illinois and the middle westwere built. It is foolish to say that government has not helped our independent-mindedpeople; there has been enormous help withevery great disaster. If free lands and homesteads are gone, there are millions of acresabout to be sold under the hammer for smallreturns. The taxes are not paid. Manystates hold vast tracts of uncultivated land."Let states and counties award twenty-five acres on lease to every unemployed cityman who migrated from the farm or whohas ever lived in the country and then let himbegin to help himself not in growing cropsfor the market, but to keep the wolf fromthe door. Since 1922, 5,000,000 people havemigrated from the country to the city, anda million of them might be induced to goback. If the dependent of the cities do notaccept the offer let charity or governmentalaids cease. The country cannot long carrythe burden of social aid to millions of people. Both of the above-mentioned remedies,if applied, would slowly start the wheels ofindustry for legitimate and reasonable industry."The next and the most urgent remedy,after those mentioned, is the root and branch401402 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEreform of American banking. Since the daysof Alexander Hamilton, American bankinghas frequently been unsafe, immenselyspeculative and even arbitrary in its attitude toward the public. The Federal Reserve system was designed to prevent concentration of and unwholesome speculationin the needed surpluses of the country. Thelaw was evaded from the beginning; eightbillions loaned for speculative drives onstock markets and twenty billions for loansto countries, corporations and individuals inother parts of the world, twenty billions notlikely to be recovered. Loans against monopolized coffee and sugar production in LatinAmerica; loans to German cities and German corporations to enable them to sell goodsin markets we had closed, or to pay reparations which all the world knew they couldnever pay."Nor is this all. In Chicago and elsewhere, banking officials have stimulatedbillions of dollars of depositors' money orencouraged other billions of depositors' savings into vast building or holding companyorganizations from which only a minor fraction can ever be recovered. They can nevermake good; it will take half a century forfinanciers to regain the confidence of thepeople. It is tragic beyond any former banking situation in American history."The English have borne for ten yearsa depression like the present. They havenot had a bank failure, I believe, since1870. Canada has suffered almost asseverely as the people of this country;Canada has had as good as no bank failures. There is no need to say it is inexperienced banking. We have had banksand checks, speculation and credit since1790. Our financiers have had as goodschooling as the financiers of England orFrance. Nor was the law seriously atfault. The bankers interpreted the law tocover doubtful practices; they coaxedMellon and Coolidge and Hoover into giving them free rein. Let the public nowtake steps to prevent a repetition of theperformance. A deposit in a bank oughtto be a sacred fund that no man maytrifle with."If money and credit can be made to take their proper places in the economicstructure and men are made to realize thatthere is to be no more unlawful and unfairuse made of deposits, recovery will soonthereafter begin to be noticeable. Government must control financiers, not financiersgovernment, even if politicians do abound.It is the only way."These things fairly attended to, thegreat corporations and the multiplicationof railroads and de luxe trains may beworked out of the major parts of theirimpossible overhead, organized laborbrought slowly to feel some social, asagainst class, impulses, and hordes of ornamental onhangers and vice-presidents dismissed or put to more useful work. Thusinsurance companies and the general publicmight be made to feel a little more secureas to the value of bonds and preferredstocks. This is some of the business house-cleaning."There remains one of the greatest ofall the remedies: the deflation of politics.In Washington, in Springfield, in Chicagothe taxpayers are burdened with the maintenance of useless or dispensable officeholders who hang like leeches upon thesocial system and seem as willing to risktotal national collapse as were the onhangersof the court of Louis XVI. They have noconscience whatever. The Veteransbureau alone in Washington costs the public as much as the whole national administration in 1 9 14; men who are slightly illreceive large pensions ; other men who havenever suffered real illness receive likesums; and some I know have homes oftheir own and have ceased work becausethe goverment allows them enough tosupport their families. There has neverbeen, anything more flagrant. No realbrave soldier would thus exploit hiscountry. Here is merely one of the vastabuses in Washington."In Chicago, I might name others onlya little less important in the reach of theirevil effects. A group of the Republican partyhas exploited the public off and on fortwenty-five years. Some of them are inprison or on the way; but nobody strikesat the system. In the Democratic partySOMETHING LESS THAN REVOLUTION 403the appearance of a statesman wouldfrighten the leaders out of their wits; andin the hope of escaping such, their groupleaders connive with Republican exploiting groups. The eighteen thousand teachers have gone without their lawfulsalaries more than a year while janitors'organizations and political go-betweensreceive twice the salary of excellent and self-sacrificing public servants."If the abuses and the robberies ofpoliticians and bosses and business menallied with them could be corrected,the taxpayers would cease their strike,where they are not ruined, and governmental salaries would flow again into thelegitimate channels of economic life; andthere would be another remedy. Nor is itimpossible. It only requires about tencourageous and trusted men in a state to dothe work and two score men in Congressmight break down the system of abuseswhich bears so heavily upon all life."But there is an equally important approach to a solution: the relations of thiscountry t© the other countries of the world.Men swear the United States is now isolated from the rest of the world and thatit has ever been so. There is no greatermis-reading of the facts. George Washington started a world war; he was savedfrom a British gallows by French intervention; the country escaped its first greateconomic depression because of the Frenchrevolution. There has never been a timewhen the United States was free of the restof the world ; nor has there been a momentsince the rejection of the treaty of Versailles when the country was not perturbedor depressed by Europe or the Far East.Let honest men face honest facts."The United States must call an international conference with the avowed purpose of reciprocal reduction of tariff walls.The result would be more friendly relations and a slow recovery of markets. Somelabor might be displaced; it is already displaced. But when the world sold more tous, she would buy more from us. There is something unworthy about the UnitedStates being afraid of even the slightestcompetition with other peoples. Nor canmankind afford to allow military preparations to go on their wild course as at present. The seven hundred and fifty millionswe spend a year on armaments might go farto rehabilitate rural life and productivepower. The army and the navy and theair service ought all to be put into one department and all military activities beturned into defense. If tariffs were dulylowered and armaments were made to conform to treaty promises, the world wouldrest easier and there would everywhere befree funds for the restoration of economiclife : more buying power, more freedom fornew ventures. Of all countries the UnitedStates is the best located for leadership inthis field and of all countries the UnitedStates has professed most loudly its peaceful purposes. Latin America alone mightgo a long way to buy American surpluses,if American leadership would cease tothreaten and insult the Latin-American peoples. There is nobody anywhere to makethe United States afraid; yet the UnitedStates leads the world in military expenditure."With trade restored and militarismeased, cooperation in Asia and Soviet Russia would slowly follow. In three years theills and jealousies engendered since 1920might be cured. And if the remedies Ihave outlined in domestic life were successfully applied and the peace of the worldreally restored, it would not require morethan half a decade to recover from the depressing facts and conditions which bear soheavily upon American life to-day. But itwill take some knowledge of the precedentsof the past, of the habits and attitudes ofcommon men and of the eager hope of largesections of world opinion. It would require knowledge. It would also requirewhat is even more rare — courage, the courage of a few public men to do what theyknow ought to be done and then to go before the people and explain their conduct."Changes at RushBy Ernest E. IronsDean of Rush Medical CollegeIN JANUARY, 1932, the Universityannounced a definite policy with respect to Rush, which provides for thecontinuation of undergraduate teaching inRush Medical College and looks forward tothe unification of the two schools in one.The impracticability of attempting postgraduate instruction apart from an undergraduate medical program was clearly recognized in the discussions which led up to thisaction.May I read the statement of the Board ofTrustees which embody the recommendations of the President, made after months ofcareful study."The Board of Trustees, at its meeting held January 14, 1932, approvedthe recommendation of the President— of the University that the Dean of theRush Medical College be responsibleto the Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and authorized thePresident of the University to makethe following statement to the Dean ofRush Medical College and the Deanof the Biological Sciences:1. The University wishes to preserve its assets in the Rush MedicalCollege.2. The University wishes to havethe Rush Medical College function asan integral part of the University.3. As a further step in this direction, the University has affected a closeradministrative relationship between theRush Medical College and the Divisionof the Biological Sciences.4. The University hopes that it maybe possible to find some basis for theunification of its medical effort into onemedical school."These resolutions constitute the most important action concerning Rush ever takenby the University. They express the will todo, and provide a way.Looking backward over the years, it is evi dent that the difficulty in the way of anearlier understanding lay not in lack of desire for a solution, but in the method bywhich the understanding was sought.In January, 1931, it would have been almost as difficult to write a complete detailedprogram as in 1921. In January, 1932, following the declaration of intent of the Boardof Trustees, while a complete program stillcould not be written, it was at once possibleto make rapid progress, so that already,while we still have two schools, their requirements for admission and for graduation are, by action of the two faculties, identical. It is unnecessary to detail the manyother ways in which closer cooperation hasbeen secured. With a basic framework established, details of structure fall readily inplace. This progress is due in large part tothe clear thinking and progressive view ofDean Lillie.Looking forward, we find it evident thatthe guiding principle must be the establishment and preservation of the highest University ideals of scholarship. It has sometimes been assumed that somehow idealswere lacking in Rush.We have always had ideals at Rush. Infact for a long time ideals were about allthat we did have. They were what keptRush going through all the years. Theseideals have been continually raised, and itis the resolve of the Rush faculty that ourideals of scholarship shall be those of theUniversity of Chicago.Ideals as to quality of clinical teachingand example are as necessary to the maintenance of a creditable output of doctors asare ideals of research. Whether on partor full time, abundant clinical contacts andexperience for many years are required toproduce a qualified teacher of medicine.This experience should be based, of course,on a broad scientific training and a knowledge of the technique and aims of research.The clinician must have a high moral404CHANGES AT RUSH 405sense, kindliness, and quick understandingof the many problems of the patient, andonly instructors who possess these qualitiesof the art of medicine are fitted to instructstudents in the clinic. Such instructors areessential also to the success of the clinicwhich is part of the laboratory of the medical school. Patients who are to provide thematerial for clinical observation and research come primarily for relief from illnessand must be given the best possible qualityof treatment by those who by experiencehave learned the art, as well as the science,of medicine.Great changes have come in medical education in twenty-five years. The questionof the necessity for some of these changesadmitted of no debate and they were quicklyaccomplished ; others, also desirable, requiredstrong measures to break through establishedcustom; still others came with the generalwave of change, often frankly experimental,and were devised to meet some one phase ofmedical education without counting the effect on other equally important requirements.Frequent stock-taking and evaluation ofaccomplishment is as important in medicaleducation as in business. There are educational cycles with periods of rapid changefollowed in turn by periods of relative calm,during which the effects of changes may beobserved, and evaluated. Sometimes educational investments turn out to be less profitable than was expected. One of the fewadvantages of the present financial depression may be that it will lead to a morecritical evaluation of many projects of alleged research, in medical schools of thecountry. It is to be hoped that such a review may result in less printing and morethought.The objective of medical education is toenable students to obtain the best preparation for their future activities in medicine.Some few of them have qualities of mindwhich will enable them to go on in research or devote themselves to medicalteaching, but to obtain these few, manymust pass through the University, most ofwhom will engage in the practice of medicine. Each student should attain a certain minimum standard which will ensure hisability to render adequate average serviceto patients who may consult him. If he isto receive the diploma of M.D. of the University he must be qualified, a safe doctor.If he feels that these minimum provisionsrequire more time than he can spare fromanother and major interest, then he maystill be allowed to pursue medical subjectsbut should not be recommended for theM.D. degree.Even theoretically sound educationalplans require guidance and modifications tomeet altered conditions. In arranging thecurriculum to attain these ends, the primeimportance of close contact of student andpatient is well recognized, and curricula areso planned as to place the student in theteam of instructors and assistants caring forgroups of patients. This is excellent, but itnow and then happens in some departmentsand in some schools, that the program of adepartment or section is more ambitious inplans for research or for building up a clinicthan is warranted by the resources of manpower in the department and an attempt ismade to compensate for lack of personnelby utilizing students. Up to a reasonablepoint, this may be of advantage to the student, but it very easily results in actual exploitation of the student in order that theplans of the department may be carried out.Unusual dispensary loads or the carrying out of a piece of research offer occasionswhen exploitation of students can occur.Such exploitation under newer systems ofeducation by instructors not primarily interested in the welfare of the students, isjust as reprehensible, as the subjecting ofstudents to long hours on the benches indidactic courses.The Rush faculty have recently had occasion again to review the curriculum, todetermine what changes should be made tomeet new conditions and increased facilities.They have had to weigh older against newersystems of teaching. Old established customs and methods are not necessarily thebest but nevertheless they have been developed through years of experience by menof no mean ability, who devoted muchthought to their formulation. New methods406 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEdevised to meet new conditions, may well beepoch making in their favorable effect, provided that they are based on sound educational and financial principles. But merenewness and superficial attractiveness do notexempt a plan from careful scrutiny as to itssoundness.The faculty have wisely adopted a middlecourse, combining elements of the old andof the new, with a view to simplifying thecurriculum, increasing clinical contacts ofstudents through increase of hospital clerkships, and avoiding experiments of doubtfulvalue. They believe that such a plan can bebest co-ordinated with the plans of the SouthSide.Adequate funds for fellowships andsalaries are required in order that promisingyounger men may have opportunity to develop, in research and in the care ofpatients, protected in their earlier yearsfrom distracting efforts to earn a living frompractice. As he grows older in experienceand achievement, each may decide laterwhether he will use part of his time in practice, or if the budget permits, continue tospend his time on salary in teaching, or research.The faculty are impressed with the necessity of advance in methods, but have alsobeen influenced toward a conservative position by observation of past performance.The contributions to medical knowledgewhich have come out of Rush need not beenumerated but I must note a remarkablerecord disclosed by a recent summation ofresults in the Obstetrical Department.Over a period of ten years, the maternal andTHE Class of 1912 of Rush MedicalCollege held its featured twenty-yearalumni reunion this year. The faculty ofRush Medical College and of the University of Chicago School of Medicine provided special clinics for the alumni reunion which occupied the week from June8 to 15. Special reunions were held bythe Classes of 1882 and of 19 12.On Sunday night, June 12, the Class of fetal mortalities of all cases treated in thecombined Out-patient and PresbyterianHospital services, are lower than any so farreported for similar groups in the country,and approach closely those of Denmark inwhich are found the lowest mortalities in theworld. This enviable record is not a matterof accident but has been attained only byhard, careful work of the DepartmentalStaff and indicates that students have beengiven sound fundamental instruction. Incidentally these results controvert certainmisleading implications and the pessimisticobstetrical outlook presented in a recentsensational article in the Ladies HomeJournal.The recently inaugurated plan which provides for participation of the four University Medical Schools in the work of theCounty Hospital, for the appointment ofassociates on the County Staff to serveunder the attending staff who represent theirrespective schools, and for the admission ofstudent clerks to the wards, is a great stepforward in improving the work of the Hospital, and makes available for teachingseveral hundred beds for each school, thecost of which, if privately provided, wouldbe capitalized at several million dollars.With an unexcelled faculty in the preclinical years, facilities for research, a groupof able and devoted clinical teachers on theSouth Side and at Rush, hospitals anxiousto participate whole-heartedly in medicaleducation, there is nowhere in this countryso great an opportunity to combine the bestin research and clinical facilities into a greatschool as in the University of Chicago.191 2 was entertained at the home of Dr.Morris Fishbein, 5543 Blackstone Avenue,Chicago, with a supper. A special featureof the occasion was a reconstruction of theold Rush Medical College building. Thirtymembers of the Class attended this reunion.The fair consorts of many of the memberswere also present.On Monday night, the men met in aspecial dinner reunion in the CongressReunion of Rush, 1912REUNION OF RUSH, 1912 407Hotel. At this dinner thirty-four werepresent. A photograph of the reunion atthe Congress Hotel appears on anotherpage. Finally, the Class met with thegeneral alumni reunion at the CongressHotel on Tuesday night.At the dinner for the Class of 1882, heldin the Congress Hotel on Monday nightthere were present:Dr. Malcolm L. Harris, Chicago, PastPresident, American Medical Association;Dr. John M. Dodson, formerly Dean ofRush Medical College and formerly Director of the Bureau of Health and PublicInstruction of the American Medical Association ; Dr. Frederick G. Stueber, Lima,Ohio; Dr. John C. Wright, Antigo, Wise. ;Dr. Elmore S. Pettyjohn, Chicago; Dr.Zalmon E. Funk, Santa Rosa, N. M., andDr. John P. Lord, Professor of OrthopedicSurgery, University of Nebraska Collegeof Medicine, Omaha.Attending the Reunion of the Class of1 9 12, were the following:Dr. and Mrs. Robert Booth Acker,South Bend, Ind. Dr. and Mrs. Arno Benedict Luckhardt, Chicago, 111. Dr. and Mrs.Charles Thomas Maxwell, Sioux City, la.Dr. and Mrs. Arthur James McCarey,Green Bay, Wise. Dr. William HenryOlds, Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. RussellMorse Wilder, Rochester, Minn. Dr. andMrs. James Lee Wilson, South Bend, Ind.Dr. Maude Hall Winnett, Chicago, 111.Dr. Aaron Arkin, Chicago, 111. Dr. AlbertAugust Axley, Washburn, Wise. Dr. andMrs. Mat Bloomfield, Joliet, 111. Dr. andMrs. Charles Augustus Burkholder, Chicago, 111. Dr. Warner Latta Crouch, Fair-view, 111. Dr. Katherine Weller Dewey,Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. and Mrs. Paul Christopher Fox, Chicago, 111. Dr. and Mrs.Thomas Cyrus Galloway, Evanston, 111.Dr. Richard Charles Halsey, Lake Geneva,Wise. Dr. Olaf Haraldson, Minot, N. D.Dr. John Riley Hughes, Milwaukee, Wise.Dr. Wilbur Randolph Hurst, Evansville,Ind. Dr. and Mrs. Grover ClevelandKlein, Galesburg, 111. Dr. Harry GroveKnapp, Minot, N. D. Dr. John Henry Lin-son, Detroit, Mich. Dr. Eugene FranklinMcCampbell, Columbus, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Beveridge Harshaw Moore, Chicago,111. Dr. and Mrs. Josiah John Moore, Chicago, 111. Dr. and Mrs. Eugene TalmagePhelps, Chicago, 111. Dr. Arthur AndrewSmith, Hastings, Neb. Dr. Carlie BellSouter Smith, Springfield, Mo. Dr. William Wallis Smith, Springfield, Mo. Dr.and Mrs. Irving Freiler Stein, Chicago, 111.Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Frank Strauss, Chicago, 111. Dr. and Mrs. Ralph CharlesSullivan, Chicago, 111. Dr. and Mrs. OrenHenry Wright, Chicago, 111. Dr. FrankKaiser Bartlett, Ogden, Utah. Dr. andMrs. Morris Fishbein, Chicago, 111.Letters of regret and messages were alsoreceived from most of the other members ofthe Class, including a telegram from Dr.Jose Fabella y Fernandez, Health Officer ofManila, Philippine Islands; and Dr. A. H.Orabi, member of the Class and now ahealth official in Cairo, Egypt.The Class of 191 2 included 98 membersof whom ten are now dead. The rest ofthe Class cover the wrorld and includeseveral distinguished teachers and investigators, among them Dr. Russell M.Wilder, formerly Professor of Medicine inthe University of Chicago School of Medicine and now Chief in the Department ofMedicine in the Mayo Clinic ; Dr. Arno B.Luckhardt, Professor of Physiology at theUniversity of Chicago and discoverer of theanesthetic uses of ethylene; Dr. WilliamF. Petersen, Professor of Pathology in theUniversity of Illinois School of Medicine;Dr. E. F. McCampbell, formerly Dean ofOhio State University School of Medicine;Dr. E. W. Koch, Dean of the University ofBuffalo School of Medicine; Dr. Josiah J.Moore, Secretary of the Section on Physiology of the American Medical Association and Director of the National Pathological Laboratory.At the General Alumni Reunion heldat the Congress Hotel Tuesday night, June14, Dr. Clifford Grulee presided. Addresseswere made by Dr. Edwin M. Miller, President of the Alumni Association of RushMedical College, Dr. Morris Fishbein, representing the Class of 191 2, and Dr.Donald R. Laing, Class of 1932.A Busy Year for the LawyersTHIS is the 25th year of the foundingof the University of Chicago LawSchool Association, and while thismay not be sufficient cause to inflict a setspeech on paying members of the association you are entitled to know what yourofficers have done with your mandate.Once in twenty-five years is not too oftento "Stop, Look and Listen."We organized in 1907. Harry J. Lurie,President, Henry P. Chandler, Vice-President and Rudolph E. Schreiber,Secretary, had the distinction of being thefirst officers of the Association. We havehad two secretaries, R. E. Schreiber foreleven years and Charles F. McElroyfor fourteen years, and twenty-four presidents, Harry J. Lurie, Samuel D. Hirschl,John R. Cochran, Henry P. Chandler,Oliver L. McCaskill, Paul M. O'Donnell,Charles W. Paltzer, A. L. Hopkins, C. V.Clark, W. P. MacCracken, Hugo M.Friend, Alice Greenacre, Jose W. Hoover,Norman H. Pritchard, Frederick Dickinson, Clay Judson, Henry F. Tenney, RoyD. Keehn, Albert B. Enoch, Urban A.Lavery, William J. Matthews, ThurlowG. Essington, Walter P. Steffen.Starting with 115 members in 1907 ourmembership has grown to 2000, of whichapproximately one-half are located in andabout Chicago and the other half scatteredthrough forty-two states, the District ofColumbia, Hawaii, Philippine Islands,Canada, China, Egypt, England, France,Japan, Poland and South Africa. All butabout fifty are living and well.Many of our members have achievedpositions of honor and trust in their respective communities. Henry P. Chandlerwas recently elected president of the UnionLeague Club of Chicago; W. P. MacCracken is secretary of the American BarAssociation; George B. McKibben is president of The Chicago Y. M. C. A. ; ArnoldBaar is president of the City Club of Chicago; George McDermott is on the U. S.Circuit Court of Appeals; Hugo Friend issitting in the Illinois Appellate Court and Walter Steffen is a judge of the SuperiorCourt; Arnold B. Hall is president of theUniversity of Oregon; Doyle Carleton isgovernor of the State of Florida ; Stephen L.Richards is one of the twelve apostles ofthe Mormon Church; George B. Rossmanis Judge of the Supreme Court of Oregon;Laird Bell is a trustee of the Universityof Chicago and Professors Sears, Eagletonand Puttkammer are members of our lawschool faculty.Of course, this by no means includes allof our celebrities. There are others, I amsure, whom we haven't as yet discoveredand whose modesty keeps them from bringing their light from under the proverbialbushel.The December issue of the Alumni Magazine for 1907, entitled, "The Law SchoolNumber" gives an account of the organization of the Law School Association and itsconstitution. The object as stated in thatconstitution is as follows :"To form a bond of fellowship betweenall persons who have been members of theUniversity of Chicago Law School ; to promote in this body an active interest in eachother and in the development and advancement of the Law School; to publish fromtime to time lists of ex-members of the LawSchool, together with their business addresses; to hold an annual reunion anddinner for all members of the organization,with addresses by prominent jurists, educators and lawyers; to make suggestionsto and advise with the faculty on mattersof policy and improvement of work in theLaw School; and in every proper mannerto promote the welfare and extend the influence of the Law School of the Universityof Chicago."The downtown conference classes werealso started this year. Professor Kent gavea course on "Taxation" in the fall quarter;Professor Katz gave a course on "Corporation Finance" in the winter quarter andProfessor Bogert gave a course on "Trustsin the spring. These were well receivedand attended, and Dean Bigelow assures usthey will be continued next year.408A BUSY YEAR FOR THE LAWYERS 409These conference courses mark a departure in the principle of adult education;heretofore we thought of adult educationas supplying education the adult missedrather than the continuation of educationjust begun. They contain the germ of education in the only sense that makes itworth while. They combine theory withpractise and offer the law school anopportunity to serve the profession in apractical way and supply the missing element in legal education at a time when itcan be tested by experience and used by bothteacher and student as in the days of Platoand Aristotle. To afford graduates anopportunity to continue their studies mustof necessity enlarge the influence of theschool and increase the usefulness of lawyersto themselves and their clients.These are some of the things we did thisyear. We have tried to set up machineryto carry on the work for which this association was started. Whether or not it willfunction depends on our desire and willingness to devote the time and effort to makeour law school as good a law school as canbe made by the loyal cooperation of alumniand faculty.And now just a word as to the future,President Harper, Dean Hall, ProfessorFreund, Judge Mack, Professor Beale laidthe foundation for the law school and withDean Bigelow, Professors Mechem, Whit-tier, Woodward, Hinton and other facultymembers built an institution that has servedus well and of which we can be justlyproud. But the social and economic changesthat have come about since the foundation ofthe law school may call for correspondingchanges in the law school. The presentcurriculum and case-method of teachinghave served us well for over a period of somefifty years. It is conceivable that both haveoutlived their usefulness. Perhaps not. Atleast it would pay to call in the interestedparties and hear the evidence. The lawyershould call on the teacher for help to clearthe practise of its ancient and worn outforms and the teacher should call in thelawyers to clear the curriculum of coursesand teaching methods that no longer meetthe needs of the profession. Neither should ask to sit as judge and jury in his owncause. The alumni as such and as practising lawyers must take a more active andresponsible part with the faculty in makingthe law school of tomorrow what its founders twenty-nine years ago hoped it would beand is today — the leading law school of thecountry; and the profession — the noblest ofthem all.It was in this spirit that two years agowe started the development of a programof activities for the association. Werealized at once that in addition to thefriendliness and good fellowship engenderedin our association it was necessary to plana program calculated to help the school inits effort to make of its graduates men andwomen capable of taking their places in theprofession and in the community as goodlawyers and good citizens.To that end four committees were established, composed of Alumni and Facultymembers, Employment, Law School Relations, Curriculum and Program. TheEmployment Committee, under the leadership of Arnold Baar, has placed several menin desirable positions, advised many graduates looking for positions and establisheda connection between the Law School andits graduates that will, we hope, put theproblem of placement on a more scientificand helpful basis.The Law School Relations Committeehas brought the faculty and alumni in closercontact and established a forum for the discussion of the problems confronting theschool in dealing with its students and thebar.Last year at our annual dinner and at aluncheon following it we had a symposiumon the "Missing Element in Legal Education," at which the student, alumni, lawschool, university and bar points of viewwere discussed. This year there was a dinner for the Faculty and the Law SchoolRelations Committee, headed by ThurlowG. Essington, at which was discussed thepossibility of giving students some practicalknowledge and contact as a part of thecurriculum. This discussion was based onan experiment that was the result of a meeting of the Curriculum Committee, of which4io THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINERoy D. Keehn was chairman. There werepresent at this meeting the judges from eachof the various courts in this jurisdiction, theUnited States District Attorney, George E.Q. Johnson ; Ass't Corporation Counsel Fossand State's Attorney John A. Swanson. Asa result several groups of students spentsome time in the offices of the CorporationCounsel and of the United States DistrictAttorney. They got first hand information of how these offices functioned andhow the law business there was transacted.The Program Committee had a series ofsix monthly luncheons. They served tobring the alumni together and at the sametime to give them an opportunity to hearthe discussion of practical problems confronting lawyers in the various courts. Thejudges of these courts came and discussedthese problems. They were well receivedand well attended. In the early part of this year the ChicagoBar Association invited us to hold thesemeetings in their dining room. We decidedthat it would increase the usefulness of ourprogram if we changed our meeting place.Our fears that we might lose our identitywere soon dispelled. These meetings at theBar Association have helped to bring ourschool and its graduates more prominencebefore the bar. At the last three meetingsof the year that we held at the dining roomof the Chicago Bar Association our averageattendance was in excess of 400 per meeting. The first speaker was Professor Adlerwho discussed his new book on, "Proof andPersuasion in the Trial of Cases." Professor Katz talked on the "Position of Minority Bondholders in Real Estate Foreclosures and Reorganizations." From thepoint of view of subject matter and attendance these luncheons were more than satisfactory and should be continued.Residents of International House will enjoy every comfortin my opinionBy Fred B. MillettAssistant Professor of EnglishI SYMPATHIZE deeply with thecharacter in one of Philip Barry's comedies, who, when rebuked by her husband for reading his letters, asks rhetorically,"Do you think I am a woman of honor?"For, though I was brought up to regardreading over another person's shoulder orperusing another's letters as distinctly unethical acts, I have always found the lattermisdeed one of the most fascinating of immoralities. I should, indeed, be tempted todefend it jesuitically on the ground that, inorder to deal happily with the ambulatorymysteries around us, one may, upon occasion,descend to so eminently rewarding a means.There is assuredly no question that almostany letter, not in the vile jargon of businesscommunication, is likely to be more revealing than the most intimate talk or the mostovert of acts. For a letter, to a greaterextent than talk or deeds, gives occasion forreading between the lines, and what is written between the lines is usually the mostsoul-baring.If it is true that nowadays no one hastime to write letters, it is also true that noone any longer hesitates about publishing orreading the letters produced by a more leisurely or more literate age. The shuddersour elders felt over the publication of thecorrespondence of the beatifically happyBrownings seem to us characteristicallyVictorian. And only a Gordon Craig, always in a state of high indignation oversomething or other, could take umbrage atthe publication of the correspondence between his mother and Bernard Shaw. Forthe rest of the English-reading public, theTerry-Shaw letters offer a supreme opportunity to read over the shoulders of twoengrossing personalities, without a shadowof ethical disapprobation.This correspondence through more thantwenty years between two persons immersed in the theatrical affairs of the day is naturally of more than merely private interest.Historians of modern dramatic literaturecan hardly afford to neglect documents thatdefine clearly and illustrate fully the majoraesthetic conflict in the theatre of the lastgeneration, — the bitter hostility between theconventional theatrical fare of the late nineteenth century, represented to perfection byIrving's Lyceum repertory, and the "newdrama" in the hands of Ibsen, Shaw, andGranville-Barker. Over against the commercial theatre's preposterous artificial contrivances, devoid of truth to art and lifealike, is set the serious modern drama, benton embodying a significant criticism of lifein plausible aesthetic terms. This conflict isthe very heart of modern dramatic history,but the result of the conflict is by no meansso complete a defeat of the old-style dramaand triumph of the drama of social criticismas this correspondence suggests. Thetheatre is still replete with aesthetic atrocities, and Shakspere, however mal-treated,is not so dead as Shaw's boastful egotismwould have us believe.The larger issues raised by this correspondence are made the more dramatic bybeing embodied in three of the most glamorous personalities of the generation concerned, figuring in a plot almost melodramatic enough to attract Irving himself. According to Shaw, the gallant and blamelesshero, Irving is the arch villain attemptingto hold the radiant and guileless EllenTerry in his power. The hero's sword is hispen, the most nimble of his time, and, sincein the play that results from his collaboration with Terry, Irving is allowed to speakin the main only the speeches Shaw puts inhis mouth, he becomes one of those eccentricand grotesque monsters with whom Victorian theatre-goers loved to terrify themselves.Irving is pictured (and Terry herself con-411412 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEtrives some sure strokes to the portrait) asa self-centered exploiter of his own andothers' potentialities in the theatre, a superbtrickster in acting, with little or no taste inthe drama, and with less than no awarenessof what was happening dramatically, notonly in Europe (even the simplest of Ibsen'splays were beyond his comprehension), butalso in his own mail-box. Irving is the supreme exemplar of the admired Victorianactor-manager, a gentleman, indeed, aknight, and an oracle on a number of subjects upon which Ellen Terry was wiseenough to know he should keep silent. Hewas actor enough and gentleman enough toput all the formal deference of the periodinto his official phrase, "My dear friend,Miss Ellen Terry," while she was writing,"Ah, I feel so certain Henry just hates me.I can only guess at it, for he is exactly thesame sweet mannered person he was when 'Ifelt so certain' Henry loved me ! We havenot met for years now, except before otherpeople, when my conduct exactly matcheshis, of course."It adds unmistakably to the excitement ofthe epistolary drama that in Shaw's attemptto rescue the heroine from worse thanaesthetic death, the hero's motives are not sopure nor the heroine's mind so empty asmelodrama would have them. The self-portrait of Shaw, the hero, is neither soflattering nor so awe-inspiring as one mightexpect from the most perfect of press-agents.To be sure, there are touching revelationsof his father's habitual drunkenness and ofhis mother's generosity through his longyears of unremunerative artistic apprenticeship. Unquestionably the early povertyand the desperateness of the struggle tomake his way as a writer have had an indelible influence on his attitude to his ownwork and his future. He says himself, "Iam a most mean man about money," and hisrelationship with both Miss Terry and MissPayne-Townshend are not untainted bymaterial considerations. Of the latter hewrites, "Well, shall I marry my Irish millionairess? She, like Edy, believes in freedom, and not in marriage; but I think Icould prevail upon her; and then I shouldhave ever so many hundreds a month for nothing." And certainly one of the mostunlovely letters in the series is that namingthe terms on which Terry may have the playhe has written for her. Pier remark in another connection that he should give hisplays away as Tolstoi did reveals the widening abyss between a third-rate and a first-rate soul. For what we see ever moreclearly is a man, over-persuaded of the significance of his own work, seeking to enlistthe man and woman who were at the veryfront of aesthetic favor at the moment, andusing all his dazzling power over women toforward his own fortune. ^It is indeed as a lover that Shaw plays thesorriest part. To the most adorable womanhe had ever seen, he is content to make loveon paper. And yet he writes love-letters soconvincing that, months after Terry hasseen through his play-acting, she admits herself shaken by it "just for a minute." Thetruth of the matter is (and these lettersmake it perfectly clear) there is more ofthe mediaeval ascetic in Shaw than one hassuspected. It appears in his silly vegetarianism which he adheres to in part becauseto such a cultist "pain is different, pleasuredifferent, fever different, cold different,even love different." So, while Terry writesthat she worships Pan, and asks "Ought notI, and all of us, to have the brute? Well,whether we ought to or not, we all have.And I respect it in myself." Shaw canpraise her perversely for clothing herself"in that most blessed of all things — unsatisfied desire," and can set down suchabysmal blindness as his remarks: "Whatpeople call love is impossible except as a joke(and even then one of the two is sure toturn serious) between two strangers meetingaccidentally at an inn or in a forest path.Why, I dare not for my life's happinessmake love to my own wife." The loverShaw is not a man but a mind, brilliant,piercing, brittle, a mind, imperfectly attached to a despised body, cut off by someunhappy trick of heredity or experience frominsight and passion.So it is with no feeling of frustration ordisappointment that we watch Ellen Terrywilfully avoiding personal contact withShaw. To this decision, she was, unques-NEWS OF THE QUADRANGLES 4i3tionably, moved by some fear of Shaw'sdisillusionment. She had had a life-longexperience of the glamor with which thestage can invest even such maturity as hers ;she knew the transformation in herself acting wrought ; she shared with Shaw her agitation lest she, "fat and nearly fifty," shouldappear ridiculous in Imogen's page-costume ;she even sent him, at the emotional heightof their relationship, a scurrilous newspaperdescription of herself off-stage. But as shecame to realize Shaw's limitations, she seemsto have felt that a love affair with thiscold ascetic egotist would be the last thingin the world to bring her happiness. Yet,though Shaw could never be her lover, hecould amuse her, give her advice from hisstore of mean monetary wisdom, even assisther professionally, and to him she could (asshe believed it woman's nature to do) giveand give of her wisdom and insight and love.Even though the actress is submerged inthe woman in this beautiful self-portrait,the letters yield important revelations ofthe psychology of the most adored actressof the period. Though Shaw was undoubtedly accurate in his observation that"you like to play at your profession on thestage, and to exercise your powers in reallife," the letters show the fundamentalseriousness with which she took her acting,her great professional knowledge and dependability, the tremendous pains she expended on getting up such a part as Imogen,and her limitless insight into the personalitiesof the characters she embodied. In the faceof her pathetic struggles with illness, withfatigue, with an over-worked voice, with aTHE hubbub attendant upon Chicago's two national conventions isnow long dead. And it now seems,at least to this mildly prejudiced observer,that the most significant utterance sur- bad memory, her serious craftmanship andher sense of responsibility to Irving andher audiences are almost heroic. That,happily for her, acting was both an escapefrom reality and a deep psychological fruition is apparent in her remark: "though Imay seem like myself to others, I never feellike myself when I am acting, but some oneelse, so nice, and so young and so happy,and always in-the-air, light and bodyless."But it is the unofficial personality ofEllen Terry that is the glory of this correspondence. If she does not prove to beone of the great English letter-writers, shecomes near to greatness in the genius withwhich she reveals in letter after letter herutter winningness. There is about her, asabout no other figure I can remember,something of the sunny radiance of Shak-spere's Rosalind and Viola. But in additionto their luminous girlhood, there is generosity, magnanimity, tolerance, understanding, and a complete absence of envy. Theexperience of a rich, active, abundant lifebrought her an appreciation of values farbeyond the inhibitions of conventional morality. She passed from the unquestioningacceptance of convention, through the complexities of conduct beyond the law, to aradiant assurance of the rightness of herpersonal ethics. For their revelation of anundying vitality and the basic rightness ofgenerous instinctive living, true loversof life will return to the letters againand again, for with all her vital (andalmost conventional) womanliness, EllenTerry was an energizing emancipatedspirit.viving the last gavel was that of PresidentHutchins, as guest speaker at the dinnergiven by the Young Democrats of America,the evening before the Democratic platform debate.By John P. Howe '27414 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEMr. Hutchins spoke with brutal candorof the inconsistencies and blunders and narrow social philosophy of the administrationat Washington during the past dozen years ;then turned upon the Democrats for theirfailure to build a truly liberal "party ofthe people." Overnight, the speech madehim the "find" of the convention, in theopinion not only of experienced observersbut of party leaders. There was talk,among those who did not know his presentdisqualification because of age, and hispresent disinclination to enter politics, ofnaming him, then and there, as vice-presidential nominee.The crux of the address was a 500-wordmodel party platform, which is herewithpresented. Quoting President Hutchins:"The Democratic platform must firstpledge the party to the promotion of peace,the establishment of international good-will,and the restoration of international trade.For the promotion of peace and the reliefof taxpayers everywhere the United Statesshould lead the way in disarmament withor without the cooperation of other nations.We should adhere to the World Court andcooperate with the League of Nations, butwithout engaging ourselves to use themilitary or economic power of the UnitedStates against any other country. To revive international trade by restoring thetrading capacity of Europe, we should declare with or without an international conference a moratorium on war debts of notless than twenty years. In harmony withthe American principle of recognizing defacto governments, we should admit theexistence of Soviet Russia. In harmonywith the best-established of Democraticprinciples, we should revise the tariff downward, with or without international conferences, to permit other nations to dealwith us and to relieve the American consumer."In the second place the DemocraticParty should deal honestly with government finance. It should adhere to theproposition that the cost of governmentmust be distributed in proportion to thecapacity to bear it; that we must look toincreased income and inheritance taxes to carry increased governmental costs ; and thatthe public debt must be reduced in timesof prosperity and increased, if necessary, intimes of depression. Governmental costscan and should be reduced, not by cuttingdown activities designed to promote the welfare of the people as a whole, but by progressive disarmament, the reduction ofmilitary and naval expenses, and the elimination of special favors to special groups.The most expensive branches of the government are the Navy and the War Departments and the Veterans' Bureau. Theyhave increased 19, 34, and IOO per centrespectively in the last five years of peace.They have escaped reduction for reasonspurely political."Since prohibition has failed to prohibit,the Democratic Party should pledge itselfto ask Congress to present to the people inany constitutional manner an amendmentrepealing the Eighteenth Amendment."Finally, and most important of all, theDemocratic Party must reaffirm its devotion to the interests of the common manand declare itself ready to bring to theaid of the under privileged and distressedthe full resources of the Federal Government. No group may receive the favorsof government merely because it is a group.The destitute must be assisted, but service inthe late war alone cannot entitle the citizento federal aid. The manufacturers must surrender, through the progressive reductionof the tariff, the special privileges accordedthem at the expense of the consumer.Monopolies, particularly those based on thepossession of natural resources, must submit to governmental regulation, and ifnecessary, to governmental operation. Inthis connection the public corporations ofEngland deserve the attention of the statesman. If it is impossible for us to have asound banking system as long as bankersare actuated by the desire for personal gain,steps should be taken to eliminate the motive of private profit from banking. In themeantime, the limit on the Postal SavingsBanks should be removed and those banksshould definitely enter all departments ofthe banking business. The farmer shouldreceive the assistance of us all through theNEWS OF THE QUADRANGLES 4i5development of an intelligent allotmentprogram, through relief from the tax burden on farm land, and especially throughthe revision of the tariff, which without assisting him, raises the price of everythinghe buys. To reduce the hazards and horrors of unemployment the members of theparty in the states should work for compulsory unemployment insurance and old-age pensions. In the nation they shouldwork for federal unemployment exchangesand for an adequate program of publicworks, including the elimination of theslums. And there should be no doubt thatthe party is definitely committed to federalrelief for the unemployed in any form thatmay be necessary."* * * * . *Fifth of a famous family of astronomersto win such a post, Dr. Otto Struve, Professor of Astrophysics at the University ofChicago, last month assumed the directorship of the University's Yerkes Observatoryat Williams Bay, Wisconsin.Dr. Struve, who will be 35 years oldthis month, succeeds Professor Edwin B.Frost, who retired July 1st at the age of65. Dr. Frost came to Yerkes Observatoryin 1898, as the foremost exponent of thethen new spectroscopic technique, and hasremained the leader of that increasinglyimportant approach to the study of heavenlybodies despite the onset of blindness in 1920.Young Struve is of the fourth generationof a family which, according to Dr. Frost,"gave Russia its highest achievement anddistinction in science."One hundred and seventeen years agoFriedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, greatgrandfather of the new Yerkes director, wasappointed observer for the telescope at theUniversity of Dorpat, at the age of 20.The family was of Baltic origin and hasmaintained a German, rather than a Russian, tradition, according to Dr. Frost, whowrote a monograph on this family in 1920,before he knew personally the young manwho was to succeed him at Yerkes.Born at Dorpat in 18 19, Otto WilhelmStruve, son of the first of the astronomicalStruves, became his father's assistant at theage of 18. Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve was appointed director of the greatPulkova Observatory, near St. Petersburg,in 1839, and father and son carried on thework of this observatory for fifty years,the son assuming the directorship in 1862.Two sons of Otto Wilhelm Struve, both'of whom were to become directors of observatories, were born at Pulkova ; Ludwig,father of the new Yerkes director, andKarl Hermann. Karl Hermann, workingsuccessively at observatories in Strasbourg,Paris, Dorpat and Pulkova, which by thattime had built its great 30-inch refractor,developed important new techniques in themicrometric measurements of planetarysatellites and double stars. He becamedirector of the observatory at Koenigsbergin east Prussia in 1895, and in 1905 wascalled to the directorship of the Universityof Berlin's Observatory, where he supervised the erection of the present structureoutside the city at Neu Babelsberg. Hisson, George, is now a member of the NeuBabelsberg staff.Friedrich Georg Wilhelm, Otto Wilhelm, and Karl Hermann, three generations of astronomers, all received the GoldMedal of the Royal Astronomical Society,a distinction awarded, according to Dr.Frost, "with great judgment and objectiv-ity."Ludwig, another son of Otto WilhelmStruve, and father of the Yerkes director,served at Pulkova from 1880 to 1886, andthen at Dorpat for eight years until 1894,when he was appointed director of the observatory at the University of Kharkov, inthe Ukraine. Among his achievements werethe determination of the constant of precession and of the motion of the solarsystem. He also derived the diameter ofthe moon from the occultation of faint starsduring eclipses.Otto Struve, who now becomes theYerkes director, with the second largesttelescope in the world under his jurisdiction,was born at Kharkov in 1897. He waseducated at the University of Kharkov,received the diploma in 19 19 and in thesame year accepted appointment as juniorinstructor under his father. In 19 17 hejoined the Imperial Russian Army as lieu-416 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEtenant and served on the Turkish front.After the disruption of the Imperial Armyand the assumption of power by the Bol-sheviki, Mr. Struve joined the armies ofthe White Russians, under Generals Deni-kin and Wrangel. When these were overthrown he went with the remnants of theWhite Armies to Gallipoli in 1920, andfrom there to Constantinople in 1921, wherehe supported himself until Dr. Frost, atthe request of the Berlin Struves, undertook to find him a post in America.Meanwhile his father, forced to fleeKharkov in 19 19 because of the BolshevistRevolution, found haven teaching at theUniversity of Simferopol until his deaththe following year. Dr. Frost notes thatan ancestor of General Wrangel collaborated with the earliest of the Struve astronomers on a geodetic problem between 1821and 1831.The new director joined the Yerkes staffin 1 92 1 as a graduate student assistant,assigned to work with Dr. Frost in thefield of stellar spectroscopy. He collaborated with Dr. Frost on several pieces ofresearch, and contributed many articles tothe Astrophysical Journal, the Astrono-mische Nachrichten and the MonthlyNotices of the Royal Astronomical Society.He received the Ph.D. at Chicago in 1923.As a Guggenheim fellow he studied withProfessor Eddington in England in 1928-29 and he has also worked at the HarvardObservatory and the Mt. Wilson Observatory. He was married in 1925 to MissMary Lanning of Detroit and received hisnaturalization papers in 1927. The University of Chicago Press is now publishingthe results of a spectroscopic study of theremarkable eclipsing binary star 7 epsilonAurigae, which has been under observation at Yerkes for many years, as a collaboration of Professors Frost, Struve andElvey. "Dr. Struve has achieved remarkableresults in the short period of not yet 11years," Dr. Frost said on his retirementlast month. "As for myself, I am justnow moving into our new house adjacentto the Observatory woods, and shall besufficiently occupied with writing andfinishing up two books, which are nearly completed, and giving occasional popularlectures, as they may be called for."Dr. Frost's blindness set in graduallyfollowing the completion of a fifteen yearprogram of stellar observation to map,classify and determine the velocities of thestars in the Orion constellation. He hasbeen a pioneer in the use of the spectroscope, by which astronomers can calculatethe diameters, masses, densities, speeds anddirections of the stars, as well as determinetheir component elements. He becamedirector at Yerkes in 1905 when ProfessorGeorge E. Hale left to become director atMt. Wilson Observatory. The YerkesObservatory now has more than 50,000photographs and spectrograms of theheavens, which, Dr. Frost says, will be morevaluable 1000 years from now than theyare today. Among the prominent astronomers who have been his students are EdwinHubble of Mt. Wilson and the followingheads of observatories: Adams of Mt.Wilson; Jordan of Pittsburg; Schlesingerof Yale; and Moorehouse of Iowa.During his lifetime, Dr. Frost points out,the universe has "expanded," in the conception of astronomers, a million times, because of the use of new instruments. Likemany leading astronomers Dr. Frost hasa religious temperament, and he sees noscientific inconsistency in the conception ofa dominant spiritual power behind the universe, touching and modifying the humanspirit.Professor Kurt Laves, a member of theUniversity's Department of Astronomysince 1893, the year following the openingof the University, also retired from activeduty, at the age of 65, this July 1st.*****A. primitive Indian tribe which drawsfiner lines of social acceptability than anybig-city society matron, and which weighssocial faux-pas down to the fourth and fifthgenerations, was described last month byKalervo Oberg, graduate student of anthropology at the University of Chicago,who returned to the Midway after spendinga year with the Tlingit Indians of southwestern Alaska.Oberg left Chicago in June of 1931 t0NEWS OF THE QUADRANGLES 417gather material for a doctoral dissertationon the social economy of the Tlingits, mostnortherly and most primitive of the Northwest Coast groups, and spent seven monthssnowed in at the tiny Tlingit village ofKlukwan, twenty-five miles inland from thecoast town of Haines, Alaska.Social status is an all-important factorin the tribal life, Oberg reported to Dr.Fay-Cooper Cole, chairman of the University's anthropology department. The "SocialRegister" is complicated by five major considerations which the local Ward McAllisters must take into account, anddisputes over social rating are not uncommon, Oberg said.Trained as an economist, Oberg wasinterested primarily in comparing theprocess of the accumulation and distributionof wealth among the Tlingits with the sameprocess among modern white men. TheTlingits are rapidly disappearing as a racialtype, due to intermarriage with whites andthe inroads of white men's diseases, andonly about 1,000 survive along a 400-milestrip of coast, he found.Culturally, the Tlingits have also succumbed to the white man's ideas, but manyof the older tribal practices persist, particularly the social ratings. Oberg sought toreconstruct the social and economic life ofthe tribe as it existed before 1900, and helearned much from the older natives, despite their reticence.Evidences of witchcraft, of the purchaseof wives, and even of slavery, still persist,Oberg found."As is so often the case in our society,wealth is accumulated among the Tlingitsnot so much for real economic uses — that is,food, shelter and clothing — as for the attainment of social prestige," Oberg reports."The difference is that the Tlingit is ratedaccording to how much he can give away."The "potlatch," a ceremonial feast inwhich the host gives away most of hiswealth, apportioning it according to thesocial status of his guests, is the only devicethrough which a Tlingit can improve hisown status. The wealth consists of blankets, furs, copper shields, shells and otherobjects carrying ceremonial significance. This is strictly "Indian-giving," however,since the host, or his nephews, or theirnephews, receive back the gifts or theirequivalent at later potlatches.One Northwest Coast Indian, according to Oberg, is reputed to have worked fortwenty years to gather gifts for a grandpotlatch, after which he became a pauper,with, however, considerable prestige. Thepotlatch entitles the giver to add insigniato his family crest, or hat, or totem, and tosing certain ceremonial songs. Obergpointed out that the Indians of the middlewest and east attained prestige by their featsas warriors, while the California Indiansused "shamanistic" spirit rites for the samepurpose. The Northwest Coast group depend on the potlatch, their wars being confined to feuds, largely over women, according to Oberg.*****As we go to press it appears that approximately 90% of the freshmen who enteredthe University under the new plan last fallsuccessfully met the difficult comprehensiveexaminations given for the first time thisJune. That is: Four examinations wereoffered, one each in the physical sciences,the biological sciences, the social sciences,and the humanities; most of the erstwhilefreshmen attempted three of the four tests ;and the percentage of failures in the fourexaminations ranged from 8% to 11%.vf? vf? tJ? 5jc vjcPersonal'. Vice-President Frederic Woodward, who has been in the Far East duringthe past year as a member of the Laymen'sMission Inquiry Commission, returned toChicago Saturday July 9th and resumed hisUniversity duties the following Monday. President and Mrs. Hutchins arespending the summer in Holland, Germany,Switzerland and France Twenty-five members of the faculty are studying,observing and vacationing in Europe, andat least four were in Berlin for the electionsof July 31st, Professors Charles E. Merriamand Harold Lasswell of the Department ofPolitical Science, Professor Samuel Harperof the Department of History, and ProfessorSamuel Nerlove, of the School of Businessnee Commerce and Administration.By William V. Morgenstern, '20; J.D., '22THERE being no coordination between the deadline of this scholasticjournal and the report of the examining board which is marking the freshmancomprehensives, the mid-summer survey ofthe football team must be compiled withoutdefinite information as to eligibility of mostof the numeral winners. Preliminary tidings are that as a group the freshmen faredwell, and the large majority of the numeralwinners are eligible, but in a few importantinstances the rumors are somewhat disquieting. All of the varsity men, excepttwo, are definitely eligible. The two laggards are in no deep distress and are certainto be available by September. That nucleusof experienced men gives a very fine foundation on which to build a first class team.With or without various of the freshmen,the prospects are excellent and the forty-first of Mr. Stagg's teams will acquit itselfwell in the autumn. But, as has been remarked before, the presence of one or twomen can add approximately twenty percentto the effectiveness of the team.The list of potential candidates is this:Centers — Keith Parsons, 182; RaymondZenner, 170; Robert Reneker, 195, varsity,and Caspar H. Hilton, 190, sophomore.Guards and tackles — Zenner, Walter Man-eikis, 200; William E. Berg, 170; WayneRapp, 166; Robert Shapiro, 183; WilliamCassels, 196; John Spearing, 197; GeorgeSchnur, 175, all of the varsity; RobertCummings, 210, who was not eligible asa sophomore; John Womer, 180; FrankSpearing, 195 ; E. C. Patterson, 175 ; RobertLindahl, 180; Edmund Wolfenson, 170,sophomores. Ends — Pompeo Toigo, 168;Warren Bellstrom, 163; Frank Thomson,168, varsity; Barton Smith, 167; L. J.Ayres, 175; John Baker, 168, sophomores.Quarter backs — Vinson Sahlin, 165, varsity; H. O. Page, Jr., 177, ineligible last year; Tom Flinn, 158, sophomore. Backs —Capt. Donald Birney, 160; Pete Zimmer,174; Allan Summers, 160; Robert Wallace,160, and Bernard Johnson, 153, varsity;Cecil Storey, 185; Edward Cullen, 185,sophomores.From tackle to tackle, the Chicago linewill be as good as any it will face. It willbe big, fast, and keen. Parsons lookedbetter in spring practice than he ever hasbefore. He passes accurately and he handleshimself cleverly. Zenner has the reputation of being unreliable as a passer, but heplayed the latter part of the '3 1 season whenParsons was ill, and he made no seriouserrors. He is aggressive and slides througha line consistently. Hilton needs seasoning, but can be worked into a dependable relief man. If he is eligible, Parsons may betried out at end. Maneikis, who broke hiswrist last September, is a powerful playerwho has improved greatly. Both Rapp andBerg came along in the latter part of the1 93 1 season and will be distinctly usefulthis year. Shapiro is big, and Mr. Stagghad high hopes of him last autumn. Rightnow the "Old Man" is not certain whichmen he will try at guard and which attackle, and a number of the players willinterchange between these positions. Wolfenson, who was not out in the autumn, isa very good prospect for guard ; Lindahl haspromise, and Patterson, is a hard working,smart player, who could use a little moreweight. Both regular tackles of last year,John Spearing and Bill Cassels, are back.A sinus infection threatened to keepSpearing out, but he has recovered. FrankSpearing, brother of John, is much fartheradvanced than John was as a sophomore,because of his high school experience. Hebroke a wrist in June but will be ready toplay. Jbhn Womer was probably the outstanding lineman on the freshman squad418ATHLETICS 419last year. He knows the game, and has alot of fire to his play. Cummings haspotentialities, but he never has been certainwhether or not he wanted to play, and heis at present not definitely a candidate.Schnur has improved during the last twoyears and now is a workmanlike tackle.End is the one position where morestrength could be used. There is not theruggedness there that is so exceptionallyabundant in the rest of the line. Smithis sure to be an outstanding player, for heis clever in handling himself and is wellequipped with football sense. He will beunexcelled as a pass receiver, and in addition is a phenomenal kicker who can average60 yards or better. Toigo is a fighter whothrows everything he has into a play.Thomson and Bellstrom both were usedregularly last year and developed. Ayresmay develop into a good man ; Baker, whosebrother Cameron played several seasons ago,was a high school center who showed someaptitude for the wing position in springpractice.Put a backfield that includes the Cali-fornian, Storey, behind that line, and theenthusiasm that will be generated by theteam's performance among the LaSalle St.coaches, who became inactive several yearsago, may bring a business revival. Storeyis one of those rare athletes who comes oncein a generation. He can do for the Chicagoteam of the present what John Thomas andAustin McCarty did in the golden daysten years ago. Last autumn, when Mr.Stagg was getting the team ready for Wisconsin, he had a perfectly satisfactory defense evolved, until he scrimmaged thevarsity against the freshmen. Storey, starting from two and one-half yards behindcenter, ripped the varsity line for fifteen andtwenty yards per rip. The "Old Man" almost abandoned his defense, until he happened to think that Schneller of the Badgersmight not be Storey. As events proved onSaturday, the Wisconsin player was a veryineffectual principal for his impersonator.Sahlin, the elusive back of last season,who ran the team with practically perfectjudgment against Illinois, is first choice forquarter. The "General," as Coach Stagg named him in practice, is a confident youngman who will take a chance, but he is notreckless and knows when to nurse a lead.He ought to be a fine leader of the team.Flinn is another shrewd quarter, and thejunior Page has judgment and capacity forthe critical business of calling plays. Pagewill be used most of the time as a back,and despite Smith's unquestioned ability,will do the punting. He has a very fastrhythm in his kicking and gets plenty ofdistance. In backing up a line and as ablocker, Page will be of great value. Heplays a relentless, sullen type of game, andhis energy never gives out. The otherchoice for the starting backfield would appear to be Pete Zimmer, who is fast and afair passer. Zimmer needed confidence lastyear, but his eighty-yard run against Iowawill help him, and a few more games willincrease his finesse. With Sahlin and Zimmer for wide plays, Storey as the bucker,and Page to clear the way, the backfield hasjust about everything except skilfull passing.Cullen, who played center in high school,was turned into a fullback by Coach Stagg,because of his quick pickup and speed.Cullen is green in the backfield, but evenwith the little training he has had in theposition, he looks distinctly good. It willbe another season before he learns the tricksof an experienced back, but his ability to getgoing will enable him to gain consistentlyeven though he knows little about deception. Summers is a good defensive man,more than fairly fast, and is a threat as aleft-handed passer. Birney's best abilitiesare defensive, but he is a reliable all-roundplayer, who can carry the ball and punt andpass. Wallace's speed is a big asset, andhe demonstrated last year that he was learning how to make it effective. Mahoney, aplayer of the driving type, is another backwho will be quite useful.Last year, Mr. Stagg had to make considerable modifications in his offense becauseit was too difficult for the players to master.After it had been simplified, the team usedit very successfully, and the offense was animportant element in the steady improvement of the Chicago eleven. This spring420 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEthe "Old Man" made various changes whichadded to the efficiency of his plays. Theoffense was not demonstrated in the exhibition game which closed the practice, and itprobably will be saved for Yale.The first game this autumn comes onSept. 24, only nine days after the openingof practice, but that interval should besufficient to get ready for Monmouth. Thenext game is at Yale, on Oct. 8, a practiceengagement for the easterners, who willrefuse to take Chicago with any seriousness,after the massacre of last year. A fullstrength Maroon team is likely to causeconsiderable surprise in the Yale Bowl, forall the intangibles are in favor of Chicago.A victory at Yale would rehabilitate Chicago, both in spirit and in the eyes of thepublic. If the team takes that game itwill go on to other unexpected triumphs inthe conference. Beyond such restrainedenthusiasm this correspondent refuses to go,at least until the results of the "comprehensives" are officially certified.BY THE time this Magazine comesoff the press some of the events herein recorded will probably read something like ancient history — but neverthelessit's a record. About the first of June everyyear the air about the Midway becomes sotense that you can feel the electricity. I refer, without any more misleading ambiguities, to the life of the "big men and womenabout campus" of the coming academic year— the juniors. Spring of one's junior yearis a pleasant sort of a hell punctured byelections.About the first thing in June which relieved the minds of some were the selectionsof Owl and Serpent and Nu Pi Sigma, thesenior honorary societies for men and women.The membership of O. & S. for 1932-33 is:Robert F. Balsley, Delta Kappa Epsilon;Donald H. Birney, Phi Kappa Psi; JohnD. Clancy, Jr., Phi Kappa Psi; Robert C.Dodson, Chi Psi ; Jerome M. Jontry, Delta The complete schedule is copied out herefor those who rely on the Magazine fortheir sports news: Sept. 24 — Monmouth;Oct. 8 — At Yale; Oct. 15 — Knox; Oct.22 — Indiana; Oct. 29 — Illinois; Nov. 5 —Purdue; Nov. 12 — At Michigan; Nov.19 — Wisconsin.TJ* Vj? 7JC 7j£ vfcThree Chicago track men competed in thefinal Olympic trials at Palo Alto on July16, but none of them was able to make theAmerican team. Dale Letts, who wasNational Collegiate 880 yards champion andrecord holder in 1931, finished sixth in the800 meters race, three places out of thequalifying limit. John Brooks, who wonthe conference broad jump and finishedsecond in the National Collegiate, wasfourth in that event, with a leap of 24 feet,10^ inches. Anton Burg, now an instructor in the chemistry department, tied forfourth with 6 feet, 5^ inches, an inch below the winning height.Kappa Epsilon; Rube S. Frodin, Jr., PhiKappa Psi; Keith I. Parsons, Psi Upsilon;James L. Porter, Chi Psi ; Henry T. Sulcer,Psi Upsilon ; Warren E. Thompson, DeltaSigma Phi; Robert G. Wallace, Jr., AlphaDelta Phi; John M. Weir, Jr., Beta ThetaPi; Ross Whitney, Jr., Phi Delta Theta.I'm sorry that I can't give you the personnel of the ladies' group. As one of thisyear's members has said, "It just isn't thatkind of a group." And so, there it rests.*****Since the month of June, as I may haveindicated, is just one election after another,— I'll proceed.Following the publication of the 1932Cap and Gown, the outgoing staff selecteda new board of control for the coming year.John Weir, '33, Beta Theta Pi, was namededitor and John Elam, '33, Chi Psi, waschosen business manager. Incidentally,Editor Gil White of the 1932 book deservesUndergraduate RamblingsBy Rube S. Frodin, Jr., '33UNDERGRADUATEhonorable mention for the excellent bookwhich he put out this year under the mosttrying circumstances.*****Switching from publications to dramaticswe meander through Hutchinson Court andup into Mitchell Tower to find members ofthe Dramatic Association in the throes oftheir annual elections. Mirror went to workfirst and elected Loraine Ade, '33, Sigma,as the new president. Margaret Graham,'33) Sigma, was chosen vice-president.Dorothy Dunaway, '34, Rebecca Hayward,UNIVERSITYCOLLEGEThe downtown department of The University of Chicago, 18 S. Michigan Avenue,wishes the Alumni of the University andtheir friends to know that it offersEvening, Late Afternoon and Saturday ClassesTwo-Hour Sessions Once or Twice a WeekCourses Credited Toward University DegreesAutumn, Winter and Spring QuartersSummer Session, six weeks, from June 27 to Aug.25Registration Period, June 21 to 25For Information, AddressDean C. F. Huth, University College,University of Chicago, Chicago, 111. 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Thisspirit is one of the principal reasonswhy Swift & Company is knownthe world over as a purveyor offine foods.Swift & Company422 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE'33, Esoteric, and Ruth Willard, '33, willbe members-at-large on the Mirror Boardfor the coming year.Gargoyles, the acting group of the Dramatic Association, elected Jerry Jontry, '33,DKE, as president and Rosamond Morse,'33, as vice-president. Members-at-largeare: Francis Mayer-Oakes, '33, FrankSpringer, '34, Phi Delta Theta, and EdithGrossberg, '34.Tower Players, made up of those participating in the technical and business ends ofthe Association productions, named JohnMills, '33, Delta Upsilon, president andJames Henning, '34, Chi Psi, vice-president.James Edmunds, '34, Gifford Mast, '35,and Charles Tyroler, '35, comprise the remainder of the board.The joint dramatic board, consisting ofof the presidents and vice-presidents ofMirror, Gargoyles and Tower Players,elected Jerry Jontry as chairman andFrank Springer as treasurer.2l£. itS. 3&L &. 2&LTpT TjT TPT vlv vfrThe Dean of Students, George A. Works,named the new Student Committee on Student Affairs which will carry on the workof the body which this year replaced theold Undergraduate Council and the Boardof Publications, Organizations and Exhibitions. The members for 1932-33 are:Seniors — Rube S. Frodin, Jr., Phi Psi,Ross Whitney, Jr., Phi Delt, Rebecca Hayward, Esoteric, and Molly Mason, Esoteric.Juniors — Eugene Foster, DKE, and Rosemary Volk. College representatives — -LeRoy Ayers, Chi Psi, and Marie Yoeman.At a subsequent meeting of the new and oldcommittees Frodin was elected chairman forthe year. He succeeds Lawrence Schmidt,who so ably piloted the new group in thereorganization of student activities duringthe past two quarters. Molly Mason waselected secretary.*****Before we proceed with any more of theseelection returns which mean so much tosome and so little to others — let us takenote of an interesting state of business affairsamong campus activities. There was nota financial failure among any of the publications, dramatic productions or social affairs. The Washington Prom made moremoney than ever before — and still it was abetter party for less money. The I-F ball,the Military Ball, the Sophomore cabaretparty, the Frosh formal, and it is reported,the Junior-Senior dance, all made money,the profits ranging from $1.05 on the freshman affair to over $100 on the Washington Prom. The Dramatic association closedits most successful year in history, with afour-night run of a Wilder bill as a highpoint. Blackfriars, under the guidance ofChet Laing, managed to pull through ahard year without a deficit. The publications fared as well as could be expected.The Phoenix and the Cap and Gown madea little more than expenses. The DailyMaroon will have a net profit of around$2700 to $3000 when all of the outstandingaccounts are cleared up.*****President Robert Maynard Hutchins appointed the following twenty outstandingjuniors as aides and marshals for the yearof 1932-33: Keith Parsons, head marshal,Robert Balsley, Harold Dunkel, RubeFrodin, Bion Howard, James Porter, HenrySulcer, Warren Thompson, John Weir,and Raymond Zenner. Rebecca Hayward,senior aide, Loraine Ade, Golde Breslich,Clara Breslove, Maxine Creviston, EstherFeuchtwanger, Elizabeth Milchrist, MarthaMiller, Ruth Willard, and Eleanor Wilson.*****Forty-five University students wereelected to Phi Beta Kappa at the end of thespring quarter. Of these five were chosenas a result of their leadership in undergraduate life during their residence at theUniversity. They were Chet Laing, abbotof Blackfriars; Elizabeth Parker, Mirrorboard member; Louis Ridenour, editor ofThe Daily Maroon; Lawrence Schmidt,senior manager of Intramurals ; and GeorgeVan der Hoef , business manager of the Dramatic Association.Chicagoans elected to the society were:Joseph J. Abbell, Max Barth, Ralph B.Bowersox, Elsa G. Broida, Abraham M.Chorner, Gershon B. Ferson, William B.Graham, Marjorie McChesney Hamilton,Elva F. Henicksnian, Ruth A. Hurd, JeanneTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 423Albert Teachers' Agency25 E. 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Kahn, Victor Lorber,John M. Lynch, Dorothy R. Mohr, IrvenNaiman, Ralph M. Perry, John C. Plotz,Oscar L. Scherr, Sam Schoenberg, FrankSchubel, Robert C. Tschaeglo, Seymour W.Weisberg, and Jane Wolfsohn.Students from the Chicago region were:Faye E. Bates, La Grange, 111. ; Richard E.Clark, Oak Park, 111.; Michael Ference,Jr., Whiting, Ind. ; Everett C. Olson, Hinsdale, 111.; Harold J. Plumley, Oak Park,111. ; Joseph T. Zoline, Oak Park, 111. ; andMrs. Marjorie C. Dewire.Out of town students elected to the societywere: Isadore A. Aarons, Savannah, Ga. ;John L. Bastian, Philadelphia, Pa.; CarlHerbert Denbow, Ashland, O.; MildredL. Dunham, Kansas City, Mo.; NormanN. Gill, Milwaukee, Wis.; William D.Kuhns, Dayton, O.; Herman E. Ries, Jr.,South Bend, Ind.; Julia R. Titterington,Kansas City, Mp. ; and Joseph E. West,Peru, Ind.&. 2&L Jfc. Jit 23&vfr Tfr vf? 7fr v[+The Old Bird, with its wings torn everywhich way during the past year, has thefollowing board of control for the comingyear: Joe Zoline, '33, Phi Sigma Delta,editor; Ray Dunne, '34, A.T.O., business manager; and Ingred Peterson, "33, PiDelta Phi, women's editor.Also closing a year of internal strife,The Daily Maroon selected as members ofthe senior board of control for 1932-33:Warren E. Thompson, editor-in-chief;Edgar L. Goldsmith, Zeta Beta Tau,business manager; Rube S. Frodin, Jr.,managing editor; John D. Clancy, Jr.,circulation and collection manager ; MaxineCreviston and James F. Simon, Zeta BetaTau, senior editors.7jy tt* tjc ¦Jj? yfcWith compulsory physical culture a thingof the past the Intramural department looksforward to a year of expansion with thefollowing students directing the activities:Robert Howard, Psi U; Henry Sulcer, PsiU ; and Melville Lynch, Phi Pi Phi, as thesenior managers. The new junior managersare: Frank Carr, Phi Kappa Psi; RufusReed, Chi Psi; and Phil Shanedling, PhiSigma Delta.*3s. *V. *b> *&• «*»7|y vjv Tlv Tjv ?|yNow that this long list of names hasbeen reeled off for no good reason at all,your correspondent takes off for a hot summer in Chicago.NEWS OF THE CLASSESAND ASSOCIATIONSCollege1898Mrs. Robert A. Hall (Lolabell House, A.M.,)heads the department of economics and civicsat Bay Ridge High School, Brooklyn, N. Y.1899Charles W. Chase is president of the GaryStreet Railways, and is soon to become presidentof the Indianapolis Street Railway Company,the second largest concern of its kind in thecountry. Mr. Chase heads a buying companywhich will purchase the property, which hasbeen in receivership since April.1904Edward G. Woods, ex, general counsel forHearst Publications in Chicago, is in Michael Reese Hospital, recuperating from injuries suffered in an automobile accident, May 11.1909Mrs. Charles Lyman Brown (Lillian Cush-man) is a member of the Speakers Bureau forthe Child Study Association of America.1910Isaac Newton Warner is instructor in mathematics at State Teachers College, Platteville,Wis. *** Harry S. Richards is assistant to theCuyahoga County Budget Commissioner, withoffice headquarters at Cleveland.1911Paul H. Davis has been reelected president ofthe Chicago Stock Exchange ***Charles VernonStansell, A.M., now of the editorial staff of theTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 425TRAVELFor Reservations, Tickets/ All Steamship Linesand Travel OrganizationsLESTER F. BLAIRTravel Service Bureau— University of Chicago5758 Ellis Ave. Phones Midway 0800 and Plaza 3858 WAREHOUSE LOCATIONSFACTORY AND WAREHOUSELOCATIONS, INC.35 E. Wacker DriveJ. C. Erickson Huntington B. 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HANSELCEMENT CONTRACTORFloors Our Specialty824 Wrightwood Ave. Phone Bittersweet 2259Let Us Do Your Cement WorkL. GUNGGOLL COMPANYConcrete Contractors for 30 Years6417 So. Park Ave.Normal 0434 Phones Wentworth 1799CHIROPODISTDR. G. L. BIERSMITHFoot Specialist and Chiropodist1133 East Sixty-Third St.PHONE MIDWAY 1828CLEANERS AND DYERSTHE NEW DREXELCleaners and DyersWe Clean Everything from Gloves to Rugs9x12 Rugs Cleaned on Both Sides, Only $2.004720-22 Cottage Grove Ave.Phone Kenwood 6001, 6002, 6003, 6004426 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEKansas City Times, delivered the alumni addressat Furman University, June 2. *** Esmond R.Long leaves in July for Philadelphia to becomedirector of the Henry Phipps Institute for theStudy, Treatment and Prevention of Tuberculosis ; he will also teach in the Pathology Department of the University of Pennsylvania.He was awarded the Annual Trudean Medal ofthe National Tuberculosis Association at itsannual meeting in June. *** Eric W. Hardy,A.M., is dean of the Academy of RichmondCounty, and of the Junior College of Augusta,Georgia. The two schools are operated underone administration, which also administers theAugusta Training School for Teachers. TheAcademy will enter its 150th year of continuousservice in September.1912Harry K. Herwitz is with the AmalgamatedClothing Workers' Association of New York.*** Amelia A. Buch writes cheerily that she isteaching the young American, golfing, and enjoying a home study course under ProfessorLyman. *** A. Boyd Pixley, ex, is "still cateringto the hungry at Pixley-Oehlers Restaurants, and,during spare moments, directing the band of thefamous Black Horse Troop."***Frank C. Hechtis chairman of the Committee on Zoning andCity Planning of the Cook County Real EstateBoard.1916Lawrence E. Salisbury, second secretary tothe Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, has been detailed tothe State Department for duty. He was sent toMukden in October by Secretary of State Stim-son, with George Hanson, American ConsulGeneral at Harbin, China, to make a joint survey of conditions which brought about the Sino-Japanese crisis. The documents resulting fromthe survey were used by the League of Nationsin efforts toward pacification. *** Mrs. HenryB. Freeman (Ruth Manerre) has returned toHinsdale to live after three years in the east. ***RushSecretary's ReportAnother Annual Meeting and another secretary's report.No active work has been undertaken by theAlumni during the past year. The action of theadministration assuring the continuation ofundergraduate medicine on the west side foran indefinite period is the matter of most interestto the Rush Alumni.Rush's identity as an undergraduate school isthus given its proper emphasis and support whilethe students continue to enjoy and profit by theunsurpassed Clinical facilities of the great westside medical center. Meanwhile the greatAlumni body exercises its beneficent influence inincreasing measure throughout the length andbreadth of our glorious land. The following officers are elected for threeyears: President, Charles A. Parker, '91; FirstVice President, George Coleman, '13; SecondVice President, Rudolph Holmes, '93 ; Third VicePresident, Leon Block, '03; Necrologist, FrankAllin, '05; Treasurer-Secretary, Carl O. Rinder, '13.Directors elected for three years are: F. B.Moorehead, '06, and S. R. Slaymaker, '92; fortwo years: George M. Curtis, '21, and CharlesM. Baker; for one year: Josiah J. Moore, '12,and Nathan P. Colwell, '00. Delegates to theAlumni Council will be: W. A. Thomas, '16,Clark Finnerud, '19, and Edward Stieglitz, '22.Rush Necrology ReportOne hundred twenty-seven Rush alumni havebeen called out of our ranks during the yearending June 1, 1932. The oldest of these was94, and the youngest 28 ; the average age is considerably higher this year, being 68.73, whilelast year it was 64.8. The class of 1887 lostseven, the most of any class, while the classesof 1893, 1896 and 1897 each lost six members.******1866: James E. Sutton.1870: Thomas Blakeslee.1871: Henry Jones, Rinaldo E. Egbert, John A.White.1872: Cyrus M. Easton.1873: Charles Frederick King.1874: James E. Cowan.1875: William Harvah Watson.1876: Robert R. Williams.1877: Henry Charles Kerber.1878: William Warren Furber; Levi N. Hicks;Emanuel Cross Nolan; Samuel Ross Miller;Edward Newby Wheeler.1879: Otto Tiger Freer.1880: John Crittenden Nichols; MarshallThomas Mastin; Mortimer Lambert Hildreth;Lucien Edward Murray; George L. Turner;Robert Leonard Boon.1881: Lorenzo Boorse; Samuel Jennings Guy.1882: Charles W. McPherson; Wilbur T. Sar-les; Francis Sanburn Bascom; William G.Kemper.i883: Thomas Green Isherwood ; William SteeleMcClanahan; Perry C. Thompson; ClarenceWilbur Leigh; James H. Clark.1884: James Thomas Clark; George FranklinSpencer; George Elbridge Emanuel; ClarenceAlonzo McGuire; James Weston Miller.1885; Henry William Fred Bartells ; SamuelLuther McCreight; Charles Travis Drennen.1886: Marion LaFayette Robey; Libni BenjamineHayman; Carl Hatterman; Winfield ScottWalker; Franklin Henry Staley.1887: Robert B. Clark; Herman J. Hensley;Frederick R. Kleene; Elmer Ellsworth Lytle;Newton James Rice; Harvey H. Bellwood;Seth Thomas Morrill.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 427COAL5900 STEWART 3952AUBURN COAL & MATERIAL CO.COAL- COKE- BUILDING MATERIAL7443 So. Racine Ave. ChicagoALL PHONES ENGLEWOOD 2606Our Yards Cover the Entire CityHeritage Coal CompanyMain Office 101-33 East 63rd StreetCorner Michigan Blvd., ChicagoJ. J. HERITAGE, President FLOWERS — continuedObergfs Flower ShopFLOWERS WIRED THE WORLD OVERTelephones: Fairfax 3670-36711461-63 East 57th St.FLOOR SURFACINGL. C. 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Superior 5381- 2Henkel & Best Co.439 North Michigan AvenueDesigners and Manufacturers ofArtistic Lighting FixturesLOCKSMITHSOldest - - Largest - - LocksmithsS &> S KEY SERVICEKeys Made While U Hesitate6420 Cottage Grove , Mid. 3643-4-5428 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE1888: John Moeller; David James Reynish;Francis Marion Ingalls; John Comber Doo-little ; James Harvey Innis.1889: Lewis Bramwell Collier; John AbrahamFreeborn; Hugh Thomas Walker.1890: Edward Alexander Couper; Harry M.Ferguson; Charles Wesley Carr; David William Stevenson.1891: Louis Michel Young; John J. Driscoll;James Edward Reynolds; William H. Muel-chi ; Carlton Monroe McGuire.1892: Sylvester E. Hutchins; Arthur MacNeal;Buell Sumner Rogers ; Herman C. Hill.1893: John Leslie Shephard; William HerrickNewman; George W. Rezanka ; Guy W.Wormley; Fremont Elmer Chandler ;. RichardLord.1894: Emil Windmueller; William N. Nolan.1895: Fred Drury Hollenbeck; William NelsonMenefee.1896: Henry Abram Berry; Archibald AngusKerr; Albert Leonard Miller; Merlin Chaun-cey Johnston; Thomas Walsh; Bert LeanderEiker.1897: Ludvig Brustad; Renfred EastlakeDoidge; Frederick Barrett; Charles C. Cum-mings ; Theodore J. Schweer; John OwenDuguid.1898: John Allen Anderson.1899: Leon William Shannon; John EdwardStanton.1900: Morton Wallace Bland; Charles EdwardIde; William Sheldon Wilcox; Charles MacDonald; Merrit B. Hook.1901: Roy B. Leach; Carlos M. White; JosephJ. Carter.1902: Joseph Benjamine Goldberg; Otto Hol-linger; Earl Gilbert Coverdale.1903 : Amos F. Hamman.1904: Herbert Nelson Leete; Jacob T. Cramer.1906: Herman Andrew Regue.1907: Dudley Watson Day.1911: John Hancock McClennan.1914: Ernest Gustav Nathaniel Tilmanns.1916: Celestin Benno Semerak; Charles PaulEngel.1918: Merrill Maitland Meyers.1919: Cassius Milo Coldren, Jr.1922: Harry Carson Olmsted.1924: Stanley Maxwell Crowe.1925: Joseph Clark Stephenson.1927: Clarence Eugene Applegate.1931: John William Hopkins.1877William A. Burnham, M.D., of Boulder,Colorado, is now retired from active practice.1880J. A. Badgley, M.D., is Medical Director ofthe DeKalb County Tuberculosis Sanatorium,and engages in active practice in medicine andsurgery. 1881T. J. Dunn writes that he is living at Dieterich,Illinois.1901Jeremiah Metzger, M.D., has returned froma year's study in Vienna, to set up a sanatoriumfor heart disease with his San Francisco associates. He will act as Supervising Director ofthe new institution.1904Austin A. Hayden, '02, M.D., is the newlyelected president of the Chicago Medical Society.Dr. Hayden is a prominent eye, ear, nose andthroat specialist.1914Merrill Well, '12, M.D., is convalescing from asevere illness at his home in Grand Rapids.1917Louis Bothman, '15, M.D., spent the last halfyear taking a trip around the world. Part ofthe time he spent in India doing optical surgery.Now he is back in Chicago, where he is an associate clinical professor of ophtholmology at theBillings Hospital. *** Marie Ortmayer, '06, M.D.,has moved her south side office to 1207 East60th Street, Chicago.1924Clifford L. Dougherty, M.D., is an instructorin oto-laryngology at Rush Medical College.1925C. O. Heimdal, M.D., is secretary-treasurerof the Aurora Medical Society, and secretary ofthe St. Charles hospital staff. *** William M.Swickard, '22, M.D., is associated with ClintonD. Swickard in the practice of medicine andsurgery at Charleston, 111. *** Edward W. Griffey, '22, M.D., is limiting his practice toophtholmology. His home is in Houston, Texas.1926J. E. Gahringer, '23, S.M. '24, M.D., ispracticing at Wenatchee, Washington.1929A. C. Surber, Jr., M.D., is with the Bureau ofMedicine and Surgery of the Navy Department.1932Ivar Eugene Dolph, M.D., is in general practice in Chicago ***Mark T. Williams, M.D., isassociated with Dr. J. A. Wimberley, at 1457Devon, Chicago. *** Ross V. Parks, M.D., hascompleted his interneship at King County Hospital in Seattle, and is beginning work at Belle-vue Hospital, New York, in Fourth DivisionSurgery.LawLaw School ReunionProfessor Joseph H. Beale, of the HarvardLaw School, world authority on Conflict of Laws,THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 429MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSAMERICAN CONSERVATORY of MUSICFORTY-FIFTH SEASONAll branches of music and dramatic art. Certificates,Degrees. Nationally accredited. Enter any time.Address: Free catalog.John R. 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Call ;Affiliated Boarding Schools Ass'n.1112 Marshall Field Annex, ChicagoTel. Central 0345 Miss S. H. Shultz, DirectorPRACTICAL BUSINESS TRAININGBusiness Administration, Executive-Secretarial14 Other Practical Courses -Train for Assured SuccessCollege Grade Courses 76th Year Write for CatalogBRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE18 South Michigan Avenue Randolph 1575PLASTERINGMONAHAN BROS., Inc.CONTRACTING PLASTERERS201 North Wells StreetPhone Central 4584 TIMELY ART GUIDANCEExperienced • Progressive • SuccessfulSummer Session Starts July 6Fall Session September 6 — 30th YearCHICAGO ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS1 8 South Michigan Avenue - ChicagoRIDINGMidway Riding Academy6037 Drexel AvenueExpert InstructorsBeautiful Bridle Path and Good HorsesUniversity of Chicago Riding HeadquartersMidway 9571 Phone Dorchester 8041 CHICAGO COLLEGE of MUSICEsther Harris, Pres. and FounderPiano — Vocal — Violin — Dancing — Dramatic — Etc.12th Floor Kimball Bldg.306 S. Wabash Ave. Tel. Wabash 3644ROOFINGGROVE ROOFING CO.(Giililand)Old Roofs Repaired— New Roofs Put On20 Years at6644 Cottage Grove Ave.Fairfax 3206 THE CHICAGO LATIN SCHOOLFOR BOYSPreparation from Kindergarten to CollegeOur Graduates make excellent University Records1531 N. Dearborn Pkwy. SUPERIOR 5734RUG CLEANERSTEL. TRIANGLE 3640 ESTABLISHED 1910GRAGG — Certified Rug CleanersOF ORIENTAL AND DOMESTICRUGS AND CARPETS EXCLUSIVELY911-13-15-17 East 75th Street COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOLPrepare for Leading Colleges in Months not YearsHigh School Requirements in Shortest TimeConsistent with Thorough InstructionMorning and Evening Classes23 East Jackson Blvd. Webster 244843Q THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEwho was the founder and first Dean of the University of Chicago Law School, addressed thetwenty-fifth anniversary dinner of the LawSchool Association on June 14, 1932, at the Congress Hotel. He was greeted by 212 people, thelargest gathering in the history of the Association. It was a fitting close to the administration of President Charles P. Schwartz, J.D., '09,the only President to serve two terms, who hasinitiated many activities that have made the Association more vigorous and significant than everbefore. The meeting was not only the biggestbut the best from the standpoint of the programand the camaraderie of the crowd.Professor Beale was asked by President William R. Harper to undertake the founding of theLaw School. Professor Beale stipulated onlythat he should have the privilege of employingProfessor James Parker Hall, then teaching atLeland Stanford University, which was granted.The, first faculty included Professor ErnestFreund, the only one still with the Law School.Class rooms and a library were provided firstin the Press building and instruction began inthe fall of 1902. Erection of the new law building was begun soon, and it was opened in 1904.Professor Beale brought Frederick W. Schenkfrom Harvard to act as Librarian, and he is stillon the job. Also Mr. Beale in the second yearsecured Professor Floyd R. Mechem (now deceased) from Michigan and the present DeanHarry A. Bigelow from Honolulu. When Professor Beale left in the spring of 1904, ProfessorHall became Dean and so continued until hisdeath in 1928.Professor Freund said he was sure that whatever Professor Beale might say of the Law Schooland of others he would say little of himself;hence Professor Freund emphasized the personaland executive qualities that made ProfessorBeale's work successful. Dean Bigelow addedhis own recollections and paid his tribute toProfessor Beale.President Schwartz reviewed the Association'stwenty-five years. It has grown from about 150to over 2,000 and includes judges, statesmen, university presidents, and law school teachers andauthors. Locally, it has committees on employment, curriculum and Law School relations.Seminar evening classes for graduates in practicewere started in the fall of 1931, and were oversubscribed. Certain of the Seniors were given achance to do work in the offices of the UnitedStates District Attorney and the CorporationCounsel of Chicago. At the last three luncheonsheld this year over 400 persons were present ateach.The first President of the Association, HarryLurie, J.D., '05, told of the first class taught byProfessor Beale. A certain green Freshman —name given on request — asked: "What should agood lawyer know?" Professor Beale's answerwas: "Everything."Most of the former Presidents of the Associa tion were present, and were asked to make abow. The Association has had only two Secretaries — Rudolph E. Schreiber, J.D., '08, whoserved eleven years, and Charles F. McElroy,J.D. '15, fourteen years. Schreiber added morereminiscences, but McElroy was permittedmerely to bow.For the five-year classes responses were madefor 1907 by Dan C. Webb, of Knoxville, Tennessee ; for 1912 by Judge Walter P. Steffen; for1917 by Clay Judson; for 1922 by Dwight H.Green (Assistant United States District Attorney, nemesis of Al Capone) ; for 1927 by MaxSwiren.About forty members of the graduating classwere guests of the Association. As a surprisefeature a group of them contributed some songswith takeoffs on the profession — a la the smoker.After weighing the evidence, Arnold R. Baar,J.D. '14, moved that since there was nothing elsewe could put them into, we should at least receivethem into the Association, and the motion wascarried.Leo J. Carlin, J.D. '19, was Chairman of thecommittee on arrangements.Officers elected for the coming year were:President, Dwight P. Green, J.D. '12Vice-President, Willard L. King, J.D. '17Secretary-Treasurer, Charles F. McElroy,J.D. '15Delegates to Alumni Council:Dwight P. GreenCharles P. Schwartz, J.D. '09Charles F. McElroy1909Paul M. O'Donnell, '08, J.D., writes us that heis "practicing law and rearing a beautifuldaughter."1912J. Wilbur Hicks, J.D., has a large practicein Greenville, S. Car.1917Roy Massena, J.D., reports that the law firmwith which he is connected, Deneen, Healy andLee, has moved to the Harris Trust Building.1918LeRoy Campbell, '15, J.D., is counsel for theVoluntary Defenders Committee of the LegalAid Society, a group of lawyers who give theirservices in cases where the defendants cannotafford legal aid.1920Earl B. Dickerson, J.D., was appointed by theDemocratic State Convention as Alternate Dele-gate-at-large to the National Convention.1924Jerome Hall, '22, J.D., is professor of law atthe University of North Dakota. *** Thane T.Swartz, '22, J.D., has been admitted to membership in the firm of Brown, Fox and Blumberg,231 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 431SCHOOLS — continued STORAGE — continuedTHE FAULKNER SCHOOL FOR GIRLSA Day School for Girls of All AgesPrepares Its Graduates for All Collegesand UniversitiesThe College Board Examinations AreGiven at the School4746 Dorchester Ave. Tel. Oakland 1423MacCormac School of CommerceBusiness Administration and Secretarial TrainingDAY AND EVENING CLASSESEnter Any Monday1170 E. 63rd St. H. P. 2130THE MIDWAY SCHOOL6216 Kimbark Ave. Tel. Dorchester 3299Elementary Grades J unior High PreparationKindergarten French, Dancing, Music and ArtBus ServiceA School with Individual Instruction and Cultural Advantages Peterson Storage CompanyStorage - Moving - Packing - ShippingBaggage and Freight to All Stations1011-13 East 55th StreetPhones: Midway 9700-Hyde Park 0452TAILORSPhone Central 6801 8 So. 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GEORGE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS4545 DREXEL BLVD.DAY and BOARDING SCHOOLCatalog Nursery Throush Hish Enter Any TimeATLANTIC 2746 SKEELES - BIDDLEFuneral DirectorsFairfax 0120 Sixty-Third Street and Evans Ave.STORAGEAsk Our AdviceMOVING-PACKING-STORAGE-SHIPPINGThe Murray Warehouse &Van Co.6314 University Ave. Chicago, IllinoisHyde Park 8067 Phones Midway 8067 UPHOLSTERERSHARPER UPHOLSTERINGREFINISHING— REPAIRINGCabinet Work, Antiqueins and LacquerinsPhone Radcliffe 641 3432 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEDivinity1907Guy Hoover, A.M. '08, is serving his fourthyear as president of the Bethany Assembly,Brooklyn, Ind. It promises to be a prosperousseason, for no less than four religious groupsare holding assemblies in Bethany Park duringthe summer.1909J. Bradford Pengelly, A.M., D.B. '09, is mayorof Flint, Michigan.1913Orvis F. Jordan is pastor of Park Ridge Community Church, and editor of the CommunityChurchman, the national news journal of thecommunity church movement. This year he ispresident of the Community Church Workers ofthe U. S. A., which held its biennial conventionat Buffalo, May 18-20.1915Charles B. Stephens, A.M. '15, has resignedthe pastorate of the First Baptist Church, Bloom-ington, Indiana, to accept the call of the FirstBaptist Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota. During Mr. Stephens' nine years in Bloomington45% of the present membership has been received into the church. The church has greatlyincreased its membership and financial resources and has contributed $36,000 to benevolentand missionary enterprises.EngagementsOscar Z. Fasman, '28, of Tulsa, Okla., toBernice Rubin, '28, of Chicago. The couple willmake their home in Tulsa.George M. Reed, J.D. '32, to Lorraine DorothyKinzel of Chicago.MarriagesDr. Clarence W. Rainey, '17, M.D. '22, to Dr.Clarissa Devney, M.D. '26, May 14, 1932.Donald A. Martinez, '23, to Gladys Ann Se-berg, March 16, 1932. At home, 1164 N. Dearborn Parkway, Chicago.Mary Harroun, '29, to Chauncey Eaton, ofSudbury, Mass., March 26, 1932. At home,5029 Woodlawn Ave., Chicago.George Hugh Barnard, '30, J.D. '32, to Virginia Joan Komiss, ex, '33, December 23, 1931.Caroline Hubert, '31, to Milward V. Elledge,December, 193 1. At home, 536 Arlington Place,Chicago.BirthsTo Esmond R. Long, '11, and Mrs. Long, ason, Esmond R. Jr., June 11, 1932.To Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Maccani (Edna Bon- field, '16) a daughter, Mary Catherine, October18, 1931, at Ironwood, Michigan.To James M. Nicely, '20, and Mrs. Nicely, adaughter, Martha Mount, August, 193 1, NewYork.To Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore C. Avellone(Mary Gingrich, '21) a daughter, GandolfaGertrude, February 1, 1932.To Paul McNair Becker, '22, and Mrs. Becker,(Virginia Hibben, '22) a son, Paul McNair,May 14, 1932, Highland Park.To George H. Hartman, '23, and Mrs. Hart-man (Martha Smart, '23) a daughter, Suzanne,December 27, 1931, Chicago.To Franklin D. Elmer, Jr., B.D. '30, and Mrs.Elmer (Margaret Nelson, '27) a daughter,Dorothea, July 2, 1932, DeKalb.To Mr. and Mrs. William W. Zopff (FrancesW. Tatge, '30) a daughter, Frances Wilhel-mine, April 12, 1932, at Barranca Bermeja, ElCentro, Colombia, S. A.To Ernest S. Stevens, '30, and Mrs. Stevens(Dorothy Moulds, ex, '31) a daughter, DorothyJane, June 21, 1932, at the Chicago Lying-inHospital.DeathsJohn S. Mabie, '62, April, 1932, Long Beach,California. Dr. Mabie was one of the firstthree to receive a degree for four years' workat the University. Immediately after graduatinghe entered the army, and fought in the CivilWar. He was a Baptist minister for over fiftyyears, but had been in retirement since 1918.John H. Byrne, M.D. '74, June 23, 1932,Evanston, Illinois.Dr. Alonzo Garwood, M.D. '8i, May 22, 1932,at New Braunfels, Texas.Alfred J. Abbott, M.D. '72, June 21, 1932,Albion, Michigan.John Davis Seaton Riggs, '87, May 31, 1932,Denver, Colorado.Samuel Theodore Felmlee, M.D. '91, May 20,1932, at Chicago.Herbert Parlin Johnson, Ph.D. '94, April 29,1932, at Cedaredge, Colorado.Dr. C. C. Cummings, M.D. '97, November 28,1931, Joplin, Missouri.Sidney Carleton Newsom, A.M. '00, Phoenix,Arizona, March 28, 1932.George Steely, '02, November 14, 193 1, Danville, Illinois.Leon P. Lewis, '02, J.D. '05, May 6, 1932, atLouisville, Kentucky.Annie S. Newman, '07, July 3, 1932, Chicago.James W. Simonton, J.D. '08, May 24, 1932, atChicago.Mrs. Golder R. McWhorter (Mary LouiseEtten, '11), April 18, 1932, Chicago.Anna M. Hake, '19, January 27, 1932, due toinjuries received in an automobile accident.Clarence Alonzo Lentz, A.M. '23, June i4>1932, Chicago.MAKE NEW FRIENDSAND ENTERTAIN THE OLDAt the Popular Allerton HotelI he ideal close to the Loop residence for men and women. Hotel service plusthe atmosphere of a club and the hospitality of a home. A well roundedsocial program is planned for the entertainment of Allerton guests and theirfriends including dances, bridge parties, horseback, interesting trips, theatreparties, etc.RCA radio speaker in each soundproof room at no extra charge. Large library,music practice rooms, gymnasium, handball courts, ping pong and billiard tables.Four floors for married couples, seven floors for women and ten floors for men.Within easy walking distance of the business, shopping and theatre district.SingleDaily $1.75 to $4.00Weekly $10.50 to $25.00RATESDouble (per person)Daily $1.50 to $2.50Weekly $8.50 to $12.50Philip E. Cobden, Manager701 N. Michigan Avenue, ChicagoALLERTON HOTELreasonA SECTION OF A LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO WAREHOUSEWHERE TOBACCOS ARE STORED TO AGE AND MELLOWa/ic Bem. /JUST THINK what this means forChesterfield smokers. It means that thelarger part of 90 million dollars is invested in Domestic and Turkish tobaccosthat are being properly aged in Nature'sway, and cured so as to make themsweeter and milder.CHESTERFIELD tobacco is packedin wooden casks, each containing about1,000 pounds, and stored for two yearsin modern, up-to-date warehouses. These warehouses, if placed end-to-end,would be about four miles in length.From floor to ceiling they are filled withthese casks of fine tobacco, ageing inNature's slow but sure way.It takes a lot of money to make a goodcigarette — money to buy good tobaccosand money to age them properly.CHESTERFIELDS are milder, andtaste better... there's a 90-million dollarreason why! Just try them!THEY'RE MILDER THEY'RE PURE THEY TASTE BETTERHear the Chesterfield Radio Program. Every night exceptSunday. Columbia Network. See local newspaper for time TTte/y ^ctZaru© 1932, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.