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Beck, '04Editor and Business ManagerFred B. Millett, PhD '31; William V. Morgenstern, '20, JD '22; Paul MacleanContributing EditorsMilton E. Robinson, Jr., 11, JD '13; Dan H. Brown, '16; Ruth Stagg Lauren, '25Council Committee on Publications OFNEIN THIS ISSUETHIS issue is a business of ty- there he obtained an exclusive inter- The fight for good city governing together loose ends, of sort- view with Mahatma Gandhi which ment is a constant one in most urbaning and condensing the many was printed in a number of news- centers, though seldom is it vigorous.items that have accumulated since our papers throughout the country. As a Thus it is doubly pleasing to find anMidsummer issue in July as we re- vivid picture of the colorful leader aggressive action by University menturn to regular schedule. Some of India's millions, it is reprinted for and women to procure the city man-changes in the Magazine are in work you on page 5. ager form of government for Chicago.for this year, some in effect this issue. This laudable illustration of civicWe are arranging our News of the leadership on the part of alumni andClasses in what we think a more logi- In yiew of revalent contr0verSies faculty members « described oncal order. All graduate notes with Qn educational theories> research vs. page 10.the exception of Rush and Social teaching, and the true aims of a Uni- •Service will be listed under the class vergi m[[iam Clyde DeVane'syear, a change that will bring you Augugt Convocation speech is rti. Those readers among the earliermore class notes than previously. nent Mr> DeVane came here in the generations of the University will bePermanent additions this year will be summer as the Frederick Ives Car- particularly interested, we feel, in thethe Letters and Book pages We hope r Visiting Professor of E lish account in this issue of the summeryou will keep us filled with material and has ^ returned to CorneU camp on the Rock River which grewfor the former, and we shall do our University's E lish department of- UP with the University. Foundedpart on the latter to furnish short re- whkh he ig chairman and peopled by Chicago men andviews of books by alumni and faculty women, the camp is rich in the loremembers. _ 0f (jays g0ne ky_ Raiph Ciarkson,*TABLE OF CONTENTS present president of the camp, paintedFreshman week and registration is portraits of most of the members.always a busy time around the Uni- NOVEMBER, 1937^^versity, and in the frontispiece and a Letters .2 *full page of pictures Paul Wagner '38 Books . 3 r* '1 jportrays graphically what goes on. Mahatma Gandhi: A Recent Inter- Our regular departments continueHe is also responsible for our cover. view, William B. Benton 5 Herbert (Bud) LarS0n, publisher_ ofAnd speaking of covers, we are in- A Summer Camp 8 tht Cap and Gown and a seniordebted to John Mills, Jr., '32 for the T7RjTarL DlsSENTER' HerbertQ ffde.r« ^te% aboUt ^l^duate„„, ^ .. 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And while News of the Classes 26 versity.Published by the Alumni Council of the University of Chicago monthly, from November to July. Office of Publication, 403 Cobb Hall, 58th St. atEllis Avenue, Chicago. Annual subscription price $2 00. Single copies 25 cents. Entered as second class matter December 1, 1934, at the Post Officeat Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879. The Graduate Group, Inc , 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, is the official advertising agencyof the University of Chicago Magazine. )X(o )%% /? THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINELettersWHAT, NO ADVERTISING?Kensington, Maryland.Subject: Why advertising?Dear Sir :The alumni have just received theannual SOS pleading for them tosave the dear old magazine by tellingthe advertisers how much they willbuy next year if only they can firstread about the various items in themagazine. The advertisers, for theirpart, seem to be rather cagey, and yeeditor appears to have a tough sellingjob.Perhaps there is a reason. Perhapsthe advertisers have waked up to thefact that not all college graduatesyield to the blandishments and bathtime stories designed for the 11 yearold — or is it nine? Perhaps theyhave heard that classic halls engendersuch a degree of skepticism (legislature please investigate) that some college graduates — at least the PhD's— have come to doubt not only SantaClaus and Advertisements, but eventhe infallibility of Consumer Research.Does your correspondent buy?Yes, he does, in spite of the salespitter-patter. He doesn't expectprinters ink to make a tire blow-outproof — anyhow it doesn't say that, ifyou read carefully, it just leaves theimpression. He buys a car occasionally — very occasionally — and thinksmost unkind thoughts about themanufacturer who spent too much ongadgets to make the car appeal to thefirst year owner and far too little onsubstantial performance for the ultimate consumer who has to drive thecar for the next ten years.Some things your correspondentdoes not buy. One is cigarettes. And,believe it or not, a goodly number ofhis professional colleagues do notsmoke either. They have no scruples,no objections (one did say that itwas sissy), but they just don't. Narrow souls! Maybe they would evenprefer a campus scene to the prettypictures which we now have on theback cover.But your correspondent did acquirea habit in college, even if it wasn't Old Golds. It was a most unusualhabit for a college man— he learned toread! And worse, he even acquiredthe habit of buying a book on occasion. But why mention this! Thereisn't much said about books in theUniversity magazine.In all truth, Mr. Editor, why notstop trying to kid the advertisers?You know, and we know, and noweven they are beginning to suspectthat we aren't all morons. Forgetabout advertising. v Your readers donot take the magazine to find outabout shoes, ships, or sealing wax.Give them the news of the University,and do it on the subscription priceeven if you have to infringe onReaders' Digest patents.You can print this over my signature if you want to — only I think thatyou won't.Yours truly,Archibald T. McPherson, PhD'23SPANISH DEPARTMENTSpain, May 20, 1937.Dear Sir:It is my understanding that themagazine you are editing is concernedwith all that is happening to thealumni of the University of Chicago.The undersigned alumni who invarious capacities are enlisted in theSpanish popular army, to help defendthe legitimate Spanish governmentagainst the barbary of internationalfascism, would appreciate very muchif their presence in Spain would bebrought to the attention of the 40,000alumni of our alma mater. Convinced that the spirit of fair play socharacteristic of the American people,will bring the mass of U. of C. alumnito the side of the loyalist government.the undersigned suggest that an "Association of U. of C. alumni to aidSpanish Democracy" be formed. Wesuggest that you air this proposal inthe next issue of the "Magazine."Please send us a copy.Fraternally yours,Howard Raymond Molton, '35Samuel Lissitz, '34Both in ArtilleryIsak Anthony Lipschitz, '36In the Political SectionAlbert Harris,In the Health Service Robert Garland Colodny, ex'37In the InfantryP. S. — Beginning on May 15, achapter of Alumni Association hasbeen formed on Spanish soil. Pleasesend us the particulars on such anaction.In general we would consider it adistinct favor if you would keep intouch with us through the followingaddress :John Victor MurraSocorro Rojo InternacionalPlaza del Altazano 4GPAlbacete, Spain.CLASSMATE OF RASCOE(The following was in response toa request for information regardingclassmates of Burton Rascoe whosebook ''Before I Forget" dealt withthe University of pre-war days. Mr.Watkins^ letter arrived too late to appear with the review of the book andthe criticisms of classmate MartinSt ever s in the Midsummer issue.)Sandusky, OhioDear Sir :I was intensely interested in Burton Rascoe's book and pleasantly surprised to think I rated among thememories of his Chicago years. Iknow that many reading his bookwill, as I did, see again the collegeyears and be glad that some one asarticulate as Burton has put themofficially "on the record."To me, Burton stood for the mostactive, untiring undergraduate I hadever met. He thought so fast it wasimpossible for him to tell it as fast ashe could think. We were all eagerto learn but I marvelled at his speedand brilliance in reaching his goal asopposed to the slow, and laboriousmethods we used in the Chemistrydepartment. I feel as strongly as hedoes about the "emptiness" of theArts school, but its inadequacy waspartly compensated by the vitalpowers of Neff, Smith, McCoy, andStieglitz in the Chemistry department. I have never ceased to bethankful I was privileged to knowand to work under these men, butmost of the students, even in Chemistry, felt the study of pure sciencewas not enough training for positionstaken after graduation. The applica-(Continued on Page 25)THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 3BooksTHE HIGHER LEARNING INA DEMOCRACY. A REPLY TOPRESIDENT HUTCHINS' CRITIQUE OF THE AMERICANUNIVERSITY. By Harry D.Gideonse. New York: Farrar &Rinehart, 1937. Pp., 34.Professor Gideonse states most ofthe objections that have been or mightbe made against President Hutchins'educational doctrines. The criticismscluster in the main around a discussion of President Hutchins' contention that higher education should beintelligently reorganized and unifiedin the light of basic principles.On his more pessimistic pages Professor Gideonse plays with the skeptical notion that there is no reasonableset of first principles to serve as thebasis for unity and order in education. He says, for instance, that "Itwould be more significant to inquirehow much more consistency a country's educational, institutions canhave than the society in which theyexist," and "Reason, however, is nota principle of order. * * Order historically is the fruit either of authority or of shared values." Thisskepticism is the basis for fear thatattempts to unify education mightlead to the imposition upon universities of an arbitrary plan. "The clamorfor rational order, therefore, boilsdown to a demand for submission tothe particular metaphysical dogmathat is advocated."On more optimistic pages Professor Gideonse suggests that a reasonable basis for improving and unifyingeducation may be found in scienceand scientific method. "It is in aidingscience to develop into a logicallyanalyzed and synthetically integratedwhole, and in assessing the culturalimplications of scientific methods andresults that modern philosophy maymake a momentous contribution tothe history of ideas and to the demands for synthesis within the contemporary world. * * Here clearly,is the basis of a sense for 'the grandscheme of the intellect and the unityof thought' which rightly stirs Mr.Hutchins' imagination." Professor Gideonse's criticism, from this optimistic position, of President Hutchins'doctrines is that President Hutchinsmakes a wrong selection of basicprinciples.With the issue between Gideonseand Gideonse as to whether basicprinciples for reforming educationexist and with the issue betweenGideonse and Hutchins as to whatthe principles are, I shall not deal.Let us hope that the present interestin educational policy will disclose asmuch basis for unity as there is, andthat the scrutiny of proposed guidingprinciples will result in the selectionof correct ones.— Charner PerryPERSONAL REMINISCENCESOF A NATURALIZED AMERICAN. By Francesco Ventresca,TO, PhMTl. New York: DanielRyerson, Inc. 1937. Pp. xii + 252.Francesco Ventresca left his nativecountry of Italy at the age of nineteen, borrowing thirty dollars for hispassage in the steerage. After working on a railroad for $1.25 a day, hecontinued on to Western Springs,Illinois.Despite his obvious handicaps heworked his way through publicschools, continued at Indiana NormalSchool. Then, determined to be alinguist, he returned to Europe as aninterpreter, guide and waiter in Paris,Rome and Trent. While studying atFreiburg he taught languages for fouryears.Back in America he completed hisstudies at the University of Chicagowinning a fellowship and receivinghis master's degree. WashingtonState College engaged his services asan assistant professor of RomanceLanguages. Then came the war. Receiving the highest average in thecivil service language examination inthe whole country, Ventresca tookthe position of official translator inthe Office of Naval Intelligence. Laterhe transferred to the War andTreasury Departments. In his energetic manner he plunged into hiswork, receiving commendation everywhere for his vigor and loyalty.This job completed he returnedonce more to Chicago to resume histeaching. After several years he be came chairman of the department ofForeign Languages in Manley HighSchool, which position he holds still.Mr. Ventresca's career is the moreremarkable because of his humblestart and early struggles against odds.His book is a detailed account of hismany experiences as outlined above,"a decidedly dramatic narrative" asthe Hon. Martin J. Teigan writes inhis Introduction.— Peabody FletcherMACHINE POLITICS: CHICAGO MODEL. By Harold FooteGosnell, PhD'22, Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1937.Pp. xx + 229.Mr. Gosnell's valuable summary ofhis most recent researches in organized local politics is worthy of particular note for two reasons : it is exemplary in concerting and bringingdown to earth the formidable body ofstatistics which it embodies, and itwill be of value in the field for it issufficiently focused as regards timeand locale as not seriously to be affected by future events in the sameplace.Mr. Gosnell hopes that the Chicagopicture can be construed as having alarger than local significance. Theconcluding paragraphs of Chapter V,"The Voter's Response," is a generalexpression of the thesis of MachinePolitics:"Looking at the Chicago figures(1932, 1936 Presidential votes; 1934Congressional vote) from a broaderpoint of view, we can say that, if thecity electorate is in any way typicalof the national electorate, the presentstudy shows that in a democraticcountry having a two-party system,that party which enjoys the least success nationally . . . tends to attract toit those elements which have the leastsocial prestige and economic secur-ity. . . ."There is no question that the 1932election brought in a new era inAmerican politics. . . . (due to) Theadjustment of political attitudes tochanging economic conditions(which) depends upon the economicand social status of individuals concerned, upon their social conditioning, and upon the agencies of mass(Continued on Page 25)THE FRESHMANRECEPTIONwhere Dean Smith, President and Mrs. Hutchins, Dean and Mrs.Works, and Dean andMrs. Brumbaugh greetthe newcomecs.4VOLUME XXX THE UNIVERSITY OFCHICAGO MAGAZINE NUMBER INOVEMBER, 1937MAHATMA GANDHIA Recent InterviewTHE Mahatma reached over, his legs crossed before him on the floor. He grasped my hand firmlylike any good Tammany politician. "You'd bettersit over there," he said, motioning to a varnished boxabout half the size of an orange crate six feet directlyin front of him. This box was theonly article of furniture in the room.As an American advertising mantravelling with press credentials Mahatma Gandhi had granted me aninterview. Mr. Mahadev Desai, fortwenty years his secretary, told me itwas the first interview this year givenany writer or press representative.The Mahatma is partial to Americans.He cannot get a direct hearing in theEnglish press ; his only chance toreach the English is at rare intervalsthrough America. He once calledAmericans brothers.It was March 9 in Segaon, athatch roofed Indian village of 75 or WILLIAM B,100 mud houses. Most of Sagaon's An interview, but500 inhabitants are untouchables.They are of India's depressed class, those the Mahatmacalls "Harijan" or "Man of God."You reach Sagaon by train from Delhi — after 26hours. I had arrived the evening before at hotel-lessWardha, the nearest railroad station and five miles distant. After a sleepless mosquito-ridden night on a benchin the station, I had hired a tonga or two-wheeled cart,Wardha's only means of conveyance, and had drivenacross a plain as flat and scorching as Kansas at itsworst to the Mahatma's ashram.Ashram, a famous word in Hindustani, means the resting place or hermitage of the holy man. To the ashramcome seekers after guidance and knowledge. To theMahatma's, India's political leaders currently stream inpilgrimage.Gandhiji — the "ji" is a mark of respect — receivedme in his mud plaster one story bungalow. Hut wouldhe a more accurate name for it. A small room is tackedonto a main room perhaps 15x25 feet in size. Three*Reprinted by special permission of the North AmericanNewspaper Alliance. • By WILLIAM B. BENTON, Vice Presidentcrude bamboo grills no larger than small napkins serveas windows. Light filters through the doors at frontand back. A covered porch runs all the way around.The porch is as confused and littered as the room of aboarding school girl the night before Christmas vacation.Seven oil hand lamps stand in onecorner ; the kind the North Dakotafarmer carries to the barn on awinter's night. A wooden pallet isshoved against one wall. Two clothcovered lattice cots and three beddingrolls sprawl nearby. Three tin suitcases lie under the cots. A woodenWhite Label case, empty of whiskeyand stuffed with papers, incongruously nudges a modern bathroomscale.These are the only objects to markthe twentieth century.Five pairs of bedraggled slipperslie in confusion where they have beenkicked off near the door. I hadbought a pair not so dissimilar forone rupee (36 cents). These and thesuitcases, I later discovered, belonged to a labor delegation which had been in attendance and consultation forthree days. Those who enter the ashram go shoeless asdoes the true believer into the Mosque.Thirty feet to the rear of the Mahatma's hut is another,about half as large with two closet sized rooms openingon a narrow porch. There a six year old. Gandhi'sgrandson, stands and bawls for ten minutes, refusing tobe comforted by a black bearded Indian who stops hiswork to kneel before the boy. This hut is a separatehome for Mrs. Gandhi, mother of four sons. TheMahatma once advocated abstinence to Mrs. MargaretSanger as the only acceptable method of birth control.His eldest son, a middle aged man, is a turncoatHindu; a few months ago he switched to Mohammedanism, then back to Hinduism again. He likes the softer.better things of life. He is not the son of the father. Theother three sons are sympathetic with the Mahatma'smovement but do not seem to be actively of it. Littleis heard of them in India.Further on to the rear, behind Mrs. Gandhi's hut, is athird dun colored structure, about twice the size of aBENTONno autograph56 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEdouble bed. Here lives Miss Madeleine Slade. Thedaughter of an English admiral, Miss Slade for fifteenyears has been a follower of Gandhi. Potent today inthe movement to improve the lot of the Indian ryot orvillage farmer, she is perhaps second only to the Mahatma as a leader of Indian woman of all races andcreeds.On the near side of Miss Slade's cabin two spinningwheels are moulded cameo-like on the mud wall. Thespinning wheel is a symbol of Gandhi's work. It appears on the flag of the Congress party, Gandhi's nationalist political organization which has just won anoverwhelming victory in the first election under the newconstitution.Across the yard in front is the stable, the center ofefforts to carry forward what Gandhi has called "oneof the most wonderful phenomena in human evolution"— Cow Protection. This stable is covered with mattingand open on the side towards the house. From it comesthe droning sing song voice of an old woman chantingas she strokes and covers with mud a sick two weeks'old calf.Behind the group of cabins are three privies of bamboomatting. Such are new to Indian village life ; sanitationis one of the platform planks in "the movement for Village Uplift.A few shreds of grass poke up here and there in theyard. Half a dozen waist high trees surrounded bybamboo wickets to keep goats at their distance, struggletoward the sun. Around the yard and mud huts, enclosing perhaps an acre, runs a three foot picket fence.In this crude and primitive setting in the heart ofIndia Gandhi has lived for a year past. Here may helive for years to come. To plumberless Wardha theWorking Committee of the Congress Party migrates forcrucial meetings. Here Gandhi maintains his spiritualoverlordship while he delegates active political leadershipto others.Today he is avoiding the direct spotlight, gatheringstrength in repose for his next rhythmic attack on theEnglish raj. Yet his hold on politicians remains asstrong as ever. His magnetic power over the masses isundimmed. His closest associates do not know his nextmove. All agree, however, that where he leads tens ofmillions of Indians follow. Politician and purdah womanalike are swept in his train like bubbles in the wake of aship.As I settle myself on my box, I notice that the Mahatma's knee length dhoti, usually his only article ofapparel, is supplemented by a white head bandage fastened in front by a single safety pin worn with the Maharajah's pride in an egg sized ruby.Gandhi's Secretary later told me that this turban contains ordinary dirt, carefully sifted through a clean whitecloth and kept well moistened. This treatment, plusgarlic, avers Mr. Mahadev, has brought the Mahatma'shigh blood pressure of a year ago down to normal. TheSecretary credits the cure to a German doctor, a Dr.Jost, and assures me that mother earth has remedialpowers unrecognized by Western science.Gandhi's entire wardrobe consists of but two of theseeighteen inch long homespun dhotis. Total cost, about one rupee. The orthodox Indian dhoti is ankle length.And how Gandhi's became abbreviated is a characteristic story.The Mahatma advocates cleanliness to India's poor —the three hundred million whose average income is only3 or 4 cents a day. Some fifteen years ago he was asked,"Mahatma, with but one dhoti to my name, how can Ikeep it clean?" Gandhi, always on the alert to identifyhimself with the poor, resolved to be no better off thanthe humblest of India's peasants. He has confined himself to but one ankle length dhoti since. But from thiscustomary long dhoti he makes two short ones. Thusone can always be clean.* The Mahatma's eyes flash and subside behind hisspectacles as he waits for me to begin. I hesitate. Hegives me no lead or encouragement. He sits cross leggedon the floor in a narrow recess formed on two sidesby a corner of the room and on the third by a shoulderhigh pile of books and boxes. Shadowy light driftsthrough the doors and the small bamboo grills. Thereis showmanship in this recess and M. G. M. could notimprove on the lighting. This is conscious staging, asimple illustration of Gandhi's gift for the theatrical.Here the Mahatma benignly reigns like the idol in itswayside temple, gathering unto himself the traditionsand powers of the five thousand year old Hindu Gods.Scattered around the room, sitting on the floor withtheir backs against the wall, are the five labor delegatesI have interrupted. In homespun coats and dhotis, theybore their black eyes like awls into my back.I want to know the answer to the big issue in Indianpolitics today. Shall the victorious Congress party refuse to accept office, thus carrying passive resistance intothe legislative halls? Or shall it accept office and bring-in measures which the governors of the various provinces cannot sign?The latter policy forces dissolution, and, over a periodof time, is designed to "wreck" the new Constitution.Such a policy is exciting, dramatic, packed with the kindof thrill the Indian politician loves. The former policy,that of non-acceptance of office, is favored by PanditJawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi's ace lieutenant and the partypresident. Pandit Nehru is the firebrand of the party,the leader of India's youth and the Mahatma's politicalheir apparent. But Pandit Nehru may not be able tocarry the party along with him.The dilemma of the victor is a tough one. Manypromises have been made at the polls. Many an Indianpolitician wants the rewards and prestige of office. Theelectorate may rebel at prolonged obstructionist tactics."This isn't the time for such questions. I have workto do here. I can't take myself from it to answer them,"he snaps a little testily, "You should ask these questionsof the political leaders." My surprised look at the Mahatma's assumption that I would agree to exclude himfrom political leadership makes him add hurriedly, "Ofcourse I wouldn't say that I don't know anything aboutpolitics. But I have no time for such questions now."Gandhi's pose today is that of the contemplative recluse.This is well keyed to Indian psychology. Although hecannot deny his leadership, in his public relations he doesTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 7his best to sidestep admission of active political domination. Yet this is as real as it ever was.Thus it is immediately made clear that on the eve ofthe Convention of the Congress party at Delhi, whichthe Mahatma is to attend, and at which, in theory, comesthe showdown between the two schools of thought, I amto learn little from him of current political interest.I try the Mahatma again. I ask whether there is anyconceivable set of conditions under which the Congressparty will accept office and try to make the new Constitution work. "That is a badly phrased question," hereplies, still sharply. Then he goes on, "Now if you'dasked me, 'What is going to happen at Delhi?' I'd sayI don't know. The issues are too confused, too complicated. Many feel that any form of cooperation is a mistake. Others disagree, feeling that perhaps our objectives can best be achieved by giving ground now andthen. Both groups are sincere." The Mahatma is ducking, sparring. He continues, "If we had lost and werein the minority, our course would be easy. I could tellyou what the decision would be. I would know how tomake it myself. But now I cannot tell. No man couldknow. The future must decide."Although the Mahatma will probably make the decision himself in the last analysis, and perhaps has alreadymade it, he admits nothing. He continues, "We havejust won a great victory and this brings us a big responsibility. I don't know the election figures. I haven'teven read them. But I saw enough in the papers toknow that our victory was overwhelming. We had literally no opposition. This is what counts. This resultdidn't surprise me but it is a fine thing for others tosee. It shows the world our strength."We talk then about American public opinion, its attitude towards India. "American opinion is of great importance to us," admits the Mahatma, "and by ourdeeds we hope to win it." I ask whether he is familiarwith British propaganda methods in the States, themoney and effort expended in America through theBritish Embassy and Consulates. Gandhi agrees thatBritish foreign policy is often influenced by Americanopinion. He is aware that England tries in many deviousways to mould it. He remarks, "We cannot compete forAmerican attention on the same terms with the English.We do not try. Our methods must be different methods.We make no conscious effort to influence Americanopinion. I believe that America is emotionally sympathetic with our cause, but it is profoundly ignorant ofthe real facts and of our real problem. When the timeis right, America will learn the truth by what we do."His voice trails off."It's a prevalent idea in America," I comment, "thatIndia requires England for defense. Without the English, would there be civil and religious disturbances? Asthe Congress party is successful in driving the Englishout of power in India, will India fall a prey to someoneelse? Or, for that matter, how will Congress deal withthe native princes right here at home?""These are gross superstitions," he replies, now at hisgentlest and softest, "they have been propagated foryears. Stories and statements of such dangers are hopelessly exaggerated. I know that many English people sincerely believe them ; there you have the power of suchideas oft repeated."As to the native states," he continues, "they'll fallin line when India comes into her own."Little realized in America is the feudal and almostabsolute power of some of these native rulers. They arefeared and hated by Congress perhaps as much as theBritish.I switch from politics. What does he think of thework of the American Missionaries in India? "I declineto answer that," he shoots back abruptly. Well known isit that Gandhi has no regard for the missionaries' planof leading the 60,000,000 or 70,000,000 untouchables tothe baptismal font of Christianity. "They would stillbe sweepers," he once remarked.Then I broach a subject close to his heart, one onwhich he can and will talk freely: his great movementto improve the lot of the Indian villager or farmer whoconstitutes 85% of India's total population. Two yearsago he vigorously espoused the crusade of Village Uplift. In Wardha is the headquarters and plant of theVillage Industries Association of which the Mahatma isboth veins and arteries. There a school is run fromwhich 130 have just been graduated after a year's course.Out to the villages these 130 go as workers. At Wardhaand at the ashram in Segaon, experiments are constantly being made, designed to develop new ways toimprove the villager's lot.The platform of Village Uplift roughly divides intofour major planks. First, handicrafts are developed tooccupy the villager in the six months of the year whenweather prevents his tilling his fields and when he hasnothing to do. Chief among these handicrafts is spinning. Prior to the English rule, the villager spun histhread and wove his cloth. Now his few annas go tothe cotton mills of Lancaster and Japan. Gandhi isreintroducing this lost native craft. "See that boy there,"my volunteer guide told me as we visited Miss Slade'scottage later in the day, "He used to spend all his timespinning a top. Now he earns two annas a day spinningthread. Thus a man with four children has eight annasdaily."An anna is 2Y/\ cents. The average wage for commonday labor in Wardha, a city of 20,000 and further advanced than the villages, is l1/^ or 2 annas daily.The Village Industries Association has developedpaper making, a crude wood pulp wetted down and driedin the sun. The villager is urged not to destroy thehive by fire and kill the wild bees for one comb of honey.He is shown how the bee can be domesticated.Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell do not figure inGandhi's plan of village life. The blind-folded bullockgoes round and round its large wooden mortar and pestleas oil is pressed from the thili seed for cooking, for bread,lamps, massage.Experiments continue. The search is on for otherhandicrafts. The work is still very new.The second major plank is the development of thenative palm tree as a source of sugar. From an occasional palm alcoholic beverage is now distilled, as the8 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEMexicans distill tequila from wild cactus. Millions ofpalms still await tapping for sugar.I unwrapped a round hard lozenge looking in itspaper much like the package of nickels the bank tellercracks on his till. Gingerly I bit. With zest I ate. Thetaste compares to good maple sugar, a rich sweet pea-nutty flavor.India's millions crave sweets and dumbly await instructions.Third comes sanitation : a latrine of bamboo mattinginstead of the open field.The fourth and perhaps the most important effort is"Cow Protection". The cow is sacred to the Hinduand in general God is expected to look after his own.The peasant surely doesn't. Cattle are abominably caredfor. Many a cow is turned out to starve. In the planfor village uplift, the peasant is taught to tend, -protectand develop his cows.Further, and at first blush paradoxically, comes careafter death. Connected with the Wardha school is atannery. Here no cattle are slaughtered. This wouldviolate the Hindu faith. But after natural death, thecarcass is skinned, the hide is tanned in a series of chemical baths made from chopped up bark, from lime, etc.I saw twenty women chopping bark at two annas payper diem. The tanner tries to emulate Mr. Swift and Mr. Armour in utilizing every part of the carcass except the moo." Progress is slow," the Mahatma tells me, "but youmust remember that our work is new. We started withnothing but faith. Only faith. Today knowledge isadded."He breaks into his well known toothless smile, "Youmight add a third ingredient — give us part of the moneyyou make when you sell your story !" he suggests. TheMahatma is famed for his humor. This was the firstglimpse I'd had of it. "You think if faith plus knowledgeare potent," I reply, "faith plus knowledge plus capitalare more so.""Yes, yes," he cackles and rocks in a full laugh."Have you ever seen an American movie or heardAmerican jazz?" I ask abruptly. "These are our twomost famous exports." I do not ask about Americandentistry, perhaps third in fame. If he has heard of that,he heard too late. He has been toothless almost as longas photographers can remember. And he again identifies himself with the poor by using no dental plate. Thushis words are often somewhat mumbled, blurred."No, no, I haven't," he laughs again, "there's a goodstory for you. Do what you can with it." The Mahatma realizes he has given me little political news. "I've(Continued on Page 22)A SUMMER CAMPSIX years after the University opened its doors,Eagle's Nest Camp appeared on the wooded bluffoverlooking the Rock River at Oregon, Illinois.Inspired by James Spencer Dickerson (former Secretaryof the Board of Trustees), and Wallace Heckman (fortwenty years Counsel and Business Manager of the University), on whose forested estate the Nest was built,this camp attracted many talented men, including Sculptor Lorado Taft (its first president) ; Oriental InstituteDirector James Henry Breasted ; former UniversityPresidents Judson and Burton; portrait artist RalphCiarkson ; former Illinois governor Frank O. Lowden ;novelist Hamlin Garland ; former Assistant Recorderand editor of the University Record Horace SpencerKiske, and others.With characteristic generosity and humor, the annualrent exacted by "landlord" Heckman for this thirteenacre tract rising two hundred feet above what the Indians had called the "Sinnissippi" (Rock Water) was:a dollar a year, and two free lectures by trustees of theCamp — the lectures to be delivered in the Ogle Countycourthouse.Each Labor Day, the campers — in costume — marchedthrough the woods to "Ganymede," the summer home ofthe Heckmans, where, on the pillared porch, the president of the camp, in a formal address, presented the silver dollar in a golden casket. Mr. Heckman never failedto appear surprised and gratified at the prompt payment and Mrs. Heckman, anticipating the debt cancellation, wouldserve dinner onthe lawn.Fourteen yearsafter the opening of Eagle'sNest C a m p, aBurlington Special took the siding at Oregon,Illinois, wheremany notablesdetrained to attend the unveil-ing of BlackHawk, themighty fifty-footconcrete Indianwhich LoradoTaft had createdto guard thepromontory overlooking the Rock River at Eagle's Nest.At the dedication, Lorado Taft explained : "I have hadmy say — yonder [pointing to noble Black Hawk]. I(Continued on Page 25)WALLACE HECKMANFrom portrait by CiarksonTHE CAMPUS DISSENTER• By HERBERT (BUD) LARSON "38WHEN school is closed, there is no place dullerthan the University campus. But once thingsstart on the Quadrangles they really start. Noone can predict what will happen next in the way ofundergraduate activities.September is the one dormant month on campus. September is the month when no classes meet, when instructors and administrators leave the campus, when university offices are closed or running on short hours, whenfew if any students can be seen roaming over the quadrangles.The last week of September is the time when newlife begins to appear. Then the missing begin to returnto school. Then the offices begin to re-open on regularschedules. Then the new students arrive to be "orientated," the old to do the "orientating." That weekis Freshman Week. That week is the same every year ;the same type of exams for freshmen, the same banquets with the same speeches, the same mixers with thesame old-timers stealing the lion's share of the samekind of fun, the same general program being followed.This year's Freshman Week ran true to form, withanother "greater Freshman Class" being inspired by thesame events — but, of course, they were new here so itwas all new to them. And so it was "successful."But it is on October first that things really begin tohappen. It is then that everyone is back on campus,everyone registers, everything is open and running fullblast, and everything is about the same; but everythingis new for it is the real beginning of the new school year.And it was on that date, October first, that one reallynew thing happened, one shock of far reaching reverberations. The Daily Maroon, powerful campus organ, appeared with its front page featuring the Daily Maroonplatform for the year. Built on five planks, the paperpromoted (1) Increased University effort toward student adjustment, (2) Abolition of intercollegiate athletics, (3) Progressive politics, (4) Revision of theCollege plan, (S) A chastened President.An accompanying editorial by the Maroon s Editor,Beta Heach Marshal William McNeill, elaborated and explained the Daily's stand. As this writer interprets theplatform, and he believes his coincides with the generalMaroon-reading campus interpretation, the first plankadvocated development of an integrated social community on campus making for more intimate student contacts, needed steps in the establishment of such a community to be financed by the University. The secondcensured the Athletic Department for spending moneydisproportionately to the numbers benefited by intercollegiate athletics, and charged that the money nowspent on its teams could be better spent on enlarged anddiversified intramural programs, athletic and otherwise,to establish the new University social organization com ing under the first plank. It was this that brought onthe bombshell. The third plank, a bit beyond the Maroon's sphere, advocated change in government to keepabreast with the rapid social changes now occurring.The fourth demanded rearrangement of the collegecourses to give U. of C. students a better general education, and the fifth criticized President Hutchins for hisevasions of opponents, while yet admitting that his "general truths as the core of a University is sound."Action came when the metropolitan dailies reprintedthe articles, declaring "U. of C. students favor abolitionof intercollegiate athletics," again raising the question ofdropping out of the Big Ten. From there AP and UPcirculated the same ill-interpreted reports over theirnation-wide systems. They overlooked the assertion inthe Maroons masthead that "all opinions in the DailyMaroon are student opinions, and are not necessarilythe views of the University administration." Even thatassertion is false in this case. The Maroon platform isnot even student opinion. It is merely the opinion offour students who compose the editorial members of thepaper's Board of Control. Student opinion in general,as your correspondent sees it, probably does not agreewith that of the sacred four. The Maroon knows this.They have, however, stuck to their guns, printed theirplatform daily on their editorial page, and run severalfollow-up editorials elaborating their stand and trying toprove their points. They promise a campus-wide "strawvote" on their policies to determine how right or wrongthey are.But the damage has already been done. Their platform has been the prominent point of discussion on campus. Their ideas have been spread citywide by Chicagopapers, nationwide by national news services. Theirinfluence has already discouraged those ardent alumswho strive to bring athletes to the University to helpbuild up our already-feeble Athletic Department.The Loyola Daily, commenting on the Maroon'sstand, has a real point. They recommend a chastenedDaily Maroon as opposed to the Daily Maroon's recommendation of a chastened President.Second item of interest on campus was the first appearance of Pulse, official student magazine which replaced the now extinct Phoenix. Organized only lastSpring, Pulseditors spent a summer of money spending,organizing, and unnumbered nights of preparation fortheir first issue. They promised a combination of Time,Life, and Fortune, and published a magazine which circulated over 3,000 copies, largest circulation of any student publication known to the campus. Included weremany fine pictures pertinent to campus life, reviews ofthe events of campus, poetry, humor, even fiction, andcrusading articles attacking campus personalities and(Continued on Page 12)9A CITY MANAGER FOR CHICAGO;The University in the VanguardBy HOWARD P. HUDSON, '35ONE day in March, 1934 there was a luncheon atthe Union League Club in Chicago. There wasnothing unusual about that. The Union LeagueClub has luncheons nearly every day. But out of thisparticular meeting there was to grow a movement strongand determined, the effects of which will be felt in thecity for many a year.For the group gathered there that clay was hearing atalk by one Henry Bentley, chairman of Cincinnati's CityCharter Committee, in which he told how they achievedthe adoption of the city manager plan in that city. Hismessage left his audience with a burning desire to dosomething similar for Chicago. And, unlike most similar groups inspired by luncheon speakers they adjournedto another room and determined they would start ontheir program that afternoon.The result was the birth of the Chicago City ManagerCommittee, an organization which is proving, againstterrible odds, that it means business. It was the birthof an organization which demonstrates once more thepart University of Chicago men and women, alumni,faculty and trustees, are playing in civic leadership. Itis a part that is sometimes taken for granted, but whichbears retelling because it is too often not appreciated bythe alumni body as a whole.In the original group of citizens who formulated theircampaign at that luncheon, Arthur E. Holt, professor ofSocial Ethics, C. L. Rice '99, and C. W. Berquist '28were affiliated with the University. And in three shortyears many more University people have given theirsupport to allparts of this rapidly growingmovement.From the verybeginning,whether on oroff committees,Charles E. Merriam, veteranchairman of thePolitical Sciencedepartment, andLeonard D.White, professorof Political Administration andauthor of astandard workon the city manager plan, had CHARLES E. MERRIAMGodfather of the movement been preaching the benefits of such a change in Chicago'smunicipal government. Clarence Dykstra, former student in the department of Political Science, the thenCity Manager of Cincinnati, had proved the plan's feasibility for a large metropolis, and was consulted oftenby the embryonic group.Today, as one surveys the progress of the Committee,one sees University men and women scattered throughthe whole organization, doing their part, large or small,and showing that the ideals they absorbed in their schooldays may beturned intohard - hitting,practical realities.If you haveever been approached by thisgroup you mighttake a glance att h e letter-head.You will find, asone of the fourexecutive o f f i -cers, the nameof John Nuveen,Jr. '19 as treasurer. As chairman of the all-importantSpeakers' Bureau you willfind Robert T.McKinlay, '29. And on the even more important committee at the present time, that of finances, no less thanseven of the thirteen members are alumni. BesidesNuveen there are the chairman of last year's reunion,Benjamin F. Bills, '12, George O. Fairweather, '07, theUniversity's assistant treasurer, Lauren J. Drake, '25,C. L. Rice, '99, C. W. Bergquist, '28, and Henry P.Chandler, '06.If you have the patience to read through the imposingAdvisory Board, you will be even more impressed bythe representation of University men and women. Theyinclude Joseph M. Artman, '09, Arnold R. Baar, '12,Mrs. Arthur Bachmeyer, wife of the head of the Clinics,Mrs. J. F. Bobbitt, '16, Paul W. Cleveland, '13, E. J.Davis, '28, Mrs. Ozora Davis, '19, Thomas E. Donnelly,University Trustee, Dr. Paul H. Douglas, professor ofEconomics, M. T. Gruener, '26, Prof. Arthur E. Holt,Mrs. William B. Harrell, wife of the University Business Manager, Robert L. Hunter, '27, Mrs. Jasper S.BENJAMIN F. BILLS, '12From reunions to city government10THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 11King, '18, Mrs. Fred C. Koch, '14, Jerome G. Kerwin,associate professor of Political Science, H. L. Lathan,'10, Dr. Albert Lepawsky, '27, associate in PoliticalScience, William W. Martin, '04, Mrs. George C. Sikes,'93, and Mrs. Edward E. Waful, '22.What is this City Manager plan that this group is soenthusiastically promoting, which is already in effect in438 cities and 8 counties throughout the nation ? Briefly,it calls for a council of nine members elected at large ona non-partisan ballot, preferably by proportional representation. It is claimed that this small council is morebusiness-like in operation and is more easily watched bythe press and citizenry. Furthermore, the prestige andpower of the office in a small council attracts men of highcaliber, free from administrative burdens, who are ableto devote their time to broad matters of policy.It provides a mayor elected by the council from itsown membership, but a mayor different from the usualrun of mine. This mayor will preside as chairman, serveas ceremonial head of the city, and act as leader of publicopinion of the community in municipal affairs.Most important, of course, is the city manager. He isselected by the council solely on the basis of training,ability and experience. Subject to civil service requirements, the manager appoints heads of departments andsupervises departmental activities. Since he is not anelected official, he makes none of the usual political com-m itments.In other words,managing a cityis to him a profession and onhis work andreputation depends his future.Granted thatthe objective isa worthy one,it may well beasked whatprogress hasbeen made thusfar? Before thatcan be answeredthe first barrierto the plan mustbe explained.Under an antiquated constitution municipalities over 5,000population areprohibited from adopting the city manager plan in Illinois. The Committee's work, therefore, has been tochange this law. Against bitter opposition the bill introduced by City Manager adherents failed to pass lastspring by five votes. Far from being discouraged, theCommittee is preparing a petition of thousands of signers urging a new vote if a special vote in the legislatureis called. These are immediate actions.But the group is building solidly, striving for a longrun victory rather than triumphs of the moment. It isJOHN NUVEEN, JR., '19Guardian of the treasury GEORGE O. FAIRWEATHER, '07Urges a City Manager Partylaying down asound educationalprogram. Two ofthe important di-v i s i Oil s are theResearch Committee and theSpeakers' Bureau.A drama groupmakes further useof the facts uncovered by the researchers, whilestudy courses, lecture series and allmanner of publications are provided.When you werestudying the letter-head youmight also havenoticed thesethings. There are both a Men's and a Women's Division, and there is a surprising number of young people affiliated. The former arrangement does not inferthat the City Manager plan is something that must bediscussed by the sexes separately. Rather it indicatesthe recognition it gives to both men and women votersand the sharing of responsibility by these two groups.The presence of the young people is equally encouraging in giving the young voter a voice and a chance toshow "what I'd do if those old fogies weren't in the way."You might be interested in some of the work of thisresearch committee. Out of a welter of municipal confusion so great that old timers at the game shake theirheads in bewilderment, they come up with short, briefstatements telling more about actual conditions thanall of the customary reports lumped together."Over 37% increase in municipal employees since1929 exclusive of 52,000 WPA employees, (as of July1, 1937), a large number of whom are performing normalmunicipal services !""An adjusted tax rate of $35.20 per thousand as compared with New York's $24.84 and Philadelphia's $23.63,according to the Detroit Bureau of Government Research !""An increase of nearly 30% in municipal operatingcosts in the last four years without concurrent increasein revenue !"These statements and many more are gleaned fromthe official records. They are the ammunition to behurled at Chicagoans to indicate the need for a change.Ultimately, of course, there must soon arise a strongCity Manager party which will endorse and vote forcandidates pledged to support the enabling legislation,then call for a referendum on the Plan, and once theobjective is reached, maintain a strong non-spoilscitizens' organization. This is the method tried andproved in Cincinnati, and the Chicago campaign ismodeled after it.These, then, are some of the ideas and plans of the12 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEChicago City Manager Committee. They might well besummarized by George O. Fairweather, one of the bestinformed men in the group, who, when asked to comment on tlle interest which he and his fellow alumni havein the movement, said, "I look upon the City ManagerPlan as a part, although an important part, in the generalmechanics whereby public service is to be secured."I do not mean to imply that the entire perspectiveneeds to be changed at one time. I do mean to implythat the City Manager Plan as a piece of mechanics byitself is not good enough to bother about unless it is setup under conditions which will enable it to burrowthrough the mass of insufficient and unsatisfactory publicadministration now all too common."The foundation condition for the best success of theCity Manager Plan is a City Manager party group. Sucha group is not thought of merely as one interested in theCity Manager idea as a part of mechanics. By a CityManager party group is meant a collection of citizenswho are in general agreement with respect to the principles (small council, proportional representation, trainedmanager) and who realize the interrelations of structure, personnel, finance, accounting and of the relationswith the electorate, and who dedicate themselves as aparty group to seeing that these interrelations areworked out so as to produce the highest degree of satisfaction through the adequate performance of the publicservice."Of course, fundamentally, the real incentive for sucha group comes from a conviction which I believe is justified, that government properly conceived and properlycircumstances subtly written under the guise of news.Chief attributes in Pulse's favor were clever lay-out andextensive use of pictures and articles with immediateinterest because of their close relation to prominent campus personalities. Pulse was a definitely successful newstudent activity.As this magazine goes' to press a new campus scandalis the talk of the quadrangles. Again stirred up by thevigorous new Maroon, Blackfriars politics came in forcensure. It added a new plank to its platform: (6) Reform of Blackfriars. The situation is traceable to conditions old and new. Kappa Sig Francis Callahan wasappointed last spring to the Abbottship of Blackfriar's,highest post in one of the biggest campus activities andtraditions. Callahan failed to return to school, leavinghis prominent post unfilled. Under the Friar's constitution, Psi U Frank Carey automatically was moved upfrom his position of Prior (Vice-president) to the moreimportant position of Abbott. It was then that theMaroon "exposed" the "politics" of Blackfriars, attackedthe system of getting to the top in the order, and blastedPsi U because that fraternity, it claims, happened to bein control of the system. It charged the Friars of having administered, could become one of the chief instrumentsof an advancing civilization. My reason is, that if government will set up the conditions for orderly, decentpublic serving covering such matters as justice, police,fire, health and sanitation, public education, building andzoning control and the like, the general conditions willtend to be such that the other forces in the communityoperating outside of the governmental area will be ableto take care of the rest of our requirements in the civilizing process."If, then, such a party group with such an objective.were set up to secure a City Manager Plan involving asmall legislative body which would select its own mayorand its own chief executive officer, the latter to be theCity Manager; and would then see that the other elements in the plan were carried out, it is my thought thatthen the citizens would have come a long way towardsecuring the kind of public service administration whichthey want and at the cost which they would be willingto pay for, they would know what they were getting atwhat cost and they would know who was responsiblefor what."Accordingly, my interest in the City Manager Planas such is largely my interest in a new party group which,among other things, will advocate the City ManagerPlan, the latter being conceived of as a part of themechanics through which widespread and self-respectingparticipations by citizens can be secured in setting up awell-managed, well paid public service institution tomeet the needs of the community on a business basis."It looks like exciting times in Chicago for the next fewyears !been controlled by a long line of Psi U's, Chi Psi's, andSigma Chi's ; that unless you belong to one of those favored three Greek clans, you have no chance of being appointed to the Board of Superiors, governing group ofBlackfriars; that because of such politics other fraternities have advised their men to stay out of the Friar'sbecause they could never get anywhere; that unless thesystem be changed the end of Blackfriars would be uponus. The Maroon is undoubtedly right in some of itsclaims, undoubtedly wrong in others. Right or wrong,the Maroon did start campus tongues wagging, did startinvestigations into the organization Blackfriars, did begina movement which will undoubtedly bring revisions tothe make-up of the Order (and, incidentally, did increasetheir circulation).So things did start on the U. of C. campus on Octoberfirst. That Chicago students are still interested in theiractivities has been proved. That when things runsmoothly little commotion is aroused, but when something goes wrong sharp words and quick action are provoked has been proved again also.October has been an eventful month on campus.The CampUS Dissenter (Continued from Page 9)THE HUMBLER PART'AS l sat down the other day, after some days ofmusing and thinking, to prepare this speech, Ifound myself in the embarrassing situation ofreckoning up the nine and ninety reasons why thisspeech should not be given at all, or at least should notbe given by me. Two or three of those reasons were,and still remain, somewhat difficult for me to confront.One would think it ungracious and untimely, and hardlynecessary, to pour exhortations and encouragementsupon the noble race horse while he is still panting andheaving from the race he has just run and won. Whatthe noble horse wants is a bagful of corn, a meadow fullof grass, a brook full of water, and a little free time topull his forces once more together.Other reasons are more embarrassing. The overtaxedrace horse may shut his ears and sleep, as it is all toolikely he will. But, to leave the figure, an occasion ofthis sort generally requires a comment upon the condition of education, a kind of stock-taking, an assessmentof the problems which our own particular profession (orreligion as it is here in America) faces. And there aretwo difficulties here . In the first place, the question maybe asked, what can one who has devoted himself to thestudy of poetry have to say on the general subject ofeducation. In the second place, I may tell you in strictestconfidence, as our public speakers are wont to say, aprofessional secret ; the muse of our idolatry, the Goddessof Education, is a rather dull and humdrum lady, withvery few beauties of mind and person, except to thosewho have long ago sunk their critical spirits in herservice. Behind all this there bulks huge, like the tremendous Rocky Mountains to ourcontinent, my own fool-hardinessin commenting upon educationaltheory in Chicago. That is to bringcoals to Newcastle, oil to Oklahoma, morality to Puritans, sunshine to California, or frivolity tothe House of Representatives.Chicago might well answer as thepoet John Donne answered whensomeone undertook to tell him howto love —Teach me to love ! Go teach thyselfmore wit !I chief professor am of it !But then I must speak, and Iam a little comforted by the oldsaw,- as false as I know it to be,that every man has one good sermon in him. This, alas, must passfor mine. The race that has justbeen won by the noble race horsewas, after all, merely the first heat,""Convocation Address, August 27, 1937 ROCKEFELLER CHAPELAugust graduates are exhorted13 • By WILLIAM CLYDE DeVANEand he may need encouragement and admonition for theharder race to come, one that is not to be won withoutdust and heat and sweat. Perhaps even Chicago may .not have yet tried the particular nostrum I have for theimprovement of education in this country. So, in thismood, 1 shall venture a few comments upon Educationin this temple, with all her votaries about me. My subject is The Humbler Part, and is addressed primarily tothose now graduating. It is not quite the same as theLower Learning, which 1 understand has been asked forby some of the undergraduates of this University, but itbears some relation to that Lower Learning.Earlier in this summer 1 was reading once againCardinal Newman's Idea oj a University, and a fewwords there in which that subtle and intuitive, but notaltogether comprehensive, man attempted to explain thetrue and right effect of a university upon the life of itscommunity struck me with considerable force :"A University training (said the Cardinal) is a greatordinary means to a great but ordinary end ; it aims atraising the intellectual tone of society, at cultivating thepublic mind, at purifying the national taste, at supplyingtrue principles to popular enthusiasm and fixed aims topopular aspiration, at giving enlargement and sobrietyto the ideas of the age, at facilitating the exercise ofpolitical power, and refining the intercourse of privatelife."Upon first reading these words my feeling was thatthe Cardinal's conception of a university was tooEnglish and too restricted. He had left no room forwhat is probably the noblest activity of our great American universities, the advancementof learning, scientific, philosophical,historical, and literary. I still havea feeling of disappointment at theCardinal's conception. The acquisition of knowledge, pure and untrammelled by moral considerations or considerations of self-aggrandisement or self-preservation,is a primal instinct with man, anddeeper than even that, it is one ofhis saving delights that lasts longerthan many fiercer pleasure s."Brothers," says the aged butdauntless Ulysses of Dante's Inferno when he and his tired oldmariners have come to the Pillarsof Hercules, the mark in theutmost west beyond which manshould not venture : "Brothers,who through a hundred thousanddangers have reached the West,deny not, to this brief vigil of yoursenses that remains, experience of14 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEthe unpeopled world behind the sunset. Consider ofwhat seed ye are sprung ; ye were not formed to livelike brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge."And yet my second thought was that there was a greatdeal in what the Cardinal had to say concerning the function of an educational institution, and I presently fell intoa mood of deep chagrin as I contemplated the little effector the utter failure of every educational institution in thiscountry to perform in any degree its humbler duties. Ibegan to ask myself disturbing questions : Which of ouruniversities in this country is perceptibly "raising theintellectual tone of society" ? "Cultivating with any effectthe public mind, purifying the national taste, supplyingtrue principles to popular enthusiasm and fixed aims topopular aspiration, enlarging or sobering the ideas of theage?" Perhaps it is not fair to see life through newspapers, but it ought to be. Last summer as I read theEvening Transcript daily in Boston I might have persuaded myself for a moment that Harvard Universitywas having a great effect upon the community. But onlyfor a moment, and a glance at other newspapers whichreally have subscribers and at Boston itself quickly disabused me. In this respect, during the summer here, Ihave got singularly little comfojt from even "the world'sgreatest newspaper." I read, indeed, when I have gotsafely by the headlines, that a number of the smallercolleges in the countryside hereabouts are in truth havingan immense effect upon the communities in which theyare situated. But I have seen some of these, and I remain skeptical, and I ask myself other questions : Whenwill the immense, tremendously immense, investment inmoney, and more importantly in faith, which this country puts into education begin to pay dividends ? Why isso colossal and earnest an effort without, as yet, appreciable result? And then there rises that more honestand frightening question : How long will America's faithin education hold out? How long can we stave off thecoming of an efficient dictator who will demand that weteach other things than the truth that is in us, thingsmore practical and expedient than truth? How muchlonger will the hungry sheep look up and be content withwind for food? I trust I shall not be misunderstood.This is anything but a plea for vocational education inour schools and colleges. The bread we need in Americais made of rarer stuffs than grain. We need knowledgeand learning and wisdom and faith.Well, then, why are we ineffective? What ought weto do ? What ought a university to be, and how may webring our great institutions and educational systems tobear upon life in America? The questions come fasterthan the answers, and where my betters have failed orbeen silent, it is perhaps fool-hardy for me to speak. YetI must try. One thing is clear at the beginning. Thefailure of education to penetrate the American people isnot altogether the fault of the universities or even theeducational system. A comparatively little cake of yeastis asked to leaven a huge lump of particularly toughdough. Yet it must be done, or all we stand for mayperish.In a sense our history in the next fifty years may wellbe a race between ; education and anarchy. We are partially committed in America to the education of the masses, and any attempt to create an intellectual aristocracy is sure to be frowned upon and beaten down ifpossible. And yet, it seems to me, that is one of theinevitable and right steps that must be taken, and mustbe taken first. I would like to see a trained intellectualaristocracy, recruited from all classes according to merit,and selected competitively. And I would like to see afew universities in this country establish themselveshonestly and fearlessly for the preservation, the diffusion,and the advancement of knowledge. They would be thestorehouses of light, the suns whence the stars repairand in their golden urns draw light. Such institutionswould be intent upon quality rather than quantity.Of all romantic notions, few have suffered at thehands of history in the last hundred years as muchas the notion of the essential equality of men. At suchuniversities as I have in mind the genuine scholars ofthe country would be collected, true learning and deepscholarship would flourish, and the scholars and teachersof the future would be trained. They would not bevery large universities. Well, that is an Utopia, andmight well turn out as horribly as every other Utopiahas when it has been transmuted into actuality. But oneor two cautions ought to be added. I should like theseuniversities to rise from within, of their own will andaccord. I am quite sure that the state has not intelligenceenough to erect such institutions, nor enough pure loveof learning, and I am terribly certain that no state wouldbe wise enough to keep its hands off such an institutionif it were erected. Yet I am sure, though it is not likelyto happen soon, that if any of our great institutions trulycommitted itself to higher learning, the university sodoing would become something singular and wonderfulin our land. It is a cause, at least, that is worth beingmartyred for.This may be a first step ; but there is a humbler cause,and a greater task, and one that it is vitally necessary forus to begin doing now. I speak of the function of theuniversity, the colleges, and the schools to teach, toteach thoroughly and well. Without good fundamentalteaching the schools of higher learning will themselvesbe crippled and our society itself will be shaken. Wemust have teachers of intelligence and spirit who willyet be willing to do the plain hard work of fundamentalteaching in fundamental subjects. There are many suchalready. And yet we are strangely turned aside by ourpride and ambition from doing our humbler duties. Wefancy that every teacher should be a scholar — a dissertation makes an instructor; a 'book an assistant professor,with a few timely articles chucked into the hay scale;three books make an associate professor, and i\ve a professor. We will hardly make scholars in that sweatshop.The true scholar is a rare creature, and not many areborn among a million children. He will shed influencein one way or another — he Writes books or directs men.But in this profession of ours we apply one standardto all, and force many a good and useful man to breakhis heart attempting to do the thing he cannot, and shouldnot, do. In the meantime, the thing he is qualified to do,and often loves to do, is neglected, and the hungry sheepare fed on husks. In a larger sense, and more disastrously in America, our educational theorists haveFRESHMAN WEEK BRINGS NEW FACES TO THE CAMPUS, NEW ACTIVITIES FOR THE FACESI. Well oriented apparently are Jack Fralich, Janet Adams, Bob Lewis.2. The weather was mild Freshman Week as Joan Lyding, DonnaCulliton, and Prudence Coulter make a new use of Botany Pond,campus ducking spot, 3, J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr., brilliant 13 year old prodigy, in action. 4. Dean Leon P. Smith prepared courses for hundreds during the week, in this case, Margaret Ahrens. 5, 7, 8, and 9.Placement tests had their sobering effect at least with Mimi Evans,Jane Anderson, Jack Weber, and Joan Lyding. 6. Beauty in theChicago Plan as represented by Merry Berry Rice, Natalie Rudeis,Caroline Grabo, Lenora Koos and Margaret Hamilton. The latterthree are faculty offspring1516 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEstrayed through pride from the simple duties. All ourschool teachers want to teach the "finer" things ; ourhigh schools are full of ambitious surveys of the greatfields of knowledge. It frequently happens, for example,that the pupil is given a view of world literature beforehe can read his own, or any other, language intelligibly,and he fancies he can write plays before he can write sentences. The teacher with the grandiose notions he hasreceived avoids the drudgery of teaching; the pupil withhis grandiose notions avoids the drudgery of learninganything. Our teachers have almost generally abdicatedthe office they profess, and we let the children decidetheir own curriculum and run it as if they were as sageas Socrates. We should not be surprised, therefore, ifthere come up to our colleges pupils who cannot spell,those who cannot do simple problems in arithmetic, thosewho* cannot read, those who have never been disciplinedto think at all, and those who have been provided with notools whatever to work with.What, then, do we need in the schools and colleges ofthis country? If I say, a re-dedication to good teaching,I am in danger of being misunderstood, for every one ofus has his own notions of good teaching. It is perhapseasiest to begin my definition with negatives. By goodteaching I do not mean that the teaching should beheavily moral. The playing fields of Eton are not for us,and neither are the halls of Rugby. In a larger senseall good teaching must be moral — as moral as the literature of Homer, and Chaucer, and Shakespeare. It mustdeal truly and profoundly with the deepest issues of life,but yet simply. It must be keenly cognizant of man,his history and his ideas, his religions and his poetries,his sciences and his intuitions. It must be sure andspecific, teaching by well chosen sample rather than bygenerality, broad in its implications, but strong in itsfacts, and in its hold upon them. Not in the lowerschools, and not too much in the higher ones, must itaim to make specialists — but it must be thorough as faras it is carried. In good teaching there is not much roomfor the so-called "stimulating" teacher. Newman longago judged that vanity, when he declared, "the stimulating system may easily be overdone, and does notanswer in the long run. A blaze among the stubble andthen all is dark."And yet as Matthew Arnold noticed a half-century ago,the teacher must always be for the living word and thequickening spirit, never for mere mechanism and thedead result. The good teacher must inspire by hispatent intelligence, his love of his subject and his knowledge of it, the clarity and justness of his mind, his honestreverence for and delight in intellectual things. And hispupil, his product, should be a person awake, or beginning to be awake, to his world, having an inkling of thehistory of man, especially what Mark Pattison called"the grand development of human reason, from Aristotledown to Hegel," keenly eager to know what Arnoldwould have him know, "the best that has been thoughtand said," and with a substantial notion, to keep his balance and proportion, of the universe we live in.Ultimately you ma.y know your pupil by the books hereads. That university is still likely to be best that has the greatest — not necessarily the largest — collection ofbooks, and that university or college is doing its workbest which sends forth most men of books — men whoread books and men who write them. And the habit ofreading must be established early, for most men inAmerica are under the necessity of getting their substantial reading done before they are twenty-five. Afterthat they seem to be too swallowed up in life to contemplate it. Nothing can be more disconcerting to theteacher than to find his pupil, ten years after he has leftcollege — when for a moment he looked like a reader, andpotentially a man of thought — to find his pupil, I say,ten'years after his graduation, as a reader only of newspapers and the most ephemeral of magazines, only areader of sporting pages and financial sections, and ofonly cartoons and pictures in the lighter magazines ; andin his thought bound closely as a slave to the machine hetends, never questioning, never contemplating, and beingindeed extremely suspicious of those who do questionand contemplate.Men who will contemplate, and men who will question ! To create such men and women and such statesof mind ought to be the true object of general education.We shall not arrive at that state of mind without truelearning. I am in hearty agreement with the saying ofAristotle, recorded by Diogenes Laertius — a statementthat Dr. Johnson used to quote with great warmth —that there was the same difference between one learnedand unlearned, as between the living and the dead. Butwith learning comes contemplation and wisdom, the truevirtue of the individual. And with learning should comethe questioning and critical spirit — an informed, intelligent spirit of parliamentary opposition to the easy andpopular solutions of our major problems — a spirit asvital to the good life of a state as contemplation is to theindividual. Without these intellectual virtues, and alarge popular toleration of them, we shall lose our private liberty and our public democracy. It is my faiththat these intellectual virtues are the best fruits of education.It was almost precisely a thousand years ago thatthere was set up in a corner of England what seems tome to be a right, essential model of a university, and anexample of the effect that learning might have upon asociety. In King Alfred's day the world was not in anyhappier condition than it finds itself today. It was achaotic world :When Caesar's sun fell out of the skyAnd who so hearkened rightCould only hear the plungingOf the nations in the night.There was ceaseless war in Europe, and the church andthe state were tottering. The little kingdom of the WestSaxons seemed doomed to be swallowed up by hordes ofbarbarians who broke through impenetrable forests andlanded on impossible shores.And there was death on the EmperorAnd night upon the Pope :And Alfred, hiding in deep grassHardened his heart with hope.(Continued on Page 18)QUAD RAMBLESTHAT ancient vaudeville dialogue: "I went pastyour house yesterday," and the answer "Thankyou" is appropriate for many of our Westernreaders who escaped personal visits from Quad Ramblesduring the September vacation period. If you are interested in knowing the nearness of your escape we brieflyoutline our itinerary.We viewed Kansas City from the top of the impressive Soldiers' Monument while our Sante Fe engineerwas changing his shirt. We watched the sun set beyondthe mighty Grand Canyon (where Irvin S. Cobbquipped : "It's a swell place to throw old razor blades"and where a lesser journalist was inspired to entitle herguide booklet: "Golly, what a Gully!"). We watchedMexicans dip scented tallow candles in the picturesqueMexican commercial center of Los Angeles where wedidn't visit a movie studio — just to be different. At SanFrancisco we spent a few half-dollars crossing the newbridge, dining at Lucas' (how do you spell his name?)famous restaurant and at Joe DiMaggio's gaudy waterfront lobster palace. We also picked up some gadgetsin Chinatown that were "Made in Japan" — which mayexplain why they were on sale at reduced prices !By automobile from San Francisco, w$ realized a lifetime ambition to see the famous California redwoods andohed and ahed up the coast highway (pausing to purchase a redwood burl whose fern-like sprouts are justnow beginning to brighten our living room) to Oregon— our home state.We drove the full length of the Oregon coast highway,keeping a close check on the Pacific from the many highway vantage points which make this drive nationallyfamous for its beauty. Marred only by the tombstonelike fireplaces which mark the site of the Bandon-by-the-Sea residential district (almost completely wiped outby the forest fire about which you read a year or soback) our auto trip ended at Astoria, where a ColumbiaRiver fishing trip caused eight beautiful salmon (totaling200 pounds) to regret that we ever left the ChicagoAlumni Office. Credit us with commendable self control on limiting our fish story to one sentence !After plowing up golf fairways at Portland, Albany,Corvalis, Salem, and Neskowin; viewing Portland fromWilliamette Heights ; the Hill Museum from the Oregonside of the Columbia River ; and watching the moon riseover Mt. Hood as we approached Pendleton ; we settledback in our lounge chairs on the "City of Portland" toHve, in retrospect, a most restful and pleasant vacation.NONE OF OUR BUSINESSPulse, the new student magazine which has replacedPhoenix — with a Timestyle format — and the Daily Maroon, with its aggressive five-plank platform :1. Increase University effort toward student adjustment; • By HOWARD W. MORT, Editor, Tower Topics2. Abolition of intercollegiate athletics;3. Progressive politics ;4. Revision of the College Plan; and5. A chastened President (your guess is as good asours), have created more than usual interest this yearamong old as well as new students on the quadrangles.Both news organs are running thumbnail sketches of thepedagogical methods of faculty members. To date,some rank a top A+ but more find themselves listedfarther down the alphabet, (e. g. ". . . likes to argueand does not have the belief that many social scientistshave that students should be bored in class." ". . . As adiscussion leader he's dry and matter-of-fact, with a tendency to* get off into, detailed sidepaths at times.")In the meantime, the Maroon got itself quoted on themetropolitan front pages with an editorial on plank number two, which is not news since the same sheet did thesame thing last year with the same results. No oneseems to feel, however, that Editor McNeill wrote hiscondemnation of intercollegiate athletics for a publicity-circulation stunt. He is apparently sincere in his standand there are those who approve. Not James WeberLinn, however, who broke into the "Letters to the Editor" column with :"Last Friday you announced your advocacy of theabolition of intercollegiate athletics, and on another pagepublished a long resume of an article from Liberty written to prove that football makes 'addlepated stumble-backs' of its players. I hope you will not get intercollegiate athletics abolished at Chicago until after I amgone. ... I have seen every one of them [Chicagoplayers] in action, from 1893 to 1937, and can bear personal testimony that not one of them was made addlepated by football. . . . Advocate abolition of anythingyou please, athletics, President Hutchins, the teaching ofEnglish composition, or me, and if you give good reasonsI'll go along with you; but don't offer evidence fromsuch sources as Liberty."* * *Coleman Clark '18, national table tennis star, hasforsaken LaSalle Street and is the feature act at CollegeInn, Chicago bright spot. Coleman puts on quite ashow with the little celluloid ball and has been held overfor a number of months by popular demand.* * *Consistent with symphony music in dairy barns,Dean Leon P. Smith went from a formal dinner tothe Chapel Union's barn dance in a Tuxedo and wassurprised to be voted a prize for the most appropriatecostume.* * *Snakes make the finest kind of pets, according toProfessor Durbin Rowland (Romance Languages).They are so little trouble, become so affectionate, andindirectly discourage unwelcome visitors to one's room.1718 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEDuring the summers of the Century of Progress, Mr.Rowland's interest in snakes lured him so frequently tothe reptile exhibit that the curator, Dr. Scanlan, beganfeeling guilty about taking his money, so Mr. Rowlandwas presented with a season pass. A friendship grewbetween these two men and, at the close of the 1934 season, Dr. Scanlan accepted Mr. Rowland's invitation tobe his dinner guest at the Quadrangle Club.During the course of the dinner, Scanlan mentionedthat he had a package in the check room which he wishedto present to Mr. Rowland as a parting gift. When theyarrived in the check room they discovered the packageslowly rolling toward the opposite wall (and Rowlandwondered just how full a full-time professor would have-to be to explain this phenomenon!) The package contained a "beautifully marked" (quotes, Mr. Rowland's)bull snake which had just arrived from Texas.The snake soon became very fond of its new home andmaster and led a leisurely life sleeping in his cotton-lined basket by day and enjoying the run of the studyby night. His favorite evening retreat was under theVictrola cabinet until the steam was turned off and thenhe appreciated the luxury of wrapping himself abouthis master's arm in order to keep warm. During theyear he added two inches to hts four feet, eight. Theday came when Mr. Rowland found it necessary to goto the hospital for an operation. Having no friends whofelt as he did about snakes, Rowland delivered his petto the reptile house at Brookfield Zoo for safe keeping.Here the snake soon died, grieving for his former lifeon the quadrangles and his evening siestas under theVictrola.Proving his statement that snakes are very littletrouble, Mr. Rowland explained that his pet ate two miceevery 25 days, required water about once a week, andwas content to remain in his basket for days at a time ifhis master saw fit. He thoroughly enjoyed outdoorhikes in fair weather, however. Mr. Rowland, thinkingto gi^e his pet a real treat one week-end, took him to theIndiana dunes and turned him loose on the warm sand.The snake, having neither vest nor shoes, found thesand most uncomfortably hot and rushed wildly frombush to bush seeking cool shade. It was some time before Rowland overtook his irritated pet to rescue himfrom his uncomfortable predicament. It was a good deallonger before he could convince the young fellow thatthe stunt was done in a spirit of kindness and not as apractical joke. Justifying his attitude toward this nativeof Eden, Professor Rowland explains:"One of the most interesting attributes of the much-maligned reptile is that he is spotlessly clean, — cleanerthan a cat or dog. His scales are hard and cold likesteel and not slimy as squeamish people seem to think.And it is fun to watch the gradual changes in the attitude of the snake in the process of becoming a pet. Whenfresh from the desert, he coils and hisses and makesready to strike at the approach of a human. By degreeshe learns that no harm is to befall him; he begins toforget to keep you in line with his jaws. And whenat last he relaxes enough to stretch nonchalantly nearyou with no further concern about keeping his eye constantly upon you, then he is pretty well tamed. "When one gathers him up, he will still hiss and coil— but that is just a habit and doesn't mean a thing.When you and the snake both come to understand thatthere is no point in being on any but friendly terms,then he is as good a pet in his way as an Airdale. Andhe is a darned sight easier to keep. He doesn't need alicense, he doesn't get distemper, he eats but once everytwenty to thirty days, if you don't want to be botheredyou can let him sleep in his basket for days at a time,and a well-bred snake doesn't demand the daily roundof hydrant-inspection. He is fun to watch when youwant him around, and out of sight out of mind."The Humbler Part(Continued from Page 16)A sea-folk blinder than the seaBroke all about his landBut Alfred up against them bareAnd gripped the ground and grasped the air,Staggered, and strove to stand.* * * H« *He broke them with a broken swordA little towards the sea,And for one hour of panting peace,Ringed with a roar that would not cease,With golden crown and girdled fleeceMade laws under a tree.He hardened his heart with hope, as we must do ours.But he did more than that. In those evil days he collected about him the best scholars of Europe. A librarywas collected. The highest learning and wisdom ofEurope was gathered in his little court, and for a whileWinchester became the intellectual capital of the westernworld. But Alfred did yet more — he was not unmindfulof the humbler part. It is recorded that the King himself went to school, and he put his nation to school, andmen learned to spell and read, to do sums in a fashion,and hands stiffened by much use of the spear and plough,began to write, awkwardly no doubt at first, but withincreasing speed and ease. The lower learning flourished with the higher, and presently men rose from thestudy of the simpler things to the higher studies, toethics, morality, religion, literature and philosophy andhistory, geography and the other sciences. And beforelong Europe began to call for men trained in Alfred'scourt.Most of us will not have the good fortune to makegreat scientific discoveries, or enunciate great new theories, or write great histories, or direct the thought ofman in any major fashion towards new goals. Withoutsome of these seers and thinkers and scholars, the peopleperish, and I hope some of them are before me now.Rewards and honors be upon them! For most of us ahumbler part is reserved. It is for most of us to makethe bone and sinew of the nation, to leaven the greatlump of democracy by our living or in our teaching ; tostand as signs of better things in our communities by ourjust, our tolerant, and eager lives. If in some semesours is the humbler part, it is in another sense a moreglorious and even more necessary part, and in its achievement we may justly be proud.IN MY OPINION•By FRED B. MILLETT, PhD'31, Visiting Professor of English, Wesleyan UniversityONE of the numerous penalties of being a teacherof English literature is that he is expected toread everything, and actually has time to readnothing. At least, in a university life, congested withactivities, intra- and extra-mural, academic and non-academic, he has almost no time for quite disinterestedreading. Persons imperfectly acquainted with academic life are proneto think of the professor of Englishspending long evenings in smokingjacket and slippers, basking before anopen fire amid thickening clouds oftobacco smoke, and ploughing happilythrough book after book. In point offact, if and when he reads a book, heusually reads it in order to teach it, tolecture on it, or to write about it. Ifhe is canny, he will confine his readingto books that will serve all three purposes simultaneously.It is with great difficulty, therefore,that I can recall any book that I haveread in recent months purely for pleasure. Even those books read in theintervals of a summer's research and writing were forthe most part simply grist for the coming year's academicmill. Thus, Virginia Woolf's The Years will furnish thetheme for the peroration of this year's lecture on thatdistinguished novelist. I shall wish, of course, that Icould find it in my heart to say that this novel belongswith her achievements of the first rank, Mrs. Dallowayand To the Lighthouse The Years is a charming andtouching book, sensitively if not brilliantly written, butit has a thinness and obviousness that make intelligibleits quantitative success with American readers, a successthat no other book of hers has attained. But, though itis not to be compared with her major creations, it cannotbe missed by anyone who wishes a close acquaintancewith the finest woman novelist England has produced inthis generation. For years I have been telling myselfthat the tedium of my next long ocean voyage would bealleviated by the reading of Thomas Mann's The MagicMountain. But only the shadow of an impending coursein the contemporary European novel stirred me to copewith this extraordinary novel this summer. Certainly,it is one of the major imaginative creations of our age,but what I shall say to a class about it must wait untilmy manifold impressions of it are correlated with furtherreading in the works of probably the greatest livingnovelist. The only summer reading that I can call quitedisinterested was Richard Aldington's translation ofChoderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses. It isso long since I first resolved to read this book that Icannot remember the original source of the intention. Ido not yet know how I managed to read this amazingnovel during a very busy summer. It is not, of course,FRED B. MILLETTa novel for the "general reader." Its manners, if not itsmorals, are as remote from the naturalism of Hemingwayand Caldwell as Dante is from Edgar Guest. Its epistolary elegancies and decorous circumlocutions half concealan intensely sophisticated society only slightly less corrupt than the one created and then destroyed by Proust.I am still in doubt, I confess, whetherthe moral ending is honest convictionor mere window-dressing. But toreaders interested in the rare combination of perfect manners and very imperfect morals, the book may be recommended enthusiastically.Though I hardly expect to do muchdisinterested reading even in theidyllic atmosphere of a small NewEngland college, I cannot resist thetemptation to consider what books outof the season's crop I should read, ifonly my life were a little closer to thatof the professor in a sentimental novelette. Some of my disinterested reading would certainly be merely entertaining in character. Novels of thistype have a function as unmistakable as that of greenchartreuse or marrons glace. I should not, I am sure,expect to be much amused by Vaughan Wilkins' AndSo — Victoria, the current British competitor for the unnumbered romantic audience created by Anthony Adverse and Gone with the Wind, though it probably offersmore melodramatic excitement for the money than anyother novel of the year. Nor should I turn with enthusiasm to Trygve Gulbransson's The Wind from theMountains, since romantic primitivism is not my favoriteweakness. On a desert island, I might consider readingSomerset Maugham's Theatre, a reliably competent treatment of the outworn theme of the theatrical temperament. I should be much more interested in discoveringwhether his one important novel, Of Human Bondage,seems as powerful now as it seemed when I read it firstamid the patriotic whirlwinds of the war -years. SinceNew Orleans is one of the few American cities I shouldbe willing to make an effort to visit, I might be temptedto take the easier way, and read Lyle Saxon's Childrenof Strangers, certainly the most successful and perhapsthe best of the bumper crop of American regional novels.For pure entertainment, I think I could depend mostsafely on Angela Thirkell's August Folly and MargerySharp's The Nutmeg Tree, both of which have beenrecommended by experts in wit and urbanity.But my disinterested reading would certainly not beconfined to merely amusing novels. Non-utilitarianreading may find a justification in illumination no lessthan in laughter. I should not, however, expect to findillumination in any of the season's crop of novels byEnglish writers. A. J. Cronin's The Citadel, to be sure,1920 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEis serious, and its moral earnestness is already evokingthe appropriate responses from thousands of Americanreaders. But there is a world of difference betweenmoral earnestness and aesthetic seriousness, and I havenever been able to discover any signs of the latter commodity in the works of Dr. Cronin. For the aestheticallyserious novel, I should have to cross to Europe or turnback to America.Looking over the European novels translated withinthe last half year, one observes that the vogue of thehistorical novel in America is being duplicated in Europe,and that most of the important novels of this period havebeen written by novelists in actual or spiritual exile fromthe soil that bore them. Thus, the most conspicuousGerman novels are all the work of exiles from Hitler'sNordic paradise, and even the historical novels haveindubitable contemporary implications, as indeed. everyhistorical novel must have, if it is to be more than anelaborate mechanism of escape. Perhaps the least redolent of contemporary implications is Heinrich Mann'sYoung Henry of Navarre, a serious attempt to re-createan historical period and to paint a gallery of recognizableyet human historical portraits. Alfred Newmann's TheGaudy Empire, namely the Second Empire of NapoleonIII, is close enough to our own- time to have significancefor it. Even more pointedly, Lion Feuchtwanger's ThePretender, a serious reconstruction of an episode in thehistory of the early Roman Empire, is symbolic of thepsychology and fate of the man with the Chaplinesquemoustache. Other German novels by noteworthy writersdeal even more directly with the tragic history of postwar Germany, — Erich Remarque's The Three Comrades,with the fate of three war-veterans in post-war Germany,and Bruno Frank's Lost Heritage, with life in Germanyunder Hitler. To the roster of anti-fascistic fiction, anexile from another totalitarian state, Ignazio Silone, hascontributed a bitter indictment of Mussolini's treatmentof the Italian peasant-class. France is apparently toochaotic politically to encourage the production of significant factional fiction. Certainly, Jean Giono's The Songof the World is as complete a rejection of the modernworld as a serious contemporary novel could be. If thisis the literature of escape, it is escape on the wings, notof a fluttering fancy, but of the true imagination. Probably the most important novel to be published in or outof translation this year is Jules Romains' The Depthsand the Heights. This, the sixth volume in the Men ofGood Will series, is as momentous an event as the publication and translation of the successive volumes ofProust's modern epic, so anxiously awaited in thetwenties.The season's crop of American novels need yieldnothing to Europe in variety or distinction. Certainspring publications have been somewhat obscured bybulkier and noisier candidates for approbation. Thus, Caroline Gordon's None Shall Look Back, a really distinguished treatment of Civil War material, sufferedfrom the tremendous competition offered by its flashierrival, Gone with the Wind. Millen Brand's The Outward Room, a deft study of the heroine's painful recovery of sanity, and William Maxwell's They Came LikeSwallows, a delicately rendered domestic tragedy, foundall too few, though discriminating readers. ConradRichter's The Sea of Grass, a poetic account of life inthe Southwest in the days of the great cattle-ranges, willprobably be remembered longer than most of the bestsellers of 1937. John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, aproletarian idyl devoid of party doctrine, did not a littleto" establish the position of this versatile but stable youngv talent. Kenneth Roberts' Northwest Passage does notsuffer by comparison with the best products of the contemporary European historical novelists. It is a matterof dispute whether there is any ground for insisting thatan historical novel be precisely historical. But sinceRoberts, at least, is a devotee of historicity, readers witha passion for accurate historical details may feel at easein his presence. The historical reader, who offers historyto the novelist as subject-matter for free-hand drawing,will find his type of novel in A Trojan Ending, a brilliant if somewhat wayward interpretation of an endlesslyfascinating story, by Laura Riding, the partner of RobertGraves in critical and creative activities. The new novelto which I am turning most eagerly is the Harper PrizeNovel, The Seven Who Fled, by Frederic Prokosch. TheAsiatics, his first novel, seemed to me to suffer from anadmixture of shoddy. But Prokosch's minor mode, thatof decadent romanticism, has at least the distinction ofbeing utterly alien to the major current manifestations ofthe creative spirit. And, if he is really of the company ofBaudelaire and Huysmans, he need not fear the future.But not all the interesting novels of the season arealready in the hands of critics and reviewers. Betweenthe writing and the printing of these words, some novelmay be published that will catch the attention, not onlyof thousands of readers but of discriminating critics andwatchful literary historians. Still on the knees of thecritical gods are the fates of such promised offerings asCaroline Gordon's Garden of Adonis, Albert Halper'sThe Chute, Meade Minnigerode's Black Forest, andElmer Rice's Imperial City. My curiosity is mostaroused by the imminent publication of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not. Hemingway, of course,occupies a distinctive position in the contemporary literary pageant. There have been signs, however, that hisvogue is passing, and certainly the limitations of bothhis philosophy and his technique are much more apparentthan they were a decade ago. This novel then is likelyto be an important, if not a decisive act in the drama ofhis creative career and his relation to contemporaryletters.NEWS OF THE QUADRANGLESFURTHER evidence of the University's interest inundergraduate education, dramatized in recentyears by the Chicago Plan, comes through theaction of an anonymous eastern alumnus who has madea gift of $75,000 to the University to establish threeannual prizes of $1,000 each for outstanding teachers ofundergraduate students. The awards are to be announced at the June Convocation each year; the firstthree will be given next June."The purpose of the award is to interest teachers intraining not only scholars and research workers, but alsoyoung men and women for intelligent and public spiritedparticipation and leadership in business, civic, and professional life," the donor said in his letter of gift. "Ihope the award will result in constantly improving theChicago faculty who teach undergraduates."The awards are to be made by the Board of Trustees,on recommendation of the President. President Hutchins has appointed a committee representing the Divisionsand several of the Professional Schools to assist him indetermining the selections. No member of the facultywho wins an award may again be eligible until the thirdyear thereafter, and no one may win more than threeawards. One of the prizes may be given to one who hascontributed notably to the improvement of undergraduateinstruction, though not himself primarily engaged inteaching.Faculty AppointmentsThere are 127 new faculty appointments to the University this year, the great majority of them youngermen and women in the lower academic ranks. Amongthe appointments in higher ranks not previously reportedin the Magazine are three distinguished foreign scholars.Walther von Wartburg, Swiss-born philologist of theUniversity of Leipsig, the leading authority on the history of the French language, has been appointed professor of Romance Philology/ He is the compiler ofthe French Etymological Dictionary, classic study of theevolution of the French language from Latin origins tothe present. Dr. von Wartburg will be in residence atthe University of Chicago only one quarter a year, butwill organize and direct a staff to study the French language used in Louisiana and Quebec.Dr. Fritz Wasserman, of the Anatomical Institute,Munich, has been appointed associate professor in Anatomy in the Walter G. Zoller Memorial Dental Clinic.He is known internationally among medical workers forhis broad knowledge in all fields of anatomy, and isauthor of the volume on fibrous tissue in the seriesHandbook for Microscopic Anatomy, edited by Wilhelmvon Mollendorff.Third of the foreign scholars just added to the facultyis Dr. Ernst Manheim, formerly of the University ofLeipzig, who has been made assistant professor of Sociology. Established as both a sociologist and anthro- • By WILLIAM V. MORGENSTERN, '20, JD '22pologist, Dr. Manheim is the author of several importantstudies in both fields, including Moulders of Public Opinion, concerned with the shifts in public opinion following the war as a result of political manipulation ; Familyand Authority, in the series published by the International Institute of Social Research, and Logic of Concepts.Miss Eula B. Butzerin, Director of Public HealthNursing Education, University of Minnesota, has beenappointed Director of Public Health Nursing. Trainedat Columbia, where she took her Master's degree inTeachers College, Miss Butzerin had training at thePresbyterian Hospital School of Nursing, Chicago. Thework in public health nursing which Miss Butzerin willdirect is an addition to the University's program in nursing education.A Chicago Ph. D., Dr. Melvin H. Knisley, has beenappointed assistant professor in Anatomy. He has helda General Education Board fellowship for four years, twoof which were spent at Chicago, and the last two at theMarine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., andin study under Professor August Krogh at the University of Copenhagen. Dr. Knisley is the inventor of amethod of illuminating practically any tissue in livingsmall vertebrates for microscopic study. His device usesrods of quartz which conduct light to the desired point,much as a pipe conducts water.Water Petersen, also a Chicago Ph. D., who has madeextensive studies in comparative philology, has been appointed assistant professor in the department of Linguistics.Appointed last May, Dr. Norman L. Bowen, penologist of the Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D. G, who holds the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professorship, has begun his workat the University.New TrusteesTwo new trustees have been elected to the Board :Mr. Albert D. Lasker and Mr. Paul G. Hoffman. Mr.Hoffman was a student at the University, and his election brings the number of former students and alumnion the Board of thirty-five to thirteen.Mr. Lasker was Chairman of the United States Shipping Board and for many years was president of theadvertising firm of Lord and Thomas. He has beeninterested in the University for many years; with hiswife, Flora W. Lasker, who died last year, he establishedthe Lasker Foundation for Medical Research here. TheFoundation has been engaged in fundamental researchon degenerative diseases of middle and old age.Mr. Hoffman came to the University in 1907, butbecame so interested in the then infant automobile business that he left college to become a star salesman of thehorseless carriages. He early identified himself with theStudebaker company; rose rapidly through sales man-2122 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEager and branch manager in Los Angeles to vice president in charge of sales, with headquarters in South Bend.In 1931 he was made president of the Studebaker SalesCorporation of America. When the company was inprocess of reorganization he was co-receiver and afterthe reorganization was completed he became president.He is one of the automobile industry's leaders in the promotion of traffic safety. The oldest of his six children,Hallock, is an undergraduate at the University.Rockefeller ChapelDuring his lifetime, John D. Rockefeller, founder ofthe University, would permit no building to bear hisname, because of reluctance to have his unique association with the University emphasized in any way. Afterhis death, however, the University regarded itself freeto perpetuate his memory, and the Board of Trusteeschose the great Chapel, heretofore known as the University Chapel, as the most appropriate memorial. Official name of the memorial is the Rockefeller MemorialChapel.Jernegan RetiresDr. Marcus Wilson Jernegan, professor of AmericanHistory at the University, a specialist in colonial historyand an authority on various leaders of that period, notably Benjamin Franklin, retired from active teaching atthe end of the summer quarter after more than a quarterof a century on the faculty.As a tribute to Dr. Jernegan, the Marcus W. JerneganEssays in American Historiography recently was published by the University of Chicago Press. The volumecontains twenty-one chapters, each essay is devoted toa different American historian, from Henry Adams toWoodrow Wilson, and each is written by a contemporaryscholar and a former student of Dr. Jernegan. The collection, edited by William T. Hutchinson, associate professor of American History at the University, was presented to him last December at the annual meeting ofthe American Historical Association.Dr. Jernegan recently completed a new history, EarlyAmerican Immigration, 160J-1820, which is to be published shortly. The author of several history books, helast year revised his Grozvth of the American People,which he wrote in 1934. He also is the author of History of Tammany Societies of Rhode Island, The American Colonies, 1402-1750, Laboring and DependentClasses in Colonial America, 1607-1783, and SourceProblems in U. S. History.Dr. Jernegan was born in Edgartown, Mass., on Aug.5, 1872. He received his A.B. and M.A. degrees fromBrown University and his Ph.D. here. He studied inthe School of History and Economics at the Universityof London before his appointment as instructor of American History at the University in 1908 He was elevatedto a professorship in 1920.He married Imogene Cameron of Traverse City,Mich., June 21, 1913. They have two daughters, Margaret Helen, who graduated from the University thisspring, and Jean Cameron, a senior. He is a memberof the American Historical Association and the ColonialSociety of Massachusetts, and has been associate editor of the Quarterly Journal of New England History andLiterature for several years. Dr. Jernegan will continuehis historical writing after retirement and conduct a limited number of classes at the University.Harper MemorialPresident Hutchins journeyed to New Concord, Ohio,late this month to speak at the William Rainey HarperMemorial Educational Conference, one of the events ofthe Muskingum College centennial celebration. The University's organizer and first president entered Muskingum at the age of ten, graduating four years later.The two-story cabin near the Muskingum campus inwhich Dr. Harper was born July 26, 1856, has been restored and refurnished with much of the original furniture, retrieved in large part from the attics and storerooms of his children. It also contains a set of all of Dr.Harper's writings. Samuel N. Harper, professor ofRussian Language and Institutions at the University, hisbrother, Paul, Chicago lawyer, and their mother, wereguests at the centennial. Also a speaker was Dr. GeorgeE. Vincent, once an associate of Dr. Harper's at Chicago,and later the President of the Rockefeller Foundation.NotesOberlin College conferred the honorary LL.D. degreeupon Dean Edith Abbott of the School of Social ServiceAdministration at its recent Centennial observance. . J.Carl H. Henrickson, assistant dean of the School ofBusiness, resigned this summer to become EducationalDirector, American Association of Credit Men. ... Atthe annual meeting of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, held in Dallas this month,Dr. M. Edward Davis, associate professor of Obstetricsand Gynecology, and Dr. Arthur K. Koff, instructor inthe department, jointly received the prize awarded forthe best essay reporting research work. . . . Registrationfor the autumn quarter, including University College,totals an even 7,600, a shade less than the total ofautumn, 1936. . . . Degrees were conferred on 495 candidates at the August Convocation.Mahatma Gandhi(Continued from Page 8)never been to a moving picture," he adds. "Hasn't oneever been brought to you?" I query. "No," he laughsagain, "I have never seen one."My question is not asked in jest. In the talking moving picture, cheaply made and shown with low cost portable projectors, lies a method for greatly speeding up thereaching of India's illiterate millions with the story ofvillage uplift. If the British Government were alert tosteal the Mahatma's thunder, or were sincerely interested in the lot of the Indian peasant, it would put 5%of its Indian Army appropriation into such talking moving pictures. In a decade the results would be incalculable. For all of its faith, Gandhi's movement has littlecapital. Few of the rich ride his bandwagon.As I leave Gandhi, I unwittingly overstep. Webb Miller, head of the United Press in London, once told meof securing his autograph. The last twenty minutes of(Continued on Page 24)ATHLETICSScores :Chicago, 0; Vanderbilt, 18.Chicago, 0; Wisconsin, 27.Chicago, 7; Princeton, 16.CHICAGO'S gridiron winning column is zero and,unless the unexpected takes place, will remain soas far as major contests are concerned. TheMaroon eleven to date has played three games, losingthem all.Lacking in reserve strength and experienced players,Chicago traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, on October 2,to meet the strong Vanderbilt team. Coach Clark D.Shaughnessy and his staff worked with the small squadonly three weeks before the initial game. Vanderbilt, asyet undefeated in the south, disposed of Chicago, 18 to 0,on a soggy field.Despite ragged tackling, the Maroon eleven heldCoach Rav Morrison's Commodores to three touchdowns. This was clone although Vanderbilt had possession of the ball practically the entire game. Statisticsreveal that the Maroon team attempted but 21 running-plays.The heavy field stopped any chance of. the Marooneleven showing its open style of play. Sollie Shermancarried the ball 11 times and made a total of 55 yards.John Davenport, a sophomore, was given the oval fourtimes and chalked up a yardage gain of 31 yards.Slight but fast, Davenport is developing into a capabletailback. Coach Shaughnessy is bringing him alongslowly, expecting good work from him next year whenhe will he heavier and more experienced. Against Wisconsin, he carried the ball eight times for a total gain of21 yards, and against Princeton was used six times fora total gain of 13 yards. In other words he has carriedthe ball 18 times this season, gained 65 yards, or anaverage of 3.6 yards per run.Wisconsin came to Stagg field primed for victory andsnatched it from the Maroon eleven by alertness morethan team skill. The 27 to 0 score does not indicate thecomparative strength of the two elevens. Seven points,and no more, separated the two teams.Again the Maroon tackling was weak and ragged andits blocking, ineffective. The game was lost by inexperience and an absence of field generalship. Chicagolacked football instinct, the ability to seize an opportunity,and there were plenty of them.The score at the half was 7 to 0 for the Badgers. Inthe second half, the Maroon team was physically weak,and Coach Stuhldreher's eleven, yet undefeated in theBig Ten circuit, cashed in on the recklessness of theMaroon passing attack.By intercepting aerials, Wisconsin was able to inflatethe score. As far as actually earning touchdowns, theBadgers were not forced to rely on a running or passing • By PAUL MAC LEANattack. They merely played the ball and took advantageof the "breaks" of the game, coupled with Chicago's weaktackling.Maroon football followers, however, were pleased withthe progress made by the team. It was more polishedthan the previous week when it played Vanderbilt andit had the appearance of an eleven that would improvestill more. Coach Shaughnessy's greatest problem thisseason has been time. Without a spring practice, he hadbeen forced to squeeze in fundamental drills along withoffensive and defensive work, a disheartening task forany coach.TWO TIGERS, TWO MAROONSDon Lourie (Princeton), field judge; W. H. Friesall (Princeton), referee; J. J. Schommer, '09, umpire, and J. J. Lipp, '14, linesman,whose officiating did not betray their partisanship.Coach "Fritz" Crisler of Princeton brought a strong,smart band of orange and black striped Tigers to Staggfield, Oct. 16. When the game ended Princeton hadwon, 16 to 7. The Maroon team, while improved in itstackling and blocking, failed to show offensive strength.In the first half, Chicago definitely outplayed Princeton. Lewis Hamity, outstanding Maroon defensiveplayer, who had been switched to fullback to bolster twoweak spots in the line, cut through to block a punt inthe second quarter and to fall on the ball for Chicago'sonly tally.Princeton was unable to gain on off-tackle plays andend sweeps the first half. Changing tactics in the secondperiod, the Tigers hit the right side of the line withbucks, spinners and delayed smashes, and sent over itsfirst touchdown on an end-around play after the Maroonteam had been "sucked in" on the succession of lineplays. The second half was Princeton's and with it, thegame.Four games remain on the Chicago schedule ; Ohio2324 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEState, Michigan, Beloit and Illinois. While it seemscertain that Chicago's small squad will be unable to copewith others in the Big Ten this season, its continuousimprovement offers hope. All Chicago home games arebeing broadcasted this season by WHIP, Hammond,Indiana, 1480 kilocycles.The squad has been further handicapped by the lossof Fred Lehnhardt, veteran Maroon fullback. He received a hard jolt on the right knee in the Princetongame and the cartilage was badly torn.Actually, Coach Shaughnessy only has fifteen or sixteen good players and they must bear the burden of theseven-game schedule. They include Capt. Robert Fitzgerald and Bob Wasem, ends ; Theodore Fink andGeorge Kelley, guards ; Kendall Peterson and RobertJohnson, tackles ; Bob Greenebaum and George Antonic,centers ; and Sollie Sherman, Lewis Hamity, Ed Valorz,Morton Goodstein, Louis Letts, and John Davenport,backs. Reserves who have seen action include JackFetman and Bob Meyer, ends ; Earl Peirce, tackle ; JohnAnderson, guard, and Robert Sass, guard.Freshmen StarWhen Freshman Football Coach Nelson H. Norgrensaid he had the best material in five years, it was worthlooking into. A group of about 35 freshmen, as manyas on the Varsity, are practicing daily and offering theMaroons plenty of scrimmage competition.The squad is peppery, willing and eager to learn.Coach Norgren is being assisted by Jay Berwanger,"Duke" Skoning and Spyros Vorres. The freshmenlearn Varsity opposition plays weekly and use themagainst Coach Shaughnessy's team, and use them effectively. On several occasions the yearlings have sent overtouchdowns.Coach Norgren has two good centers ; Willis Little-ford, 165, of Downers Grove high school and last year'scaptain of the North Central College freshman team, andJack Plunkett, 175, All-State center from Red Lodge,Montana.Those who are impressive at guard include WalterMaurovich, 185, from Lindblom high school who lastyear attended the University of Washington; James F.Linberger, 175, former member of the Long Beach(Calif.) Polytechnic team, California champions; GeorgeMaggos, 187, captain of last year's Austin team, All-Chicago champions ; Donald Wilson, 187, Hinsdale high ;and Joseph P. Howard, 172, Inglewood Union high.Coach Norgren has some classy material at tackle.Outstanding players include Jay Bales, 185, Tech highschool of Atlanta, Georgia; J. Hilliard Collins, 235, Topeka, Kansas, high school, and Lester Rice, 170, Roosevelt high.The freshman crew has some clever wingmen; Howard Hawkins, 170, Lake View high and Michigan Statecollege; David Wiedemann, 185, Hyde Park highschool; Robert Erickson, 178, St. Joe (Mich.) highschool and Michigan State college; and John Tanner,San Diego (Calif.) high school.It is a pleasure to see the frosh backs in action. Fourof them have shown speed and class against the Varsity. FIRST HALF TENSENESSPrincetonians Dickson, Wieman, Crisler. Head Coach Crisler andLine Coach Dickson are Chicago alumni, played against the Tigersin their timeThese are George H. Crandell, 160, Hirsch high school ;William Kimball, former fullback on the All-Clevelandchampionship Shaker Heights team ; Bob McNamee, 160,Hyde Park athlete who, although without previous football experience, is proving to be a shifty, speedy tailback ; and Wallace Ottomeyer, 175, Parker high school.Leonard W. Aldridge of Pullman Tech and the University of Nebraska, is another promising yearling halfback.Mahatma Gandhi(Continued from Page 22)our conversation, after we foreswore politics, are sofriendly and informal that I produce a sheet of papermade by the Association in Wardha which I had purchased for one anna. I ask the Mahatma if he will signit. The first and only such request I have ever made."No," he smiles shyly and turns his head. Then hesees my paper. "No," he giggles cheerfully, "even thatdoes not tempt me." Again we shake hands crisply.As our tonga meanders through its hour's drive acrossthe sun-blistered plain to Wardha, Mr. Mahadev tellsme the Mahatma has given autographs only in London..And I think him right in refusing them. The autographcollector is a pest as unmitigated as the boll weevil-"When I was in jail," Mr. Mahadev begins a story.He has served six or seven years in jail, not far behindthe Mahatma's record. "They've been very consideratetwice," he tells me, "They know how close I've alwaysbeen to Gandhi ji and twice they've let me share the samecell with him, once for a year and a half." As we plodhomeward and trainward I try to picture the tens ofthousands in India who speak of their years in jail withpride ; these are the American Legion of Indian politics.And tens of millions more will cheerfully face jail, mutilation or death at a nod from the 69 year old politician-saint who makes of whatever village he occupies the mostimportant town in India, and of whatever mud hut orroom, one of the most important in today's world,THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEA Summer Camp (Continued from Page 8) 25might add that if I ever did anything spontaneously, itwas this. It grew out of the ground. That is what Ihope it may suggest. It happened in this way: Everyevening as these shadows turn blue we walk here on thebluff. We have always been very faithful in going toMr. Heckman's house several times a day, paying gailyour tribute of homage and affection, and we have alwaysstopped at this point to rest and to enjoy the view. Thisis our fourteenth summer here, and it may be that thecontemplative attitude has become a habit. As we standhere we involuntarily fold our arms and the pose is thatof my Indian — restful, reverent. It came over me thatgenerations of men have done the same thing right here.And so the figure grew out of the attitude, as we stoodand looked on these beautiful scenes."Former Governor Frank O. Lowden, who presided atthe dedication, brought a dramatic message from Illinoishistory: "In a speech, when a guest of honor of thewhites at Fort Madison, after the Black Hawk war —and the whites of those days were not likely to make asa guest of honor a very bad Indian — in response to atoast proposed to him he [Black Hawk] said: Tt haspleased the Great Spirit that I am here today. The Earthis our Mother — we are now on it with the Great Spiritabove us — it is good. I hope we are all friends here.A few summers ago I was fighting against you. I didwrong, perhaps, but that is past — it is buried — let it beforgotten. Rock River was a beautiful country. I likedmy towns, my corn-fields, and the home of my people.I fought for it — it is now yours — keep it, as we did.' "Many of the men who contributed to the fame ofEagle's Nest Camp will never return. Horace SpencerFiske, who spent seven weeks this summer in his aLog-gery" at the camp, in the shadow of Black Hawk, has just returned to the quadrangles. He tells us thatLorado Taft's studio at the camp, which is now nailedup, bore mute testimony that another will be permanently absent. Near by, under the thick foliage, are sixfigures of an ancient funeral procession bearing a greatstone coffin, done by Lorado Taft himself. With Mr.Fiske's permission, we give you his "Black Hawk's Return" from his Poems on Chicago and Illinois:BLACK HAWK'S RETURN"There is no place like that where the bones of our forefatherslie. Here the Great Spirit will take pity on us." — Autobiographyof Black Hawk (1833).To see once more the valley that we loved—The Sinnissippi shining in the sun,The leafy isles aslumber on its breast,And headlands lifting bold their guardian fronts ;To catch again the corn leaves' tremulous sighAs wandering winds touch soft their waiting lines,And hear among the treetops near the skyThe whispers of the night's mysterious life —This is our hoped for peace and this in truth,Our cherished heaven. Buried the tomahawk,The scalping knife is rust, nor hisses moreThe bullet's treacherous song.No longer driven from our home lands sweet,We stay in peace where our great forebears rest —Watching the seasons in their mighty rounds,Drinking the sunsets from the stream and sky,And feeling oft the influence of that PowerWhose life is breathed through all created things,Making our own immortal.Books(Continued from Page 3)impressions which are active in thesituation."It is possible here only to say thatthe discussions of typical action atthe polls during the period, on bondissues, prohibition, taxation, andother referenda, show graphically theconfusion-force of such processes invoting; that certain motivations areattributed to city-editors (ChapterVIII, "Relation of the Press to Voting") of which those gentlemen probably were not aware; and, finally,that the final chapter is perhaps ofmost concern to us, today, pointingat a trend, now beginning, toward anundermining of hitherto prevalent systematic plunder processes — theousting of the Republicans, the advent of federal aid, and the naissanceof public desire for what they thinkthey ought to get from local government lead to this observation.— Sam HairLetters(Continued from Page 2)tion of our knowledge to industryshould have been given much greateremphasis in all courses given.Few students have the genius orthe downright desire to toil that Burton had and for them a complete university course is desirable. With fewexceptions, the stamp of approval inthe form of a diploma from institu tions of the University of Chicagocaliber is something on which one cansafely depend in business relations.About myself— After leaving Chicago in 1920, I was with the UnitedStates Rubber General Laboratoriesin New York City and Naugatuck,Connecticut, until making this connection in 1934 as Director of Chemical Research with the Barr RubberProducts Company in Sandusky,Ohio. I have two daughters, bothattending Ohio State University, trying to solve the same problems thatwe found around 1910 in Chicago,and I hope making contacts that willbe pleasant reading when at somelater date they pick up the then current Before I Forget.Parke H. Watkins TONEWS OF THE CLASSES1874George Sutherland, DB'77, president emeritus, writes from 1804 GrandIsland Avenue, Grand Island, Nebraska.1886J. H. Garnett, DB, has served theAmerican Baptist Theological Seminary of Nashville, Tenn., for thirteenyears as teacher, also manager of theboarding department for twelve yearsand as dean of the institution for tenyears.1894Winsted Paine Bone, who is professor of biblical literature in Cumberland University, recently published aHistory of Cumberland University.Warren P. Behan, DB'97, PhD'99,has been elected president of SiouxFalls College, South Dakota. Dr. Behan went to Sioux Falls College fromOttawa University, Kansas, where heserved for fifteen years as head of theDepartment of Bible and Religious Education, then as dean, and later as acting president of the institution.1896Cora deGraff Heineman, 10423Seeley Avenue, Chicago, makes thisnoteworthy comment: "I have heardalumni say that they would like to seea gathering of students who entered inthe first year of the University's existence. My matriculation number is 68and my class was '96. But after receiving my academic certificate, I left andwent to the Normal School. Then whenmy children were in college (not U ofC, alas) I went back and got my A.B.in 1926. I don't go to alumni meetingsbecause the early classes don't seem toget together, and now there must bevery few left. It is a pity to lose thepioneers out of the alumni. Our experience was different from all otherclasses."1897Professor Marion Clyde Wier, AM,of Brown University became professoremeritus in June.Paul Monroe, PhD, emeritus professor of education at Teachers College,Columbia University, was reelectedpresident of the World Federation ofEducation Associations at the close ofthe seventh conference in Tokyo onAugust 7.1899Ida Ruth Scofield Fargo (Mrs.William F.), 1085 North Church Street,Salem, Oregon, lists her present -occupation as housewife, teacher, clubwomanand free-lance writer.Louis Thomas Foreman, DB'OO,has been recently elected to the board ofmanagers of the Wisconsin BaptistState Convention. He has been pastorof the Community Baptist Church of Hortonville, Wisconsin, for the pastseven years.1901Professor Eliot Blackwelder,PhD' 14, of Stanford University returned recently from a sabbatical yearin Europe and Egypt. On October^ 18he underwent an emergency surgicaloperation from which he is now convalescing. It is expected he will resume his duties at the University aboutthe end of November.1903One of the staff members of the Nature Study Field Conservation Courseoffered under the auspices of the West-em State Teachers College, Kalamazoo,Michigan, was Theodosia Hadley,SM. This, the first conservation campfor teachers in the United States, aimedat developing an appreciation for theneed of conservation and a desire toteach these needs to the children of thestate.Frank O. Horton of H. F. BarRanch, Buffalo, Wyoming, is Republican National Committeeman of thatstate. He recently guided former President Hoover to the best trout streamsin Wyoming.Seymour Ellsworth Moon, DB, isdirector of itinerate village education ofthe American Baptist Mission in theBelgian Congo.1904Margaret McCoy, teacher of UnitedStates history and American problemsin Lindblom High School, Chicago,spends most of her time in the summerat her cottage on Long Beach.1905Robert K. Nabours, PhD, of the Department of Zoology of the KansasState College spent six weeks of February and March collecting grouselocusts, for genetical experiments, insouthern and southeastern Mexico.1907Sylvester Jones, DB, has publisheda book entitled Through Loyalist andInsurgent Spain. He recently made asix weeks' visit to Spain as a representative of the American Friends ServiceCommittee (Quaker), which has nowstarted a campaign to raise funds forrelief work among the refugees and orphan children in Spain.George Pullen Jackson, PhD' 11,head of the German Department at Vanderbilt University, spent the summermonths in Europe "majoring in Ger-man-y."William W. Martin, AM'22, isprofessor of psychology at Woman'sCollege, University of North Carolina.1908Charles C. Adams, PhD, has beendirector since 1926 of the New York State Museum, Albany. Previously hehad been director for several years ofthe Roosevelt Wild Life ExperimentStation, Syracuse.1909S. S. Visher, SM'10, PhD'14, ofIndiana University taught this summerat the University of British Columbia.Eugene Neubauer, DB, is a successful apple-grower in Rockport, Illinois.1910I. E. Ferguson, JD'13, 77 WestWashington Street, Chicago, is active inlitigation, especially appeal cases, andhas submitted an article to the U of CLaw Journal entitled "Mr. Justice Car-dozo Dissents."Wilhelmine F. Piehler writes from2453 New Street, Blue Island, that sheis still teaching public school. Afterteaching duties are finished, she continues reading past and current historyas well as collecting choice bits of poetry and short stories.Willis A. Chamberlin, PhD, professor of modern languages in DenisonUniversity, retired from active servicein June.Walter W. Taylor has resignedfrom E. H. Rollins to become vice-president of Russell Maguire and Company, 1 Wall Street, New York City.1911At present Hilmar R. Baukhage isWashington correspondent for theNorth American Newspaper Allianceand newscaster for the National Broadcasting Company on the Farm andHome Hour.William S. Cooper, PhD, is chairman of a committee of the EcologicalSociety that was active last year in theunsuccessful attempt to preserve intactthe integrity of the Glacier Bay National Monument against the inroads ofmining prospectors. An illustratedarticle on the problems of Glacier Bay,Alaska, by Professor Cooper appearedin the Geographical Review for January, 1937. He is also author of a bookon the glacial geology of Minnesotapublished by the University of Minnesota.Jeannette Thielens Phillips,10336 South Wood Street, Chicago,writes : "I earn the family bread andbutter by writing life insurance andannuities for the Massachusetts Mutualand add an occasional dab of jam bygiving a talk on the graphic arts to awoman's club or hanging fine prints insome tycoon's office on LaSalle Street.At present my chief pleasure is seeingmy eldest daughter, Florine, thrill overher matriculation at the University.There are many changes and improvements since my day but there neverhas been a class like Ee-o-lev-en."26THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 27IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTAlexander Hamilton InstituteOFFERS A NEW PLAN OFExecutive TrainingTHE next five years, eventhough they be years ofprosperity, will prove a moresevere test of personal and executive competence than anysimilar period in the past. 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G-E researchhas provided new knowledge; G-E engineers have put that knowledge to work tomake available more goods for morepeople — at less cost.G-E research and engineering have saved the public from ten to one hundred dollarsfor every dollar they have earned for General Electric90-SDHGENERAL H ELECTRICLISTEN TO THE HOUR OF CHARM, MONDAY EVENINGS, N B C RED NETWORKTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 291912William C. Smith, AM, PhD'20,has resigned his position as head of theDepartment of Sociology and Economics in William Jewell College, Liberty,Missouri, to accept a professorship ofsociology in Linfield College, McMinn-ville, Oregon. Edwards Brothers ofAnn Arbor, Michigan, recently published his monograph "Americans inProcess : A Study of Our Citizens ofOriental Ancestry," a study of theAmerican-born children of orientalparentage in Hawaii and on the PacificCoast.1913"Home executive — how's that forhousewife?" asks Winifred M. Clark(Mrs. John M.), and we most heartilyagree with her that the term is farmore descriptive. Her special interestsare child welfare, gardens, travel andeducation. She is chairman of the West-port Child Welfare Committee and hasserved in this office for the past threeyears. Her address is 4l Wright Street,Westport, Conn.L. C. Petry, PhD, is vice-president ofthe Botanical Society of America, afterhaving served that organization forthree years as secretary.1914Herbert Ford is state superintendentcf the Anti-Saloon League of Nebraska.Earl Alvin Riney, DB, is now pastor of the Roanoke Baptist Church,Kansas City, Missouri.1915Thomas L. Patterson, SM, PhD'20,is professor and head of the Departmentof Physiology at Wayne University.1916For the past year, C. L. Kjerstad,AM, PhD'17, has been professor ofphilosophy and education at the University of North Dakota. For five years hewas a member of the National Committee on Standards and Surveys of theAmerican Association of Teachers College, serving as chairman for one year,was a member of the Executive Committee of North Dakota Education Association from 1934-35.Oberlin College awarded an honorary degree at its recent Commencementto Justin W. Nixon, Rochester(N. Y.) pastor and educator.Elmer Harry Zaugg, PhD, has beenappointed dean of the college department of North Japan College withwhich he has been connected for sometime.Edward Reticker, for many yearscity editor of the Chicago EveningAmerican, is now associated with thepublicity service of George T. Kenney.As Kenney and Reticker, the firm willcontinue a general publicity business,specializing in commercial, industrial,and financial accounts, at 216 WestJackson Boulevard, Chicago. 1917Mrs. Mary Duncan Carter directs the School of Library Service atthe University of Southern Californiaat Los Angeles.1918Olive Turner MacArthur (Mrs.John W.), of 200' Glencairn Avenue,Toronto, Ont, Canada, manages twooccupations. She assists her husbandin his work on multiple birth hand andfinger prints and also runs a house andfour youngsters. Her special interestsare bird songs, water colors, and genealogy.The firm of which Leslie M. Parker,JD'18, is a member, Parker and Carter, 8 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago,specializes in patent law. He and hiswife, Frances Richardson, ex '15, arevery proud of their two daughters;Lindley is sixteen and Lois is twelve.In addition to teaching AmericanHistory and doing research at the University of Chicago, Bessie LouisePierce, AM, is on the American Historical Association Executive Council,is a member of the International Relations Committee of the A.A.U.W.,has served the National Council forthe Social Studies as its secretary-treasurer from 1931-1936.1919Phyllis Koelling Higgins (Mrs.E. A.), of 2105 East Lake Bluff Boulevard, Milwaukee, has three adult education classes in English and Contemporary American Literature at theShorewood Opportunity School.The present secretary-treasurer of theOrange County Modern LanguageTeachers' Council is Ruth F. Mueller, 502 Halladay Street, Santa Ana,Calif., who teaches Social Science andSpanish in the Willard Junior HighSchool.1920From Slaterville Springs, New York,comes word from G. Meredith Brill,who is accountant and manager of Alpha Omega Alpha, honor medical society. Interested in the work of theBoy Scouts, he is Troop CommitteeChairman. For future Chicago candidates, he reports his two children, Has-seltine Chaplin, 12 years, named afterher mother, and G. Meredith, Jr., 9years.H. de Forest, PhD, professor ofbotany at the University of SouthernCalifornia, was elected vice-presidentof the Ecological Society of Americafor 1937.1921Fred H. Bartlit, JD'23, is an associate of the firm of Langworthy, Stevens and Bartlit, 1 North La SalleStreet, Chicago, and is living at 15231Center Avenue, Harvey, 111.Wendell H. Ney, LLB, is associated with the law firm of Petit, Olin and WHERE-TO-GOHotel, Resort, and Travel Department1906-American Mercury, Current History, TheForum, Nature Magazine, News- Week (2issues) and The Graduate Group.For space and rates write toThe Where-to-go Bureau, 8 Beacon StreetBoston, Mass.TRAVELWEST INDIES CRUISES24 Bays $130 — 13 Days $120Tours to all parts of the world at moderate rates.Westheim Travel Service 1560 Broadway, N. ¥.VAGABOND VOYAGESON FREIGHT AND CARGO SHIPSSend. for Booklet W. G. 5 cents forwarding chargeSISK TOURS, 435 W. 23rd St., N.Y.C.PENNSYLVANIASee Pennsylvaniaaround the calendar!30,000 miles of finehighways throughthe grandest mountain scenery in the East — world famousdisplays of dogwood and laurel — finefishing, hunting and winter sports.• Write Dept. W, Pennsylvania StatePublicity Commission, HarrisburgvPennsylvania, for Map and Guide Book.Ylhe Scenic StateWhere-To-Go for Dec. closes Oct. 28Overmyer, which has its headquartersin the Harris Trust Building, Chicago.Edgar Wertheim, PhD, of Fayette-ville, Arkansas, is a chemistry teacher.The Certificate of Merit, Class I,was awarded to Isaac Schour,PhD'31, for his exhibit on "Tooth-RingAnalysis" shown at the annual meetingof the American Medical Associationheld in Atlantic City this past June.1922Florence P. Eckfeldt, SM'28,teaches modern languages in the Chicago Public High Schools. Travel occupies her leisure time.L. Dell Henry, MD'36, announcesher association in practice with Doctors Kuhn, Smith, Kuhn, and Hips-kind, at 418 First Trust Building, Hammond, Indiana. Her associates are eye,ear, nose and throat specialists and shewill specialize in bacteriology, pediatrics and allergy.J. C. McElhannon, AM, PhD'26,resigned his deanship at Sam HoustonState Teachers College, to accept theappointment as dean at the College ofSoutheastern Teachers College, D'urant,Oklahoma.1923As one of the summer activities,Verne Argabright helped Michiganteachers enrolled in the Nature StudyField Conservation Course get betteracquainted with the natural resources30 THE UNIVERSITY OF^CHICAGO MAGAZINEof the state and the need for conservation. This camp, located on the PigeonRiver, fifteen miles east of Vanderbilt,was the first conservation camp everorganized for teachers in the UnitedStates and was sponsored by the West-tern State Teachers College (Kalamazoo, Michigan).1923Mabel Lowell Bishop, PhD, servedso efficiently last year as a member ofthe Executive Council of the MarylandBiology Teachers Association that theorganization has elected her as its president for the current year. She also waschairman of the Fourth Annual Convention of the Association held this yearat Hood College, where she heads theDepartment of Biology.Daniel J. Cohn of Portland, Oregon, is with Commonwealth, Inc., mortgage bankers, and is a correspondent forNew York Life Insurance Company.Fishing and touring in the beautifulevergreen country of the Northwestlate equally as his favorite diversions.The son and heir of the Cohn family,Paul Daniel, had his first birthday partyon July 14. Mrs. Cohen was ElizabethOppenheimer of the Class of 1926.Harold M. Dudley of the UnitedStates Research Staff, has edited, withChaplain A. C. Oliver, Jr., of the Wal ter Reed General Hospital, an epic ofthe spirit of the Civilian ConservationCorps entitled This New America, published by Longmans, Green, and Co.,New York.Nathan Harrison, JD'25, lawyer,lives at 2847 East 90th Street, Chicago,is married, and has two children.Lieutenant-Commander L. Wain-wright, SM, PhD'24, gives us his present address as Office of Naval Inspectorof Ordnance, Bethlehem ShipbuildingCorporation, Ltd., Fore River Plant,Quincy, Mass.1924 ,W. A. Giffen, LLB, lawyer andCPA, is a member of the Chicago firmof Kixmiller, Baar and Morris, specialists in federal income taxes.Dorothea' Clinton Woodworth(Mrs. L. A.) PhD, assistant professorof Latin and Greek at the University ofCalifornia at Los Angeles, is a memberof the American Association of University Professors.Rev. David McKeith writes from814 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut, that he spent the summer traveling in Norway, Sweden, Russia, FreeCity of Danzig, Denmark and England.On leave from February, 1936, toJune, 1937, Earle L. Rauber, AM'25,PhD'30, was connected with the Ten nessee Valley Authority in Knoxville aseconomist. In June of this year he wasappointed acting head of the Department of Economics at Alabama Polytechnic Institute.Homer J. Smith, SM'31, PhD'35,has resigned as geologist with the Magnolia Petroleum Company at Ada, Oklahoma, to join the geology staff in theCollege of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa. He will specialize insub-surface geology.Richard L. Gallagher, LLB, is Assistant States Attorney for Illinois.Samuel M. Kane, JD'27, engagedin corporation practice, is located at 77West Washington Street, Chicago.William B. McCot tough. ID'26has his offices at 517-18 First NationalBank Building, Birmingham, Ala.1926Charles Egan, LLB, attorney, iswith the firm of Cook, Cook and Egan,in Shreveport, La. He is married andhas one child.E. J. Kunst is assistant professor ofeconomics and placement officer at Central YMCA College, Chicago.Gertrude A. Larson is a catalogerin the University of Chicago Library.Clyde H. Leathers of St. Francis-ville, Illinois, is principal of the localhigh school and superintendent of theall is Football Time . . .and Time For Richer MealsStirring cadence of college anthems . . . brightlycolored pennants, chrysanthemums and balloons . . .high-stepping halfbacks breaking through the line . . .it's fall — and another football season, with all its glamour and gaiety, is here.Football weather gives meals a new zest. Appetitesare calling for richer foods, foods that supply warmthand energy for brisk fall days. That's why Swift'sBrookfield Pure Pork Sausage is being served more and more frequently. This famous sausage is just thesatisfying dish that fall appetites crave. It's made ofchoice pork and flavored with a balanced blend ofpure spices, carried under constant refrigeration andrushed to your dealer by Swift's own delivery service.Just as football provides enjoyment for your leisuretime this fall, let Swift's Brookfield Pure Pork Sausageadd pleasure to your meals. It's equally deliciousfor breakfast, lunch or dinner.Swift's Brookfield Pure Pork SausageTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEwm 31HAMfOSO »,«UN«. . you ride the Western Electric voicewaysWhen you travel on these sixteen major airlines, Western Electric's flying telephone isyour staunch friend. It advises your pilot of changing weather — enables him to talkwith airports — helps him to bring you through on schedule.This radio telephone equipment — an outgrowth of Bell Telephone making — is aworthy member of a large family of sound-transmission products.Western ElectricLEADERS IN SOUND-TRANSMISSION APPARATUS32 THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEPROTECTWH^YOUH^/ECOPYRIGHT 1932 byJN6. CO. OF NORTH AMERICA M.ATERIAL success depends not only uponacquiring but also upon holding what you gain. 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He also operatesa farm and holds the office of park commissioner.Pacifism is the special interest of Robert Thurston, 6200' Kenwood Ave.,Chicago. He is an industrial engineer.Frederic M. Thrasher, PhD, ofNew York University, has been promoted from an associate professorshipto a full professorship with a title ofProfessor of Education.Earle W. English is with the Boardof Trade, Chicago, as chief auditor ofthe Business Conduct Committee. ' CLOISTER GARAGECHICAGO PETERSENMOTOR LIVERYA PERSONAL SERVICEof Refinement, Catering to theUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO•5650 LAKE PARK AVE.Phone MIDWAY 0949Maude Smith, head of the Englishdepartment in the Senior High School-Junior College at Meridian, Mississippi,took her Master's degree at GeorgePeabody College for Teachers this summer. The subject of her thesis was "AStudy of the Present Status of Englishin Junior Colleges." For the last twoyears she has been president of thelocal Teachers Association and one ofthe consultants of the Educational Policies Commission.Professor Henry Weihofen, JD'28, JSD'31, of the University of Colo rado Law School, recently finished workon a new book on Criminal Law jointlywith Professor Kenneth C. Sears ofthe University of Chicago Law School,which will be published this year. Mr.Weihofen is now serving as special assistant to the Attorney General, Washington, D. C, editing a volume on Pardon and Other Release Procedures,part of the Attorney General's Surveyof Release Procedures. Mountain climbing serves as his diversion.1927The vocation and avocation of LouisSevin, JD'29, are closely related, as hisprofession is law and his hobby is airlaw. He has his office at 1807-188 WestRandolph Street, Chicago.Clement F. Springer, JD'29, attorney, is associated with Matthews,Harmon, Karr and Springer, 327 SouthLaSalle Street, Chicago.After passing the Illinois State Barexams in September, Volanda Simizcomments : "Future plans uncertain ;present plans unknown; suggestions andideas many and varied; but the onlytrue realization is the fact that the'thick' envelope was received insteadof the 'thin' one with the regrets."Kenneth B. Umbreit has written aseries of short biographies of the elevenchief justices of the United States, fromJay to Hughes, inclusive, and expectsto have this book on the market thisfall. He is practicing law in NewYork and may be found at 1270 SixthAvenue.Home again after roaming for some5,400 miles in the West Indies andBritish Guiana, Franklin D. Elmer,Jr., DB'30, and Mrs. Elmer (Margaret Nelson, '27) of Lockport, NewYork, report that their daughter, Dorothea, age 5, helped make their tripinteresting.1928Burns Fuller is principal of theMaybury School, 4410 Porter, Detroit,Michigan.Jerome F. Kutak, LLB, is the homeoffice counsel for the Federal Life Insurance Company, 168 North MichiganAvenue, Chicago. Married to JessanineGeagan in 1928, he has a daughter, Carolyn Marie, 8, and a son, Robert Jerome, 4.Thomasine Allen, AM, is at presentReligious Educational Director forWomen and Children in NorthernJapan, Woman's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. At the sametime she continues her work as trusteeof the Baptist Girls' School and JuniorCollege of Sendai, Japan, and as principal of the Kindergarten, Shiogamaand Morioka, Japan. Her life work hasbeen in connection with settlement workand missionary teaching concerningwhich she has contributed numerousarticles. Miss Allen also heads Mori-oka's W.C.T.U.S. Vernon McCasland, PhD, whois chairman of the department of religion at Goucher College, has been elect-TttE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 33ed annual professor of the AmericanSchool of Oriental Research in Jerusalem for 1937-38.Louis H. Silver, JD, is practicinggeneral law at 188 West West Randolph Street, Chicago.W. Homer Teesdale, AM, writesfrom 15 Manor Circle, Takoma Park,Washington. He is associate secretaryof education for the General Conferenceof Seventh-day Adventists.1929Donald B. Dodd, '29, JD, is an employee of the Continental Casualty Company of Chicago. His favorite sportsinclude riding, golf, and tennis.Carleton D. Speed, Jr., who isgeologist and president of the SpeedOil Company of Houston, Texas, recently delivered a talk before HoustonEngineer's Club on "Problems in OilFinding."Archie Blake has been working inmathematical seismology at the U. S.Coast and Geodetic Survey since 1931.Returning at intervals to the Universityto finish work on his PhD degree, hereceived his doctorate at the autumnconvocation and now more of his sparetime will be devoted to his hobby — Esperanto.After graduating from MedicalSchool, Theodore McCoy Burk>holder, MD'35, went to the HenryFord Hospital in Detroit as house doctor for several years and is now on thestaff of the U. S. Marine Hospital ofDetroit, Michigan.Mrs. Ross Lucas (Ruby GarnerSmith) took time from a busy canningseason to write us from Morocco, Indiana. Every week from six to twentyof her Camp Fire Girls group meet ather home.Helen B. Main was one of the fournew district superintendents appointedby the Chicago Board of Education thissummer. Formerly she was principalof the Hurley Elementary School.One of the new teachers at FarragutHigh School this fall is Margaret A.Okeson, transferred from the WendellPhillips High. 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Their offices are in the First National BankBuilding, Chicago.Lieutenant - Colonel Milton O.Beebe, AM, was assigned to the armyflying field at Luke Field, Honolulu,Territory of Hawaii, in 1935. He ispresident of the Association of ServiceChaplains in Hawaii.Earle E. Em me, PhD, was madechairman of the social science divisionat Morningside College in 1936, and waselected chairman of psychology in theIowa Academy of Science.Herman Keiter, PhD, has beenmade director of religious activities andprofessor of religion, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York.Richard M. Page, SM, recently accepted a position with the PersonnelInstitute of Chicago.1933Riding, fishing, badminton, and gardening are the principal recreationalattractions for William C. Mulligan,JD'34, attorney, with Winston, Strawnand Shaw, 1400 First National BankBuilding, Chicago.1934Edwin H. Cassels, Jr., JD, 750 BluffStreet, Glencoe, Illinois, specializes incases involving federal taxes.Walter R. Schoenberg, JD, is amember of the newly incorporated firmof Hankin, Schoenberg and Hankin,with offices at the Woodward Building,Washington, D. C.Paul C. Smith, 1640 East 50thStreet, Chicago, is assistant to the president of B. G. Garment Company.1935Beryl Brewer, medical technologist,is at the Providence Hospital, Detroit.W. Carl Thomas is in the sales department of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company at Dallas.Paul H. W. Harders is now withthe Northern Furniture Company ofSheboygan, Wis.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE 35Jor Economical TransportationCHEVROLETJSALES SERVICEJ. D. Levin '19 Pres.PASSENGER CARS - TRUCKSModern Service StationDREXEL CHEVROLET CO.4733 Cottage GroveDREXEL 3121W. L. LYNCHCOMPANYBUILDING CONSTRUCTION208 So. 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Hufford, PhD, for severalyears a teacher in the High School ofJoliet, Illinois, has recently been madeSuperintendent of Schools for that city.C. J. Mighton, PhD, is associated with E. I. du Pont de Nemoursand Company, Wilmington, Delaware.RUSH1894D. J. Hayes, MD, of 79 MagnoliaAvenue, San Anselmo, California,spends many pleasant hours working inhis garden.1897The avocation of William H.Maley, MD, goes hand in hand withhis vocation as he gets keen pleasureout of caring for the sick, the poor andthe needy. For twenty-five years hehas served Galesburg as city aldermanand has also headed the Board of HealthCommission.1901Coral A. Lilly, MD, is doing research in nutrition at the Universityof Michigan.1909Ophthalmology is the specialty of E.L. Goar, MD, of 1300 Walker Avenue,Houston, Texas, but for pleasure, heturns to golf and sailing. President ofthe Harris County Medical Society, heis a member of the American Board ofOphthalmologv.1912A recent letter from W. A. Myers,MD, informs us that he is continuinghis general practice in Kansas City,Missouri, and is assistant professor atthe Kansas University School of Medicine. His avocational interests areconstantly changing but at the presentmoment they are geneology and eugenics.1913James C. Clarke, '11, MD, and hiswife have just returned from a twomonths clinical tour of the medical centers of England and northern Europe,visiting London, Edinburgh, Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Uppsala, Leningrad, Moscow, Warsaw, Vienna, Budapest and Paris. The Clarkes live at 139Sixth Avenue, LaGrange. 111.Ralph H. 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MICHIGAN AVE., CHICAGO^WMMAmim.MacCormac School ofCommerceBusiness Administration and SecretarialTrainingDAY AND EVENING CLASSESAccredited by the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools.1170 E. 63rd St. H. P. 2130Your whole life throughShorthand will be useful to you.LEARN GREGGThe World's Fastest Shorthand.THE GREGG PUBLISHING COMPANY2500 Prairie Ave. Chicago23 LANGUAGESSPEAK ANY MODERN LANGUAGEIN 3 MONTHS BY LINGUAPHONEUNIQUE METHOD BRINGS VOICES 'OF NATIVE MASTERS INTO YOUROWN HOME.. SEND FOR FREE BOOK IIILINGUAPHONE INSTITUTE12 Rockefeller Center • New York 1919Waltman Walters, MD, is a surgeon at Mayo Clinic, and professor ofsurgery under the Mayo Foundation atthe University of Minnesota. Dartmouth awarded him the degree of DSc,in June, 1937.1920Frederick W. Mulsow, PhD'19,MD, physician and pathologist, indulges in the unusual hobbies of keeping acquainted with weeds and attending scientific meetings. Holder of manyoffices in the Linn County Medical Society, he carries on his practice fromthe Higley Building, Cedar Rapids,Iowa.President of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Illinois, for the current year isCiney Rich, '18, MD, surgeon. Pauline and Ciney are the names of his twochildren.1925Mabel G. Masten, '21, MD, phys^cian and teacher, associated with theUniversity of Wisconsin MedicalSchool for eleven years, was promotedto the rank of associate professor ofneuropsychiatry as of July.1928Reuben Ratner, MD, San Francisco physician and surgeon, reportsthat he is getting ready to entertainat the 1938 Fair and also that his sonis now practically two years old.Max J. Wolff, MD", continues hispractice in dermatology in Hollywood,California, from his office at 6200Franklin Avenue.1932Henry Hoeksema, MD, Chicagophysician and surgeon, has his southside office at 6959 South Halsted Streetand his loop office at 120 West AdamsStreet, in Suite 1754.1933J. A. 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Sup. 0900—0901Retail Deliveries Daily and SundaysQuality and Service Since 1882 fare; Oramel K. Krueger, AmericanRed Cross, St. Louis; Helen S. Mein-zer, Burlington County Children'sHome, Mt. Holly, New Jersey; WadeT. Searles, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Indiana University ; Kenneth Thomas, Child Welfare Consultant, Idaho Department of Public Assistance; Dorothy Moyer, Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society, Chicago.Other students who received the AMdegree in 1937 and who have new positions are : Joseph Baldwin and Whitney Jansen, now working as FieldRepresentatives in the State Departmentof Public Welfare in Indiana; Katherine Braun, Field Work Supervisor inthe School of Social Work at the University of Washington ; Willard Car-gile, the Children's Division of theState Department of Public Welfare inIllinois; Mark Goldstine, ResearchDivision of the Chicago Council of Social Agencies ; Mrs. Cleta Davis, supervisor of a demonstration child welfare unit in the State Department inFlorida; Marie Hansen, MichiganChildren's Institute, Ann Arbor ; JaneMerrick, Social WelfareSociety in Lincoln, Nebraska ; Donald Wilson, Instructor in Public Welfare, School ofSocial Work, University of Louisiana ;Helen Wilson, Statistician, State Department of Public Welfare, Salt LakeCity, Utah; Elizabeth Wilson, Immigrants' Protective League of Chicago.Fern Boan, AM'26, has left herposition in the Florida State Collegefor Women and has gone to take chargeof the In-Service Training Program inthe State Department of Public Welfarein Oklahoma.Mereb Mossman, AM'28, has recently returned from Ginling College,China, and has taken a position on thefaculty of the Woman's College of theUniversity of North Carolina.Alma Laabs, AM'29, has left herposition as visiting teacher with theCincinnati Public Schools to begin asvisiting teacher in the St. Paul PublicSchools.Charlotte Donnell, AM'30, isteaching case work in the new Schoolof Social Work at the University ofLouisiana.Georgia Ball, AM'31, is on leaveof absence from the medical social workdepartment of the University Clinics tohelp the United States Children's Bureau with the survey of the care ofcrippled children in this country.Max Stern, AM'32, has taken a position as Executive Secretary of theFederation of Jewish Social Work, Syracuse, New York.Helen Cobb, AM'36, has left herposition as medical social worker in theUniversity Clinics to join the medicalsocial work staff of the Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California.Arthur Miles, AM'36, has joinedthe faculty of the University of Missouri.Florence Walker, AM'36, who hassupervised Field Work students at the AGAZIN ECEMENT CONTRACTORSLET US DO YOURCEMENT WORKG. 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Michigan Ave.Telephone ST Ate 5812AS^^AMff mflffl* |Q CHICAGOw^ Established 186SQjy FLOWERS¦ Phones Plaza 6444, 6445'1364 East 53 rd Street School for the last four years, has accepted a position in the Children's Division of the State Department of PublicWelfare in Illinois.Grace Browning, AM'34, formerlyAssistant Director of the OklahomaDepartment of Public Welfare, has returned to the faculty of the School ofSocial Service Administration and isteaching- Case Work classes during theAutumn Quarter.Florence M. Warner, PhD'33, formerly Director of the Department ofPublic Welfare in Arizona, has returned to the School to assist in thesupervision of some of the researchprojects being carried on hy the School.Harrison A. Dobbs, Associate Professor of Social Service Administration,has recently spoken at the Iowa StateConference of Social Work. In September, Mr. Dobbs represented theSchool of Social Service Administration at a conference in New York Cityof the Boys' Clubs of America. Charlotte Towle, Associate Professor ofPsychiatric Social Work, and A.Wayne McMillan, Professor of Social Service Administration, have recently conducted Institutes at the Indiana State Conference of Social Work.On October eighth Oberlin College,at its Centennial of Co-Education, conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctorof Laws on Dean Edith Abbott.It is with deepest regret that weJearned of the death of Anne K.Brown, AM'37, at her home in Schenectady, New York, in September.The new Field Work supervisors include the following: In the FamilyWelfare Field — Lilliam Casley, Katherine Salkeld, Lela Carr, Lois Utter-buck, Martha Hamaker and Mrs. JuliaBeatty Miles; in the Children's Field —Charles Leopold and Virginia Clary.MARRIEDDr. Samuel D. Barnes, '94, to Mrs.Mary Sewall Carr, September 8, 1937.Address: 7416 Rosewood Avenue, LosAngeles, Calif.Nathaniel Rubinkam, '10, JD'12,to Wilhelmina Caroline Bear, May 1,1937, Chicago. They are living at 2758North Hampden, Chicago.Harry F. Chaveriat, LLD'19, toHildegard Theobald, January 10, 1937;address, 1625 Larrabee Street, Chicago.Nora C. Hovrud, AM'24, to Dr.Walter B. Noe, September 5; at home,'1112 Grant Street, Madison, Wisconsin.Marie A. H. Remmert, '26, to Arthur S. Birkemeyer, at Springfield,Minnesota, June 29, 1937; at home,Springfield, Minn.Reid M. Brooks, '29, to Doris Fender, July 11, 1937, in Berkeley, California; at home, Davis, California,where he is on the faculty of the University of California.Ruth C. E. Earnshaw, '31, to LoCh'uan-fang, PhD'35, August 5.Shanghai; at home, Hua Chung College, Wuchang, China.Nancy J. 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ECKMANTuck Pointing and BuildingCleaningWindow Calking7452 Cottage Grove Ave.Phone Vincennes 6513 bion, Michigan; at home, 411 East 51stStreet, New York City.Ruth L. Schurman, '31, to NorrisL. Brookens, '32, PhD'37, August 28,Thorndike Hilton Chaptel.Margaret Burg, ex'32, to Harold W.Dauer, September 18, 1937; at home,6102 Kenwood Avenue, Chicago.Dorothea G. Campbell, '33, to Capt.Joseph Calvin Sides, September 11,Graham Taylor Hall; at home, 7632Crandon Avenue, Chicago.George H. Buck, '34, to Ruth A.Law, September 18, 1937; at home, 200Clinton Street, Brooklyn, New York.Ruth Cecily Greenebaum, '35, toRobert S. Grumbine, '36, June 25,1937; at home, 6037 Kimbark Avenue,Chicago.George F. Hall, PhD'35, to LorenaDaeschner, May 30, 1937.Mary Kathryn Ranquist, '35, toStephen T. Powers, August 28, Chicago; at home, 816 West 54th Place,Chicago.Daniel Charles McNaughton,AM'35, to Margaret E. Kimnel, July10, Berlin, Pennsylvania. The Mc-Naughtons are living in Portales, NewMexico, where Mr. McNaughton ishead of the physical science department in the Eastern New Mexico JuniorCollege.Roy J. O'Brien, AM'36, to MurielMenor, July 10, 1937; at home, 6922Yale Avenue, Chicago.Edith Patterson, AM'36, to Malcolm A. Read, AM candidate, August12, 1937; at home, 345 South CuylerAvenue, Oak Park, Illinois.Henry L. McMurry, GS'37, to IvyGifford, September 30, 1937, Old Tap-pan, N. J. ; at home, 6340 BlackstoneAvenue, Chicago.Elizabeth B. Riddle, '36, to AlvinC. Graves, September 27, ThorndikeHilton Chapel; at home, 5557 University Avenue, Chicago.BORNTo Herbert A. Kellar, '09, andMrs. Kellar, a daughter, Alecea Summers, at Lynchburg, Virginia, October2, 1937.To F. Taylor Gurney, '21, PhD'35,and Mrs. Gurney, a daughter, Anne T.,February 19, 1937, at Teheran, Iran.To Livingston Hall, '23, and Mrs.Hall, their third child, ElizabethCrosby, June 5, 1937.To William J. Baker, MD'23, andMrs. Baker (Eloise Parsons, PhD'23,MD'24) a son, William Henry Wantil-burg, May 24, 1937, Chicago.To Melvin F. Abrahamson, '28,JD'29, and Mrs. Abrahamson (MaryFoster, '29), a daughter, Jane, on July10, Naperville, Illinois.To Henry Hoeksema, '28, MD'32,and Mrs. Hoeksema, a daughter, June22, 1937, Chicago.To Mr. and Mrs. James A. Griffin(Elizabeth Thomason, '30), a son,Emory Arthur, June 30, 1937.To Paul D. Voth, SM'30, PhD'33,and Mrs. Voth, a daughter, Felice Ann,September 6, 1937, Chicago.To Frederic W. Heineman, JD'31, MUSICMANUSCRIPT PAPER— SPEED WRITINGDouble sheets— 12 lines— Regular size, 200 pages;$1.00. Send today.WM. R.BULLOCKMusic Engraver — Printer420 N. La Salle St., ChicagoSuperior 242050PAINTERSGEORGE ERHARDTand SONS, Inc.Painting — Decorating — Wood Finishing3123 PhoneLake Street Kedzie 3 1 86E. STEWART FEIGHINC.PAINTING — DECORATING5559 TelephoneCottage Grove Ave. Midway 4404RICHARD H. WEST CO.COMMERCIALPAINTING & DECORATING1331W. 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Bentley, AM'32, andMrs. Bentley, of Portland, Oregon, a/daughter, Katherine Louise, on May14, 1937.To Irving Lauman, '32, and Mrs.Lauman, of Chicago, a son, MichaelLauman, in May, 1937.To Daniel Seifer, '32, and Mrs.Seifer, of 301 West 13th Street, Chicago Heights, 111., a daughter, LibbyJoan, August 27.To John M. Waugh, MD'32, andMrs. Waugh, a daughter, Anne Lenora,March 20, 1937, Rochester, Minnesota.To Leon T. Dickinson, AM'34,and Mrs. Dickinson, a son, BrianWard, September 28, Chicago.To V. Edward Lawrence, '34, andMrs. Lawrence, of 6748 Crandon Ave-nue, Chicago, a girl, Diana Marion,July 30, 1937.To Aaron Webber, GS'36, and Mrs.Webber, a son, D'avid Leroy, on May18. They have recently returned to thePhilippines.ENGAGEDJohn Francis Cusack, '28, to Magdalene Mary Hanvusek. The weddingwill take place in January.Shirley Benjamin, '39, to BernardN. Cohn of Chicago. The wedding isto take place early in the new year.DIEDCharles V. Drew, '99, of New YorkCity, died September 26, 1937, in Boston, Mass.Francis W. Shepardson, nationalpresident of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and formerly associate professorof American Historv at the Universityof Chicago (1901-1917), died August9, on a bus traveling from Newark toColumbus, O.Maude O. Post, '07, died September19, from injuries sustained in an automobile collision near Crystal Lakewhen she was returning to Chicagowith four teachers at the Lucy FlowerTechnical High School.Jeannette Israel (Mrs. S. H.Greenstone), '13, died August 17, 1937,in Cleveland, Ohio, where she had resided for the last seventen years.Eugene A. Guard, '16, a researchengineer for Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Milwaukee, since 1930, died June 12 inMilwaukee.Arthur Teninga, '16, MD'18, Chicago physician, collapsed following a/game of handball and died of a heartattack on August 7.Otmar Thurlimann, '22, MD'24,of Harvey, 111., succumbed to spinalmeningitis in Duluth, Minnesota, onSeptember 14.Harry M. Neuberger, JD'30, of Chicago, died June 11. Formerlv associated with the law firm of Levinson,Becker, Peebles and Swiren.Leo D. Dolan, '31, JD'32, 28 yearsold, attorney in Downers Grove, Illinois, died September 17, in Aurora. TAXIDERMISTSGEORGE D. HESSERTAXIDERMISTGAME HEADS — ANIMALS — FISH —BIRDSArtistically Mounted1315 S. Kostner Ave.Telephone Lawndale 2750TEACHERS' AGENCIESAMERICAN COLLEGE BUREAU28 E. Jackson BoulevardChicagoA Bureau of Placement which limits itswork to the university and college field.It is affiliated with the Fisk TeachersAgency of Chicago, whose work covers allthe educational fields. Both organizationsassist in the appointment of administratorsas well as of teachers.Paul YatesjTates-Fisher Teachers' AgencjTEstablished 1906616 South Michigan Ave., ChicagoTHEHUGHES TEACHERS AGENCY25 E. 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