Vol. 21. No. 79.ffltyt 23ath> fHaroonUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Wednesday, March 7, 1923. Price 3 Cent*COLEMAN TO TAKE UNIVERSITYGROUP ON BARNSTORMING TOURAlumni Of Dramatic Club And Blackfriars To PlayIn Shakespeare And Isben Repertoire;Will Visit Midwestern Cities LIST ACTIVITIESOF NOMINEES INY. W. ELECTIONSHamilton Coleman, director ofBlackfriars, plans the formation of atheatrical company to be made up ofgraduate members of University Dra¬matic club and Blackfriars who areinterested in the stage or little theatrework as a profession to tour the mid¬dle west, visiting the college townsfor a season starting in June and last¬ing until January according to an¬nouncement from officials of The Gar¬goyles. The company will have a rep¬ertoire of Shakespeare and Isben,starting with “Hamlet” and “TheMerchant of Venice.” Professionalsalaries will be paid the members ofthe group.Tryouts will be held at the openingof the Spring quarter. They are opento graduates of the University, pre¬ferably those who have had some ex¬perience in little theater or Universitydramatic work. The company’s pre¬miere will be given at the Universityin June in “Hamlet” and “The Mer¬chant of Venice” under the auspicesof the University Dramatic associa¬tion, after which it will leave for itstour.The forming of this company is re¬garded in campus dramatic circles assignificant to all dramatic associationpeople and Blackfriars since so manyof them have adopted the stage as aprofession. Among those who havebecome famous are James Dyrenforthnow playing downtown at the Olym¬pic in “The Blimp”; Leon Pierre Gen-dron who is now playing with EthelBarrymore; Milton Sills; Sessue Hay-akawa; and Emily Taft, who is nowtouring as loading woman in “The Catand the Canary.” All of whom are for¬mer members of the University dramatic club.Deans Robertson and Boynton haveexpressed themselves Tis highlypleased with the proposed enterpriseand formation of the company and feeithat barnstorming from the Univer¬sity will be really significant. Moreof the plans will be told at the “Cleo¬patra Saga” to be presented by theGargoyles this Friday in Mandel, saidDirector Will Ghere yesterday.HELEN WELLS ISELECTED AS NEV/FEDERATION HEADMarie Taylor Wins In SpecialElection For CouncilPositionHelen Wells has been elected presi¬dent of the Federation of UniversityWomen for the coming year, accord¬ing to the announcement of the out¬going council. She will take theplace of Charlotte Montgomery, whowas president for 1922.Results of the extra election heldtoday by the Federation to work offthe tie between Marie Taylor andJeanne BirkhofT gave Marie Taylorthe councilship. Two hundred andfifty votes were cast, out of whichMarie Taylor received 134 and JeanneBirkhoff" 116.With the election of the new coun¬cil members, and with the graduationof six of the present council mem¬bers, the Federation will undergo analmost entire change of the rulingbody. The new members are: HelenWells, president; Margaret Monilaw,Dorothy McKinley, Dorothy Larson,Elsa Allison, Isabel Kinchloe and Ma¬rie Taylor. They will take the placeof Charlotte Montgomery, DorothyHusband, Ruth Hess, Signe Wenner-blad, Alice Larson and Ruth Met¬calfe. Margaret Monilaw has beenchosen to take the place of MarthaBennett, who is not in school thisquarter. Ann Protheroe has beenserving as secretary-treasurer dur¬ing the absence of Martha Bennett. Hold Tryouts ForFriar Cast TonightBlackfriars orchestra will meet to¬night at 7:30 in Mandel towerPreliminary selection of men forthe cast of the 1923 Blackfriarshow will commence tonight at 7in Mandel theatre, on the thirdfloor of the Reynolds club. All as¬pirants for cast parts are request¬ed by Hamilton Coleman, director,and Frank Linden, abbot, to bepresent promptly at 7.The following parts are offeredin “The Filming of Friars”:Leading lady.Ingenue.Movie star. Norma Talmadgetype.Two character women. Eccentric.Two character men. Eccentric,aid.Moving picture magnate. Spruce,jovial.Straight juvenile.Leading man.Each contestant will be requiredto sing a short song and to givea short reading or recitation beforethe judges. Vote Today From 10 toIn Foyer of IdaNoyes HallEIGHT CANDIDATES ON BALLOTElection of officers of the Y. W. C.A. will take place today from 10 to 4in the foyer of Ida Noyes hall. Allmembers of the Y. W. C. A. are eligi¬ble to vote and all have been urgedto avail themselves of the privilege.The women to be elected will take theplaces of the following present offi¬cers: Ruth Seymour, president; RuthBowers, vice-president; Alpha Harper,secretary; Eleanor Mills, treasurer.Activities of the NomineesThe list of activities of the candi¬dates follows: For president: Savil-la Millis, Freshman commission, Signof the Sickle, second and first cabinetsof Y. W. C. A., chairman of SocialService Committee, president of St.Marks Society.Winifred Wishart: second and firstcabinets of Y. W. C. A., chairman ofMeetings committee, Ida Noyes auxil¬iary, Treasurer Home Economics club.For vice-president: Margaret Abra¬ham: second and first cabinets of Y.W. C. A., chairman Campus and Com¬munity committee, Federation spon¬sor.Winifred King, Undergradute rep¬resentative of Y. W. C. A.*, second andfirst cabinets of Y. W. C. A., Under¬graduate council, Sign of the Sickle,(Continued on page 4)CONFERENCE TANK MEET TOBE RUN UNDER NEW SYSTEMRecords Likely To Be Broken When Big Ten StarsCompete Here March 15-16; PurpleIs Choice For HonorsAWARD PRIZES TOUNIVERSITY POETSIN STATE CONTESTA graduate student and an alumnaof the University won two of the fourprizes offered in the poetry contestrecently conducted by the ChicagoWomen’s club. The contest was opento all residents of the state of Illi¬nois. Over six hundred poems weresubmitted by seasoned authors as wellas amateurs.The second prize of twenty-five dol¬lars was awarded Fredericka Blank-ner, a graduate student, for her groupof poems entitled “To Italy.” MissBlankner is president of II CirculoItaliano. The third award was pre¬sented to Gladys Campbell, ’18, forher work, “A Poem for Tired People.”The third prize was fifteen dollars.Judges of the contest were EthelColson Brazelton, Chairman; Mrs. Ru¬dolph Altrochi; Anne Higginson Spi¬cer; Keith Preston; and Horace Spen-I cer Fiske, publicity editor of the Uni¬versity Press, and donor of the Fiske! poetry prize here at the University. CODY ELECTED TO PRESIDENCYOF COMMISSION FOR 1923-24Russell Pierce Named Vice President; MarthaSmart New Recording Secretary; HarrisonBarnes Gets Case-SecretaryshipGargoyles To UseGerman CostumesCostumes that were to have beenused by the Berlin Opera have beenobtained by The Gargoyles for theirproduction of the Cleopatra Saga tobe given Friday at 8:15 in Mandelhall. On account of financial depres¬sion in Germany the Opera companywas forced to disband, and the cos¬tumes were shipped to a Chicago con¬cern.The Roman garbs will be histori¬cally accurate in every detail for bothShakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopat¬ra” and Shaw’s “Caesar and Cleo¬patra.” The eighteenth century hoopskirts and other colonial dresses for“All for Love” will be exactly as Dry-den would have wished them.GRADES ARE RESTMEANS OF RATINGENTERING STUDENTSSuperior To PsychologicalTests, Is Opinion ofProf. CarrDr. Hedin To GiveLecture On “Tibet5! An illustrated lecture on “Tibet”' will be given by Sven Hedin, Ph. D.,K. C. I. E„ Swedish author and geog¬rapher, Wednesday at 8 in Mandelhall. Dr. Hedin has written severalbooks of his travels in southern Asia,among them “Central Asia and Tib¬et” and “Trans-Himalaya.”Tickets may be secured withoutI charge at the Public Lecture office,Cobb 11-A. Student and faculty mem¬bers are requested to secure ticketsat once before distribution is made tothe general public. With the dual meets of the Confer¬ence swimming season now a matterof history, fans are turning their at¬tention to the coming all-Conferencetournament which will be held in theBartlett tank, March 15 and 16. Thismeet will climax the season and prom¬ises to be one of the most successfulever held in Big Ten circles.Following the suggestions of CoachWhite, the officials have adopted aplan which will, to a great extent, cutout the strenuous trial heats beforethe races. These preliminaries willbe omitted in the 150 yard backstroke, 200 yard breast stroke, the 220swim and the 440 event.Time Trials To Be HeldIn the first races two stop watcheswill be kept on the winners, the fourmen making the best time to be en¬tered in the finals. These finals willbe held March 16, the day followingthe preliminaries.If the past records of the seasonare taken into account, the meetpromises to be one of the most spec¬tacular ever held in the Conference.Most of the Big Ten teams have beendoing excellent work this season andseveral of the old Conference recordshave been broken or tied.Records May Be BrokenRecords are bound to be smashed,the only one remaining safe being thehack stroke record set up by Pavlicekin 1916, is “Doc” White’s prediction.Northwestern with her strong andsteady team is almost sure of placingfirst. She will he pressed close, how¬ever, by Minnesota and Wisconsin whowill probably run neck and neck forsecond place. The Maroons can onlyplace fourth at the best and will havea close race with Illinois for this posi¬tion.Capt. Blinks May SwimTt is reported that Captain EdBlinks will disregard his doctor's or-(Continued on page 4) Can a university judge a prospec¬tive student’s ability more accuratelyby intelligence tests than by his highschool record ?Lack of evidence makes it impossi¬ble for psychologists to answer thisquestion, Prof. Harvey Car of the De¬partment of Psychology stated in aninterview with The Daily Maroon.Before they can find an answer psy¬chologists in universities using theentrance tests must compare the in¬telligence test rating of a large num¬ber of students with the quality ofthe actual work that those sudentsdo in college; then they must com¬pare their high school ratings withthe quality of their college work;and, finally, they must compare theaccuracy of the two methods as in¬dicated by these results. These twoinvestigations have never been car¬ried out with the same group of stu¬dents, Prof. Carr said.High School Record Best TestBut what study has been madeseems to show that the use of highschool records is on a par with intel¬ligence tests as a means of selectingstudents, according to Prof. Carr; ifanything, the high school recordmethod is a little more accurate.When the recent change in the Uni¬versity’s scholarship requirementswas under consideration, Prof. Carrsaid, the Department of Psychologytook the stand that adoption of an in¬telligence test for entering studentswas not justified by present scientificknowledge.Method Was Tested in ArmyProf. Carr referred to a certainalumnus who served as an “intelli¬gence tester” in the army. In study¬ing the results of some investigations,this psychologist made the discoverythat a soldier’s success in army workcould be forecasted just as accurate¬ly from his scholastic record as itcould be from his rating in the intel¬ligence tests!Desiring to give the army the ben¬efit of this valuable discovery, this in¬vestigator communicated it to his su¬periors. To his surprise he receivedin reply a letter instructing him notto attempt work outsid<r*the giving ofintelligence tests. The psychologicalofficers took the attitude that as hewas employed as an intelligence testerhe should “stick to intelligence tests.”He was told that his services in anyother field would not be accepted.The investigator to whom Prof.Cnrr referred has never been allowedto publish his findings. Arthur Cody, holdover junior mem¬ber of the Honor commission, waselected president of that body at ameeting of the Commission yesterday.Other officers elected were: RussellPierce, vice-president; Martha Smart,recording secretary; and HarrisonBarnes, case secretary.Cody is a member of Psi Upsilonfraternity. He is University cheer¬leader, a member of Iron Mask andSkull and Crescent. Pierce is a mem¬ber of Chi Psi fraternity, Iron Mask,and Score Club. At present he isnews editor of The Daily Maroon.Martha Smart, prominent in cam¬pus circles, is a member of Quadran-glers. She is on the UndergraduateCouncil and a member of the Sign ofthe Sickle. Case secretary, HarrisonBarnes, in on the Varsity basketballteam and a member of Skull andCrescent.Dispose of Old CasesThe Commission started immediatelyon its work for the coming year bydisposing of two cases and receivingreports on others which are scheduledto come up at the next meeting. Theapproaching end of the quarter willnecessarily entail a great deaj ofwork for which the Commission isclearing the boards by disposing ofall old cases.ONLY 150 TICKETSTO BE ISSUED FORSOPH-FROSH PROMAnnounce Patrons And Pa¬tronesses ForDanceOnly 150 couples will be admittedto the second annual Freshman-Soph¬omore Prom Saturday, Mar. 10, atthe Kenwood club, according to theplans of the social committee, as an¬nounced yesterday by Ruffin Johnston.Give Patrons, PatronessesFinal arrangements for this fea¬ture of the underclassmen’s socialcalendar have been completed. Afew tickets, which were not taken bythe underclassmen last week, havebeen placed on sale for upperclassmenwho desire to attend the dance. Mr.and Mrs. Walter S. Carr and Mr. andMrs. John A. Sutherland are the pa¬trons and patronesses of the affair.Tickets for the Prom may be se¬cured for $2.20 at the Maroon office,the Bookstore, the Reynolds club, orfrom individuals on the campus.Freshman Club EntertainmentThe Freshmen Women’s club willgive a fireside party on Friday from4 to 6 in the library of Ida Noyes hall.Florence Cax’olyn will dance, and Mrs.Clara Pinkham will tell stories dur¬ing the afternoon. Refreshments willbe served. Tickets are being sold oncampus for ten cents. All outstand¬ing tickets not disposed of must bereturned before 6 on Thursday.BULLETIN 1Barto Wins Job InReynolds Club VoteThe special vote held by the Rey¬nolds club to determine the holder ofthe position of treasurer was won byPhillip Barto. He polled 154 votes.The defeated candidate Fred Law re¬ceived 108.The two men tied in the club elec¬tions held last Friday.Page Two THE DAILY MARCXJN, Wednesday, March 7, 1923.(Slip Saily filar nonThe Student Newspaper of tA«University of ChicagorublUhcil mornings, except Saturday Sun¬day and Monday during the Autumn,Winter and Spring quarters by The DailyMaroon Company.Entered as second class mail at the Chi¬cago Cost office, Chicago, Illinois, March13, 190(i, under the act of March 3, 1873.Telephone Midway 800Offices Ellis 14Member ofThe Western Conference 1*rr»» AssociationWILL GHEREThis is by way of an eulogy. Youhave, perhaps, noticed upon the cam¬pus a bright green tie and a pair ofsideburns. This is Will Ghere, whoguides the destinies of the Universitywearers of the sock and buskin.For what reason in particularshould this student be picked out forparticular praise? For a number ofreasons.In the first place he is a corkinggood actor. He can hop with alacrityfrom one part to the other in re¬hearsal without flickering an eyelash.He made the rascally innkeeper oneof the high spots of the recent alumniperformance of the “Beaux Strata¬gem.” And he was an undergraduatesubstituting for a delinquent.In the second place he is a skillfuldirector. He has an intimate feelingwith the shades of thought, the sub-telties of action required by the na¬ture of every part. In casting a playhe does not fail to show a surprisingmaturity of judgment.In the third place he is a diplomat.Adolescent thespians are not back¬ward in developing the “artistic tem¬perament.” They are quick to apeone or other model of the profession¬al stage. They become hard birds tohandle. Will Ghere handles them byletting them rave and by going quiet¬ly on with his business of getting aspecific play produced. One shud¬ders to imagine what he thinks some¬times.We realize that it is not the cus¬tom for a student publication to singleout a student for open praise. Butwe have a feeling that the Gargoylescannot quite be classed as the samekind of “student activity” as, let ussay, the undergraduate council. It isthe nature of art and politics tolie in different spheres. So for WillGhere this passing word, a tributeto one who perhaps is laboring toofar outside the channels of ordinarystudent enterprise to receive thecommendation he deserves.PROF. WHITE TALKSTO COUNCIL; CLASSTEAMS ELIMINATEDAssociate Prof. Leonard A. White,of the Political Science department,addressed the open meeting of theUndergraduate council yesterday onvarious phases of the preferentialballot, which is being discussed by thecouncil.Prof. White’s talk formed the basisof the discussion at the meeting, butno decision was reached and the ques¬tion will be taken up again nextweek. Widespread criticism of thepreferential ballot used at the lastelection has influenced’ the councilto find some more satisfactory sys¬tem, but it is hindered in its workby the lack of interest evidenced bythe student body. Undergraduateswho are criticizing the actions of thecouncil are urged to present theiropinions to the body that it may havedefinite ground upon which to act.Because the inter-fraternity basketball race has run so far into the sea¬son, the council has deemed it inad¬visable to try to stage an inter-classcontest this year. Plans for thetournament have been dropped.WANT TO GO TO THATDANCELucia HENDERSHOTwill prepare you QUICKLY and COR¬RECTLY. 6 PRIVATE Lessons, $5.001541 East 57th St. Hyde Park 2314 HUMAN BODY NEEDS6 HOURS OF SLEEPSAYS PROF. CARLSONStating that the' human body be¬tween the ages of twenty and fortyrequired six hours of sleep in orderto function properly, Prof. Anton J.Carlson of the department of Phys¬iology refuted recent statements tothe effect that from two to threehours of rest were sufficient to sus¬tain health.“This, of course, varies with theamount of physical energy expendedby the individual,” Dr. Carlson said.“But the average person betweenthose ages must have six hours ofsleep. If a person rests during theday, he can get along with some lesssleep.”When asked if sleep could be madeup by eating large quantities of food,Dr. Carlson replied that food merelystimulated activity, which, in turn,would necessitate more repose.“Young people in the tissue grow¬ing stages require more sleep thanthose who have reached full growth,”Dr. Carlson said. “And, it follows,that older people require less sleep.Very old persons can get along onthree or four hours of rest.”OFFER PRIZE FORBEST PAPERS ONMENACE OF DOPEA prize of $50 has been offered forthe best oration submitted to theAnna A. Gordon Oratorical Contest,to be conducted about May 1 by theY. M. C. A.Any undergraduate in the Univer¬sity is eligible for competition. Con¬testants are restricted to one of thefollowing subjects: “The Best Methodof Meeting the Wine and Beer Propa¬ganda” and “The Menace of Nar¬cotics.” Orations must be submittedfirst in written form, and must runbetween 1500 and 2000 words.Papers will be received at the Y.M. C. A. office until April 15. A com¬mittee of judges will select the fivebest papers and authors of these willbe notified to prepare for the decla¬mation competition to be held aboutMay 1.Papers submitted to this contestare also eligible for the $100 statecompetition and the $1000 intercol¬legiate prohibition association contest.A folder containing further details isbeing distributed by the Y. M. C. A.CLASSIFIED ADSFOR RENT—Double room, 2 beds,men students. 5490 University Ave.2nd Apt. Dor. 4380.FOR RENT—Double room, 2 beds,men students, 5490 University Ave.2nd Apt. Dor. 4380.WANTED—A student in biology,geology or natural history, to takecare of a ten year old boy this sum¬mer. Apply by letter to MaroonOffice( care of W. Kerr.Some University woman left a longbrown pair of gloves in the RoselmaTea Shop, 6331 Kimbark Ave. Tobe had on identification.MOSERSHORTHANDCOLLEGESpecialThree Months CourseOpen to University Gradu-ates^or UndergraduatesBULLETIN ON REQUEST116 So. Michigan Ave.Twelfth Floor Randolph 4347CHICAGOHigh School GraduatesONLY are Enrolledl COLLEGE LIFEEvanston, Ill.—Six offenders were“caught with the goods” this week byathletic department officials, who havelaunched a strenuous campaignagainst petty larceny in connectionwith the honor stands on the cam¬pus. This action came as a resultof the continued losses caused by“light fingered” students. All standswere carefully checked and showeda total loss of $35.Corvallis, Ore.—As a result of therecent flood in Corvallis, Ore., Prof.Floyd W. Rowland, head of the De¬partment of Chemical Engineering atthe Oregon Agricultural college,swam and rowed fourteen miles fromhis home to meet a class.Edinburgh.—Former Premier LloydGeorge was forced abruptly to con¬clude the annual rectoral address hewas delivering at the Academic hallrecently when Edinburgh universitystudents pelted the parquet with bagsof flour. The students, to whom theaffair meant nothing more than agood natured “rag,” crowded the gal¬leries and bombarded those belowwith bags that burst and covered au¬dience and speaker with clingingwhite dust.TonightSwiss Steak Dinner55cBaldwins Restaurant1025 E. 55th Street(between Ellis & GreenwoodBy Students For StudentsPUBLIC SPEAKINGTaught in the department ofDRAMATIC EXPRESSIONbyANNE LARKINColumbia School of MusicClare Osborne Reed, DirectorRoom 435, 509 S. 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Conservative policies and de¬pendable service have been responsible for thegrowth and for the constructive activities of theCompany in the development of the entireinsurance profession.Insurance Company ofNorth AmericaPHILADELPHIAand theIndemnity Insurance Company of North Americawrite practically every form of insurance except life. fTT-rr rrr 1 ITTI ITI V n n mVT.TTTT/iMARSHALL HELD 6? COMPANYTHE STORE TOR MENqA Separate Store in a Separate BuildingWREMARKABLE VALUE IN THIS SEASONABLE OFFERINGMen’s Mocha Gloves$2.50Embroidered or Plain BacksITS about time to lay aside the Winter Gloves and puton something a bit lighter in weight.These Mocha Gloves are the thing. They’re of fine qual¬ity in browns and grays, with fingers of regular or cadetlength. The brovns make excellent driving Glovesbecause they don’t easily soil.You’ll probably remember that really first quality MochaGloves usually sell for considerably more. They’re rarevalue at $2.50. nim, 1OFIRST FLOORHare You Seen the New ‘Print Yies at $1?U1U*. ■■■■Page ThreeTHE DAILY MAROON, Wednesday, March 7, 1923.INDIANA DEFEATSHAWKEYES AS BIGTEN RACE CLOSESBadgers Now Have ChanceTo Tie ForLeadTHE WEEK IN SPORTFriday—Varsity swimming team vs.Wisconsin.Friday—Varsity gym and fencingteams vs. Minnesota at Minneapo¬lis.Saturday—Varsity basketball teamvs. Wisconsin.BIG TEN STANDINGIowa W... .11 L.1 Pet..917Wisconsin ... . 9 1 .900Michigan . . . 8 4 .567Illinois .. . 7 5 j583Indiana ... 5 4 .556Chicago 5 .545Purdue ... 5 5 .500Northwestern . .. . ...3 2 .273Ohio State . . . 1 11 .083Minnesota . . . 0 11 .000After a week of close tilts, featuredby the victory of Indiana over theleading Iowa quintet, those teams withgames still to be played are all setfor a spurt on the last lap of the BigTen title race. As a result of theHawkeyes’ upset, Wisconsin now hasa chance of gaining a tie for first hon¬ors.The Badgers have two more gamesto play, one of them being the all-important clash with the MaroonsSaturday night. By scoring two winsthey will be in a position to claim thechampionship.Michigan Loses Last GameMichigan went down to defeat be¬fore the Hawkeyes in their last gameof the season after leading in pointsscored until the last few minutes ofplay. The Illini defeated Ohio Stateand climbed into fourth position inthe rating.The Maroons may, by defeatingWisconsin, give Iowa the undisputedchampionship and incidently wind upthe season in fourth place. Purdueand Indiana have had in and out sea¬sons, the latter’s only claim to famelying in their recent defeat of Iowa.Tailenders Are DisappointingNorthwestern, Ohio, and Minnesota,have practically completed their sched¬ules with rather disappointing resultsconsidering the pre-season outlook. Allthree teams have had one outstandingperformer but because of poor sup¬port, failed to come up to scratch.GYM DEPARTMENTDRAWS PLANS FORWRESTLING MEETOpen To All Students;Prizes Will BeAwardedAn All-University wrestling meetwill be held from Wednesday to Fri¬day, April 11, 12, 13, in an effort topromote the interest of the campusin the mat sport. Any student, in¬cluding graduates, carrying full work,may compete in this tournament.Indivdual prizes will be given inall classes with more than four en¬tries, and a loving cup to the fra¬ternity team scoring the most points.Entry blanks may be secured fromMr. Barry in the Medical Examinersoffice.The training will be taken careof by Coach Vorees and members ofthe Varsity squad. A time schedule in¬dicating when various Varsity menwill be in the gym will be announcedsoon. This arrangement will makeit possible for the prospective con¬testants to get the coaches they want.The weight limits in the variousclasses will be 117 lbs., 127 lbs., 137lbs., 147 lbs., 160 lbs., 177 lbs., andno limit in the heavyweight division.Weight must be made one hour beforethe match. All prospective entrantsare urged to start training immedi¬ately and Coach Vorees suggests thatthe fraternity teams get organized atonce.Physic Instructor AidsAmong the men who are lendingtheir support to the tournament is Leonard O. Loeb, an instructor in thephysics department. Mr. Loeb is aformer collegiate wrestler and isamong the mat fans in the Universitywho are desirous of elevating wrest¬ling to an important place in colle¬giate athletics. Mr. Loeb will headthe wrestling committee, composed ofmembers of the Varsity squad.The remaining committees have notbeen filled as yet; they will be an¬nounced in the next few days. Ifany contestants do not understandthe details of the meet, Coach Vor¬ees will be glad to explain the com¬plications to them. He is at the Gymafter 4:30.Swimming Meet At 4Junior and senior college swim¬mers will work off the second lap ofthe swimming contest today at 4 inIda Noyes pool. “The seniors areplanning a comeback and hope tostage a victory over the juniors whotrimmed them last week.’’, said JuliaRhodus, captain of the senior team. >' 'SPORT SHORTSjThe Publicity committee of the In¬terscholastic basketball tournamentwill meet in the trophy room of Bart¬lett gymnasium at 3, Thursday.INTERSCHOLASTIC SHORTSThe Sheridan, Wyoming, basketballteam has applied for an invitation tothe Interscholastic basketbal tourney.Sheridan has a record of 17 straightvictories to date, has defeated BigHorn, last year’s State champions, bya decisive score and if they win theState tournament wil receive an invi¬tation. •Glenrock, another strong Wyomingteam, has also applied for an invita¬tion. This team has a record of 16straight victories and the State tourn¬ament will decide whether Sheridanor Glenrock will represent Wyominghere. Scott High, of Toledo, Ohio, one ofthe strongest teams in the state, hasapplied for an invitation. Runners upin last year’s tournament at the Uni¬versity of Pennsylvania, this team hashad its season’s record marred by onlyone defeat.Central High of Akron, Ohio, an¬other strong team, has made applica¬tion. Her record is being investigatedby the committee pending the resultsof the state tournament.Warren High of Warren, Pennsyl¬vania, at present one of the leadingteams of the state, has expressed in¬terest in the tournament and her rec¬ord is being investigated. The strengthshe shows in the Penn tournament willbe the deciding factor in her case.Southerners Postpone DinnerThe Southern club dinner, scheduled to take place tonight has been post¬poned, it was announced yesterday bythe officers of the organization.Going IntoBusiness?After graduation, you must bridgethe “years of experience” before youwill be fitted to occupy a position ofbusiness responsibilitv and trust.To men who are eager to shortenthese years, Babson Institute offersan intensive training course of oneor two vears in business practice.No lectures: no conferences. Nowritten work; but dictation throughdictating machines and secretaries.Babson Institute, an educational in¬stitution endowed for the purpose o«fitting men for true executive respou-• sibilities, invites you to send forthe booklet “Training for BusinessLeadership.” Write today.Babson InstituteWellesley Hills, (a"Bb“,&„of) Mass.Page Four I HF. DAILY MAROON, Wednesday, March 7, 1923.BRITISH MUSEUMDIRECTOR’S TALKON ANCIENT MSS.Sir Frederick Kenyon SpeaksUnder Direction of Classi¬cal LeagueClay books, papyrus books, vellumbooks, all these are branches of thestudy on which Sir Frederick Ken¬yon, Director of the British Museum,spoke in a lecture under the auspicesof the Classical league recently inHarper assembly room.The art of writing, according to SirFrederick, is much older than wasonce supposed. Scholars once thoughtthat the epics of Homer were handeddown by word of mouth for genera¬tions before they were written. Itis now known that men knew how towrite at the time of the siege ofTroy itself, in fact for two thousandyears before it. Homer may havecomposed the Iliad with the aid ofwritten manuscripts.Similarly, it has been argued thatMoses could not have written thebooks of the Old Testament usuallyattributed to him, on the ground thatwriting had not been developed inMoses’s day. This theory is no longertenable, according to Sir Frederick.Written manuscripts have been dis¬covered which are far older thanMoses.Written on Clay TabletsThe oldest books of importance thathave been found are those written onclay tablets. Laird, the English in¬vestigator, discovered the first im¬portant library of these plates, in hisfamous excavations in Babylonia.They range in size from one and a halfinches square and half an inch thickto eight inches square and an inchthick. Another favorite place for de¬positing the tablets was in the foun¬dations of palaces. A king, when hebuilt a palace, often placed among itsfoundation stone tablets relating thehistory of a part of his reign.Because of their small size, theBabylonians could not write anythingof length on one single tablet. Theimportant Babylonian works, like theepic of the creation, or the story ofthe Flood, had to be spread out overa large number of tablets. It is easyto see how great are the chances ofsome of the tablets being lost, or oftheir order being confused.Although clay was used to someextent in Egypt also, the principalmaterial used there was papyrus. Inmaking this substance, the pith wascut from the heart of a certain weedthat grew in great abundance in theNile. Slices of this pith were laidvertically. Over these other sliceswere laid horizontally. Then thewhole was secured with glue and bymeans of pressure, formed a sheetusually ten by six inches in size.Instead of laying these sheets oneon another, as modern boos are made,the Egyptians fastened these sheetstogether side by side. Sometimesthey made in this way rolls of greatlength. One has been found whichis 135 feet long.New Testament WritingsIt is on these rolls that the earlymanuscripts of New Testament writ¬ings have been found. The Christiansof that day were often persecuted,and required for their literature booksthat could be easily carried about,and in emergencies hidden. So forthree centuries no attempt was madeto consolidate the New Testamentwritings into one volume.When at last Constantine was con¬verted and Christianity became theaccepted faith, a new material forbooks was coming into use.Early in the Christian era, thekings of I’ergamum had wished tobuild up a library to rival that ofAlexandria. The Ptolemies at Alex¬andria, desiring to keep their ownlibrary the greatest in the world, for¬bade the exportation of papyrus.This forced Pergamum to use a newmaterial — the specially preparedskins of animals.From the name of the city, Per¬gamum, is derived our present namefor the material—parchment.About the fourth century, men be¬gan to realie that parchment wasmore durable than the more brittlepapyrus. Thereafter boks of the bet-tr class were written on the new ma¬terial. And the new substancebrought with it a new arrangementof the book form, the beginning ofour modern form. AS WE tramped through the snowand slush yesterday, we were remind¬ed of the premonition we had whenwe penned lines to Spring in Tues¬day’s Whistle. Do not blame us en¬tirely, however, for our (?) contemp¬oraries, Riq and R. H. L., fell intothe same trap. We venture to proph¬esy rain and cold weather for tomor¬row; maybe that will lure back thewarmer weather.* * *Weather is always dangerous stuff. ANNOUNCE OFFICERSOF Y. W. FRIDAY ATFRIENDSHIP DINNERNew officers-elect and cabinet mem¬bers of the Y. W. C. A. will be an¬nounced and introduced at the Friend¬ship dinner, which is to be given un¬der the auspices of the Associationnext Friday at 6 in the big gymna¬sium of Ida Noyes hall.Such a banquet is held once a yearin an effort to help University womento become better acquainted. All com¬mittees of the Y. W. C. A. will meetbefore dinner and attend in a body.During the serving of the dinnersongs will be sung by the entireassemblage, and all plans have beenmade with the intent to further ac¬ VOTE TODAY FROM 10 TO 4 IN . jFOYER OF IDA NOYES HALLl(Continued from page 1)vice-president Sophomore class, IdaNoyes Advisory council, W. A. A.,Board of Christian Union, Executivecouncil, Junior class, Quadrangler.For Secretary: Ella Marks, second iand first cabinets of Y. W. C. A., Un¬dergraduate council, chairman Public¬ity committee, Ida Noyes Advisorycouncil, W. A. A., Esoteric.Julia Rhodus: second and first cab¬inets of Y. W. C. A., chairman ChurchCo-operation .committee, Federationsponsor, Ida Noyes Advisory council,Recording Secretary W. A. A.For Treasurer: Jean Falconer: Up¬per-Class Counselor and College Ex¬change committees, Second Cabinetof Y. W. C. A., W. A. A. Secretary ofPortfolio, Achoth. Calista Twist: Finance, Meetingsand Social Service committees of Y.W. C. A., chairman Settlement nightteam, captain Chicago in China drive,Chi Rho Sigma.Typewriters!Remington 32.30Royal 30.00Corona 27.50Molle 39.50Und Port 40.00Rem Port 50.00Underwood $40.00Large Assortment of all MakesWitness the incipient contest betweenMr. Maxwell and our Mr. Wetton.Two estimable gentlemen, we hear,who have already begun to hurl thun¬derbolts at one another. May we sub¬mit the following and suggest thatyou try it on your Victrola ?“Oh, Mr. Maxwell; Oh, Mr. Maxwell,As a prophet you are surely all thebunk.Your prophecies of rain,Give me an awful pain,And 1 thjnk your stuff is nothingmore than junk.”“Oh, Mr. Wetton; Oh, Mr. Wetton,What an awful mess you’re going to' get in.In answer to your ‘Hymn of Hate’I will challenge to debate.”“I decline it, Mr. Maxwell.”“Well, I thought so, Mr. Wetten.”“Oh, Mr. Maxwell; Oh, Mr. Maxwell,I’m afraid the fight has carried youaway.Your letter, as I live,Has a split infinitive,I’d like to hear what you may haveto say.”“Oh, Mr. Wetten; Oh, Mr. Wetten,I hoped that you would cease this idlefretting.I say what I must tell,And you have faults as well—”“Academically?” Mr. Maxwell.“No, metrologically,’ Mr. Wetten. IWe see that the Musical club willsing “Sweet and Low’ in their pro¬gram for Thursday. That’s a lotmore than we can say for the personwho attempted to serenade us lastnight.* * *The Maroon places an announce¬ment of a meeting of the Interfra¬ternity Council alongside a storyabout King Tut. Jacqueline saw itand remarked: “Well, even thoughTut slept for three thousand years, hefinally came to life.”* * *To which we could only reply:* * *Tut, TutlJacques.CONFERENCE TANK MEET TOBE RUN UNDER NEW SYSTEM(Continued from page 1)ders and swim his last meet under theMaroon colors. Hedeen is entered forthe plunge and will probably place inthis event. The diminutive Protherotcan also be counted upon to place inthe 220.The Maroon entries are as follows:Fancy diving: Dorf,- Lesige, Stirl¬ing, Merriam, Janovsky. 40 yardswim: Blinks, Gleason, Van Deventer,Protheroe, Hall. 20 yard brest stroke:Lyons, Harkins, Hulings, Frost, Chris¬tiana. 220 yard swim: Protheroe,Nightengale, Gilchrist, Van Deventer,Blinks.Plunges: Hedeen, Hall, Klawans,Starbuckm, Morency.150 yard back stroke: Levy, White,Greenebaum, Kalish, Snyder.100 yard swim: Van Deventer, Glea¬son, Protheroe, Blinks, Hall.440 yard swim: Miller Gilchrist,Blinks, Protheroe, Nightengale. quaintances on campus.Tickets for the dinner, which willbe over by 8 in order that any eve-ing engagements may be kept, areon sale in the Y. W. C. A. office foreighty cents. 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