PRICEFIVE CENTS mt iHaroon OPEN EDUCATORS’CONFERENCEVol 1. No 5. THE MAROON, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1929 Pi ice Five CentsAthenaeumONLY FIFTY BUCKSBy James T. FarrellH you read the Daily News, or the^Weekly Maroon, or it you are auAR 1 enthusiast, you will know' thatthere is a tnoveinent of “universitystudents interested in all forms otmodern art" which will give to Chi¬cago an Artistic little theatre that isto present foreijjrn movies, and orifrin-ate plays, and to sponsor art exhibits.It is to be called the c'hica^jo I.ittieTheatre Corporation, or the Cube, orsome such tiling, ami stock is bein^sold at the trivial price of fifty dollarsa share.I'ifty dollars is not a tremendoussum. It can be raised if one makes theeffort. And even when one cannotraise fifty, one can combine with one.two, or even ten persons, and pur-cha.se a share in this inestimable “ven¬ture of university students interested inall forms of modern art.” .‘\rt is butscantily appreciated in this little thea¬treless town, and he tinie has arrivedfor a “venture of university studentsinterested in all forms of imMlern art.It »s a duty, incumbent upon all su¬perior jiersons, to foster and nurse thissplendid and youthful enthusiasm . . .to buy a share of stock.The three I'niversity students, whowould sooner sacrifice a meal thantheir humble appreciation of .Art, areNick Matsoukas—familiarly known asthe Matsouk.XSS—Stanley Newman,and Sterlinj' North for s() f have been itold). Matsoukas is a veritable cafa-loffue of art names. Me is intenseabout nuKlern art too. I have neverheard him distin>j:uish the <lifferenTmovements of the last two decades,such as Cubism. Futurism, Synchron¬ism, Vorticism, Dadaism, Surrealism,etc., but he is all for the niiMlerns. Meonce condemned 'I'itiian, declarini? thatthe latter was a conservative. Me alsowrites art criticisms in the I'orse. Oneof them begins like this: “.America be-inj; a ytnmjf and civilized unit of man¬kind is constantly invaded by outsideinfluences. Kvery form of societal or¬ganization within the American t>r-ganism very often senses the thrill ofKuro|)ean ‘isms’.” I'ew univer<ity stu¬dents could cojiimence an art criticismso profoundly. Then also. Nick is anartistic innovator, wjth the inventionof a new system of verb structures tohis credit. Me has done more withthe verb “to be' 'than Tames Joycehas with the h'nglish language. Stan¬ley Newman, the second of this ex¬perimental trio is a nice boy with .xsplendid conscience. The girls wouldall like Stanley. The third young ideal¬ist is Sterling North, who loves hishome, his wife, and his fraternitybrothers (see his brilliant arti<le inCollege Mumor), and who is an ad¬mirable P.A-PA-a. EDUCATORS TREAT CURRICULAR PROBLEMSSectional Groups Inaugurate Social Program!ADMINISTRATIVEOFFICERS OPENINSTITUTE TODAYCORNERSTONE OFl Cruises, Picnics,NEW MATH hall; And Dances FillLAID THURSDAYNoted .Citizens AttendEckhart Hall» CeremonyCorner-stone for the new Eckharthall, which will house the laboratoriesof such outstanding faculty membersas A. .A. Michelson and Arthur H.C onij)tcn, was cemented In tast Thurs¬day noon by Bernard A. Eckhart,Chicago business man who is the don¬or of the building. I'hree generationsof Eckharts assisted in the ceremony. Summer social activity at the Uni¬versity continues apace. Sectionalgroujjs have planned numerous eventsin addition to the all-University pro¬gram.Since the Southern Group Boat tripwas postponed until Friday night, July17, the -Mid-Western (iroup has de¬cided to join the Southerners in thecruise and dance aboard ship. Tic¬kets may be purchased today and to¬morrow at Hutchinson Commons, Ida-Noyes Hall, and Hlane Mall at onedollar and fifty cents each.The -Mid-Western Beach Party, heldlast h'riday night at Jackson Parkthe donor, his son, Percy B. Eckhartan alumnus of the University and his ileach, was an enthusiastic success.granddaughter Marion West Eckhart.a junior in the University.Rosenwald AttendsHonorable Roy O. West ,Juliu>Rosenwald. Bernard E. -Sunny, .Martin-A. Ryersoti, Thomas E. Donnelley. .A.W. Harris. David livans, Harrison B.(Continued on page 3)These youths of aesthetic inclina¬tion are going to establish a litlTetheatre, not a social center. .Someyears bark a Greenwich Village littletheatre called the I’rovincetow n putEugene O’Neill and Robert I'-dmundJones across. Since then little the¬atres have been, in the main, socialcenters of a more attractive appearthan the pool room. Not so with thenew Cube. It has the old Cube’s rec-f)rd. Reside the negro plays (whichwere highly competent) there wereseveral vaudeville shows, a second rateset of scenery that was Modern, amTthe unforgettahle lighting effects,w'hich Nick achieved at one of Max¬well Rodenheim’s recital, and which he(the matsoukiASS) has branded as ahigh artistic success. .And the newCube will present foreign movies. For¬eign movies are ART per se. Eventliose which some of us thought medi¬ocre. It will also produce originalplays. Possibly Sterling will writeone. He wTote, as some recall, “TwoGents from K. C.” an excellent psy¬chological facsimile of Ernest Hem¬ingway’s “Killers.” Perhaps he w'illgive us a reproduction of E. E. Cum¬mins “him”, or of a Virgil Geddesplay. Maybe Stanley will glorify thesplendid conscience in three acts, ofimpressionistic lighting effects. The(Continued on page 3) Boddy PreachesIn Chapel SundayServices -Sunday morning will becomlucted by the Rev. Dr. William M.Boddy. pastor of the First Presby¬terian Church of Chicago. Dr. Boddywas recently appointed by the moder¬ator of the Presbyterian church as oneof a national committee of five to in¬vestigate modern practices of mar¬riage. divorce, and remarriage. Hehas during recent years, been 0!ic otthe sponsors of the WesliminsterI'oundation. campus Presbyterianrh;b, and has i)reached in the UnT-versity community for several years.The University choir will render atnusKale under the direction of MackEvans at the Sunday \’espcrs.Clarence E. Heckler, organist ofChrist Church, Harrisburg, PennsyT-vania. ami Hazel .A. Quinney of theUniversity Church of the Disciples,wll t)lay the organ vespers at 7 onrimrsdav and h'riday respectively o?this week. Walter Blodgett will playthe other evenings. The refreshment committee consistedof Keba Gray, Helen Wright, andAnne Craig; the transportation com¬mittee of F. R. Walsh. J. R. Tabln,.and Ruth l ane; .ind the tickets andposters committee of Miriam -Sawyer,Loretta Reel, and Harriet Mehaffie.Last Sunday, July 14. a tea washeld at Ida Noyes hall between fourand seven thirty o’clock for all sum¬mer school students. Over two hun¬dred students attetided. The facultymembers who assisted were Dr. an.*(Continued on page 2)NURSERY SCHOOL’SVALUE WEIGHED ATDIL PICKLE CLUBJack Jones, manager of the DilPiekle Club, Chicago’s Bohemiancent 'r, has announced that Prof.Helen Louise Koch, Ph. D. of theUniversity of Texas, who is now in¬structing a course in the “Psycho¬logical Basis of Child Behavior” atthe University will speak at the clubthis Wednesday night on “TheNursery School: Its Pros and Cons.”Prof. Spearman of the University ofLondon will lecture Sunday nighton “What the Mind Can Do.” Heis an exchange professor at the Uni¬versity.Entrance to the club at 18 TookerPlace is gained through the famoushole in the wall at 858 N. StateSt. CHICAGO AREASOF DELINQUENCYSAME SjICE 1899CottrelPs Study ShowsJuveniles Worse inFactory DistrictsChicago’s areas of juvenile delin¬quency have been the same since 189b,despite changes in the type of popula¬tion, Leonard S. Cottrell, Jr., researchassociate in the Lhiiversity's Loca*C ommunity Research Committee tolathe group attending the Institute forSocial Research at the ITniversity yes¬terday. The greatest concentration ofdelinquency, as shown by arrests am*cases reaching the Juvenile Court,Comes in a belt wth a radius of threemiles from the loop.Take Graph of Time“The near North Side, the nearNorthw'est, the near Westside, and themar Southside, and the ‘back of theyarfls’ and steel mill districts show thegreatest concentraion of delinquency,"Mr. Cottrell said. “These are the in¬dustrial areas of the city, the regionof deteriorated neighhorhoods. Notonly in numbers of cases, but in per¬centage, is there more delinquncy inthese areas.”It is possible to tell whether or nota city has organized crime simply bymaking a profile graph of crimesagainst the person, such as murder and(Continued on page 41 ADDRESSES INSTITUTEDr. Charles H. JuddOne-Hour TestsOn July 23-4 toEnd First TermEight In FourthRound of TennisCovert Describes Church CouncilWork, Sears Continues AddressesWith the series of lectures on “Co¬operative Protestantism" under the au¬spices of the Divinity School contin¬uing to attract widesirread attention.Rev. C. H. Sears, general secretaryof the Baptist Missions, is scheduledto deliver four addresses in JosephBond Chapel this week. Dr. Sear.swll speak at 4:Jfl this afternoon on“What the City Does to People.” 'Fhctopics of his other three lectures alldealing with the problem of the mo<l-ern church and its relation to the city,are: “A New' 'City Optimism: Remak¬ing the City," “Sources of CityGrowth,” and “CoL.uer City Forces."The right of the twenty-eight de- the new social conscience in thechurches and their new sense of re¬sponsibility for social welfare, a ex¬pounded by prophetic leaders likeShailer Mathews and Graham Taylor.“Within four great fields specialcommissions of the Council are carry¬ing on constructive work: In familylife, in industrial relationships, in racerelations and in international relations.Such attempts on the part of tliechurches involve such delicate ques¬tions of the relation of church andstate that it is hardly surprising thatin soTiie quarters misundersanding andcriticism should arise.“During the last year there lias been The third round in the first quarterchampionshii) tennis tournament findsthe field of fifty singles entries pareddown to eight. J. K. Peterson, thewinner of Barry and Powers, the win¬ner between Coulter and Evans, \V.W. Samieion. E. Rcsek, R. J. Gon¬zales. .S. R. Ross, and the winner be¬tween Tucker am! McFarlan w’ill fightin the fourth round. Four doublesteams have survived. I'aylor andRoss, Brigham and Gray. Mahin andBennett, Ecker and McMurtrie willplay in the semi-finals.'I’he semi-finals of the consolationtournament will he fought out by .Aus¬tin, Mahin, .Anderson, and Clark.Winners and runners-up will Ik-awarded medals.Those who have not p’ayed tlieirmatches within the time limit are au¬tomatically* dropped from the cham¬pionship play and their matches lor-feited. , Departing from the usual Universitymethod of two-hour specially scliedul-cd final examinations, the tests for thefirst term of the Summer Quarter willbe given at the regular clas# periods,July 23 and 24."a one-hour writtenquiz each day. .Ail courses will holdexaminations, and students seekingmajor credits must take tests bothterms. Only those courses specificallyqualfied in the curriculum may he tak¬en as minors.Grades will he mailed to the homeaddress of each student soon after theclose of the quarter.TAFT COMMENTS ONFIFTEENTH CENTURYAND CLASSICAL ARTRemodel President’sHouse for Hutchins 'I'he features significant of early Ro¬man sculpture and the development ofItalian art through the fourteenth amttil eenth centuries were the subjectsdiscu.-'sed and illustrated l)y LoradoTaft, well-known sculptor, in his lec¬tures last Wednesday and Thursdayon ‘Greek .Art in Rome and EarlyItalian Sculpture" and “A \’isit to theFifteenth Century.”In his nrst lecture Mr. Taft pointedout that the Romans were adverse tosculpture, hut from a liking of portrai¬ture, which arose from the use of waxmasks at funerals, the (ireeks andEtruscans deevloped a portrait artknown previously only in Egyptian(Continued on page 2) Judd Addresses OpeningMeeting of FourDay SessionOpening with an address at ten thismorning by Professor Charles H.Judd, noted psychologist, on “Adapt¬ing the Curriculum to the Psychol¬ogical Characteristics of the JuniorCollege," the third annual Institutefor Administrative Officers will devoteits four day session to a considerationmainly of the curricular problems ofthe Junior College. All officers of in¬stitutions of higher learning are invitedto attend the lectures which will beheld in the south lounge of the Rey¬nolds clubhouse. Dean William S.Gray of the School of Education is Incharge of all arrangements.The morning session today will beconcluded with a discussion by Franx-lin Bobbitt of the School of Educa¬tion of the subject, "Are there Gen¬eral Principles that Govern thp JuniorCollege Curriculum?” David H. Stev¬ens. Associate Dean of the Facultiesof the University will open the after¬noon sessions.Outstanding educators of otherschools have been invited to partic*pate in the Institute. Among themare Professors L. \'. Koos and G. N.Kefauver of the University of Minne¬sota, Dean Herbert C. Sadler of theITiiversity of Michigan, Dean J. J.Oppenheim and President J. M. Woodof Stephens College, and ProfessorJohn J. Coss of Columbia UniversTty.Critical reports of specific “surveycourses,” which have been conductedin many of the American colleges, willfeature the last two days’ sessions. Dr.Merle C. Coulter, .Associate Professorof Botany and Acting Dean of the Col¬leges. will report on “The Nature orthe World and of Man”, noted scien¬tific survey course at the Universityof Chicago. Survey cooirses in geol¬ogy, art ,and sociology and anthropol¬ogy. which have been presented at theIhiivershy by different departments,and the Columbia experiment with acourse in Contemporary Civilizations,W'ill also be treated by various speak-Chemists ExamineSex Gland Extractnominations •comprising the Federal I in certain ill-informed quarters a moreCouncil of Church to work towardbringing Christian principles to lK*aron every phase of human life was theprinciple consistently stressed by theRev. Samuel McCrea Cavert, generalsecretary of the Council, in the mostrecent group of this series of lectureslast w'eek.“The representatives on the Coun¬cil think of it as a laboratory in or less steady attack directed uponthe Federal Council for what lias beencalled ‘mixing in politics’. Some peo¬ple even seem to assume that the(Continued on page 2) .A ripping welcome seems in prog¬ress for the time when PresidentRobert Maynard Hutchins takes uphis residence in the president’s homeon .S9th and I'niversity. Twelveworkmen are tearing off the entireporch, the vestibule will lie complete¬ly remodeled .and the interior redec¬orated. The entire renovation willhe accomplished by August 1.DESCRIBES JERUSALEMAn illustrated lecture, “TheStreets of Jerusalem” will be deliv-which the churches can experiment [ ered by John Merlin Powis Smith,collectively in some of the new socialtasks that modern civilization pre.sentsto religion,” he said. “The origin ofthe Council twenty years ago was in¬timately associated with the rise of reknowned Assyriologist and Profes¬sor of Old Testament language andLiterature at the University, Thurs¬day at 4:30 in Harper AssemblyRoom (M-11). LOCAL PLAYGROUNDOPEN TO CHILDREN Explain Plastics ofChapel WednesdayMiss Haseltine, instructor at theArt Institute of Chicago, will lectureon the plastics of the Chapel at7:30, Wednesday. July 17. Follow¬ing a preliminary talk, she will con¬duct a tour of the building, explain¬ing the outstanding plastics. Thisis the second of a series of talksgiven to acquaint summer studentswith the Chapel. ITniversity physiological chemistshave been successful in obtaining anextract from the sex glands of bullsthat has a marked effect on secondarysex characteristics. Dr. F. C. Koch ofthe University announced recentlyat the meeting of the Society of En¬docrinologists at Portland, Ore. Theextract has no value as a rejuvenatingagency. Dr. Koch said.Dr. Koch and 1.. C. McGee, a re¬search associate, were the workerswho ol)tained the extract. When in¬jected into capons, it causes a re¬markable growth of the comb, rattles,and ear lobes.“Though there are no indicationsthat the extract has a direct practical(Continued on page 4)Opportunity for supervised recrea¬tion of children of faculty members,students of the University, and othersof the neighborhood is afforded dailyat the Bay School Playground, cornerof Fifty-seventh street and Wood-law'n avenue. Two instructors, onefor girls and one for boys, are onduty every day from 1:30 until 9. OnSatr.rday they are at the playgroundfrom 9 until 5. TOUR ART CENTERThis week’s “Know Chicago”tour will consist of a conducted byMiss Hazeltine through the galleriesof the Art Institute. The group,limited to twenty-five, will leaveMandel hall corridors at 3:45 Thurs¬day. Tickets and information maybe secured from Mr. Wilcox. Fac-t ttlty Exchange. UNIVERSITY PRESSRE-OPENS EXHIBITFollowing the close of the oneweek’s exhibit of text books by localpublishing houses, the UniversityPress has re-opened its novel and at¬tractive exhibit of text publicationsin Lexington hall. The collection in¬cludes high school and college textbooks, reference books, results ofscholarly research, specialized jour¬nals, outstanding non-fiction, andmaps.New notes in text book publica¬tion aire sounded by the exhibit.Page T wo THE MAROON. TUESDAY, JULY 16. 1929iMarnonOFFICIAL STLTDENT NEWSFAl'ER OF THE SUMMER QUARTER. 1929The StaffEARLE M. STOCKER, BUSINESS MANAGERLOUIS H. ENGEL. JR., MANAGING EDITOREdward G. Bastian Editorial AssistantJerome B. Strauss Editorial AssistantRobert McCarthy Business AssistantJames J. McMahon Business AssistantEVOLUTIONARY EDUCATIONSTEPS AND MISSTEPSThe Institute for Administrative Officers opens its three daynational conference this morning with addresses by Dean WilliamS. Gray and Professor Charles H. Judd. The complete schedule ofaddresses and speakers is an impressive and brilliant one, promisingin itself a high measure of success.The bare fact of the existence of such a conference for the con¬sideration of educational evils is indicative of the omplete re-or¬ganization of the scholastic program, which is being experimentallyeffcted in all progressive schools throughout the country. This trans¬formation—literally, transfiguration—has involved drastic changesin text books, curricula, equipment, and methods of instructions.Grounded soundly in undisputable facts of child and adolescentpsychology, the new principles of education have made a painlessprocess out of this formerly nasty business of storing up factualknowledge.To the old guard who have grown grey in this business ofpounding sense into the neighborhood’s progeny, a goodly por¬tion of these new-fangled methods are considered poppy-cock. Asa disinterested bystander we regard with favor these objections tothe educational innovations, for they inspire a confidence in uswhich no number of treatises and addresses could develop. The oldguard’s disapproval is really a hopeful sign, for the old guard hastraditionally opposed all progress, and if their opposition were notaroused we should be skeptical of the changes. jWe note with interest that the Institute’s program includes re- jports on various of the ’’survey courses ” that have been offered atthe University during recent years. Dr. Merle C. Coulter is sched- juled to report on “The Nature of the World and of Man,’’ E. F. jRothschild on the survey courses in .Art, and Prof. Ellsworth Farris jon the survey course in Sociology and Anthropology. We have ■been enrolled in all these three, as well as several other survey |courses, and if we may volunteer a little personal testimony, we jshould say that we have found survey courses to be a most delight¬ful and inocuous manner in which to absorb synthetic gems oflearning. We can’t just remember what we learned in any onemajor but we recall vividly how we concluded our examinationpaper with a profuse statement of the inestimable value of thecourse and by dint of much intellectual effort concocted one ortwo meaningless suggestions “for the improvement of the course.”Survey courses admirably reflect the trend of the modern JuniorCollege educational* program which—to reverse the old aphorism—seems to be intent upon teaching less and less about more and moreuntil in senior college one knows nothing about everything.Another glance at the Institute’s calendar reveals that two ofthe problems which are of perhaps most oppressive concern to thecollege student are not to be considered by the eminent adminis¬trators. One of these is the system of grading and the other isconcerned with the awarding degrees on the quantitative basis ofmajors credited. Both of these systems are completely antiquatedbut are perpetuated through the sheer weight of tradition. It isridiculous to presume that a teacher can rate the intelligence and jaccomplishments of her pupils. Likewise is it folly to consider a |man as educated and worthy of a degree solely by virtue of so many jmajors completed. Both systems put entirely the wrong emphasis jon the process of education.However, we are perhaps too impatient. Transition is alwaysslow and labored. As a matter of fact the progress which has beenmade in so short a time of freeing college education from pedantryand scholasticism is encouraging. The whole future of this educa¬tional evolution provides an interesting field of speculation, and weawait with interest the addresses of this present Institute which inall likelihood will designate the immediate changes to be made. TAFT COMMENTS ONFIFTEENTH CENTURYAND CLASSICAL ART(Continued from page 1)art. Mr. Taft pointed out that theRomans were great l)uilders, addhighistorical reliefs, which were notfound in Greece .to portrait art.The illustrations during tne first lec¬ture included the cTiiperors of Ronu.outstanding historical figures, trium-lihal arches, and then the tombs, pul¬pits .and bronze gates, which repre¬sented the art of a thousand year-later and included the work of Gio-vani and Xiccola Pisano.“I'he artists of the fifteenth cen¬tury are real people whom we car,know because we have their portraitsand can read about them." declaredMr. Taft in he sectuid lecture. "Theothers before them were colorless be¬cause we had ik> opportunity to knowthem." This lecture included illustra¬tions of the work (}f Ghiberti andDonatello.Mr. Taft pointed out that Ghibertiintroduced a perspective method in hi«work on the Hronze Gates of the r>ap-tistery. and as a result the figures arcless legible from a distance. But Ghi¬berti seemed more interested n thegrace of the figures than in the storythey tiihl."Donatello, s''ihiberfi's jiupil. had thetraining (>f a true sculjiture," con¬tinued Mr. Taft, "lie founded a for¬mula or the arms which is evident inmost of his figures, t .'ne arm is longand hangs at the side and the other is-h('rt and is bent at the elbow."Mr. Taft invited those interested tovisit his studio la-t I'riday betweenfour and -ix o'clock.Cavert DescribesChurch Council Work(Ciuitinued from page 1 )Gouiicil maintains come cort of alobby."The rouneil maintainc no -ort -dlobby in Washington or anywhereelse, and never asks a legi-lator tovote for ( ’• ag.'iinst any measure. Itcan also be -.jid that the ( oniieil i^strongly opposed to the church'- al!>-ing itself w't'n any [lolitical party o-endorsi'ig am jiarti-an candidate • iidectimi. or usbig any of the iiietlu ' iof p( litical canpiaigns."But it cao'iot be tiio strongly ib - Idared that the (‘onncil is a'osolnt. ty !committed to a j'rogram of trying tobring Christian principles to bear ■ .every pliase of human life—social, in¬dustrial. political, racial. internatio'-,d.The (pies'ion of world jieace is. ofcourse, a jiolitical mattiT but it is :d"(.a profoundly religious matter and oiuof practical concern for chur(lies thattake the teaching of Jesus ciriou-1v.The issue for the churche is le.twhether they shall deal w ith -in h(piestions, but how.One proposition of the i ounril'smethod is to carry on thorough andsustained research in order to securethe factual information indi-peiisableto any wise application of Christianprinciples. The Council further seeksto make the facts known throughevery available channel of educationand publicity, in order to develoii thatenlightened jutblic opinion that is thefinal source of authority in a democ-raev.RAVINIAThe cultural opportunities of which students may avail them¬selves in Chicago are innumerable. These are especially plentifulduring the summer quarter. We take occasion to point out merelyone of these which of recent years has proved itself to be an in¬comparable attraction—the Ravinia Grand Opera. Annually thereare gathred here some of the most outstanding singers of two con¬tinents—Elisabeth Rethberg, Yvonne Gall, Florence Macbeth,Gladys Swarthout, Ina Bourskaya, Lucrezia Bori, Edward Johnson,Giovanni Martinelli, Virgilio Lazzari, and others of equal caliber.TTiese singers are accompanied by the Chicago Symphony Orchestraand are excellently cast in an expensive repertoire of operas rangingfrom the light and frivolous “Martha” to the famed tragedies, "11Trovatorc” and “La Tosca.” TLe operas are presented in a sylvansetting which lends particular charm to the presentation. Cruise, Picnicsand Dances FillSummer Calendar(Continued from page 1)^^rs. Downing, Dr. and Mrs. Nelson,Mrs. Link. Mrs. William Burton, Mi-sBennett, Miss Mills, and Mrs. Griod-speed. A musical program was giv¬en by Miss Montana Faber and Mi-sRuth McNeil.'I'he Western Group held a dinnerlast Thursday, July 11. at Ida Noyesand plans to have these dinners reg¬ularly every Thursday.Informal dances are given everySaturday night in the theatre of T(?aNoyes Hall by the University Settle¬ment League as a pleasant means fi>rthe students to get acquainted. Theproceeds from the dances aid in thesupport of the University Settlementin the Stockyards di-trict. 'Picket-are fifty rents atiiece.In addition, mixers are held regular¬ly in Ida Noyes hall and Reynold-clubhouse.PATRONIZETHEMAROONADVERTISERS Enjoy theSummerPlay on the beaches, trya hand at golf and tennis,and dress for hot weather.Above all don’t eat heavymeals. You will find onour menu the ideal food tokeep fit with this hotweather.When in a hurry for that“eight o’clock” try oursnappy breakfast service—especially designed foryour convenience.c>f-sThe Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop, inc.1324^2 East 57th StreetBetween Kenwood and KimbarkPhone Plaza 5551 Free Delivery ServiceYou are invitedDuring the summer quarter, the Uni¬versity of Chicago Press will maintain anexhibition of its publications in Lexing¬ton Hall, 5831 University Avenue. Youwill be interested to observe the manyand varied fields with which our booksdeal and to note their typographical ex¬cellence. The collection includes collegeand high-school textbooks, referencebooks, results of scholarly research, spe¬cialized journals, and maps.You are cordially invited to visit thisexhibit and become acquainted with thelatest publications in your field.THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICACX) PRESSTHE MAROON, TUESDAY. JULY 16. 1929 Page ThreeOFF THE PRESSAll Quiet on the Western Front, ErichMaria Remarque, Little, Brown & \Co. Reviewed by Anonymous.This may not he a pleasant bit ofsummer reading destined to put thereader in a light, frivolous mood, how¬ever, 1 believe that to read it is anexperience one would regret havingmissed.Some of us, a little skeptical of thestories and projiaganda distributedduring the late war, to the effect thatthe (iermans were a cruel, inhuman,bloodthirsty lot, now have their desir¬ed opportunity of seeing the other sideof the war in this remarkable story or ia German soldier. It is the mental,moral, psychological reactions of th*slad of eighteen to all the horrors olwar. \ever before have the terrors ofthe front-line been so poignantly andvividly described as when seen througii jthe eyes of this youth ,a boy ridicu- Ilously and pathetically young in his |large military uniform. From the lips Iof this now embittered man we are imade to realize this tight for life liy Ithose wlio have not yet lived; we are'face to face with their disillusionmeiiT IIand grim humour.The tolerance and understanding of |this young German and his comrades 'irive .a picture of the German soldier jthat refutes the many vicious portray¬als of him we have had in our warnovels and movies. Never becomingmaudlin with sentimentality, Ke- jmarque simply tells of the bewilder- jnient, terror .and ensuing bitterness of I(Continued on page 4) “Im Westen Nichts Neues,” von ErichMaria Remarque. Im Propylaen-Verlag, Berlin. Reviewed by Ed¬ward G. Bastian.“Should 1 tell her that once wefound three enemy trenches that hadbeen paralyzed (by gas in thir activityas if struck with a blow—that on thebreastworks and behind them, wherethe ground had not been torn up liyshells, soldiers were standing and ly¬ing with blue faces, dead?”Paul Honimer, home from the front,finds it impossible to speak of the warto his mother. She cannot imagine it.Rut the public can imagine it.Fully as innocent of a realistic con¬ception of war as the simiilc alte Frauin “Im Westen Nichts Neues.” thejniblic imagines luxuriously. For it,the war is a plumed cavalcade, asbrightly-colored as a medieval battlerecounted by Froissart. .Allied to thisconception is one making out war asa risterer's brawl. Death is only thefourth ingredient in a good jileasantbrew of wine, woman, and song, ac¬cording to some writers—for example,Capt. John W. 'riiomason, Jr., in“Fix Rayonets!”Kemarque's l)#x>k is realistic. It i'^as sinqily and sincerely composed as aRussian work. 'I'he war was neither aplumed cavalcade nor a roisterers’brawl for bin;. It froze his life forfour years, Remaque was not allowedto be young; he was allowed only todegenerate temporarily into an animal..All the impatiene and ardor of youth were numbed in the trenhes, to turnan attack to a spasmodic ferocity. Re¬marque—and 1 see him as the realPaul Rommer of the story—is a liv¬ing exemplar of Voltaire’s apothegm:“Qui n’ a pas 1’ esprit de son age,de son age a out le malheur.”The book gets at one’s thoughtthrough th^ emotions. As every goodbook does, it poses questions. Whythis misery? Is the maintenance ofsomething so dubious and hypotheti¬cal as national honor worth the im¬molation of so many human beings>War books have been written beforethat have been fully as prevacativc,Grimmclshausen's “Simplicius Simpli-cissimus,” for instance, a record ofthe author’s contact with the ThirtyA'ears War in Germany during theseventeenth century. Goya’s haunt¬ing etchings on “The Disasters ofWar” can only be compared to it. If(irimmelshausen’s work did not stopwar. for the German nation at least,it was bofh liecause peojile were moreused to barbarities in his day and be-tbose nntst likely to be moved by hiswork were not politically articulate inthe princijialities of the empire.Rut now tliere are many more in¬fluences converging toward the actualoutlawry of war. While there is stillthe danger of war being provoked byeconomic conqietition — Chinese-Rus--ian and Italo-Jugosalvian relationsare examples of dry powder at pres¬ent—yet. nu're effectively than ever lie-fore, the i>olices of pcditical leaders andpoiuilar siuitiment are in accord tliatcommerce, industry, the very culturaldeevlopment of a belligerent are crip¬pled rather than quickened by war..And to the poimlar sentiment Re-mariiue's book supplies a strong jet ofMARSHALL FIELD& COMPANYINVITATIONis extended to summer studentsand visitors to become acquaintedwith our various apparel sections,only two of which are hererepresented. Current modes andforecasts . . . born of authority .. .abound for every occasion. Andwe are delighted to serve you.for classes or tennis, this jun¬iors’ sleeveless pique. Whitewith two-tone silk tie Inmaize and green, red andnavy, lavender and purple orcinnamon and maize. 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I should say. however,that it is a somber enough canvasw'ithout the dashes of contrast andconqiarison that .Andreyev, for exam¬ple, adds his iiictiire of war in “TheRed Laugh.” Remarque’s earnest un-prctentioiisness, his sinqile .almost col¬loquial style, and bis unafraid an<lsensilile use of the most expressivelanguage give “Im Westen NichtsNeues” an air of absolute truth. Incontrast with the unreality of the sym¬bolism and fanasy in “The RedLaugh.”Kmotlon is its fiber. Rnt tlie emo¬tion does not belong primarily anastrikingly to an individual as to theofficer of Andreyev's’ story. Insteadthe book is compact of the fear, ennui,and rough humor that were the fa¬miliars of every common soldier. Mostsoldiers do not stare at a red phantomuntil their eyes are mad, as the officerdid in .Andreyev’s book; lint most canparallel the experience of Rommer.who heard the groans of a gassed com¬rade only a few feet outside the trench\vithout being alilc to go to himthrough the heavy smoke. Recausc itis built of emotions and they are rec-ogni/alile by everyone, the book ispowerful.It would be unique in history ifIxKik^, the sparks of revolutions,should now become forces for peace. head of the Mathematics Department,which with the Physics and Astron¬omy Departments will occupy the newstructure, told the large audience offaculty and students how the modernequipment will aid teaching and re¬search and how projects now crampedin the older Ryerson hall will havefor the first time ample quarters. Oneof the unusual features, he said, willbe a club room in which students maytalk over their problems informally.Professor Henry Gordan Gale, Deanof the Graduate School of Science de¬scribed Rernard A. Kckhart, as “Oneof Chicago's great citizens.” Speakingat the luncheon which followed theceremony Professor Gale said, “Theabsented-minded and aloof professorof iiopular superstition represents atype which is fast passing. Passingtoo are the types of business menwhch used to be described as hardand grasping. There is growing anew consciousness of the common re¬sponsibility, the responsibility in the |part of business men to understand !and support scholarship and research, ;on the part of scholars and scientists ;to cooperate with business and indus¬try and coninuinty life. We were en¬abled to accept this gift of Mr. Eck_ 'hart’s because the tradition established jin Ryerson Hall by such men as Pro¬fessors Michelson. Moore, and Comp- Iton gives us some assurance that the !w'ork in the new Eckhart Hall will he ias great.” . |IIncluded m the contents ot the cor- jner-stone box were one of the new |small currency certificates, and one of jthe old hills, small coins, newspapers jof Wednesday and Thursday, litera-'Hire giving as complete a picture of the |University's activities as possible, and jphotographs of donors, faculty mem- |hers and the five presidents of the jUniversity. ! 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The savings are probably as great or greater thanhave ever been offered before on’such a choice selection of Fine Clothing.Entire Stock of Fancy Fall atid Winter OVERCOATSDrastically Cut to These Same Expansion Sale Prices ^f \age 2) \1 Sold Regularlyup to ^50—$ 34Page Four THE MAROON. TUESDAY, JULY 16. 1929 XZSSQhK^ —=TMORIENTAL THEATRESHOWS FU MANCHU,GRAPHIC THRILLER THE GODS AND MODERNART1 hey still fall for it. Sliding w in¬ti ous, trap doors, hypiiatisin, and allthe mysterious abracadabra of the in¬sidious Dr. Fu Manchu. '! iie .crrTp-ping melodrama holds its appeal onthe talking screen as well as in thebook that has establshed it-elf as aclas.sic of detective romance, .''ax Kop-mer’s tale is graphically portrayedwith none of the thrills lacking at theOriental theatre this week. A1 K\aie.the jester of jazz presents a pleasingrelief from the melodramatic strain. Comments on Art by George E.DowningOFF THE PRESS(t ontinued from page 3)the lad suddenly forced to kill to protect his own life, kill those towariNwhom he held no personal malice, forreasons of which he knew iringlit.All Quiet On the Western Front isexcellently translated from the tier-man by A. \V. Wheen. It is the trueexperiencs of the author. Remarcpie,who as a youth saw the wor.-t of ac¬tion in the trenches; who was sensi¬tive enough to feel it deeply, clearthinking enough to analyze it with a■cold, discerning eye. and strongenough to harden himself t») it. Toestyle of the book is short, jerky andvivid. Like a sharp, ruthless knife |^ it cuts away the fallacy and glamour jsurrounding war and lays bare the j^ iiopelessne>s and barbarity of it. Attimes rather raw in its expression like Ithe vftrt life in the dug-outs, it gives ;contra.sting glimitses of the hunger In ■the lad’s soul for the beauty and tang iof living that were snatched from him. jman. scarred irretrevably by the jwar but ni t by its shells, speaks for |his entire generation. In matter> o: art. we are prone tc>bow to the pu't. N'ow it may well itethat the g >d.s ('f painting, (oottii. onlya few ), deserve their pedestals: fewcontinue to sati.-<fy a-- they do. Butbefore any comparison lietween tliemand modern artist- can be nuade, alot of dead wood must be mentallychopped away. I'here were bad artistsin their day a-- there are bad artistsnow. Surel\, we kitow little of theworst artists i>f the past because quitenaturally ludiotly thinight their workWorth saving. Win. then, should we.allow our judgment of morlern artt(t lie obscured by the bad artists oftoda,\ ? .\s there are now. so there'dways I'.ave been and always will be,r'reak> and sentimental -pouters.Chicago Areaof DelinquencySame Since 1899 It will probably iie \ ears before art¬ists will recei^e or will even want thesolid grounding in technic that theold master- had under the apprenticesystem. Kxpression today i- the chiefthing, and rightly. -''o it was threehundred \ ears ag<''. .A-ud time mus*bring the realization that full expres-.-ion demands complete command ofthe means of that expression: but tech¬nic only as a means, not an end.Appeal to Visual SenseWhat, however, are the tendenciesin the be.-t of imidern art which makeits i)rogre-s encouraging, that link itwith the work of the men whom timehas shtnvn to be great' In the hr.-tjilace. pictures a-e being fiainted n--creasing!V a- pictures, not as illusti.a-tions. We are pa>t the time, for ex¬ample, of .sir F.dward Landseer,whose work was little more than ar.uide to the Fauna <n' Kngland. I’ic-turese are becoming rather prinnarilyk'signs. Look .at ahrost any of Rem-brauflt’- oortraits. am! see what finepatterns i'l light ai’d dark tlie) art rlow t!iev satisfy that feeling whichwe I’l ’ e * '■' balance of m.'issc'.Tliev aiu'eal to the visual seii'C fron-.the -tart, and only afterwards to the interests of the mind. Now I thinkyou will find the same true of mostof Cwmrge Bellows’ works. And thisinsistence on design, the demand tiiaithe picture please the eye even beforeit begins to engage mental sympathies,is one of the most encouraging ten¬dencies in modern art.Modern Art AdvancesIn the work of the old masters, Oiedesign in light and dark was made Tiyforms which were primariy existentas space-filling figures. Again, wefind this tendency in the best conmn-porary work. True, forms are seaine-times hulking in their bigness. Initartists are realizing that their figure-must iKcupy space, be touchable, en¬hance our own feelings that we our¬selves are not simply combinations otI>retty, or ugly, colors.t’ouiiled with these adavnees (andspace forbids mention of nuire thanthese few important ones) is the f; cl¬ing that modern life and nicxl< r:-.thought are exactly as interesting asthought and life ever were. Modernart is not grounded in a strange back¬water. Surely time cannot but show*tlidt we are getting ahead.(Continued from page 1)holdups. John Lan.lesco. in charge otthe Research Committee’s study ofcrime said in an address. I .miparinggraphs which showed crime conditionsin Milwaukee and Chicag.x and thenumber of convictiiuis secured in ear'icity, as an example to prove his piiint.Mr. T^ndesco V'Dinted out that therate in robbery was comparable forthe two cities.Graphs of actual murders, chargesoi murder, and homicides, showed amarked upward trend, and practicallya stationary rate of convictions forChicago. Present this cou¬pon at the Maroonoffice for a freepass to beautifulWE NEED TEACHERSFREE REGISTRATION MANY VAC^CIESWESTMORE TEACHERS’ AGENCY715-716 Old Natl. Bank Bldg. Spokane, Wash.BRIEF^ CASES!FEATURE SALE of our Two RegularPockets and One Large Pocket Brief Case.First Grade “Select Top Q0Cowhide—Heavy Leather—StrapsAll Round—3 Combination Lock,Full “16“ Case—A Wonderful Value.OTHER BRIEF CASE SPECIALSSame as above—3 reg. pockets $3.45Second Grade Leather—3 pockets 3.95Second Grade Leather—2 and 1 pockets 4.35ALL CASES IN BROWN OR BLACKOpen Evenings Till Nine.1311 E. 57th St. H. P. 1590WOODWORTH’S FORMER SCHOLARPUBUSHES VOLUME‘Creative Imaingation,” by June EDowney. International Library ofPsychology, Philosophy and Scien¬tific Method Series. London. NewYork. Harcourt. Brace. 1929. $3.75.I'ho .sub-title of Creative Imagina¬tion is “Studies in the F.-iyclioIogy otLiterature. " under which ruliric Dr.Downey, IMi. I).. Luiiversity of Chi¬cago. offered a course at the I’niver-sity a few summer ago, a- a visitingprofe.‘^sor from the University of W y¬oming. Some of the lalioratory ma¬terial used for thi> volume also datesfrom that visit to t'hicago."Creative Imagiuat.on’’ i> a happy !comhination of literary skill and sci- ientific method, avoiding the equallyabhorrent extremes of salesmanshipP'-ychoIogy of# literature -uid literaryseutimentaiity. Dr. Di'wney is prim-,arily interested iii th'* a.-tonishing ;range of individual variation in re- 'spouse ti> literary stimulu.-; and herstiuiy of actual response- lead.? her t.'suggest that literary critie- would do'well to heegin with analysis of tlu'r ; own mental biases. T’liis hook point.sthe way to such analysis, and makesinteresting reading besides.Mis.s DovMiey modestly disclaimsan\ intention of bringing forward newtheories of aesthetics or criticism. Yether use of Bnllough’s theory of “psy-eliical distance'’ is a good startingpoint for another disenssion of theperennial “What is .‘Yrt.'"’’“Creative Imagination’’ mav I)e rec-ommonded to all who are intere-te'in the '-agarics of human beings, amiespecially in the part our mental make¬up plays in our responses to the crea¬tive impulse in ourselves, or to the artprinlucts of others. 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