Period K. rt.Today's HeadlinesThe lasta of C-EsU, page 1.Maroon cagers meet Boilermakerapage 1.Student Activities conference, page 1.foot ball Schedule for next fall, pageClub SystemApology--1938Kditor, The Daily Maroon,Dear Sir:Blessed with the capacity of devel¬oping personality through cooperationaiul fellowship in a mutual concern,and at the same time equipped withthe grim tool of fomenting pettyrivalry, prejudice, and debasing su¬perficiality, the club system imposesitself upon us again and for the nextthret' weeks vigorously bends its en¬ergy to one of the processes inherentto its organization—rushing.You freshman women are the pointsof unrelenting concentration for thesecoming weeks. It is your blessing orcurse to be the pivot about which willswing an array of teas, luncheons,and parties, planned to entice youinto the joys of club life . . . and intothe orgies of its possible failures.My plea straight and simply put isthat you freshman women evaluateinUdligently and critically the blackand white of the club system. You oweit to yourselves to see both sides ofan organization that is seeking to em¬body you in the inconsistencies of itsbt^ioig.Criticism galore has been heapedupon the system at regular intervals,much of which is deserved, and muchof which has no valid justification.Critics of the club system do have,however, a very vital point at whichto attack us, and that point is, unfor¬tunately, the very basis of the set-upitself—the heartless, superficial pro¬cess of rushing. For who are we to.say what girls should be so flatteredas to be rushed and feted on allsides, and who are we to judge aboutthe qualifications of membership in¬to a society, excluding some and ac¬cepting others, only too often on sup¬erficial standards of appearance anddatability. Some defenders of thesystem will advance the hypothesisthat we select according to commoninterests and "personality types.” At'any rate, it is a peculiarly arbitrarymatter, and you freshman women cangive yourselves something to thinkabout when pondering “To join or notto join,” the searching question,“What is it about me that’s beingrushed ? ”.As a club member, 1 am in aposition to see the potentialities andthe deficiences of the system. 1 amaware of the many happy and satis¬fying friendships that students formin their sisterhood. There is a realvalue that comes from the sense ofbilonging to a group that has ap¬parently made a sincere effort toaffiliate you with its membership. Formany girls on a campus as hetero¬geneous as ours, with large classesand so many students commuting toand from campus, this feeling of be¬longing is a vital need that the clubsystem can fulfill. On a campus asinqH'rsonal as ours, the club system(Continued on page 2) ilUinionVol. 38 Z-149 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1938 Price Five CentsVon Wartburg Leads UniversityInvestigation of French DialectsConsidered one of the most impor¬tant Europeans in the field of linguis¬tics and an authority on Linguisticgeography, Walther Von Wartburgis returning to the University thisweek for a quarter in residence be¬fore taking charge of the study ofLouisiana French dialects which theUniversity is inaugurating.The study of regional dialects is aUniversity project being carried outunder the auspices of the departmentof Romance languages. Dr. WernerBering, visiting associate professorat the University, is now in Louisianamapping the sections to be examinedfor new dialects and is working incooperation with Tulane and the Uni¬versity of Louisiana. During thisquarter he began going from villageto village recording the variations inthe three popular forms of the Frenchlanguage spoken in the state: name¬ly, Creole, which originated with theWest Indian French people; Acadian,a language spoken by the Nova Sco¬tian people who were driven from thenorth to New Orleans by the English; and standard forms of French.Study OriginsUnder the direction of Von Wart¬burg the information concerning theregions in which the various Frenchdialects are spoken will be used toshow the origins of population andalso the origins of their speech. VonWartburg, who has made linguisticmaps in Europe, will map the terri¬tory along the lines of the linguisticfindings. William Nitze, head of theDepartment of Romance Languagesand Literature believes it possiblethat when this portion of the surveyis completed work may be extendedto cover the territory where Spanishdialects are spoken.Work of this type has been done informer years by Franz Boas of Col¬umbia, who studied native Indiandialects, and by Hans Kurath who isdirector of the “Linguistic Atlas ofUnited States and Canada.” It is pos¬sible that the findings of the Univer¬sity in Louisiana will be included inthe Atlas, although no plans havebeen made as yet. C-Esta Dance Tonight FeaturesRussell’s Band, Chess TourneyJACK RUSSELLlooking the bull stmight in theeyeChicago Fears Purdue As Cage Season Opens,Norgren Revamps Lineup for Boilermakers GamePROBABLE LINE-UPCHICAGO PURDUEf Youngf Sinesc AndersonMalaskaDickinsoncage team inLounsburyMullinsMyersEggemeyerPetersenThe best ggMaroonyears opens its ConferenceSaturday when it takes on seasonan un-Hold Meetingof Chapel UnionFor its fir.st big meeting of thequarter the Chapel Union has planneda “Bring A Friend Night” at IdaNoyes Sunday from 7:30 to 10. Re¬freshments will be served, and mem¬bers are invited to bring anyone theyknow interested in the Chapel Union.Games in the gymnasium will startthe evening. Then, discussion ofplans for the coming quarter willcenter around a report of the Nation¬al A.ssembly of Student Christian As¬sociations which met from December27 to January 1 at Oxford, Ohio, pre¬sented by University students whoattended it. The meeting will endwith singing.At the outing January 15, RaleighW. Stone, associate professor of In¬dustrial Relations, and MaynardKrueger, assistant professor of Eco¬nomics, will analyze the question“Are Labor Unions Beneficial?” Pro¬fessor Stone will merely examine thesubject without attempting to reachany definite conclusions either way.MacNair Calls Present War in ChinaOnly a Phase of Half Century Struggle"Nobody can fully understand thepresent situation in China without acareful study of the relationship be¬tween China and Japan since 1871,”declared Harley Farnsworth Mac¬Nair, professor of Far Eastern His¬tory and Institutions.Ever since that time the Japanesehave been following the same tactics—biting a piece of China, pausing toassimilate it, and advancing againwith the excuse that they are “safe¬guarding their frontier by advanc¬ing.” Their purpose, too, remains thesame: to oust the western worldwhile conquering China.Roundtable ConclusionAt a roundtable the day afterChristmas in which Quincy Wright,MacNair, and Walter H. C. Laves par¬ticipated, the conclusion that thePanay bombing incident was pre¬meditated in an attempt to bluif west¬ern powers out of China was reached.Two problems now puzzle theworld: whether the Japanese will ad¬vance further and whether ChiangKai-shek will make peace with Japanon lines of Japanese establishment ofcontrol in North China and Shanghai.China’s ability to hold off surrenderis a matter of crucial importance toits future development as an inde¬pendent country.“Of course,” stated MacNair, “itis impossible for anyone not on the scene to know that China is strongbut I think that China is strongenough to maintain its position. Ifthey play a waiting game, it will be¬come increasingly difficult for theJapanese to hold the conquered lands.Time sides with the Chinese, for theycan build up their own armies andresort to guerrilla warfare while thecosts for the Japanese mount.” beaten Purdue quintet in the Field-house at 8:00. Chicago is definitelythe underdog despite its evident im¬provement, for the Boilermakersquad, one of the best of the alwayspowerful teams produced by CoachWard Lambert, already holds vic¬tories over DePaul, Loyola, IndianaTeachers, and Xavier, as well as De¬troit, Denver, Southern Californiaand U.C.L.A.Purdue is expected to start thesame lineup that has proved so suc¬cessful in its previous games this sea¬son. The group is not noted forheight, hub.ail the^ plajws are»^veL.erans, fast, and sharp-shooters. Theyplay a quick-break type game, with¬out much attention to defense, andswamp their opponents under a floodof baskets.With the eligibility of center PaulAmundsen still in doubt. Coach NelsNorgren has shifted sophomore DickLounsbury from center to forward,a position Dick is more used to play¬ing, and given Bob Meyers, who hasbeen playing great ball this week, thecall at the pivot position.Starting positions have becomeless important with the speeding upof the game due to elimination ofthe center jump, however, and againsta team as fast as Purdue, Norgrenplans to give every available manCommittee DiscussesThree Point ProgramFor Activities MeetingWhether to have the February all¬campus conference take up only acti- plenty of action.The result of ths game probablydepends on the ability of the Univer¬sity reserves to keep up with theBoilermakers while the regulars aregetting the rest they’ll have to have.The Maroon regulars have a goodchance of matching or even beatingthe work of the Purdue starters, but(Continued on page 4)Int. House GivesRadio Program“The Significance of Pan-Arabian-ism” is the subject of the quarter’sfirst International House radio for¬um, to be presented over a WGN-MBS outlet tomorrow at 3. AbdullAbbass, native of Iraq, Anne Put-camp, American, and James Wellard,Englishman, will discuss the questionin a roundtable talk.Abbass, who is at the Universityon a government scholarship, will present the Arab case objectively. AnnePutcamp, in sympathy with the Arabcause, has taught in the AmericanUniversity in Beirut and so has first¬hand knowledge of the situation.Wellard, who is publicity director ofInternational House, will act aschairman of the discussion, keepingthe que.stions to the point.“We will discuss the role of Pan-Arabianism in world affairs today,and will try to explain the causes andobjectives of the Arab nationalistmovement,” Wellard declared yester¬day. “The purpose of this, as of allthe broadcasts, is to present authori¬tative discussions of controversialeners will have Pick Bull King in Com-m o n s , CheckerboardKing in Reynolds.Only 352 more shopping days toChristmas, 101 days to Easter, 42days to the Washington Prom, 16days until fraternity rushing—get it?But why wait? It’s only 13 morehours to C-Esta, all campus dance inHutchinson Commons tonight from 9to 1. Bids are being practically givenaway for eighty cents per couple.The Coffee Shop will be open fortete-a-tetes while all the facilities ofReynolds club are being thrown opento C-Esta goers. As a special addedattraction, there will be a chesstournament in Reynolds club begin¬ning at 7:30.Student in OrchestraJack Russell’s orchestra will play.Of interest to all Chicago students isthe fact that his vocalist and trumpetplayer, Arthur Goettler is a fresh¬man at the University of Chicago.Jack Russell got his start playing atdances for Chicago, while a senior atEnglewood High School.The C-Esta is about as inappropri¬ate a name as could be found for anevening dance. It was kicked frompillar to post when it got in the wayof exams at the end of last quarter.But it is the first step toward re¬building a vigorous campus com¬munity for which the Maroon and allthinking students have agitated in re¬cent months.Substantial representation fromeach of the activities supporting theaffair will start the slow process ofbridging over the chasm betweenfraternity and politically inclined stu¬dents, and may hope to draw in manyof the unattached students. It is thefirst step. It deserves everyone's sup¬port.g of the aworld’siiary 15, the topic>e “Central Eur-Affairs,” to beHuszar of Hun¬ter of Germany,bird week’s top-' about Germany,Ive not yet beenPolitical Union LeadersPlan Meeting on CIO L StatesAdmissionIn order to make final plans for thePolitical Union meeting Wednesdayat which time the merits of the CIOwill be discussed both pro and con,the executive committee will meet to¬morrow at 1 at the Phi Kappa Psihouse.At that time, speakers represent¬ing the viewpoints of various blocswill be selected and the routine of themeeting will be formulated.The Liberal party will meet todayat 12:30 in the Daily Maroon office todetermine what stand it will take onthe proposal “Resolved: That theCIO is an undesirable element inAmerican society.” If more thanone viewpoint is expressed, a blocwill be formed to represent each side.The Communists will also meet to¬day in Social Science 105 at 4:30. to be admittedicine in the Au-should secureCobb 216 beforeThese shouldjy two physiciansj of the Dean ofor before Feb-esidence are nottranscripts ofcollege records,vill obtain theseOffice of Admis-■tographs are re¬nts.Iso write on theons their coursesing and summerp committee mayid to finish their It has been suggested that thePublicity committee get a medal forthe most nonsensical publicity. Inkeeping with this may we suggest alovely bull with gilded horns. Orperhaps a pat on the back.Brisk as ticket sales have been al¬ready, reaching well over the 300mark, it is expected that gate receiptswill reach a new high for campusaffairs.In conclusion, we may say thata boo plus a coo equal C-Esta!University Alumni ofNew York Fete Yale’sDr. Angell at BanquetDr. James R. Angell, president ofYale University, one-time Dean atChicago, holder of an L. L. D. fromthis school, was feted last night at adinner given by the New York chap¬ter of the Chicago Alumni as.socia-tion. The dinner, an honorary banquetgiven annually for prominent Chicagograduates, was held at New York’sMetropolitan Club; the levy: $5 perplate.James Weber Linn, at month’s end,will be off for a round the countryjaunt, going on January 29 to Oma¬ha, Nebraska, to quip before aMaroon alumni banquet there, travel¬ing then to Des Moines, Iowa, to lifta napkin at alumni banquet to beheld there January 31.The alumni office also announcedthat the California alumni associa¬tion is dickering to have FrederickWoodward, university vice-president,speak at a dinner-meeting which theyare planning for the near future.FraternitiesAll fraternities who have not asyet turned in their audited ac¬counts to the Dean’s office must doso by Monday, it was announcedyesterday by Dean of StudentsLeon Smith.Organizational lists of fratemitymembership and officers if changedin any way from last quarter aredue Monday, January 17.IMPERFECT IN ORIGINAL IPage Two THE DAILY MAKOON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1938PLATFORM1. Creation of a vigorous campus conununity.2. Abolition of intercollegiate athletics.3. Progessive politics.4. Revision of the College Plan.5. A chastened president.Scientific MethodOne of the apocrypha of the University isthat Henry Gordon Gale, dean of the PhysicalSciences, when an undergraduate stalwart onthe football team, took the ball and ran for thewrong goal line. He, or his faculty cohorts,are making it a habit.When the news of the recommendation thatthe comprehensive examination for the Bach¬elor’s degree be abolished in the division leakedout to the Maroon, (for that is what makingthem optional amounts to). Dean Gale mani¬fested considerable annoyance over the tele¬phone and refused comment.Dean Gale is distrustful of the Maroon andstudents in general. He countermanded theoffer of one of the professors of the divisionto make public the reasons for the recom¬mendation. Dean Gale apparently does notthink that mere students have some stake inthe administrative set-up of the University.The faculty, he believes, should settle the littlematter behind closed doors and graciously an¬nounce the result of their considerations whenit pleases them.It is too bad that Dean Gale does not realizethat open discussion, not fails accomplis, is thescientific method in education.This is all quite apart from the merits ofthe recommendation. The advantages of thecomprehensive examinations over the old sys¬tem have often been recited. Standardization,avoidance of bias in determining grades, expertexperimentation with a view toward improvingthe examinations and the course, freedom forthe student to learn as he wishes without fearof antagonizing a stuffy professor by not at¬tending class, checkup on what the professordoes or does not accomplish in his class. Dis¬advantages are real also. Twelve hours is veryfew on which to rest two whole years’ study.The strain of remembering for two whole yearsis a forbidding prospect for poor students, mayscare some away, but the strain is at leastequal for all.We still like the new plan, and venture toguess that the better students likewise enjoythe advantages it offers without feeling dis¬advantages nearly as important.— There must be better reasons to make thefaculty favor the abandonment of comprehen¬sive examinations. Rumor has it that similarrecommendations are being considered in thesocial sciences, have actually been made in thebiological science division. The suspicious cansee in this move professorial longing for thegood old days when the professor did not haveto be good to attract students, when he set hisown standards of achievement and wore therobes of Rhadamanthus, determining students’fates without the meddling of the Board of Ex¬aminers.The charitable can see a misguided effort• to make education more painless, to relieve the students of the nervous strain of rememberingfor two years, to stimulate the weak studentsby the more immediate prospect of examina¬tions which count. They do not realize thatthe way to make education a pleasure is tomake the courses significant for the students’views about the world, society and man. Tyinga subject matter to a general philosophic viewis the only way to breathe life into it. Untilthis is done students will necessarily scrapethrough their courses rather than working forthe pleasure, for the intellectual stimulationthey receive no matter what the administrativearrangement. Anthropologists HonorDean Robert Redfield Warner Leaves forYouth CommissionQuestandInquestBY LAURA BERGQUISTVol. 38 JANUARY 7, 1938 No. 49©le ^aily ^aromtFOUNDED IN 1901Member Associated Collegiate PressThe Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of the Uni¬versity of Chicago, published mornings except Saturday, Sunday,and Monday during the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters byThe Daily Maroon Company, 5831 University avenue. Telephones:Local 367, and Hyde Park 9221 and 9222After G :30 phone in stories to our printers. The Chief PrintingCompany, 1920 Monterey Ave. Telephone Cedarcrest 3311.The University of Chicago assumes no responsibility for anystatements appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for any contractentered into by The Daily Maroon. All opinions in The DailyMaroon are opinions of the Board of Control, and are not neces¬sarily the views of the University administration nor of a majorityof students.The Daily Maroon expressly reserves the rights of publicationof any material appearing in this paper. Subscription rates:$3.00 a year; $4 by mail. Single copies: five cents.Entered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the post officeat Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.1937 Mcmoer 1938P^ssocided Golle6ide PressDistributor ofGDlIe6iate Di6estBOARD OF CONTROLWILLIAM H. McNEILL Editor-in-ChiefCHARLES E. HOY Business ManagerELROY D. GOLDING Managing EditorEDWARD C. FRITZ Associate EditorBETTY ROBBINS Associate EditorMARSHALL J. STONE Advertising ManagerEDITORIAL ASSOCIATESLaura Bergquist Rex HortonMaxine Biesenthal Seymour MillerEmmett Deadman Adele RoseBUSINESS ASSOCIATESEdwin Bergman Howard GreenleeMax Freeman Alan JohnstoneNight Editor: Adele RoseAssistant: Ruth Brody CHIVALRYwe are pleased as all punch to announce,is not dead yet. Among other things not dead yet,we are slightly less pleased as punch to announce, isthe elusive wraith known as the Maroon’s OppositionPaper.The Right Side of course will inevitably win out(or does it?) but temporarily. Fate is doing a bit ofbuffeting.First there was the problem of the Printer, a mer¬cenary, sordid creature, engrossed with nothing butthoughts of money, singularly unimpres.^ed by theglories of College Spirit to the extent that he demanded$500 in case the rah rag failed.But our heroes, who were freshmen and .sophomoresmostly, remained undaunted, as heroes really should.They now hint that the Higher Ups bestowed theirblessings on the venture, and even scouted about fora campus cubby hole where the staff might pound outon rented typewriters.A jolly, fun-loving paper, full of features, collegespirit, better coverage of the news, standing squarelybehind Hutchins, the administration and the footballteam, of all thing.s. Same size as Maroon, for only 3cents.No hierarchy or capitalist was to tyrannize thestaff, nosiree. Five Board of Control members eachas godlike as the next were to rule the destinies of “TheChicagoan,” “The Chi U Daily,” “The Chicago Daily”(take your choice, they haven’t decided yet).. .honestyand good will and brotherhood reign supreme.. .mar¬velous to behold in writing.But several enlightened members of the OppositionBoard are now back on the Maroon, while the MaroonBoard of Control announces intention of perhaps mov¬ing over to the new Opposition Utopia.A girl just doesn’t know what to believe now’adays.OTHER THINGS WHICH* are most incredible. Al¬ways with a weather eye for the salacious we vaguelynoted that Mary Johnstone, Mortar Board inclinedtoward the .scatter-brained, was faintly resembling aworld w'ar general. Closer investigation revealed animposing array of brassware on her cardigan sweater,reading from left to right—Mortar Board Pin, AlphaDelt badge, and Delta Upsilon pin. Fletcher Taylor,though he denies all, as everybody should, is most fre¬quently accused of succumbing to the current DU pinhanging frenzy.Then there is Teddy Linn, who has not succumbedto the DU pin hanging frenzy, has chosen instead tostartle the world by perhaps running for the demo¬cratic State senatorship in place of T. V. Smith. The Executive Committee of the.American Anthropological Associa¬tion elected Robert Redtield, professorof .Anthropology at the University,and dean of the division of the SocialSciences, a member, and made him the.Association’s representative on theSocial Science Research Council atits meeting, held during Christmasvacation in New Haven, Connecticut.Wilton Marion Krogman, who tookhis Ph. D. degree at the University,was reelected secretary of Section H(Anthropology) of the American As¬sociation for the Advancement ofScience which met recently at In¬dianapolis. Krogman is at present anassociate professor of Anthropologya t Western Reserve University,Cleveland. Having just returned from Wash¬ington where he attended a meetingof the Rural Council of Education, WLloyd Warner, as.sociate professor ofAnthroplogy and Sociology, leavesagain today to meet with the Amer¬ican Youth Commission, of which heis a member.After his return, Warner will lec¬ture on “Cultural Conflicts in Educa¬tion” under the auspices of the NorthShore Branch of the Progressive Edu¬cation, Tuesday, January 18 atNorthwestern University in Evan¬ston.JSF Holds CampusPep Dance WednesdayClub System-(Continued from page 1)has an important role in helping toacquaint students and orient them tothe social phase of campus living. Itseems to me that these are validjustifications for the existence ofclubs. However you are pledged touphold and adhere to certain creedsand standards set up by your club,and as altruistic as these principlesmay be, implicit in their acceptance,is the fact that you are allying your¬self with one particular group, mak¬ing impartiality and tolerance towardthose outside your chosen clan oftimesan idle dream.Yours is the club system, to haveor to reject. Just how your balancesheet will come out after you’vematched the white against the blackwill depend in large measure uponyour own set of values and how ser¬iously you have considered the clubsystem in light of your own stand¬ards. You may conclude in all sin¬cerity that the advantages outweighthe limitations, or you may find thesystem incompatible with your ideals.But remember, that along with the As a preview’ of their big affair tobe held at the end of the month, theJew'ish Student Foundation invitesthe whole campus to a Pep Dancenext Wednesday afternoon from 3:30to 5:30 in Ida Noyes theatre. .Al-mission is free.The two orchestras which will playat the Foundation’s annual Scholar-.ship Fund Dance on January 22 areJoe Miller and his Northwe.sternersand Tony Fambro and his Swingstor.s.Patrons of the dance are thus as¬sured the best of dance music ac¬cording to their particular taste. Anall-star floor show, including the fa¬mous Abbott Dancers is planned.Price of bids is $1.75. There will betable service.fun of teas, luncheons, and parties,companion with the joys of clubfriendships and the satisfaction ofgroup participation, lurk the attend¬ing evils of the system.Audrey Neff.Individual HairdressingAt Moderate PricesShoinpoo and Wore SOManicure 35KAMERIE BEAUTY SHOP1324 EAST 57th ST.HYDE PARK 7860Hrs. 9 A.M. to 9 P M.Mon., Wed., Sat. to 6 P.M.CHICAGOETHICAL SOCIETYSTUDEBAKER THEATRESUNDAY, JANUARY 9th, AT 11 A.M.DR. HORACE J. BRIDGESMr. Walter Lippmann's "Good Society"Organ Recital at 10:45Children's Sunday Aeeembly at 11 MEET YOURCLASSMATES AT1459 E. 57th STREETFOR BETTER CARMEL APPLES, CANDIES, NUTS, CARMELCRISP, ANDBUTTERED POP CORN.Carmel Crisp ShopP. T. IWEN0THE BETTER OLERestaurant1551 E. 57th St. I(3 doors west of Stony Island — Open 24 hours) jFor BETTER FOOD TryBetter 'Ole specials |Club breakfasts, lunches, dinners, delicious |home made biscuits, waffles, griddle-cokes, jhamburgers, cheeseburgers, and chiliWINTERS MEN'S SHOP1357 E. 55th St.Hyde Park 5160JANUARY'CLEARANCE SALEFANCY SHIRTS$2 ...$2.50$3.50 .SUITS$25.00 now $19.50$30.00$35.00 now $29.50$45.00IMPERFECT IN ORIGINALTHE DAILY MAROON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 19385th RowCenter* ♦ *By 0. SHARPLESS HICKMANContrast in technique and script isoffered by the two foreign films nowplaying at the World Playhouse andSoiiotone Theatres.At the former, Gallic wit is etchedout by Henry Garat (the Czar in“Congress Dances”) and ArmandBeinard in the French film version ofAmphitryon—the same Jovian farcein which Lunt and Fontiinne are nowstarring on the New York stage.“Amphitryon 37” this might be calledsince the Lunts call theirs ‘‘Amphi-tr>’on 38”—for the film was made byan Austro-German company and hasjust now gotten around to Chicago’slakefront. This is but another ex¬ample of the lamentable “hold-over”tactics of New York’s foreign filmdistributors who have given us “La.Maternelle” some two years late, haveshown “The Wandering Jew” twoyears after it was publicly showingat Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre, andhave in general been foisting 1934,1936 and early 1936 films on the1937 public’s pocketbook.Nevertheless, “Amphitryon” is afilm seen better late than never, forit is saucy, satirical and salacious. Itis a gay comedy of hidden identity,with Jupiter descending from Olym¬pus to make love to the faithful ma¬tron, Alcymene, in the guise of herabsent husband, Amphitryon. Merry(save for Jupiter) is the mixup whichensues when Amphitryon comes homefrom the wars only to find that hiswife thinks he has greatly changed*since last night!—which was whenJupe had shared her pleasures in theguise of her w'arring spouse. Nor isthe intervention of Juno pleasingwhen that estimable lady discoversthat her godlike (?) husband hasdecamped for a little sight-she-ing inThebes instead of having gone tocure his rheumatism in Sparta!Not to be outdone by his deifiedboss, Mercury, too—though not toowillingly—takes on the configurationsof a human, and as the drunken sub¬altern, Sosias, of Amphitryon, findsthat unlike Jupiter his erstwhileearthly mate is no beauteous creature,but a saucy little stitch w'ho caresonly for “a dream of a hat in Eun¬ice’s window.”Brilliantly photographed, and witha sparkling musical score, “Amphi¬tryon” is only spoiled by technicaldeflects which, because of bad cellu¬loid stock mars the beautiful photo¬graphy, and becau.se of bad record¬ing nullifies to some extent the good Shelly OffersNew Courses inPublic SpeakingIda Noyes Clubhouse opened itsWinter quarter courses and activitieslast Monday with what is termed byits director, Mary Jo Shelly, “a nor¬mal enrollment” in the continuedcourses and activities and an over¬whelming enrollment in such newactivities as fencing, public speaking,and an advanced modern dancingcourse for men only.Proving in Shelly’s opinion thatthere must be an apparent need forthe two new public speaking coursesbeing offered in a series of ten lec¬tures on Tuesdays at 3:30 and Thurs¬days at 7:30, both courses are alreadyovercrowded. An added feature tothese new courses is that they are be¬ing offered by Mrs. Aaron J. Brum¬baugh, wife of the acting Dean of theCollege. In addition, the activities ofbridge, the Chamber orchestra underEllis Kohs of the department ofMusic, the current art exhibits bystudents, and the playreading groupwill continue.Features of the Physical Educationdepartment’s schedule are the newclass in fencing for women held at2:30 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays andThursdays, and the advanced cla.ss inmodern dance for men only whichhas surpassed even the expectationsof Marion Van Tuyl in registration. FRIDAYMEETINGSStudent (Conference Committee.Cobb 308 at 3:30.Peace Council Executive Commit¬tee, Social Science 105 at 3:30.Ida Noyes Advisory (’ouncil, YWCAroom,-Ida Noyes from 12 to 1.Chess Club. Reynolds Club C-D at7:30.CampusBriefsLettersto the EditorEditor,The Daily Maroon:1 have in my office copies of apamphlet entitled “The IntelligentTraveler’s Guide to Germany” which1 shall be glad to give to anyone im-pres.sed by Miss Fldith Parker’s des¬cription of “Germany’s Renais.sance”published in the Daily Maroon for\\ ednesday. She speaks “as a geogra¬pher” but injects a question notwholly related to geography when shesays that “immense diversity in typesef lands, people, resources and inter¬ests make democracy difficult.” Ex¬perience in the United States andother countries leads us to wish shehad added “but not impossible.” Ifanything in the world points to theneed of survey courses in our moreand more interdependent world it isan article such as this. In all totali-t a ri a n countries universities aremouth-pieces of government. Pro¬fessors who have dared to express in¬dependent o{)inions have been exiled. 'The non.sense taught in German uni¬versities concerning “race” provesthat even science cannot proceed un¬trammeled by government control.hen, therefore, these things do notseem to impre.ss a scientific geogra¬pher when she speaks of the “twothings” in Germany which struck her“most,” those of us who realize thateven science must operate in aframework can find our only hope inthe more realistic education beinggiven to young people today thanthat which was the lot of us oldsters.May I add that wife-beaters havebeen known to give their wives furcoats. In describing the beneficenceof the giver, it would be in the inter¬ests of truth and wisdom to mentionthe wife-beating also.Mary B. Gilson. music. The players, under fair di¬rection, give the film all the subtletyfor which French off-side comedy isfamed.* t *At the Sonotone, a badly cut ver¬sion of the Soviet film triumph “Peterthe First” is unreeled. Magnificentacting saves this badly-hashed film,and Fhe art direction proves thatHollywood still must learn realismfrom the Russians. What the city ofPetersburg in its early days wouldlook like in a Hollywood picture wouldbe a cross between Versailles and theParthenon in its pristine early beau¬ty, But the Russians, with dramaticfinesse have portrayed an awakeningcountry, still barbarian in spirit andin fashion, being refined by the bru¬tal measures of Peter the Great. Each.sequence of this film, taken in itself,is magnificent theatre, with especial¬ly rich acting by Nikolai Simonov, |Nikolai Cherkassov and M. Zharov as jthe Czar, the Czarevich and the 1Czar’s aide respectively. As a pro- !duction fit to rank with most good jforeign film output, “Peter the First” jfails because of its technical defects jand poor abridgement for American ,consumption. i Hay don on YahvehDr. A, Eustace Haydon, professorof Comparative Religion, is giving atalk on Yahveh, God of Israel, to¬morrow evening at 8 over stationWGN.He will trace the development ofYahveh from his primitive originthrough his moralization under theprophets until he becomes God of thewhole world, and will describe thechange in the meaning of Yahveh asthe people of Israel wander throughtheir period of waiting for the res¬toration of Zion.Communist ClubClaude Lightfoot, prominent mem¬ber of the Young Communist League,will address League members at 7:30in Law North Monday. He will talkon Negro housing conditions. Thepublic is invited to attend.Poetry ProgramElizabeth Newell will present a po¬etry program for the Dames Club’sregular meeting Saturday at IdaNoyes hall at 3.Sketching classes are being startedat Ida Noyes hall in Room C at 3.These group meetings will sketchfrom life, make designs, and alsoscreens. Today at 3 will be the firstmeeting. These classes will be con¬ducted each Friday in Room C of IdaNoyes hall.Douglas TalksUnder the auspices of the NorthAmerican Committee to Aid SpanishDemocracy, Professor Paul Douglasof the department of Economics willdiscuss the Spanish situation at aHull House meeting Sunday eveningat 8. The meeting is open to the pub¬lic.3 "ONE OF THE HNEST FILMS EVER MADE"WM. DIETERLE—DIRECTOR "ZOLA"RD SMASH WEEKSOVIET RUSSIA'S OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE TRIUMPH"PETER THE FIRST"ALEXEI TOLSTOY'S FLESH AND BLOOD STORY OFPETER THE GREAT: WARRIOR, LOVER, EMPEROR— AND OF THE CAPTURED SERVANT GIRL WHOROSE TO SHARE THE RUSSIAN THRONE ASCATHERINE ISONOTONE 66 E. Van Buren25c TO 1 P.M. WEEKDAYS fSINAI TEMPLE FORUM4622 SOUTH PARKWAY KENWOOD 5826-MID-WINTER SEASON-9 Outstanding Programs by 12 Famous ThinkersSeason Ticket—$2.00JANUARY 10—DR. FRANK KINGDON. President, Newark University, "WhenHalf Gods Go—The Legacy of Superstition."JANUARY 17—SIR CHARLES MORGAN-WEBB, Member British Parliament."England's Hour of Decision — What Lay Behind the Abdication oiEdward VIII?"JANUARY 24—COLONEL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, Former Chief of Police.New Jersey, "The Fight with Crime — Clues and Techniques — Track¬ing Down the Criminal."JANUARY 31—A DIALOGUE:"Science—Con It Solve Our Social Problems?" A Philosopher and aScientist Exchange Views: PROFESSOR HARRY A. OVERSTREET, NotedPhilosopher,DR. JAMES SHELBY THOMAS, Director, Chrysler Institute of Engineer¬ing.FEBRUARY 7—BISHOP G. BROMLEY OXNAM, Former President, De PauwUniversity, "Youth Looks Ahead—To What?"FEBRUARY 14—SYMPOSIUM:"Naziism—An Assault on Religious Freedom!": DR. PAUL HUTCHIN¬SON — Protestant, Editor, Christian Century.PRINCE HUBERTUS Z. LOEWENSTEIN—Catholic, Political Observer,Journalist.DR. LOUIS L. MANN—Jew, Rabbi, Sinai Temple.FEBRUARY 21—DR. A. L. SACHAR, University of Illinois, "Lessons from theAmerican Past—Inspiration, Imitation or Delusion?"FEBRUARY 28—V. F. CALVERTON, Author, and Editor, Modem Monthly,"Architects of Modem Civilization—Marx, Freud, Einstein and Con¬temporary Leaders."MARCH 7—DR. ABBA HILLEL SILVER, Rabbi, The Temple. Cleveland. "Pal¬estine — Arab and Jew: Fulfillment of Historic Destiny—Will GreatBritain See It Through?" MISCELLANEOUSKansas SSA Students. Dinner. IdaNoyes Clubhouse at 6.Phonograph Concert. Social ScienceAssembly from 12:30 to 1:15.W AA Tea. WAA room, Ida NoyesClubhouse from 4 to 6.SATURDAYDames Club. Meeting. Library, IdaNoyes Clubhouse from 3 to 6.Divinity School Faculty. MeetingSwift 100 at 9.SUNDAYChapel Union Party. Ida NoyesClubhouse from 7 to 10.Phi Delta Epsilon. Medical Frater¬nity. Meeting. Reynolds D at 3.ASU Theatre Group. Reynolds Aat 7:30.University Religious. Service.Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at 11. .Carillon Recital. Rockefeller Mem¬orial Chapel at 4.MONDAYMEETINGSSigma Delta Epsilon. Ida NoyesClubhouse from 8 to 10.Pi Delta Phi. Room B from 7 to 9.Phi Delta Upsilon. WAA room, IdaNoyes from 7 to 9.Delta Sigma. Room A, Ida Noyesfrom 7 to 9.Chi Rho Sigma. Alumnae room, IdaNoyes from 7 to 9.SAA Group. YWCA room, IdaNoyes from 7 to 10.SSA Study Group. Room C, IdaNoyes from 7 to 10.Settlement League. Drama Group.CLASSIFIED ADSFOR SALE -1 brown winter coat with foxcollar—size 16, practically new—$20 ; 1Evening dress—apricot color—size 14—almost new—$10. Telephone Hyde Park1100.EVENING TAIL COAT, MORNING SUIT—sizes 37. Chauffeur’s outfit, size 38, heavytwill, 2 trousers and puttees. Solid ivorybilliard—2 cream. 2 red. Reasonable—like new. Normal 7107. Page ThreeTheatre, Ida Noyes from 7:30 to 10.Bridge Class. 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(Send checkor money order—do not mailcurrency it□ Send me your sample offerof assortment of six differenttypes of custom blended RoyalBritish Tobaccos I am enclos¬ing 25c in coin.NameAddress VFIRST UNITARIAN CHURCHWoodlawn Ave. and East 57th St.Von Ogden Vogt. D.D.. Minister nrolfipUNIVERSITY CHURCH OFDISCIPLES OF CHRIST5655 University AvenueMinister: Dr. Edward Scribner AmesMinister's Associate: Mr. B. Fred WiseSunday, January 9, 1938I11:00 a. m.—“The Dark Paths,” Dr.j Vogt. II 4:00 p. m.—Channing Club Tea and |Discussion. “Negro Housing inChicago,” Horace Cayton. jAll young people, especially students]^' cordially invited. j Sunday, January 9, 1938Services: Communion 10:30; Sermon11:00 a. m.Sermon subject: “Religious Values”Leader, Professor W.12:20 Forum.C. Bower,6:00 p.m.gram. Wranglers. Tea and pro-Page Four THE DAILY MAROON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1938University PlaysVirginia for FirstTime Next YearMaroons Travel to Char¬lottesville for OpeningGame.A home-and-home football series in1939 and 1940 between the Universityof Chicaffo and the University ofVirginia has been scheduled, NelsonMetcalf, director of athletics, an¬nounced yesterday. It will be the be¬ginning of football history betweenthe two institutions.The Maroon team will travel toCharlottesville, Virginia, November 4,1939, for the first game against theVirginia Cavaliers and on November16 of the following year the orangeand blue southern eleven will invadethe Midway for the second engage¬ment.Partial schedules for the Universityof Chicago football team in 1939 and1940 reveal three Big Ten games al¬ready li'^ted for each season. In 1940the Purdue eleven will return to theMaroon calendar in an early seasongame. The partial schedules for thetwo years are:1939Oct. 14 - Harvard at ChicagoOct. 21 - Michigan at ChicagoNov. 4 - Virginia at CharlottesvilleNov. 11 - Ohio State at ChicagoNov. 25 - Illinois at Urbana1940Oct. 19 - Purdue at ChicagoNov. 2 - Michigan at ChicagoNov. 9 - Ohio State at ColumbusNov. 16 - Virginia at ChicagoPhi Sigs DefeatAD PhVs forPing Pong CrownPhi Sigma Delta’s “A” team pad-died their way successfully throughthe fraternity intramural table ten¬nis tournament to win the crown andthe trophy for the second successiveyear. They defeated the Alpha Deltsfor the championship in a match thatstarted before the holidays and end¬ed Wednesday.In the two singles contests, theracketeers who slashed their way tovictory for their houses were JohnnyKrietenstein, the Alpha Delts’ ace,and A1 Jaffe, a Phi Sig. These en¬counters were played before theholidays and set the stage for the de¬ciding doubles match.Gene Glickman, table tennis mana¬ger, and Dick Norian were goodenough to outplay the Alpha Deltsdoubles team, consisting of Dan Smithand Ed Alt, 21-18, 21-11.The dormitory I-M tournament hasreached the semi-finals with Ross,Renberg, Koven, and Albert still inthe running.Water Poloists DefeatGriffin in First TiltThe water polo team began its sea¬son with a 6 to 5 victory over Grif¬fin last night in Bartlett Gymnasium.This was a city league practice tilt,the Big Ten schedule beginning Jan¬uary 22 with Northwestern.Chicago started out by taking thelead and put in her second team at •the end of the first quarter. At thehalf, the score was 4 to 2 in favorof Chicago. At this point, the firstteam again went in, and led Griffinuntil the third quarter, when a 5 to4 rally by the latter team turned thetide against Chicago.Two goals by Chicago in the lastquarter, however, gave Chicago thegame.Vorres Calls BoxersFor Collegiate Meet!Coach Spyros Vorres issued a call Ifor boxers yesterday, although there 'will be no team this year. Instead of ]a team, individual fighters who are jgood enough will represent theschool.“If enough interest is shown in thesport,’’ Vorres stated, “the boxerswho are fit will be sent to the Na¬tional Collegiate meet. But as far asthis sport is concerned, Chicago ap¬parently doesn’t like to box,’’ hewent on.According to Coach Vorres a per¬son must be in better condition forboxing than wrestling. Both arestrenuous sports but the former re¬quires more “go*’’ than wresting.Several years ago boxing was ruledout of the Big Ten because of its in¬jurious effects. Chicago-(Continued from page 1) Add HeavyweightsTo Wrestling Squad;Raise Meet Chancesthe Boilermaker reserves are morenumerous and probably better thanthe remainder of the Chicago squad,particularly if Amundsen’s steadyinginfluence is not available.WisconsinPlaying their second game in threedays, the Maroons will travel to Mad¬ison to meet the Wisconsin five Mon¬day night. Wisconsin, while reputed¬ly a better team than last year, hasbeen beaten twice by Marquette thisyear, a team that could only breakeven against the Maroons. I Chicago’s chances against Purduein the wrestling meet tomorrownight are infinitely better than theywere two days ago. The wrestlingteam including Coach Spyros Vorresnow boasts of two new heavyweights.The names of Grinbarg and Wilsonare the two additions to the wrestlingrooster. Coach Vorres has been con¬ducting a vigorous campaign for newwrestlers, and before the above ad¬ditions enlisted lightweight wrestlerswere forced to occupy shoes far toolarge.In the Wheaton meet several weeksWisconsin is expected to start aveteran team, all but junior MannieFrey are third year men. In its pre¬season record, Wisconsin has wonthree and lost three, and dropped itsConference opener to Northwestern48-37. While the Maroons certainlymust be rated at least as good as theBadgers, coaches Norg^ren and Ander¬son declined to prognosticate untilthe results of the games Saturday be¬tween Chicago and Purdue and Min¬nesota and Wisconsin are known. ago Jim Bell, who weighed in at 140pounds, was forced to tussel with anopponent who practically hung overhim.And as yet Mr. Vorres is unsatis¬fied. He plans to continue his cam¬paign until he finds several 165pounders in addition to more light¬weights. W’ith the exception of theheavyweight division Coach Vorresfeels that this year’s team has “muchto look forward to.” Historian FinishesResearch on StudyOf Coal IndustryEmulating William T. Hutchinson’sbiography of Cyrus McCormick andhistory of the reaper industry, Ber¬nard Drell of the History departmenthas completed research for a similarvolume on the Goodman Manufactur¬ing Company.Although not nationally known, be¬cause their advertising is done intrade journals, the Goodman com¬pany, which is situated back of theFrL & Sat., Jan. 7 & 8ROBERT TAYLOR, ELEANOR POWELL"BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938"PlusBORIS KARLOFF RICARDO CORTEZBEVERLY ROBERTS"WEST OF SHANGHAI"Sun., Mon., Tues., Jon. 9, 10, 11RONALD COLMAN. MADEUNE CAR-ROLL"THE PRISONER OF ZENDA"PlusANN SOTHERN. BURGESS MEREDITH"THERE GOES THE GROOM"Frolic TheatreSSth and ILIIS Stockyards at 49th and Halstedstreets, revolutionized coal minineBecause historical writing reflectsthe chief interests of a period, Drellbelieves that more emphasis will beplaced on the now relatively unex¬ploited field of business biographiesand that many companies which areat present unwilling to have theirrecords examined will relea.se them tohistorians for a factual treatmentwhich prove valuable because theychronologically present past problemsSPECIAL STUDENTLUNCHEON25cREGULAR LUNCHEON35c IEVENING DINNERS40c IDELICIOUS FOODWE ESPEQALLY CATER TO aUBPARTIES !FREE USE OF CARD ROOM !MIRA MARDINING ROOM6212 Woodlown Atc.Mild ripe tobaccos and purecigarette paper are the best in¬gredients a cigarette can have... these are the things th at give youmore pleasure in Chesterfields. ChesterfieldJ^eresmore pleasurea happier new year... and more pleasure for thethousands of new smokers whoare finding out about Chester¬field’s milder better taste.Copyright 19M. Liccrrr & Myns Tobacco Co. ..you llfind MORE PLEASUREin Chestefieldsmilder better tasteToday's HeadlinesIh. lasta of C-Esta, page 1. jMaroon cagers meet Hoilermakers, Ipage 1.Student Activities c(»nference, page 1.|.„titball Schedule for next fall, page j Wfjt Batty ilUiroonVol. 38 Z-149 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1938 Price Five CentsClub SystemApology-1938I'ditiT. The Daily Mar(»on,Dear Sir:Hli -cd with the capacity of devel¬oping j)eisonality through cooperationami I'ollowship in a mutual concern,ami at the same time equipped withthe gritn tool of fomenting pettylivalrv. prejudice, and debasing su-poifu lality, the club system imposesitsel! upon us again and for the nextthioo weeks vigorously bends its en-orgv to one of the processes inherentto its organization—rushing.You I'reshman women are the pointsof unrelenting concentration for thesecoming weeks. It is your blessing orcurse to be the pivot about which willswing an array of teas, luncheons,and parties, planned to entice youinto tlk joys of club life . . . and intothe orgies of its possible failures.My plea straight and simply put ismat you freshman women evaluateintelligently and critically the blackand white of the club system. You oweit to yourselves to see both sides ofan oiganization that is seeking to em¬body you in the inconsistencies of itsbeing.('ritieisni galoi'e has been heapedupon the system at regular intervals,much of which is deserved, and muchof which lias no valid justification.Critics of the club system do have,however, a very vital point at whichto attack us, and that point is, unfor¬tunately, the very basis of the set-upitself the heartless, superficial pro¬cess of rushing. For who are we tosay whai girls should be so flatteredas to be rushed and feted on allsides, and who are we to judge aboutthe qualifications of membership in¬to a society, excluding some and ac-cejiling others, only too often on sup¬erficial standards of appearance anddatability. Some defenders of thesystem will advance the hypothesisthat w« select according to commoninterest.' and “personality types.” Atany rate, it is a peculiarly arbitraryiiiatier. and you freshman women cangive yourselves something to thinkabout when pondering “To join or notto join," the searching question,"What i- it about me that's beingrushed.\s a club member, 1 am in aposition to see the potentialities andthe deticieiices of the system. 1 amavvair of the many happy and satis¬fying fiierulships that students formin their sisterhood. There is a realvalue that comes from the sense ofbelonging to a group that has ap¬parently made a sincere effort toaffiliate you with its membership. Formany girls on a campus as hetero-geneou.' a.- ours, with large classesand so many students commuting toand from campus, this feeling of be¬longing I' a vital need that the clubi^ystem can fulfill. On a campus asimpersonal as ours, the club system(( ontinued on page 2) Von Wartburg Leads UniversityInvestigation of French DialectsConsidered one of the most impor¬tant Europeans in the field of linguis¬tics and an authority on Linguisticgeography. Walther Von Wartburgis returning to the University thisweek for a quarter in residence be¬fore taking charge of the study ofLouisiana French dialects which theUniversity is inaugurating.The study of regional dialects is aUniversity project being carried outunder the auspices of the departmentof Romance languages. Ur. WernerHering, visiting associate professorat the University, is now in Louisianamapping the sections to be examinedfor new dialects and is working incooperation with Tulane and the Uni¬versity of Louisiana. During thisquarter he began going from villageto village recording the variations inthe three popular forms of the Frenchlanguage spoken in the state: name¬ly, Creole, which originated with theWest Indian French people; Acadian,a language spoken by the Nova Sco¬tian people w'ho were driven from thenorth to New Orleans by the English; and standard forms of French.Study OriginsUnder the diiection of Von Wart¬burg the infoimation concerning theregions in which the various Frenchdialects are spoken will be used toshow the origins of population andalso the origins of their speech. VonWartburg, who has made linguisticmaps in Europe, will map the terri¬tory along the lines of the linguisticfindings. William Nitze, head of theDepartment of Romance Languagesand Literature believes it possiblethat when this portion of the surveyis completed work may be extendedto cover the territory where Spanishdialects are spoken. -Woi'k of this type has been done informer years by Franz Boas of Col¬umbia, who studied native Indiandialects, and by Hans Kurath who isdirector of the “Linguistic Atlas ofUnited States and Canada.” It is pos¬sible that the findings of the Univer¬sity in Louisiana will be included inthe Atlas, although no plans havebeen made as vet. C-Esta Dance Tonight FeaturesRussell’s Band, Chess TourneyJACK RUSSELLlooking the bull straight in theeijeChicago Fears Purdue As Cage Season Opens,Norgren Revamps Lineup for Boilermakers Game Pick Bull King in Com-m o n s , CheckerboardKing in Reynolds.Only ,‘152 more shopping days toChristmas, 101 days to Easter, 42<iays to the Washington Prom, 16days until fraternity rushing—get it?But why wait? It’s only 1.3 morehours to C-Esta, all campus dance inHutchinson Commons tonight from 9to 1. Bids are being practically givenaway for eighty cents per couple.The Coffee Shop will be open fortete-a-tetes while all the facilities ofReynolds club are being thrown opento C-Esta goers. As a special addedattraction, there will be a chesstournament in Reynolds club begin¬ning at 7:30.Student in OrchestraJack Russell’s orchestra will play.Of interest to all Chicago students isthe fact that his vocalist and trumpetplayer, Arthur Goettler is a fresh¬man at the University of Chicago.Jack Russell got his start playing atdances for Chicago, while a senior atEnglewood High School.The C-Esta is about as inappropri-I —- .- late a name as could be found for anPROBABLE LINE-UP j beaten Purdue quintet in the Field- | plenty of action. | evening dance. It was kicked fromCHICAGO PURDUE ! house at 8:00. Chicago is definitely! The result of tht game probably! PiUar to post when it got in the wayf Young the underdog despite its evident im-| depends on the ability of the Univer-jo^ exams at the end of last quarter,f Sines, provement, for the Boilermaker i sity reserves to keep up with the ! Rat it is the first step toward re-LounsburyMullinsMyersEggemeyerPet ersenThe best cKgMaroon cage Anderson i squad, one of the best of the alwaysMalaska pow^erful teams })roduced by CoachDickinson Ward Lambert, already holds vic-team in tories over DePaul, Loyola, Indianayears opens its Conference season j Teachers, and Xavier, as well as De-Saturday when it takes on an un-itroit, Denver, Southern Californiaand U.C.L.A.Purdue is expected to start thesame lineup that has proved so suc-ce.ssful in its previous games this sea¬son. The group is not noted forheight, but all the players are vet¬erans, fast, and sharp-shooters. Theyplay a quick-break type game, with- Boilermakers while the regulars are| building a vigorous campus comgetting the rest they’ll have to haveThe Maroon regulars have a goodchance of matching or even beatingthe work of the Purdue starters, but(Continued on page 1)Hold Meetingof Chapel UnionFor its first big meeting of thequarter the Chapel Union has planneda “Bring A Friend Night” at IdaNoyes Sunday from 7:30 to 10. Re¬freshments will be served, and mem¬bers are invited to bring anyone theyknow interested in the Chapel Union.Games in the gymnasium will startthe evening. Then, discu.ssion ofplans for the coming quarter willcenter around a report of the Nation¬al Assembly of Student Christian As¬sociations which met from December27 to January 1 at Oxford, Ohio, pre¬sented by University students whoattended it. The meeting will endwith singing.At the outing January 15, RaleighW. Stone, associate professor of In¬dustrial Relations, and MaynardKrueger, assistant professor of Eco¬nomics, will analyze the question“Are Labor Unions Beneficial?” Pro-fe.ssor Stone will merely examine thesubject without attempting to reachany definite conclusions either way. Int. House GivesRadio Program“The Significance of Pan-Arabian-out much attention to defense, and'if^ni” is the subject of the (|uarter’sswamp their opponents under a flood j fii'st International House radio foi’-of baskets. ' um, to be presented over a WGN-With the eligibility of center Paul MBS outlet tomorrow at 3. AbdullAmundsen still in doubt. Coach NelsNorgren has shifted sophomore DickLounsbury from center to forward. Abbass, native of Iraq, Anne Put-camp, American, and James Wellard,Englishman, will discuss the <iuestionMacNair Calls Present War in ChinaOnly a Phase of Half Century Strugglesame:whil.-At".N’ebedy can fully understand thepresent situation in China without acareful . tudy of the relationship be¬tween China and Japan since 1871,”declared Harley Farnsworth Mac-^’air, professor of Far Eastern His¬tory and Institutions.Ever >ince that time the Japanesehave been following the same tactics—bitinv a piece of China, pausing toassimilate it, and advancing again''ilh the excu.se that they are “safe¬guarding their frontier by advanc-ing.” Their purpose, too, remains theto oust the W'estern worldcontjuering China.Poundtable Conclusion1 H'undtable the day after^hristriia^ in which Quincy Wright,•huXaii, and Walter H. C. Laves par-hUpated, the conclusion that the^tiay bombing incident was pre-'"oditat. d ill an attempt to bluff west-tiniiav,.,. China was reached.tv.o problems now puzzle the''’’orlii; ' hether the Japanese will ad-l^tice lurther and whether Chianga>'sh> k will make peace with Japanof Japanese establishment of■ North China and Shanghai,ubility to hold off surrender’ r of crucial importance to, development as an inde-I'omlint country.b»l course,” stated MacNair, “it'uipossible for anyone not on the scene to know that China is strongbut I think that China is strongenough to maintain its position. Ifthey play a waiting game, it will be¬come increasingly difficult for theJapanese to hold the conquered lands.Time sides with the Chinese, for theycan build up their own armies andresort to guerrilla warfare while thecosts for the Japanese mount.”Political Union LeadersPlan Meeting on CIOW lil:.(■'onti.Chinais a 1it,. ii;‘! In order to make final plans for thePolitical Union meeting Wednesdayat which time the merits of the CIOwill be discussed both pro and con,the executive committee will meet to¬morrow at 1 at the Phi Kappa Psihouse.At that time, speakers represent¬ing the viewpoints of various blocsw'ill be selected and the routine of themeeting will be formulated.The Liberal party will meet todayat 12:30 in the Daily Maroon office todetermine what stand it will take onthe proposal “Resolved: That theCIO is an undesirable element inAmerican society.” If more thanone viewpoint is expressed, a blocwill be formed to represent each side a position Dick is more used to play-jin a roundtable talk,ing, and given Bob Meyers, who has{ Abba.<s, who is at the Universitybeen playing great ball this week, the I on a government scholarship, will i)re-call at the pivot position. ! sent the Arab case objectively. AnneStarting positions have become | Potcamp, in sympathy with the Arabless imj)ortant with the speeding up [ cause, has taught in the Americanof the game due to elimination of | University in Beirut and so has first-the center jump, however, and against I hand knowledge of the situation,a team as fast as Purdue, Noi-gren j Wellard, who is publicity director ofplans to give every available man | International House, \vill act aschairman of the discu.ssion, keepingthe questions to the point.“We will discuss the role of Pan-Arabianisni in world affairs today,and will try to explain the causes andobjectives of the Arab nationalistmovement,” Wellard declared yester-i day. “The purpose of this, as of allthe broadcasts, is to present authori¬tative discussions of controversialtopics, so that listeners will have abetter understanding of the world’sproblems.”On S'.turday, January 15, the topicof the forum will be “Central Eur¬opean Politics and Affairs,” to beCommittee DiscussesThree Point ProgramFor Activities MeetingWhether to have the February all¬campus conference take up only acti¬vities oi- a thi-ee point program ofactivities, curriculum, and studentwelfare will be discussed at an openconference committee meeting i nCobb 308 at 3:30 this afternoon.The advantage of including curri¬culum changes in the conferenceagenda is the most debatable point inthe tentative plans. John Morris,chairman of the committee in chargeof arrangements, favors the broadthree-fold discussion, a programwhich several committee membersconsider too ambitious. Dean Leon P.Smith, while not expressing a definiteopinion, seems inclined to agree* withthe group proposing to restrict theconference to activities only.Members of the committee areJohn Marks, William McNeill, RalphLeach, Betty Booth, and Bob Eck-house. They have invited all studentsinterested in working on the confer¬ence to attend the meeting. munity for which the Alaroon and allthinking students have agitated in re¬cent months.Substantial representation fromeach of the activities supporting theaffair will start the slow process ofbridging over the chasm betweenfraternit.v and politically inclined stu¬dents, and may hope to draw in manyof the unattached students. It is thefirst step. It deserves everyone’s sup¬port.It has been suggested that thePublicity committee get a medal forthe most nonsensical publicity. Inkeeping with this may we suggest alovel.v bull with gilded horns. Orperhaps a pat on the back.Brisk as ticket .sales have been al¬ready, reaching well over the 300mark, it is expected that gate receiptswill reach a new high for campu.saffairs.In conclusion, we may say thata boo plus a coo equal C-Esta!I discussed by George Huszar of Hun¬gary, Qeorge Messmer of Germany,and Wellard. The third week’s top¬ic is scheduled to be about Germany,although speakers have not yet beenselected.Medical School StatesProcedure for AdmissionChapel Service“Renewed Minds” will be the themeof Dean Charles W. Gilkey’s first ser¬mon of the quarter at RockefellerMemorial Chapel Sunday morning at11. Martha-Belle Bowers will givethe student reading.The choir of the Olivet BaptistChurch, largest Negro church in the Students w*ho wish to be admittedto the School of Medicine in the Au¬tumn Quarter, 1938, should secureadmission blanks in Cobb 216 beforethe end of next week. These .shouldbe filled out, signed by two physiciansand filed in the office of the Dean ofMedical Students on or before Feb¬ruary 1.Students now in residence are notrequired to furni.sh transcripts oftheir high school or college records,as the Committee will obtain thesefrom the University Office of Admis¬sions. However, photographs are re¬quired of all applicants.Students should also write on theback of the applications their coursesfor the winter, spring and summerThe Communists will also meet to-j services. William Henryday in Social Science 105 at 4:30. the conductor.North, will sing at the 4:30 vesper i quarters so that the committee maySmith is know how they intend to finish theirrequirements. University Alumni ofNew York Fete Yale’sDr. Angell at BanquetDr. James R. Angell, president ofY'ale University, one-time Dean atChicago, holder of an L. L. I), fromthis .school, was feted last night at adinner given by the New York chap¬ter of the Chicago Alumni associa¬tion. The dinner, an honorary banquetgiven annually for prominent Chicagograduates, was held at New York’sMetropolitan Club; the levy: $5 perplate.James Weber Linn, at month s end,will be off for a round the countryjaunt, going on January 29 to Oma¬ha, Nebraska, to quip before aMaroon alumni banquet there, travel¬ing then to Des Moines, Iowa, to lifta napkin at alumni banquet to beheld there January 31.The alumni office also announcedthat the California alumni associa¬tion is dickering to have FrederickWoodward, university \ ice-pre.'-ident,speak at a dinner-meeting which theyare planning for the near future.FraternitiesAll fraternities who have not asyet turned in their audited ac¬counts to the Dean’s office must doso by Monday, it was announcedyesterday by Dean of StudentsLeon Smith.Organizational lists of rraternitymembership and officers if changedin any way from last quarter aredue Monday, January 17.Page Two THE DAILY xMAROON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1938PLATFORM1. Creation of a vigorous campus community.2. Abolition of intercollegiate athletics.3. Progessive politics.4. Revision of the College Plan.5. A chastened president.Scientific MethodOne of the apocrypha of the University isthat Henry Gordon Gale, dean of the PhysicalSciences, when an undergraduate stalwart onthe football team, took the ball and ran for thewrong goal line. He. or his faculty cohorts,are making it a habit.When the news of the recommendation thatthe comprehensive examination for the Bach¬elor’s degree be abolished in the division leakedout to the Maroon, (for that is what makingthem optional amounts to). Dean Gale mani¬fested considerable annoyance over the tele¬phone and refused comment.Deaii Gale is distrustful of the Maroon andstudents in general. He countermanded theoffer of one of the professors of the divisionto make public the reasons for the recom¬mendation. Dean Gale apparently does notthink that mere students have some stake inthe administrative set-up of the University.The faculty, he believes, should settle the littlematter behind closed doors and graciously an¬nounce the result of their considerations whenit pleases them.It IS too bad that Dean Gale does not realizethat open discussion, not faits accomplis, is thescientific method in education.This is all quite apart from the merits ofthe recommendation. The advantages of thecomprehensive examinations over the old sys¬tem have often ’oeen recited. Standardization,avoidance of bias in determining grades, expertexperimentation with a view toward improvingthe examinations and the course, freedom forthe student to learn as he wishes without fearof antagonizing a stuffy professor by not at¬tending class, checkup on what the professordoes or does not accomplish in his class. Dis¬advantages are real also. Twelve hours is veryfew on which to rest two whole years study.The strain of remembering for two whole yearsis a forbidding prospect for poor students, mayscare some away, but the strain is at least |equal for all.We still like the new plan, and venture toguess that the better students likewise enjoythe advantages it qffers without feeling dis¬advantages nearly as important.There must be better reasons to make thefaculty favor the abandonment of comprehen¬sive examinations. Rumor has it that similar |recommendations are being considered in thesocial sciences, have actually been made in thebiological science division. The suspicious cansee in this move professorial longing for thegood old days when the professor did not haveto be good to attract students, when he set hisown standards of achievement and wore the !robes of Rhadamanthus, determining students’fates without the meddling of the Board of Ex¬aminers.The charitable can see a misguided effortto make education more painless, to relieve theVol. 38 JANUARY 7, 1938 No. 49Chi' Sailu illanuniFOUNDED IN 1901Member Associated Collegiate PressThe Daily Maroon is the official student newspaper of the tJni-veraity of Chicago, published morninits except Saturday, Sunday,and Monday during the Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters byThe Daily Maroon Company. 5831 University avenue. Telephones:Local .967, and Hyde Park 9221 and 9222After 6:30 phone in stories to our printers. 'I'he Chief PrintingCompany. 1920 Monterey Ave. Telephone Cedarcrest 3311.TTie University of Chicago a.ssurnes no responsibility for anystatements appearing in The Daily Maroon, or for any contractentered into by The Daily Maroon. All opinions in The DailyMaroon are ordnions of the Hoard of Contiol, and are not nece.s-sarily the views of the University administration nor of a majorityof studenis.The Daily Maroon expressly reserves the rights of publicationof any material appearing in this paper. Subscription rates:$3.00 a year: *1 by mail. Single copies: five cents.Entered as second class matter March 18, 1903, at the post officeat Chicago. Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1879.^937 Mcmncf 1938Fissocioted (^IlG6iale PressDistributor ofColle6iate Di6es!KOAKD OF CONTROL iWILLIAM H. McNElLL Editor-in-ChiefCHARLES E. HOY Business Manager .ELROY I). GOLDING Managing EditorEDWARD C. FRITZ Associate EditorBETTY ROBBINS Associate Editor |MARSII.ALL J. STONE Advertising Manager ■EDITORIAL ASSOCIATESLaura Bergquist Rex HortonMaxine Biesenthal Seynour MillerEmmett Deadman Adele RoseBUSINESS ASSOCIATFISFkiwin BergmanMax Freeman Howard GreenleeAlan JohnstoneNight Editor Adele RoseA.ssistant; Ruth Brody ▼students of the nervous strain of rememberingfor two years, to stimulate the weak studentsby the more immediate prospect of examina¬tions which count. They do not realize tliatthe way to make education a jileasure is tomake the courses significant for the students’views about the world, society and man. Tyinga subject matter to a general philosophic viewis the only way to breathe life into it. Untilthis is done students will necessarily scrapethrough their courses rather than working forthe pleasure, for the intellectual stimulationthey receive no matter what the administrativearrangement. Anthropologists Honor Warner Leaves forDean Robert Redfield Youth CommissionQuestandInquestBY LAURA BERGQUISTIt TakesALL KINDS OF PEOPLEStudents can always find someone to talk to inCobb hall. That’s why David Landau haunts the cor-ridoi’S. lie likes to talk—about himself. Occasionally,however, he may he diverted. At such times the })in-ioned listener hears a diatribe on anything from “Thepoisonous effects of wisdom teeth,’’ to his favorite topic,“The underlying causes of the World War—direct fromthe government archives.”Not the tyi)e to cause feminine adiuiration—al¬though he would like to believe so—his forwardnesssprings from an inferiority complex. Short stature,a square bulldog face, and a general bushy afipearaneemake him want lots of people to know him. Manypeoi)ie do know him—that's why he spends most of histime looking for someone to talk to.No one has ever seen him without his bulky briefca.<e nursed under one arm. Neither has anyone everseen it open. It isn’t clear just why he Carrie.^ itbecause he insists that he never studies until the lastweek of the (juarter. Although he maintains he is doingvery well, he frequently makes the rhetorical state,ment, “Think of what I could have done if I’d studiedall year.”His j)et pastime is registering for exams. Hismethod has novelty. Each time exams are offered heregisters, then tells everyone how his boy genius willmake it easy for him to pass the course without study.As soon as the topic is worn out he quietly cancels theregistration and goes hack to the World War. The Executive Committee of the'.American Anthropological .Associa- jtion elected Robert Redfield, professorof Anthropology at the University, |and dean of the division of the SocialScii nces, a member, and made him thej .Association’s repre.sentative on the,! Social Science Research Council atits meeting, held during Christmasvacation in New Haven. Connecticut, iWilton Marion Krogman, who tookI his Ph. D. degree at the University,I was reelected secretary of Section II(Anthropology) of the American .As- |sociation for the Advancement of jScience which met recently at In¬dianapolis. Krogman is at present an jassociate professor of Anthropologyat Western Reserve Univor.sity, ICleveland.CHIYALRYwe are pleased as all punch to announce,is not dead yet. Among other things not dead yet,we are slightly less pleased as punch to announce, isthe elusive wraith known as the Maroon’s OppositionPaper.The Right Side of course will inevitably win out(or does it?) but temporarily. Fate is doing a bit ofbuffeting.First there was the problem of the Printer, a mer¬cenary, sordid creature, engrossed with nothing butthoughts of money, singularly unimpre.s.-^ed by theglories of College Spirit to the extent that he demanded$500 in case the rah rag failed.But our heroes, who were freshmen and .sophomoresmostly, remained undaunted, as heroes really should.They now hint that the Higher Ups bestowed theirblessings on the venture, and even scouted about fora campus cubby hole where the staff might pound outon rented typewriters,A jolly, fun-loving paper, full of features, collegespirit, better coverage of the news, standing squarelybehind Hutchins, the administration and the footballteam, of all thing.s. Same size as Maroon, for only 3cents.No hierarchy or capitalist was to tyrannize thestaff, nosiree. Five Board of Control members eachas godlike as the next were to rule the destinies of “TheChicagoan,” “The Chi U Daily,” “The Chicago Daily”(take your choice, they haven’t decided yet).. .honestyand good will and brotherhood reign supreme. . .mar¬velous to behold in writing.But several enlightened members of the OppositionBoard are now back on the Maroon, while the MaroonBoard of Control announces intention of perhaps mov¬ing over to the new Opposition Utopia.A girl just doesn’t know ivhnt to believe nowadays.OTHER THINGS WHICHdre most incredible. Al¬ways with a weather eye for the salacious we vaguelynoted that Mary John-stone, Mortar Board inclinedtoward the .scatter-brained, was faintly resembling aworld war general. Closer investigation revealed animposing array of brassware on her cardigan sweater,reading from left to right—Mortar Board Pin, AlphaDelt badge, and Delta Upsilon pin. Fletcher Taylor,though he denies all, as everybody should, is most fre¬quently accused of succumbing to the current DU pinhanging frenzy.Then there is Teddy Linn, who has not succumbedto the DU pin hanging frenzy, has chosen instead tostartle the world by perhaps running for the demo¬cratic State senatorship in place of T. V. Smith. Having just returned from Wash,ington where he attended a ima-tinpof the Rural Council of Education, WLloyd AVarnor, associate profossor of•Anthroplogy and Sociology, lo.avt.sagain today to meet with tho ,\inor.ican A'outh Commission, of which hois a member..After his return. Warner will lec¬ture on “Cidtiiral Conflicts in Kiluca-tion” under the auspices of tho NorthShore Bianch of tho Progressive Hiin-cation, Tuesday, .lanuary KNorthwestern University in Kvan-ston.JSF Holds CampusPep Dance WednesdayClub System-(Continued from page 1)ha.s an important role in helping toacquaint students and orient them tothe social phase of campus living. Itseems to me that these are validjustifications for the existence ofclubs. However you are pledged touphold and adhere to certain creedsand standards set up by your club,and as altruistic as these principlesmay be, implicit in their acceptance,is the fact that you are allying your- ^self w'ith one particular group, mak¬ing impartiality and tolerance toward jthose outside your chosen clan oftimes jan idle dream. •Yours is the club system, to have ]or to reject. Just how your balance isheet will come out after you’vematched the white against the black ,will depend in large measure uponyour own set of values and how ser- ^iously you have considered the club ,system in light of your own stand¬ards. You may conclude in all sin- .cerity that the advantages outweigh ithe limitations, or you may find the :system incompatible with your ideals. |But remember, that along with the As a preview of their big affair tobe held at the end of the month, theJewish Student Foundation invitesthe whole campus to a Pep Dancenext Wednesday afternoon from 3:,soto 5.'30 in Ida Noyes theatre. .Ad¬mission is free.The two orchestras which will playat the Foundation’s annual Scholar¬ship Fund Dance on January 22 areJoe Miller and his Northwe.sternersand Tony Fambro and his Swing.stcr.s.Patrons of the dance are thus as¬sured the best of dance music ac¬cording to their particular taste. .Anall-star floor show, including the fa¬mous Abbott Dancers is planned.Price of bids is $1.75. There will betable service.fun of teas, luncheons, and parties,companion with the joys of clubfriendships and the satisfaction ofgroup participation, lurk tho attend¬ing evils of the system.Audrey Neff.Individual HairdressingAt Moderate PricesShampoo and WaveManicureKAMERIE BEAUTY SHOP1324 EAST 57th ST.HYDE PARK 7860Mrs. 9 A.M. to 9 P.MMon., Wed., Sat. to 6 P.t'CHICAGOETHICAL SOCIETYSTUDEBAKER THEATRESUNDAY, JANUARY 9th, AT 11 A.M.DR. HORACE J. BRIDGESMr. Waller Lippmann's "Good Society"Organ Recital at 10:45Children's Sunday Assembly at 11 MEET YOLKCLASSMATES AT1459 E. 57th STREETFOR BETTER CARMEL APPLES, T.AN'-DIES, NUTS, CARMELCRISF, .ANDBUTTERED POP CORN.Carmel Crisp ShopP. T. IWENI THE BETTER OLE§ RestaurantI 1551 E. 57th St.I (3 doors west of Stony Island — Open 24 hours)I For BETTER FOOD TryI Better 'Ole specials§ Club breakfasts, lunches, dinners, deliciousI home made biscuits, waffles, griddle-cakes,I hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and chili CtaocmWINTERS MEN'S SHOP1357 E. 55th St.Hyde Park 5160JANUARY CLEARANCE SALEFANCY SHIRTS$2 ... now $1.65$2.50 now $1.85$3.50 . now $2.65SUITS$25.00 now $19.50$30.00 now $23.50$35.00 now $29.50$45.00 now $39.50 5tGPv (ContotUu'dplay ill}.^.uioto.\1 t(lilt by•'t'ongrHcriiar.\mphilin whic.'itarriiii•'.\niph—.'iincotiTon 3an -A usjust nolakofroiample <tacticsdi.sti’ibuMnteriKshown 'years aat Hollyhave inl.'i.'lo ar1937 pulN'evefilm seeit i.s sais a gnwith Jipus totron,ab.<;eiit(save fcensues ifrom thwife thsince la:.(upe haguise ofthe intowhen ththat hedocampeThebescure hisNot tcboss, Mewillinglyof a bunakvrn, ithat unearthly nhut a sa'only forice's wimBrill iata .-parklitryon” isdefects vloid stoelgraphy, jffig nullifLetteto thEditor,Ihe Daily1 have irpamphlet e