Chicago MaroonVoI.3,No.23 Z-149 Friday, March 24, 1944 Price Five CentsPresident Robert M. HutchinsConfers Degrees Today To OneHundred Sixty-one GraduatesPresident Robert Maynard Hutch¬ins will confer degrees on one hundredsixty-one graduates this afternoon atthree o’clock in Rockefeller MemorialChapel in the University’s two hun¬dred sixteenth convocation ceremony.Sixty-three degrees will be con¬ferred in absentia, thirty-four of themto Army Air Force meteorology sec¬ond lieutenants now on active‘duty.Eighty-six candidates for the bach¬elor’s degree in arts, science, and phil¬osophy will be graduated today, twoof them from the College, twelve inthe Division of the Biological Sciences,four in the Division of the Humani¬ties, forty-four in the Division of thePhysical Sciences, thirteen in the Di¬vision of the Social Sciences, four inthe School of Business, one in the LawSchool, and six in the School of So¬cial Service Administration.Thirty-eight will receive the degreeof Master of Arts; nine. Master ofScience; two. Master of Business Ad¬ministration; three. Bachelor of Divin¬ity; seven. Doctor of Law; two. Doc¬tor of Medicine. The degree of Doctorif Philosophy will be conferred on fif¬teen graduate students, one each inthe divisions of Biological Sciencesand the Humanities, three in the Di-nsion of Physical Sciences, eight inthe Division of the Social Sciences,md two in the Divinity School. Twonedical students will be commissionedIS first lieutenants in the MedicalMotto Entries ReceivedFrom Entire Nation InA Wide Reader ResponseAlready many entries for the mottocontest have arrived on the desk ofthe Contest Editor in The ChicagoMaroon office, coming from people ina wide variety of stations in life, liv¬ing in a wide variety of places.Although the majority of letters arepostmarked “Chicago,” States as farapart as Vermont, Florida, and Cali¬fornia are represented, and there iseven one entry from Canada. At timeof going to press, sixty-two personshave submitted mottoes, several en¬tering more than one.Of the errors found in the entries,the most serious is the failure toappend a fifty word statement of thesubmitter’s reasons for believing thesuggestion for a motto to be a goodone. Failure to provide this statement<hsqualifies the motto from the con¬test. Entrants between now and the(leadline on May 15 who hope to seetheir mottoes chosen as suitable to theUniversity should especialy note thisbile.This contest is sponsored by The(See “Motto,” page six) Corps, of the United States Army.Th^ convocation address will be de¬livered by Chester Whitney Wright,Professor of Economics. His topic is“The Growing Responsibilities of theCitizen.” Following the conferring ofdegrees and awarding of commissions.President Hutchins will make the con¬vocation statement, a quarterly an¬nouncement of gifts made to the Uni¬versity, appointments made to, thefaculty, and, sometimes, informationconcerning enrollment for the follow¬ing quarter.Gold Is Tried In Fire,Men In The Furnace OfAdversity: SeymourSeizing upon a sentence in the textof the reading at the 11 o’clock ser¬vice last Sunday morning in the Chap¬el, Charles Seymour, President ofYale University, took as his theme,“Gold is tried in the fire, men in thefurnace of adversity.” Addressing the162 candidates who will receive de¬grees at the winter convocation today,the University’s 216th, he stressed theneed for discipline in the midst offreedom.Drawing parallels from the careersof St. Francis of Assisi, Joan of Arc,and Lawrence of Arabia, he citedinstances in the careers of each whichillustrated the attainment of great¬ness through self-discipline and per¬severance. “We say that this is a warof liberation that we are waging, thatit must result in a guaranteed free¬dom—a freedom for all the nationsto live their own lives peaceful andunafraid. This society can persist onlyby the exercise of discipline exertedby the individual upon himself . . .The problem of freedom versus au¬thority is not a task to be undertakenlightly, even by the wisest of philos¬ophers. The difficulty does not ab¬solve one from the duty of consider¬ing the extent of the right of the in¬dividual to develop and utilize hispersonal freedom so that he maydetermine his own way of life—con¬sidering also the price he must payfor freedom.”Citing the demand of college stu¬dents of the ’20’s for freedom andself-expression, Seymour said thatthese were incompatible with presentday needs. Returning to the subjectof St. Francis, Joan of Arc, and Law¬rence, he said, “They had a claim towhat we call self-expression becausethey had learned self-discipline. Thisis the ideal of the free individualin a democratic society, the ideal towhich from its birth the United Stateshas been consecrated and for whichwe are now fighting.” Professor J. L. Adams:Peace Within ReligionAn Internal ProblemFor peace to reign within a religionis a problem equal to the enigma ofpeace and religion, according to JamesL. Adams, Galeb Heckley Professorof Theology, who spoke at the con¬cluding lecture of the Walgreen Foun¬dation series on “The Problems ofPeace” Wednesday afternoon.This internal religious accord willnot come “until religion inspires awillingness to forego the sort of di¬vine sanction that incites men to so¬cial or ecclesiastical imperialism, thatreligion will be safe for democracyor the world,” said Adams.A signal contribution of religion willbe the optimistic attitude that peacewill result even though such a peacemay be laborious.Accosting those who would revertto religion, Mr. Adams finds their“plea” both “ambiguous and also toan impressive degree Tutile.” Two Year A. B. DegreeRefused by CommitteeIn Social SciencesA recent action by the Committeeon International Relations has servednotice to the rest of the Universitythat it is no longer to be consideredan integral part of the Division of So¬cial Sciences. Instead, Harley Farns¬worth McNair, Professor of FarEastern History and Institutions andActing Chairman of the Committeein the absence of Quincy Wright, Pro¬fessor of International Law, choosesto regard his department as oneabove and beyond the division, on apar with the Law and Medical Schools.This startling secession was madepublic when several students in theCollege made inquiry about doinggraduate work as candidates for Mas¬ters’ degrees in International Rela¬tions. They were bluntly informed thatsince they would be recipients of thenew two year Bachelor’s degree, theyBertrand Russell SanguineAbout Lasting World PeaceAt a recent press conference. LordBertrand Russell, former VisitingProfessor at the University of Chi¬cago, responded readily to many andvaried questions.His opinion of the faculty contractplan, which would have interested usmost, was not forthcoming, as he him¬self said that his information was toolimited for him to make any comment.When questioned about the state ofthe Allies and the chances for lastingpeace, he was not too hopeful. Stalin,he maintained, is the only one whoknows what he wants and consequent¬ly is the only one who will get it.People are less ready than they wereafter the last war for any kind of realpeace. They are not yet tired of warand because of that, will have anotherstruggle for power between the Unit¬ed States and Soviet Russia, sinceBritain and China will be reduced tothe position of secondary and satellitepowers, respectively.He spoke of the kind of peace weshould have, saying that the solutionlies in an international police force,total disarmament of the enemy andthe alleviation of economic differences.These measures, however, will almostsurely not come about.In response to questions regardinghis plans for the future, he said thathe intends to return to England inorder to take a more active part inpublic affairs as well as to continuein his present philosophical work.Philosophers, he asserted, are thecause as well as the effect of the timesand are as important as the Alexan¬ ders and Napoleons in shaping worldhistory.. Lord Russell’s three lectures, thefirst of which was presented at Man-del Hall, the second in the OrientalInstitute, and the third in Social Sci¬ences 122, attracted large crowds oflisteners.The first lecture, on the subject of“Probable Inference”, was a discus¬sion of the validity of the forms ofthought used in deriving new truthsfrom known truths. Present-day pat¬terns of thought mooted were deduc¬tive logic. Mill’s empirical canons,Hegel’s logic, and Reichenbach’s the¬ory of frequency.The second lecture, given on Tues¬day, was on the subject of “Physicsand Knowledge”. The problem dealtwith was the uncertainty of arrivingat true knowledge of the externalworld through the human faculties ofsense and reason.“The Limits of Empiricism” pre¬sented the paradox of empiricists—science results solely from experience,without any metaphysical or hypo¬thetical elements; however, experienceis determined by factors over whichman has no control, such as biologicalpreconditioning for perception and so¬cial conditioning, due to which thewhole of nature can not be perceivedor conceived directly.After the lectures there were ques¬tion periods during which the Russellsense of humor was displayed andLord Russell’s scepticism about thecertainty of all human knowledge. would be ineligible as “undergrad¬uates.” In other words, an individualwho earns a two year A.B. is still anundergraduate in the eyes of the Com¬mittee of International Relations.The only alternative offered thesestudents was the prospect of becom¬ing a candidate for a Master’s degreein some other department of SocialSciences, with permission to take cer¬tain courses in International Relationsas a minor specialization. To some,such an alternative must be totally'unacceptable, since one of the pur¬poses of the department is to “fit can¬didates for professional service in theForeign Service of the United States.”How such candidates are to reconcilethis statement with the current atti¬tude of the Committee towards twoyear A.B.’s, remains an unsolvedmystery. Of course, the student is stillallowed the privilege of transferringto another university to secure themore desirable four year A.B., thenreturning to the University of Chi¬cago as a graduate student in Inter¬national Relations.At the present writing. Dr. RobertRedfield, Dean of the Social Sciences,hasn’t been available for comment onthis situation, but it is known thatthe Office of the Dean of Social Sci¬ences has not approved this refusal torecognize the University new style de¬gree. In fact, there is reason to believethat Dean Redfield is not yet aware ofthe stand that Professor McNair andthe Committee on International Rela¬tions have taken on this matter.It has been learned that this standhas not been the result of any formalCommittee resolution to disqualify thetwo years Bachelor’s degree, butrather the continued manifestation ofthe attitude most of the Committeemembers have held towards the newdegree ever since the original con¬troversy over its acceptance arose. Asa matter of fact, some members ofthe Committee, when reached for in¬formal comment, were not aware thatany action which condemned the newA.B. by implication had been takenat all. It was just a question that“had never come up before.”There is much speculation aroundcampus about the manner in whichthis current difficulty will be handled.The confusion of many students isfurther aggravated by the knowledgethat several colleges have already re¬fused to accept the survey courses,which make up the major portion ofthe requirements for the two yearBachelor’s degree, for transfer credit,and do not recognize as valid the twoyear degree itself.Page TwoMusic Critic Deplores FactionElement In Chicago "Culture"Chicago, the second largest city inthe land, presents the anomaly ofheading for oblivion as a musical cen¬ter. (Query: Was it ever one?) If youask, “What has this to do with theUniversity of Chicago?”, the answeris that one of the largest single areasof support of musical activity in thistown is drawn from the students ofthis University, at every level. Latter¬ly the so-called leaders in this fieldhere have taken to going out of theirway to antagonize the public whomthey have been trying for years toget to support their moribund whiteelephants.A great difficulty is the question ofDesire Defauw, conductor and musi¬cal director of the Chicago Symphony.This reviewer has tried to chart acourse between the Scylla of the Stockadvocates and the Charybdis of theDefauwites. Actually, the truth lieshalf-way in between. In Defauw’sfavor it must be said that he hasgiven Chicago a reading of RaveTsSecond Daphnis and Chloe Suitewhich not even the composer couldelicit from our Symphony during hisChicago visit. He has also given usan out-of-the-ordinary reading of aHaydn Symphony (B&H 7), of thetype ordinarily only to be had fromBeecham. He has had the singularlyembarrassing experience of accom¬panying his concert master through the Sibelius Violin Concerto, a reportof which one critic falsified and an¬other side-stepped. While Defauw’sgrasp of the score was not overwhelm¬ing, it certainly arrived where itshould, on time. Two passages in thefirst movement can be pointed outwhere the soloist on this occasion hadto hunt for his opening notes while akindly conductor held up the orches¬tra—quite patiently.The champions of Dr. Stock will dowell to remember that he is dead andthere is nothing further to be saidabout him. Fifteen years ago Stockhad a first-rate organization. The in¬tervening years saw a decline of theorchestra, partly due to personnel,partly due to the war. The presentantagonism between the orchestra andits conductor clearly indicate that achange of personnel is in order: forthe good of the whole, those playersshould have the decency to leave, whofeel that they cannot work under De¬fauw. The man clearly has somethingto offer the Chicago concert-goer: thishas been evidenced on the few oc¬casions when the orchestra has beencompletely with him. If we do-notgive him a chance to show what hecan do with a completely sympatheticgroup, the present degeneracy willcontinue until a point of extinction isreached.—W. W.MMmmiiimuEASTER GIFTS FOR EVERYONEFOR MOTHERHaeger Pottery In Pastel Shades, Hand Painted Trays,-Mexican PaintedBottles and Jugs, Doll Pincushions, Linen Handkerchiefs, Easter BoxedCandy, Luclen belong cologne and University of Chicago plates.FOR FATHERPipes, Cigarettes. Handkerchiefs, Tobacco Pouches, Magazine Subscrip¬tions, Cocktail set, Ready-Reference Bound Atlas and Here Is Your Warby Ernie Pyle, famous war correspondent.FOR SISTERByr-kay Sweaters In Spring Shades, Picture Frames, Distinctive Art Prints,Costume jewelry, "Heart" earrings in gold, Animal pins In Plastic, Lapelowers In Rhinestones, Bright Wooden Beads and lovely pearls, Uni/ersityof Chicago Jewelry, lavaliers, bracelets, compacts and lockets.FOR BROTHERBotany ties. Personalized Match Sets, Playing cards. Suspenders, andnewest mystery Home Sweet Homecide by Craig Rice.The BOOKSTORE has a wide selection of Easter Cards andRemember A Book Is Always A Perfect GiftTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOBOOK STORE5802 Ellis Avenue ' THE CHICAGO MAROONRenaissance SocietyExhibits Emil ArminWorks In GoodspeedEmil Armin, distinguished Chicagoartist whose work is on exhibit atGoodspeed Hall, is certainly not justanother American painter. True, hedoes stick to the conventional “dune”landscapes, city snow scenes, and can¬vases crammed full of Mexican localcolor, but he goes at them with astyle that is definitely not conven¬tional.At first glance, Mr. Armin’s pic¬tures appear to be very realistic viewsof very realistic settings. But whatseems to be realism is found to beon closer scrutiny, merely the illusionof reality, dream scenes done in achHdlike and incredibly loose tech¬nique. The artist divides his work in¬to three parts; oils, water colors, andprints, all containing the unusualtouch described above.Mr. Armin’s colors are bold andintensely bright, his brush-strokesfree almost to the point of sloppiness.He daubs great blobs of brilliant coloron compositions that are powerfullyprimitive and filled with distortedimages. One painting, “Hot WeatherLeaves,” depicting the heavy primevaldarkness of a summer forest, consistsof a mass of dappled leaves of variousshades of green. Mr. Armin’s methodof achieving an effect by laying tinypatches of one color over that of an¬other, resembles pointillism in manyrespects.“In the Mirror,” an oil self-portraitof the artist, is the reviewer’s favor¬ite. In it Mr. Armin pictures himhelfas piquant and mischievous, catchinga glimpse of himself over one should¬er as he paints. Another self-por¬trait, a wood cut print, portrays the John HarmonSmedley and GeorgeThe Phoenix Roast(These are the Adventures of Smed- Thomists . . . only the tall manley, a small boy too young for QuizKids and too intelligent for Informa¬tion Please, who spends his pre-schooldays observing life as he travels a-stride his faithful goat, George. TheAdventures of Smedley are purely aprodiict of the writer's imaginationand do not necessarily reflect the edi¬torial policy of the Maroon nor referto actual persons.)“My,” said Smedley, “Look at that. . . Over there, George.” The obedientgoat turned in the direction indicatedby the chubby hand—and there hesaw a bonfire sending hot, red fingersover a large bird which dangled froma spit.“Come on, George,” said Smedley.“This looks interesting.”George (who didn’t like fires) wasn’ttoo anxious to move until a chuck inthe ribs sent him running toward theblaze and the two men who stoodguarding it.“Whatcha doin’, roastin’ a turkey?”asked Smedley as they pulled up.The tall man turned from the argu¬ment he was silently conducting withhis shorter opponent. “No. We’rewatching a Phoenix burn.”“Oh,” said Smedley. Then he rec¬ognized the men. They were bothpainter in another mood, gaunt, owl¬ish and scholarly.The exhibition will continue untilApril 15, and is sponsored by the Re¬naissance Society of the Universityof Chicago. Many of the works inthe display are for sale with theprices obtainable in Goodspeed.—W. R.Petri Performance AccountedOne of Season's Most BrilliantTuesday night's piano recital byEgon Petri, eminent Dutch pianist,proved that the grand manner stillhas much to offer, even if Chicagoaudiences can’t appreciate it. Pupil ofBusoni, the pupil of Liszt, Petrishowed that he is in the direct line ofdescent, from the greatest exponent ofthe grand manner. The eight Sonatasby Scarlatti which opened the pro¬gram were played with a dash whichdisplayed the baroque structure. TheC Major Sonata, whose theme is us¬ually associated with the Paganini-Liszt chamber of horrors The Hunt,probably broke all speed records with¬out becoming indistinct or losing theclarity of its melodic line. The FourBallads, Op. 10, of Brahms were theessential Brahms, the thunderer of theD Minor Concerto and the lyricist ofthe Intermezzi, Op. 117. Paying trib¬ute to his teacher with an encore be¬fore intermission, he played the Busonitranscription of the Second of the SixChorale Preludes for Organ byBrahms.After intermission came the RavelSonatina, Debussy’s Reflects dansI’eau and Minstrels, and the Danzafestiva of Medtner. The playing ofall three composers was introspectiveand delicately shaded: Reflects dansI'eau was a sparkling pool pierced bybrilliant rays of light. The scheduledprogram concluded with the 'ThreeTranscendental Studies of Liszt: Har- mones du soir, Ricordanza, and Etudein F Minor. Liszt’s piano music hasa habit of starting out in a deceptive¬ly quiet fashion and working up topiano-shaking climaxes which arouseeven the most lethargic audiences:Petri never once lost command of theinstrument and the resultPromethean. wasAudience response forced two en¬cores: Liszt’s Twelfth HungarianRhapsody and the Liszt transcriptionof the Spinning Song from The Fly¬ing Dutchman. Even then the audi¬ence refused to let him go but no morewas forth-coming.—W. W. wasia follower of the Italian while theshorter man was a follower of theFrench or Norman Thomist.“And out of the Phoenix’s ashes willgrow an even greater Phoenix?’ askecSmedley.“Not only a greater Phoenix, butone which will spout an aphorism thatwill shake the world!” said the talman.“Most likely it will be a spreadeagle with you on top of it,” said theshorter man. The two men glared ateach other and then stared at theburning Phoenix. The tall man mut¬tered in English, the shorter one inLatin.“Goodness,” said Smedley, “it’s justlike one of those weird fairy tales Iread last year when I was two.”“Not at all,” said the tall man. “It’sboth true and fundamental.“Its false and trivial,” returned theshorter man. “You know the story ofthe Phoenix regenerating from its ownashes is a myth. You think you’ll beable to build a new Phoenix of yourown design after this one has burned.I think you gave the Phoenix a hotfoot.”“I did not,” shouted the tall man.“It was spontaneous combustion!”This seemed like a pretty good an¬swer to Smedley and to George thegoat, too—for at that moment he bita hunk out of the shorter man’s trous¬ers and forced him to sit down.It was then that Smedley noticedthe crowd. They were surrounded bya large group of men and women whowore unpressed black gowns or tweedsuits and bow ties or overalls. Thesepeople were also muttering, some inEnglish, some in Latin. Those whomuttered in English carried chiselsand blowtorches which they held aloftas they advanced on a large metalplate which the Latin speakers surrounded.“Goodness,” said Smedley, “aren’tthose English speakers carrying thescrap metal drive too far?”The muttering grew louder . . . thviolence flared. The Latin speakers be¬gan throwing label-less ink-pots at thetall man. The others responded witha levelling of the ink-pot slingers bycutting off their heads.The battle was still raging as Smed¬ley mounted his goat and rode away“Goodness,” said Smedley, “a Phoen¬ix roast is a terribly messy thing’”(Next week: Smedley Meetsan Assistant)Motto Contest Rules1. Mottoes submitted may be an original or a selected quotation which is notcopyrighted or generally used by any other person or organization. Ifa quotation is submitted the source of the quotation should be given.2. There is no limit to the number of entries an individual may submit. Allentries, statements, and ideas therein expressed, become the propertyof THE CHICAGO MAROON. No entries will be returned.3. Each entry must be accompanied by a brief statement of not more thanfifty (60) words giving the reason or reasons why the contestant believesthe motto submitted is appropriate, which statement will be consideredin making the award.4. Students, faculty, alumni, and the general public alike are eligible tocompete for the prize awards.5. The judges’ deoision will be final.6. This contest is being conducted by THE CHICAGO MAROON and notby The University of Chicago, and the University is in no wise obligatedto adopt any motto selected by the judges but may accept or reject mwhole or in part any motto submitted.7. Print your name and address on all entries and mail to the ContestEditor, THE CHICAGO MAROON, University of Chicago, Chicago,Illinois. Entries must be postmarked not later than midnight. May 16,1944. Winners will be announced before the end of the spring quarter.44.University Presents AnotherFree Optical Shopwork ClassAs a part of the University's warservices the University of Chicagois presenting its tenth free opticalshopwork class for those wanting toqualify for positions in war indus¬tries. This project is in cooperationwith the United States Office of Ed¬ucation.Fourteen Chicago men and womenwill be able to avail themselves ofthis opportunity to become skilledworkers in plants in which optical flatglass surfaces are polished and testedAll Women's ClubsAnnounce ResultsOf Latest ElectionsThe end of the winter quarter us¬ually brings women’s club electionsfor officers for the following year.Below are the results of elections ofthe past few days.Alpha Chi Theta elected MarianCooly as president, with Daris Guth¬rie as rushing chairman, Delano Pat¬terson as secretary, and Esther Koen¬ig as treasurer.Doris O’Donnell is next presidentof Alpha Epsilon, with Adelaide Hack,Johanna Husslein, Leila Ehrenstromand Louise Hetzel as secretary, treas¬urer, and co-social chairmen, respec¬tively.Chi Rho Sigma elected Ruth Chapinas president, the vice-presidency go¬ing to Anne Cams, secretaryship toHelen Neal, and treasurership to LoisLawrance.Delta Sigma has not yet held itselections.Esoteric now has Mary Augustineas president, Nancy Rice as secretary,Mary Alice Reed as treasurer, DidiBennet as mshing chairman, and Bet¬ty Early as social chairman.For next year Mortar Board haselected Betsey Wallace presidentGenevTa Lorish, vice-president; AnneMaePherson, secretary; Louise Har¬vey, treasurer; and Adele Gordan,rushing chairman.Phi Delta Upsilon will function nextyear with Helen Toman as president,Shirley Moore as vice-president, Lu¬cille Conesy as secretary, and VioletAdasumis as treasurer.Pi Delta Phi’s new president isDoris Ruzek and their new vice-presi¬dent is Emmy Hoyer. Rushing chair¬man will be Lois Nolkes, with LoisLlewellen as social chairman.Quadrangler has Betty Saifried aspresident, Jeanette Davidson as vice-president, Rae Hatcher as treasurer,and Doris Sark as secretary.Sigma’s new president is DottyDuncan; vice-president is Joan EllenSalmon; secretary is Wanda Grzanka;treasurer, Nell Roth; and mshingchairman, Shirly Vanderwalker.Tau Sigma Upsilon’s next presidentis Lee Henry; Minda Zimmerman willbe vice-president; Rochell Dubovy,secretary; and Erma Kallen, treas¬urer.The new Wyvem president is GloriaDabby, with Ruth Ann Kline, vice-president; Margaret Markley, secre-tui’y; Gay Follmer, treasurer; MarthaJackson and Ann Flack, co-rushingchairmen; and Peggy Mallileau as so¬cial chairman. for war purposes.For ten weeks, beginning April10 and ending June 9—the springcourse—the Monday and Wednesdayclass will meet from 7 to 10 p.m.; onTuesdays and Thursdays the otherclass will meet from 7 to 10 p.m. also.Both classes will be in the BotanyBuilding.Dr. Niel F. Beardsley, AssistantProfessor of Physics, will supervisethe course, which is a part of theUniversity’s Engineering, Science,and Management War Training Pro¬gram.Those eligible for the training of¬fered are Chicagoans who have abackground of hig^ school physicsand mathematics or the equivalent asthe basic requirement. New regis¬trants are being given personal inter¬views in room 13 of the BotanyBuilding, on March 23 and 24 duringthe hours of 7 to 8:30 in the evening. THE CHICAGO MAROONAnnounce AppointmentOf Fifteen New StudentAides To The MarshalFifteen of the most coveted Uni¬versity student positions, those ofStudent Aides to the Marshal, haverecently been filled by appointmentsmade by President Robert M. Hutch¬ins. In ordinary times, ten StudentMarshals, University men,' and tenStudent Aides, University women, areselected from the conventional seniorclass; but this year, due to the war,no Marshals were appointed and thetotal number of appointments was de¬creased from twenty to fifteen. An¬other significant change is the factthat, for the first time, the seniorclass of the College as well as theconventional senior class, now sopho-Round Table VerdictOn State Despotism-Normalcy Returns“The quantity of government thatwe have in most countries remains,over the long run, from generationto generation, about the same,” de¬clared Charles E. Merriam, MortonD. Hull Distinguished Service Profes¬sor Emeritus of Political Science ofthe University of Chicago, on March19 University of Chicago RoundTable.“That is, the amount of governmentservices and activities come and goin cycles,” he added. “In time ofemegency—^floods, fires, pestilences,and wars—the functions and person¬nel of governments greatly increase,of course, but, then, after these per¬iods of crisis, the pendulum swingsback to less government.”Also participating in the RoundTable discussion of “Is It True Aboutthe Bureaucrats?” were Frank Bane,executive director of the Council ofState Governments, and MaynardKreuger, Assistant Professor of Eco¬nomics at the University of Chicago.“ ‘Bureaucracy,’ as some people useit, is really another name for badmanagement, but indiscriminatesmearing of all public services alikeis unjust, harmful, and defeats itself,”Merriam said. Merriam also believesthat the solution to the problem liesin securing the best kinds of person¬nel service. “Government must correctits weaknesses by improving the meritsystem, by more adequately trainingpersonnel for government, and by de¬vising improved methods of manage¬ment.”Porfessor Kreuger said that manyof the complaints about the bureau¬crat arise not “over the inefficiencyof the bureaucrat but over the factthat people feel that government sim¬ply should not enter certain fields ordo certain things.” Third Of Chapel UnionOutings For This YearScheduled On SundayOutdoor-minded members of ChapelUnion will make one of their fre¬quent treks to the open spaces to¬morrow for an outing at th© DunesPrairie Club in the Indiana DunesState Park at Tremont. All set for^a care-free, if strenuous, weekend be¬fore spring quarter courses, membersof the expedition will be clothed intheir oldest.This, the third outing of the cur¬rent school year, will follow muchthe same plan of action as its prede¬cessors. Out-door games barn-danc¬ing, and bull sessions are a few ofthe old standbys on the entertainmentlist. Even studying is on the agendaif any person is so minded.This is to be a truly cooperativeventure; meals, expected to be one ofthe'big highlights of the outing, willbe prepared by the more skilled cooksin the crowd. The lower menial tasks(such as dishwashing) will be takencare of as usual by those less skilledin the culinary arts. mores in the divisions, is represented.The women appointed by PresidentHutchins are: Beverly Glenn, SeniorAide; Janice Brogue, Janet Davison,Jane Ellsworth, Gay Follmer, BarbaraGilfillan, Ruth Hanke, Elizabeth Head¬land, Anne Hutchinson, Phyliss John¬son, Sally Lofgren, Carla Peterson,Sarah Radpliffe, Alice Sheehan, andRoberta Westman, Student Aides.Eight of them expect to receive theCollege Bachelor’s degree this yearand seven of them, the DivisionalBachelor’s degree.Mr. Harold Anderson, AssistantProfessor of Education, Director ofStudent Teaching, and Marshal of theUniversity of Chicago, said, “The Stu¬dent Aides are selected on the basisof scholarship, service to the Uni¬versity through leadership in studentactivities, and personal qualificationsappropriate to the office. They are ap¬pointed annually by the President ofthe University and their duties are to4 MONTH INTENSIVESecrefarial Course forC0UE6E STUDENTS and GRADUATESA thorough, intensive, secretarialcourse — starting February, July,October. Registretion now open.★Regular day and evening schoolthroughout the year. Catalog.A SCHOOL OF BUStNi^SSPREFEIUtED BY COLLEGE MEN AND WOMENTHE GREGG COLLEGEPresident, John Robert Gregg, S.C.O.Director, Paul M. Pair, M.A.8 N. Mlclilgan Aue. Telephone: STAte 1881 Chicago, l.i. represent the student body on all for¬mal occasions such as Convocationsand President’s Receptions to the stu¬dents.”A luncheon for the newly appointedAides will be given by the Marshal onbehalf of the University next Fridayat the Hotel Windermere East. Presi¬dent Hutchins will be present to ex¬press his appreciation for their ser¬vice to the University and to congrat¬ulate them on their appointment.Louis' White HouseRestaurantFamous for Lunchesand Dinners1224 East 63 rd Street 1TERESA DOLANDANCING SCHOOL1208 E. 63rd St. (Near Woodlawn Av.)Life Member of the ChicagoAssociation of Dancing Masters50c—BEGINNERS CLASSES—50cSun., Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs.,and Sat. Evenings at 8:30Private lessons $1.50—12 N-l I P.M. dailyLady or Gentleman InstructorsTelephone Hyde Park 3080Childerly Estate To BeScene Of Calvert ClubOuting This Week-EndPalm Sunday weekend, from theevening of Friday, March 31, to theafternoon of Sunday, April 2, will beUndergraduate Spring Weekend atChilderly, Calvert Club estate inWheeling, Illinois. The outing, an an¬nual event, is one of the highlights ofthe club program for the year.Despite war shortages, there willbe the usual good food plus hikes,discussions, and other recreation. Theprogram planned by the undergradu¬ates has as a main event the PalmSunday Mass and processional to beheld at the chapel on the Childerlygrounds. Father Dunne, formerly amissionary in China and more recent¬ly a student at the University, willdirect the weekend activities.Reservation must be made at theCalvert Club, 6726 University, Dor¬chester 10262, by Tuesday, March 28.A deposit of one dollar is requestedfor each reservation and the total costfor the weekend is $3.76 per person.CLASSIFIEDFor rent—Double room, 6626 University. PhoneHyde Park 1864.Student wanted—to exchange light house workfor private room and bath. Furniture andfurnishings for sale. 6066 Woodlawn. Ken¬wood 1716. Just a G.L Seamstress?If you’re forever getting out the needle and thread,here are some tips:When a button comes off, sew it on well thefirst time. A slip-shod job just means you’ll haveto do it over again soon.Make your next shirt an Arrow. Arrow but¬tons are attached with a patented stitch, which“anchors” them to a shirt.Check your size—you may be wearing too smalla shirt and therefore causing too great a strainon the butto^ and seams. The Sanforized labelin an Arrow shirt guarantees shrinkage no greaterthan 1%—no danger of an Arrow ever gettingtoo small!ARROWSHIRTS • TIES • HANDKERCHIEFS • UNDERWEAR • SPORT SHIRTSic BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS ^Page Fouf THE CHICAGO MAROONOfficial student publication of the University of Chicaso, published every Friday during the academic Quarters. Published at Lex¬ington Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Telephone DORchester 7279 or MIDway 0800, Ext. 861.EDITOR: Frederick 1. Gottesman BUSINESS MANAGER: Alan J. StraussMANAGING EDITOR: Janice Broguei»Editorial Associates: Bill Roberts, Bill Erlandson, William Wambaugh Business Associate: Muriel NewmanEditorial Assistants: Carroll Atwater, Barbara Barke, Ellen Baum, Bamby Golden, John Harmon, Dorothy Iker, Harry Kroll, Louis Levit*Nancy Lieberman, Idell Lowenstein, Lorraine McFadden, Dania Merrill, Tom Salmon, Don Shields, Cynthia Sibley, Robert Sorensen, NancySmithBusiness Assistants: Floyd Landis, Ellen Myrberg, Lois SilvertrustEditorialsInternal DissensionWho are these willful men who believe theycan carry on their private feuds and filibusters;\ithin the University to the great detriment of:he University? Such action as the Committee3n International Relations chooses to take inregard to our two year Bachelor’s degree cannotbe rationalized on the grounds of defending aprinciple since no principle is involved. The dis¬cussion and controversy over the adoption of thetwo year degree has long been part of the historyjf the school, and at this late date, any furtheraction on the part of any minority on the faculty,no matter to what department or division it be¬longs, assumes the appearance of childish rebel¬lion.Aside from the harm that is done to the Uni¬versity in the eyes of the academic world by thisrefusal of the Committee to recognize the Uni¬versity A.B., a grater harm is done to the stu¬dents. Since the adoption of the new degree, ithas been generally known that the Divisions ofPhysical Sciences and Biological Sciences stillrequire the four year degree before entry intograduate studies. However, the sudden refusal ofthe Committee on International Relations to ac¬cept the two year degree is only going to meanconfusion and dismay to the many undergradu¬ates who have planned to enter International Re¬lations.If the current stand by the Committee is sus¬tained by the Office of the Dean of the Divisionof Social Sciences, the next question to be ans¬wered is how many other departments in theUniversity will be allowed to make their own de¬cisions regarding the validity of the two yeardegree. Perhaps we shall soon see the day whensome department will refuse altogether to acceptas a graduate student anybody who has attendedclasses in the College of the University of Chi¬cago.The privilege of disagreeing is one we stren¬uously uphold, but once a decision has been reach¬ed on any controversy, any further refusal toabide by that decision can no longer be consideredas a democratic liberty. No single individual orgroup of individuals has the right to contravenethe accepted rules and regulations of the Univer¬sity as a whole. And the attitude of the Commit¬tee is a direct contravention since the UniversityAnnouncements for the academic year 1943-44states: “The Division of Social Science: Admis¬sion to the Division: Students who have complet¬ed the work of the College of the University ofChicago and have qualified for either the A.B.or the Ph.B. degree (or for the College Certificateunder the old plan) will be admitted to the Divi¬sion.” In the same Announcements under the re¬quirements for candidates for higher degrees, inInternational Relations, it is stated: “Accept¬ance as a candidate according to Divisional Re-:ements.” Janice BrogueOutlook\Spirit of LearningAt times when doubts arise as to the valueof a university education and when cynics makesour observations on the before and after pic¬tures of Chicago products, it is well to lookaround for bright examples of the contrary posi¬tion. Those who maintain their intellectual fervorunder great stress may well be considered tohave taken kindly to the University’s methodsand principles of teaching. There are few whowould doubt that the period of waiting to enterthe army after receipt of pre-induction noticesis a period of very great stress. Although it isregrettably true that many pre-inductees droptheir courses and spend their last civilian hoursin non-academic pursuits, it is equally true thatmany University men remain in their classes,studying hard and carrying on as in pre-wardays, until the very day that they board theirtrains for Army camps.The appearance of uniforms in civilian class¬rooms also testifies that a certain love for learn¬ing acquired in non-uniformed days has not beenlost through months of hard drilling under a ser¬geant’s hard-boiled command. Such actions onthe part of servicemen back here on furloughspeak well for their previous training on the partof the University.Cultural training, once gained, is never lost.An instance in point is the case of three frater¬nity brothers from the University of Chicago,now in the Army, who, happening to meet inLondon on Mozart’s birthday, gave Mozart abirthday party. A gesture so lighthearted andyet so much that of a cultivated taste betokensa deep-rooted love of the products of intellectualcivilization, such as can come only from sympa¬thetic association with institutions like our own,the University of Chicago. After taking elaborate pains to in¬sure the intellectual integrity of thestudents who will at last be awardedsheepskins bearing the revered nameof the University of Chicago, painswhich include the institution of suchpioneering ventures in higher educa¬tion as Observation-Interpretation-and-Integration, Humanities 3, andthe Social Sciences survey which isahead of itself as far as the teachingof established truths is concerned—after all these grave concerns overthe welfare of a student's soul, theUniversity is strangely careless ofthe rest of an undergraduate’s being.However, student happiness couldbe improved by the University inmany little ways. If, for instance,there were a few more dormitories,the average number of occupants ina room within a mile’s radius of theUniversity would drop sharply to thewell-known statistician’s 1.6 persons.Since there is a war on right nowand its unavoidable result is that liv¬ing space is occupied by the armedservices, this particular improvementis not to be expected by any but themore optimistic.To make up for the resultant lowlevel of student morale, we suggestthat some place other than the IdaNoyes Coke Bar, the Tropical Hut,and the University Tavern be be¬stowed on study-weary undergradu¬ates hoping for light refreshment anda chance to relax and talk with like-minded friends. The University di¬sease of overcrowding has infectedeven those above-named resorts; andthe Coffee Shop is mourned yet byloyal friends.In classes, even unusually witty andalert professors cannot combat thedrab and unkempt appearance of therooms to enliven discussions. Whatstudent can be intelligent and awakein a setting of unwashed windows,dim lights, unvarnished floors, anddesks scarred with the artwork of by¬gone generations? Action to removethese morale-underminers is an imme¬diate necessity in such a progressive-minded school as the University ofChicago. LettersTo The Editor:As an alumnus of the Universityfor almost twenty years now I havewitnessed many “musts” emanatingfrom His Honor Mr. Hutchins who“rules” the Midway, but this lateststatement of his that the Universitymotto is “ambiguous” is the finalstraw that broke the camel’s back.What’s wrong with our presentmotto? I believe it is superlative inevery way. “Let knowledge grow thatlife may be enriched.” Isn’t the verypurpose of a University to teach andinculcate knowledge in its studentsso that their lives may be enrichedand the institution, in turn, enrichedwith the fullness of its task andachievements? The talk about it be¬ing too florid for a “rough” univer¬sity is preposterous. “Boss” Hutchinsjust doesn’t like it and W'ants itchanged. Well, here is one alumnuswho thinks he is “all wet” and I don'tcare who knows it. Things like thismake one’s blood boil. I have beenwatching recent developments oncampus wherein Mr. Hutchins wantsfull power over his faculty. He cer¬tainly isn’t showing democratic prin¬ciples as far as education is con¬cerned. A Board of Trustees can al¬ways administer the school’s affairsmore fairly than a president. Why dowe have a jury of twelve to “try ’’one’sfellow man accused of an infraction ofsociety? Can’t the Judge alone tryhim? The judgment of one man can¬not always be as fair or impartialas that of twelve, yes, even if that oneis a learned judge and scholar. AndMr. Hutchins comes right in thatsame category—a learned scholar.I believe I represent the sentimentof the vast majority of the Universi¬ty’s alumni when I say “don’t changeour motto” which has all of the vir¬tues a motto should have and whichhas become part of our great Univer¬sity’s tradition for over fifty years:Mr. Hutchins may change some thingsaround the campus but this is onehe should be told “hand’s off” on.Sincerely yours,Robert L. WeissThis Week On CampusMarch 24, Friday—Noon Worship Service, Joseph BondChapel, Edwin E. Aubrey, Professor ofChristian Theology and Ethics.Lutheran Lenten Communion Service,12:10-12:30 p.m., Thorndike - HiltonChapel.March 25, Saturday—Chapel Union Outing, meeting 8:30 a.m.in Chapel Office, to Indiana Dunes.March 26, Sunday—University Round Table, WMAQ andNBC, 12:30-1 p.m., “ReconstructingWorld Money”, third in the series on“Post War Economic Stumbling BlocksBetween the United States and GreatBritain”. Speakers: Frank Graham,Professor of Economics at Princeton University, Neil Jacoby, Secretary ofU. of C., and Howard Ellis, member ofthe Board of Governors of the FederalReserve System.Soiree, 4 p.m., in International HouseHome Room. Edith Martin will play thepiano at 5 p.m.March 27, Monday—Renaissance Society Exhibition, oilpaintings, water colors, and wood cutsby Emil Armin. Monday through Fri¬day, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Saturday 9-12:00, through April 15. Goodspeed 108.March 28, Tuesday—Noon Worship Service, Joseph BondChapel, Reverend Harold L. Bowman, ofthe First Presbyterian Church.Folk Dancing, 8:30 p.m.. InternationalHouse Assembly. March 29, Wednesday—“The Mind of Christ”, Arvid Hagstrom,D. D., President Emeritus of Bethel In¬stitute, Pastor of the Emerald AvenueBaptist Church, 6:00-6:50 p.m., sponsor¬ed by the Christian Youth League, inIda Noyes Hall, Room C.Y.W.C.A. Installation of 1944-46 Offi¬cers and Cabinets in Rockefeller Chapel,followed by supper in “Y” Room in IdaNoyes, 4:45.March 29, Thursday—Zoological Club meeting, 4:30 p.m., Zo¬ology 14. “Mating Behavior in the SageGrouse”, with motion pictures, by Pro¬fessor John W. Scott, Department ofZoology, Wyoming University.“The Human Adventure”, 7:30 p.m.,Station WGN, “The Ballads of Ameri¬ca”.Feature Page Robert Sorensen THi CHICAGO MAROONDon ShieldsTraveling BazaarThe war-born general laxity of morals which theradio, press, and J. Edgar Hoover have been bemoaninglately reared its ugly head on campus the other day inthe vicinity of Mandel hall...I was whipping throughthe archway in a mad dash to beat the Commons noonrush when a loud and moist “Psssst" and a bony beckon¬ing forefinger halted my headlong advance.. .An illkemptand evil-looking old man was lurking in the shadow ofthe arch with a furtive leer on his face...“Hey Kid,”he whistled in his upper plate, “commere I got somethingood”...and he thrust out a dirty paw full of porno¬graphic pictures.. .“See, Kid, only 3 for halfa buck”...I haven’t run into anything like that since my sopho¬more year in high-school.. .the guy w^as obviously doinga land-office business or he wouldn’t have been standingthere and B.&G. didn’t seem to be bothering him.. .FredGottcsman said that he was probably just off the Grips-holm and was w orking his way west...Ginny Coward, now of the U.S. Marine Corps Wom¬en’s Reserve, was in the other day en route to some¬where with a bevy of neophyte lady Marines whom shewas mothering.. .Coward a chaperone!.. .my God!shades of Sigma Chi and numerous Beta parties... Thesaga of Inter-Club Council is now complete and was lastweek as a matter of fact but it w’as cut out of Bazaarbecause of lack of space.. .Anyway here are the pro¬ceedings of the last meeting: After dire threats of dras¬tic punishment the sound and fury dissipated into thefollowing light punishment.. .Chi Rho, P.D.U. and PiBelt were fined five dollars apiece and were forbidden topledge or de-pledge any women for the next three months. . . Gwen Kl-u:? and her room-mate have starteda U.S.O. for the homeless squirrels on campus . . .the little beasties have taken to climbing the fire-escapeon Kelly Hall and jumping up to the Klaus & Co. windowsill for their daily ration of stale bread or whatever thegirls feed them.You can never tell about the priv^ate life of some ofthe University employees.. .take the genial Miss Scullyin the Press Building, for instance, who dispenses charmand telegrams at the Western Union desk.. .Miss Scullyhas made first a hobby and then a side-line business ofmaking hats... clever ones too which she calls “Bee-ZeeChapeaux”.. .but you mustn’t tell Hutchins about itbecause he’s liable to make her sign a full time Univer¬sity work contract and turn her profits into a sinkingfund for the prevention of cruelty to UniversHy presi¬dents... And speaking of Robert Maynard, he and Mrs.II. were at the matinee of “Something For the Boys”last Sat. but probably didn’t realize that they were beingfollowed during intermission by some little boy from thefirst year of the College who kept nudging by-standersin the lobby as they passed, murmuring, “There goMaude and Phelps Hutchins”!...Emily Rashevsky quither job at the Information Desk last week in a fit ofweary exhaustion... She said she got bored with peoplewho run up to her in the library or in the line at theCommons demanding to know when their tickets are com¬ing.Nancy Smith is the most pitiful creature on campusthese days because she lost her famous alley-cat mittens... Please, if any of you people find them bring ’em tothe Maroon Office.. .Smith is tearing her hair over theirloss and if she loses any more of her crowning gloryshe’s going to look awfully queer.. .The newest pinningconcerns Betty Lu Simpson, Pres, of Inter-Club, and BetaDick Taylor.. .Ji)hnny Campbell left for Merchant Ma¬rine Officers Training School the other day but glad¬dened at least two hearts by doing so.. .it seems that hehad two tickets to “Oklahoma!” which he gave to PattyPickett and Janet Davison...Oh happy day for them!• ..The long-covered up secret marriage between DeannePons and Dave Heller was made public to Bazaar not solong ago... Dave’s Navy duty has taken him as far asGeorge Williams College on 53rd Street where he teachesV-12’s boxing, judo and the like. ..it was a funny sightto see two sailors chasing one of our BIGGEST BWOC’sdown the midway the other night yelling, “Come on now,when ya wear a sailor’s hat ya gotta kiss him,” and she(in a slightly alcoholic condition) screaming back, “Kiss,hell, you’ve gotta catch me first!”.. .D.S. BookstuffAt the risk of being promptly des¬ignated a “totalitarian liberal” by ourmutual friend Milton Mayer, don’tfail to look into Bruce Bliven’s articlein The New Republic for March 6thentitled “The Hangback Boys.” It ac¬centuates the fight in the literaryworld between those accused of being“totalitarian liberals” and the hang-back boys or the “I mean well” liber¬als.Among those nailed in the articlewas Milton Mayer. Let’s discuss himand his literary achievements in Pol¬itics, Common Sense and The Pro¬gressive. Mayer reminds his readerthat he is not a committee “joiner.”Good enough! However, he fails totell us, as do so many of his brethren,how much of his time he spends onsomething just as futile. They are atthe present time establishing and for¬tifying and reconstructing their “po¬sition.” Each one has a “position”which may be on war, negroes orsubsidies.All of their time in the literaryworld is spent moralizing. Oh, quitetrue, they are not the silly moralistsof the Moody Bible Institute species,but their accomplishments are justas futile. But :“if your motive isright,” I fear they will tell you inthe end, “you are justified in whatyou do.”—which means little attentionis paid to method as a practical nec¬essity, which also means that methodsof those who must translate words in¬to actions are all wrong, their onlysuggestion being in the form of astronger stand or position.So the New Deal has undergonetremendous attack by Oswald G. Vil-lard, for example, ever since it be¬gan to take itself to seriously byattempting to implement its positionwhich good liberals had supported byBill Roberts reforming administrative procedureand packing the Supreme Court. Andin The Progressive (Mayer is a lead¬ing contributor also) for February7th you will find a Villard article en¬titled “Smothering Criticism,” attack¬ing the government for its indictmentof the native fascists: “It was inevit¬able, I suppose, that as the war pro¬gressed the Roosevelt administrationwould move more and more vigorous¬ly against its critics, and particularlythose hostile to the war effort.” Thisis'meat for one brand of liberalismtoday.This brand of liberalism in litera¬ture accuses the “totalitarian liberal”of always bowing down to some prac¬tical expediency and thus losing allmoral value of their position. Butisn’t the greatest wrong committed bythose who fail to plan or effectivelyformulate strategy ? Such are the wellmeaning liberals who are inevitablytaken in by the utopias and the lostcauses which could be successful. Forutopia schemes and lost causes dohelp to “put themselves on publicrecord.”Yes, the literary world needs moreof those who will disagree and chal¬lenge. Yet those of you liberals whodrone on and on in articles including:“Deathbed Statement,” “Our Irrespon¬sible Government,” “You Can’t Win,”and “Smothering Criticism” are rap¬idly losing ground. I hold no brieffor reactionaries appeased today, butthere is too much omission of whatis strong and good—^too much omis¬sion of what there is yet to be ac¬complished in light of what has al¬ready occurred. The world can bemade better by your writings. At therate you are going now, you can onlyat best modify tradition; you willnever transform it.Life Lines Carroll Atwater •Page FiveWhat Price SanityThe incorrigible Mr. Rowland breezed into his French105 class Monday morning, looking strangely pleasedwith himself. We discovered in a few minutes that thecause of his complacence was a pale green tie, made fromthe skin of one or two of his famous snakes. These snakes,are famous over at the Quadrangle Club, where they getlost periodically in the plumbing and come crawling outof other people’s drains. Knowing Mr. Rowland, I sus¬pect he takes a fiendish pleasure in letting his pets loose.« « «The following note came in last week’s mail, in ref¬erence to my complaint two weeks ago about the Freu¬dian analysis of juvenile classics:“The detailed Freudian analysis of Alice in Wonder¬land which you’re so eager not to see was published someyears ago. The book to avoid is William Empson, EnglishPastoral Poetry (New York: W. W. Norton, 1938). Thismay also be avoided in an English edition, called, I think,Seven Types of Pastoral, which appeared even earlier.Walter Blair.”«The present bakery in Lexington Hall was, a longtime back, the women’s gymnasium. When Ida Noyes wasbuilt, the original gymnasium went out of use. But tothis day it appears on the Comptroller’s books—as “TheAbandoned Women’s Gymnasium!”. * ♦ ♦Up in Wieboldt 408 (the commons room) last Fridaythe Humanities 3 staff arranged a concert consisting ofrecords of the Berlioz Symphonic Fantastique. The sym¬phony was a beautiful one, but inevitably the attentionof some of the listeners wandered to the ceiling of theroom. There are many unusual celings at the University,but this one surpasses the rest. It is gaily decorated withshields and crescents, fleur-de-lys, lions, tigers, uni¬corns, and other such symbols. The general effect, asthe girl who sat beside me remarked, is that of a me¬dieval nursery.)|< *I had the novel experience Saturday night of seeingthe Chicago Relays (sponsored by the Daily News) fromthe press box. The events of the evening were quitebreathtaking, such as Cornelius Warmerdam’s out-of-this-world pole vaulting and Gil Dodds’ record in theBanker’s Mile, things that I could not appreciate from atechnical viewpoint but which were nevertheless impres¬sive./Voficy SmithBox Office“I tell you, I’m not going to fire anybody! I just want to know who the hell put it there! “Johnny Come Lately”The days of Cagney the heel are definitely over. Cag¬ney, the two fisted hoodlum with the heart of gold, isdead. In his place is a kind hearted bum who likes oldladies, reads Dickens, and writes poetry on the side.Somewhere or other, this new conception has also ac¬quired a George M. Cohan strut.This new Cagney is given full play in his first inde¬pendent production “Johnny Come Lately.” Although thepicture is built around a newspaper, it is no tear-up-the-front-page-stop-the-presses epic. It concerns a little oldlady, a small town, corrupt second rate politicians, andan amiable newspaper bum who saves the aging heroinefrom disaster and rides away into the sunset, leaving thegirl he loves to an inferior rival.The picture is good enough on its own level, provid¬ing you nurse a penchant for the good old days, kind oldladies, and hearts of gold.“His Butler’s Sister”Deanna Durbin has done this about three times al¬ready that I can remember, but it still sends me all topieces. The fadeout where she finishes her last song andruns down a long aisle into the hero’s arms with asmile on her face and tears in her eyes is old stuff forDeanna, but it’s still good enough to start strong mensobbing down their coat collars.This picture is more or less the same as all otherDeanna Durbin pictures, save for the fact that the gol¬den-voiced ingenue has acquired a fascinating figure andas such is appropriately exploited. If you like DeannaDurbin, and I do, you’ll leave this picture with a deepwarm glow in your heart, undisturbed by great dramaor shattered destinies.Page Six fcf-* 5^"- ■ - THE CHICA60 MAROONFe^i^s DisSfilsionssSlii<S5l#S" ‘-.4?wDrama Week, ten days of dramaticactivities comprising two plays, aplay-reading, a poetry-writing con-testi' a tea for visiting theatre person¬ages, and various other even^, will bepresented by the Office of DramatkProduc|idjis the last week in April.PlafM! iof the program have been inprogress for several weeks, and ac¬cording to Director Frank Grover, itwill be one of the biggest dramaticevents presented on the campus in along, time.The two plays. Green Grow the Li-2ac8 aiid Iledda Gabler will be pre-serite4 2it each end of the week. GreenGrow the Lilacs, the play by LynnRiggs from which Oklahoma wasadapted, is a nostalgic folk play ofthe frontier country. Its unforgettableKfl'roon BasketballT§ttn Men ReceiveMajor, Minor “C’s”Last w'eek fifteen Chicago men werehonored at a dinner given for thebasketball team by the Athletic De-pai:tm'ent of the University. Kyle An¬derson, Coach of the team and ActingDirector of Physical Education forthe. University, presented the awards.Fred be Graw, Bob Finnegan, andLarken Flanagan took the highesthonors, the major “C.” De Graw’sbrilliant shooting won him a place onthe list of Big Ten high scorers, whileFhnegan and Flanagan distinguishedthemselves for all around defensiveand, offensive playing.Three Navy Aerology officers, Clay¬ton Bromley, Sam Gallaher, and Don¬ald. Norton were among the six whoreceived Old English “C’s," the othersbeing all-around star athletes FrankWhittaker, Lou Deitelbaum, and Char¬les Lauritsen. Deitelbaum was induct¬ed into the Army in February andLauritsen was called up in the Navyy-12 contingent that went to North¬western University on March 1..Ed Wasilewski, George Rieg, Char¬les Einstein, and Henry Einstein re-"ceived numerals.^ Chicago's basketball season came toan end for this year, and possiblyfor the duration, on the fourth ofthis month when the Maroons metWisconsin and suffered their forty-seventh consecutive Big Ten defeat. cowboy ballads and colorful dialoguemade it a successful Theatreplay several yea.rs ago.Qn the other hand, Hedda Gablet is"a distinct opposite from the warn,andlight-hearted Green Grow theIbsen’s impressive drama of a Tyom^who wanted to control the lives df 61%ers is a heavy costume piece full ofcomplex characterizations and psy¬chological overtones. Set in theNorweigian villa of George Tesmahduring the ’60’s, Hedda Gabler is aplay to hold audience interest fromCurtain to curtain with its intensesuspense.Rehearsals are to begin with theSpring Quarter for the plays, sincethey are both to be directed by FrankGrover. Mr. Grover feels that thiswill not be an impossible job, since hebelieves that he is working with per¬sons capable of conducting their ownrehearsals during the times he willbe unable to be with them.Motto,(Continued from page one)Chicago Maroon in an attempt to pro¬vide the Board of Trustees of the Uni¬versity of Chicago with appropriatematerial from which to select a newmotto for the University. If the Boarddoes not consider any of the entriesas appropriate as the University’spresent motto of Crescat Scientia, VitaExcolatur, the old motto will remainunchanged. In any event, the ten bestmottoes selected by the judges of thecontest will bring prizes of twenty-five dollars each to their submitters,the prize money being donated by amember of the Board of Trust^s.If the Board considers one of theten best mottoes to be suitable for themotto of the University itself, fivehundred dollars from the same sourcewill go to whoever submitted the for¬tunate motto.All entries -should be addressed toThe Contest Editor, The Chicago Ma¬roon, Box 0, Faculty Exchange, Uni¬versity of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.(See page two for complete rules.)Subscribe ToChicago MaroonSPIC N’ SPAN GRILL1321 East 57th St.NOW OPEN SUNDAYSand Every Day 11:00 A.M. till 8:30 P.M.h- Specialties:French-Fried ShrimpsFried ChickenLake Trout Chapel Organizations SponsorFourth Campus Conference;dn Religibit In Coining MonthConfer-ebie k Religi&hi'gpo^o>l .t>y aU.theChapel orsaniratloffi, vbli be'held dwing the week through 23.Each student Organization and dor-ihitdry has b,eeu^ h9h| 'diiiihg this,; w#| m fhic^hegroup will discuss the .question * yy ^avCali' I Relieve?” Faculi^^/hiid"commun¬ity leaders will conduct tie discus-sidhs with student ^oups.Open meetings^ are sch^uled onApril id, 20, dhd 23‘ fdr students wholYish to engage in broader considera¬tions of the topic ^tfdstion. A newfeature of this yeaj^s conference iathe student’s dppbi^uhi^ to holdwith Dean Gilkey a^hd other religious!leaders of the community.ments of the Campus Conference onReligion, the purpose of the Confer¬ence is “to provide an opportunity foreach student to examine his religiousbeliefs in the hope that he will con-upon his convictions.” The Conference“assumes that the individual’s actionsmay imply very different beliefs fromthose which he says he holds.”Methodists, BaptistsTo Dis cuss Under AegisOf Interchurch Council U.ofC. Woman FencersDefeat Opponents 5-4 -AtChampionship Meetrare.: athletic victories came, last Mooh,diy.;wH|n4niversity:Wtti4n,:|e^^^^^defeated their,,Athleticthe west stand at StaggChicago. Fencing Champio;Student Baptists and Methodists Ofthe Interchurch Council are draftingfinal plans for three religious dis¬cussions to be led by Dr. Daniel D.Williams, Assoemte Professor of theChicago Theological Seminary, on theWednesday evening of March 29, Ap¬ril 12, and 26.General title of the religious seriesis “The Christian Facing Today’sWorld,” and discussions for the re¬spective dates are: “God, the War,and the Chiistian,” “The Will of Godand the Social Order,” finally, “OurKnowledge of God.”ASTP Medical StudentsLeave Chosen Lodgings,Move Into DormitoriesWith a local ASTP aconomy drivewell underway, the Army medical stu¬dents are moving into Gates Hall Ap¬ril 1, and the language students atpresent in International House are tooccupy Hitchcock Hall sometime be¬fore the first of the month.According to a spokesman for theASTP, the concentration of the medsin Gates Hall will mean a saving tothe government of $50.00 per manduring each month. It replaces theprevious policy of allowing each stu¬dent $3.05 daily for rations and quar¬ters selected by the man himself.The language studente now billetedat International House are moving toHitchcock Hall because the rental forHitchcock has already been paid, andthe rental of International House bythe Army can be stopped without fi¬nancial loss, the spokesman said.There has been no word of furtherA.S.T.P. curtailment, the sourcestated. The local group will definitelycontinue with medical, pre-profession¬al, and-Oriental language programs. ' went to V:Shore feiicer, Kitty .l^ilson of Chica(looil s^pn4 place and lilarjorie Bohii-hoff ranked third, giving the Univer¬sity a badly needed %hic f6r irecen^severe defeats, ^t uf hQ^'4|iqt thisaugurs well for thehow beginning. springFRIDAY11 IsHIS PIANO ANDHIS ORCHESTRADorothy Dorbeii DancersAnn Judson, Jr.The Four SidneysGarron and BennettPhilip KinsmanStudent Courtesy Cards may be obtainedat the Maroon office. 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