THE • APRIL • 1940
ALUMNI • MAGAZINE Hoosier Almanae
April 30 Days
I Mary Ellen Chase is the g uest 15 Glen Swiggett, '83, noted au speaker at the annual :Matrix 1940 April 1940 thority on South America, gives the Table sponsored by Theta Sigma S M T W T F S first of his six lectures on Pan Phi, coed journalism group .... America today on the campus.... 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pooch H arrell's baseball team * The University Theatre presents opens seaSOli with a three-game, 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 the first of three days' perform three-day series at Fort Benning, 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ances.. _ . The baseball ers travel to Georgia. Terre H aute for a r etur n game with 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Indiana State. 3 Annual spring exodus from 28 29 30 * * * * the campus begins today as the 16 Baseball again, this time De students go home for the spring Pauw here_ holidays. If:. One of the busiest days of the yecH on the 4 The baseball team's Southern training tour Jrl campus.... Purdue, here, baseball. . .. Junior eludes a two-game series today and tomorrow with Chamber of Commerce opens two-day convention the South Atlantic League team at Columbus, Ga. here .... S tate High School L atin contest and Dis ... The golfers open their season with Loui sville cussion Leagues m eet today also .. . a nd the tennis s uppl ying the opposition here. team goes to Earlham.
5 T he LaIV Institute opens a tw o-day conference on 20 Sports again grab the spotlight with the In the campus today.... Golfers compete in opening diana relays, including Indiana, Michigan, Illinois of Midwestern Amateur Golf Tourney at French Lick. and Notre Dame, rivaling the Purdue baseball game for local interest. ". The golf team meets Ohio State 8 Vacation over, the students return to their studies at French Lick and the tennis team goes to Butler. at :.; o'clock this morning.... The baseball team also returns to studies and to meet Indiana State here. 25 The Kiwanis Citizenship Conference will be . . . Educational Measuremenls Conference held today. held today on the campus .
9 Baseball again is the center of attracti on today 26 High School students competing III the S tate with Wabash co-starring. Mathematics Contest will have a chance to see the Indiana-Michigan baseball game to 12 Campus politicialls grab the day as th e other teams "t ravel. spotlight as the men vote in the annual U nion Board election.... 27 Eagle Scouts open two-day The baseball team opens the Con conference on the campus.. . . Golf ference sched uI e with a two-game team meets Michigan at Indianapo series at Ohio State. li s and the tennis team moves over to Kentucky from Cincinnati. 13 The S tate High Sch ool Solo Music contest, the m eeting 01 the 29 Indianapolis alumni will have Indiana Junior Historical Society, a chance to see I.U.'s baseball team and golf matches with Detroit and today as the Harrell diamond stars Butler all vie for student interest pIay at Butler. toda),. Voice o.f the Alumni Commends A rticle Part of On H . S . Tourney Neve,. Mind Confucius T he a rti cl~ o n the o ri:', in o f Ihe S laic H ig h ~c h oo l Ba ~ ke l ball Tourna me nl \Ve Say. i n Ih e .Ma reh i s~ u e Hl o rc Iruly repre DON'T miss Ihe :l nnlla l r c unions ,,' nl ed Ihe fa et ll al beginning o f Iha t c ,,' nl Iha n d id Ih e br ie f ilem o f a year of Ihe "arious classes pla nne d in the game... agl ) , cOllnection with CorrlJllc ncem e nl o n T" th e ['e,1 'If my " nowlcdg:r- the Ihe campus Ihis June . B " ,, ~ t p r'" (111 1, c',,'cei ve d the idea , pl"nning nOw 10 h e the r e promoled il a nd ca rried it Oil\. Th ere START fu r e, i l wa ~ IllY prrsonal feeling: Ihal when Ihe fun s larlS. R e n e w y our the cl ub W HS en litl ed to full c redit {or old friendships wilh c hums o f y our it. college days, and come 10 se e h o w Con,:clIll c nll y it plea sed me 10 see your Universily is k eeping pace prJ,per a nd curreet a c kno wledg ment in wilh Ihe progress of Ihe limes. IIIC ,llagazi ll c. Y" 1I. lI"ly be ': IITe Ihal. 1. shall 1.><' I;ET in louch wilh some (I f y our plra,cd I" he kep i infl) rIl lP d of th e ac old d"",,,,nwles and pla n 10 m a k e (l ti vities of ~ i g ll1 a Delt a C hi i n cr ecling !tarl~' of il! Yuu'll h"ve a g r e al a mOIlu me nl. til Ihe orig in of Ihe Tilurna lime recalling olrl m e mories ::111<1 menl o n the ca mpu s al 1. U. filldin~ 0111 whal "our o ld frj e nd ~ It occ ur, 10 IIl e Ihat tbe Si g ma Delta h a ve heell doing :; ince ihey .le fl C hi buy,: mi g ht wa nl SO ll1 C fact llal data Ihis C, UllpUS . 10 pre, erv(· in Ihis co nneclio n a nd p er· hap;: J co uld find sOlli e ..li ppings from REMEMBER the .Ia les-June 1, Th e Daily SI/l. dell l in a n old snapbook 2, and 3! W e'll be luoking f o r t hal I ke pI ". hile in school. ~ ' OU ! TI ha, been years si nce 1 have see n Ihis hook, bill Hl )' wife lell, me il is slor ed away. Howeve r, i f I have a n y Was There To See Ihin g: in Ih a t conneclion Ihal is wan led , P/l.rdu.e Lose To I.U. r sha ll b,' gla d 10 conlrib ute ) 1. 1 was vcr)' happy 10 see I ndi a nG d e· FnANK W. E L SON , '12. feal Purdue up al Lafaye lte un ;"ic w R"chdlt-, N. Y. Ma rch 2_ r>'ditor's !Vu le : Siglll a Oc/l ry Chi r am now a visitor on Ihe Governor', Unpmploymcnl Relief COJJlmission a nd 1,1011.1' 10 creel a lilll csione memu,.,:al IU Ihe beginlling 0.1 Ih e Ilidial/a S iale am s lalioned here in Soulh Bend. The MARYCATl-IUUN[ DAYIS, '39. High School Baskelbali T O/l. rnatnwl Oil Ihe old Sil l' 0.1 Assembly Ha ll, bul due S uulh Bend. 10 dil/icllflies ill /ill all r'ing such rt !Jfu j pause eel w:"11 /l 0 1 ha ve su ch a m.OUl/lll ent Plans 1'0 Ret/l.rn r cody nil/if n ext year. For Comlnencemenl /Vrtl Iw II [(a plan, '40, presiden.t 0/ 1 h a ve no inleresling news a bOlll m y that Sigm.o Della Chi, Ih all ks Mr . Elso n. lor self 10 se nJ. I a m slill " dea ning" :.I nd his oller and says Ih al any such cii!,· leachi ng F re nch and g rammar in ' Vail e I'in gs IVu" ld be al'llI e6uled grea!ly. "ig h ~ c h ool during I he sch ool yea r a nd G enna n a l DeSaJ es College d uring Ihe s ummer session. 1 look Ihe AM Au I.U. Alumnus deg ree a l Middle bury Coll ege so me N olV at Purdu.e yea rs ago. It s ho uld, howeve r, be of i nte re sl I a lii null' a l P urd ll e Uni ve rsil Y, work 10 Ihe fri ends o f A N N E H . K OCK, '16, in e; Io wa I'd the doc lo ra le degree i ll 10 lea rn Iha l she is recei ving Ih e PhD ChcllIl ::; lry . I'll joy YO ll r i\'laga:tinc frll lll Ca tholi c Uni ve rs ily this year. A s vC'ry Jllu r \1. S ister Mar ie Pierre of tilt;. Sis ters of Mercy, ,;l,e is presidenl of Our JAdy of C inc inna li College. M rs. Pa ul H. Chapman, '15 (ELlZA I:l': TJJ G K1 FFITH), and I expccl 10 be back Feels The llJ flgazine fllr Comme ncement Ihis year. We Is Indispensable 'ho uld like 1.0 bring Sisler Marie Pierre Tlw t'ncll)"pd $3.00 ("ov c. r ~ l il y , u b lIilh us, bill Ihal is "ollblful. We .He !-'rriplion and dll f'S for rJ ll ollter year. aII Kappas and ni ec ?, of Professor Carl ... r wouldn't Ihink of he ing: " it holl l Os l ha il S. T ha t was the lie tint ho und lilt· AIUlllni Ma gazin e. II !' a ll 10 l. U. b efor e we ever came 10 r resie;ne rl my posl in Ih e connnercial ,; chooJ. Bl ooming lo n w ilhollt him will ""parlment ,, [ French Lick Hi gh Scll", ,1 , pe m s lra nge i ndeed. B L 00 l\'I I N G TO N, IN D I A N A ill Febrllary to acce pl a simil ar p o,i We e njoy I he Alumni Magazine very lion in Marion Seni or Hi [! h Sell'li'l. lIl uch a nd w ish i l every s uccess. PHONE 3541 1\ ,-,DnA rUCK , '36. M A I ~ CU E"IT E F . G RIFFITH , ' IL II la rio n. Tol edo, O hi o. Hoosier iluthors
On il;Jillerais ores that CO llid he work~d, bUI lh e costs o( llli nerals, I hus produced, wou ld he ve ry high. S imiegic Mincral SlIlllllics. By CAn A. RO ll"Il, S llb s litul e~ cOll ld be Hsed to S'Illle ex tent , Jmt , 'OS, of Bethlehem. Pa., Editor of The Mil/· in general , slIiJotillites are less ~a ti s fa c t orv eml Indlls/,ry; Major, Staff Specialist Re· and very oft~ ll in crea,e the cost. More EC ra;) serve, U.S. Army. (New York: j'vIcCr"",· nl Continuing The Indiana Alumni Quarterly and The Indiana Alumnus Volume 2 Numher 7 Staff GEOIIGE F. HEICHWAY, LLB'22 t"ditor ANDREW G. OLOFSON, '39 MOffo,',., £ditof' Ivy L. CHAMNESS, '06, AM'28 A!l.Jociale Editor Cover Un usual night view of the entrance of the Union Building on the Bloom Editorial Boan] ington campus-the building which will be the center of the reunions E. Ross Bartley, ex'14 this June. Ward G. Biddle, '16 Waller S. Greenough, '10 Mrs. Alta Brunt Sembower, '01 John E. Slempel, '23 News Imliana University New DorIlls Ease Housing Problem at IT. _____ 8 Alumni Association President Wells Ends Alumni Tour George F. Heighway 10 Prc3idcn,. ALUA1"Ot:R M. CA:'>I.,BU.I., LI.n'30. For' WaYlle University in M<1fch __ ___ Leo Melzer 13 Vice·Pnl3., nAY C. THO"'A!. '22. I.I.D'24. Cary S(!uetary. MAS. )·:TIIE'. LAtU\1 STt.:~t"t:I .• ' 14. AI\1·~4 . Class Notcs Hilda Henwood 21 Indi;uwpolis Tr('u .~/".!r. WARD C. DIOOI,":, '16. 8luolII;uol(1) lXECUTIVE COU NCIL Features 1937·40 Reflections Dr. B. D. Myers 4 LEMUEL A. PITTt;NC£n. '07. AM'OB. MIJl)ci e MRS. ALTA nR U!"O T SEII1ROWUI, '01. Dlootllil1~IO" WALTER E. TRf.:.4.NOR, '12. LLD'22. JD·~3. Chicac;o Examining Admission to -I.U.-Professor Chauncey Sanders 5 Prisoner Art Draws Comment ____ _ I93R-4 1 Nathan Kaplan 12 DEAN L. RARNIIART. 'II. Gosh('n Benzedrine--A Menacc to Health __ _ Dr. Thurman B. Rice 20 nEr.:TON J. BLOOM. '07. COIUUlbilJ Cit)' MRS. OLiH BELDON LEW)!!, '11. Indi:lOlIpolil 1939-42 FRANK E. ALLE:N. '16. AM'24, S(lulb Bend Sports OR, BERT E. ELLI!J, '19, 1\10'21. Indi;m apolis JUDGE CURTl!J G. SII.U.E, 1.1.0'10, Indianapolis Hustling Hoosiers NEWt:1.L H. l.oNI,;, '28. School of Music Alumni OR . E. S. GILCIIRJ5T, School of Oenli61ry Alulllni Departments f'uhlilifH,:d monlhl~· . excepl JIII~' , Angusi . ;md Set>. temher. hy Ihe Indiana University Alumni A~socia · lion. Office of puhlication: S"encer. Indi.ma. Editorial Hoosier Almanac I nside front Cover office: Union Ouildine;, Indiana University. Bloom· ington, Indi,ma . AnnuOlI . suhscrip lion rale $3.00 (includes memher. Voice of Alumni Letters 1 !'h ip in Inc..lial1ll Universily Alumni Associalion) . Single capie!; 25 cenls. Memher of American Alumni Council. Hoosier Authors .... _.. ______.. ______Book Reviews 2 Enlerec..l a5 seconc..l-class mallf'r Oclol"."r 9. 19:19 . ;11 Ihe pOSI offic('. at Spencer, fnc..liana. undcr the Act of March 3, Ur:9. In Closing ... Editorials 32 On the Early History 01 the School 01 Medicine at Indimw V nivcrsity By Delllt B. D. Myers I FIRST saw Indiana University at appropriations could Ilot bc made to Commencement time, 1903. Thc a med ical schoul nut under their school was rather thrilled at having full contrul. reached an en rolllllent of 1.200 anrl So three old schools united under was a little boastful of I:eing olle of the name uf the Indiana Medical Col the largest schouls o[ Liberal Arts. lege, the School of Medicine of Pur The chief memories of that Com· due University. mencement are of some of the fin e An appeal was Hlade by President faculty men I lIl et, of the most de· Bryan to certain Bloomington citi voted President of the Board of zens and to the faculty for financial T rustees, William H. Fessler, a man assisLance. A fund was subscribed outstanding in any company; and the making it possible for these Blooming President, William Lowe Bryan, who ton friends to secu re title to the prop had a vi sion of a greater Indiana Uni· erty of the Central College of Physi versity calling for a development of cians and Surgeons. The laboratories schools that would attract men to the campus. uf this building, in the summer of 1906, were trans T here was a discordant note, however. It came frOlll formed into wards providing fur 65 patients. The a seven·piece brass orchestra which furnished the Com· State College of Physicians and Surgeons was orgal] mencement music, and almost persuaded me to refuse ized in affiliation with 0\1[ School of Medicine at Bloom the invitation to come to Indiana University and help ington which made it possible to give the full four years organize a School of Medicine. of the medical course. It was, therefore, not Indiana University as it was, The financial set-up was weak, but educationally ihe with its unimpressive maximum salary of $2,500, but project was soulld. The 5tudents of the clinical years the vision of President Bryan of what Indiana Univer were ellLhusiastic, spending their days in the clinical sit y lllight become that stirred in me something of the laboratory and lecture rooms of this hospital, with a pioneer and led me to leave a happy situation in Balti much closer relationship to palients than was customary more to enlist for the realization of a greater Indiana. in that da),. Science Hall had just been completed and the south I n the legislative 5essio ll of 1907 bOlh Indiana and attic was unoccupied, so it became the home of the Purdue had introd uced medical bills and a most spirited Department of Anatomy, with Physiology, headed by contest was waged; however, the legislature adjourned Dr. William Moenkhaus, on the floor below. In this without approving either bill. simple way began the Indiana University School of In the spring of 1908 overtures were made by the Medic ine. The following year the work of the second Indiana Medical College for absorption into the In medical year was organized in the upper floor of Wylie. diana University School of Medicine, and their Gtudents, But the unification of medical education interests was with ours, came to the campus for their COJlllllercement meeting serious difficulties. The leaders of the old and degrees in late May. schools found it difficult to surrender control of medi In the legislative session of 1909 the Indiana Uni cal ed ucational projects founded a quarter century versity medical bill was passed. Thus ended the first earlier and conducted by them with considerable GUC phase of the establishment of the Indiana University cess, and at no small sacrifice. On the other hand, the School of Medicine as a step in the realization of the vi Trustees and the President of Indiana University Jelt sion of President Bryan for a greater Indiana University. I --~ INDIANA ALUMNI MAGAZINE Volume 2 Apl'il, 1940 Numher 7 Adlllission to I.U. Many Innovations iJilade in Procedure of Director of Admis sions Office Under the Present Director, Dr. Frank R. Elliott Ry ProjessOI' Chauncey Sanders T liDENTS of Indiana University make their first o f Offi ce ; but other duties have been combined with ihat one .S ficial conlact with the U niversity lhrough the Offic e in a way which adds g reatlv to th e efficient operation \)f of the Director of Admissions; it will, consequentl y, be of the University. interesl to alumni and other friends of India na U niversity An inquiry (rom a prospective student is sent at ollce to kll ow something about this branch o f ihe U niversi ty to the Offi ce of Admissions. Then tw o things happen . The what it is, what ils functi o ns are, and how ·it performs them. inquirer's questions are answered I)y means of a persol1:l1 Dr. Frank R. Elliolt (AB'l7; AM'2.5; PhD'36 Colum letter from the Director, and an alphabetical index card for bia University ) became Director o f Admissions on July l. that inquirer is made o ut and fil ed. Before being filed this 193H . His 5ta consists 0 f M iss Ella Yakey, Secreta ry of ff card is checked to show what respoll se was lIlade to the :in Admissions, and Miss Beatrice Chitwood, Sludent Employ quiry it represents. If other material was sent along with ment Secretary. the Director's Jetter, an a ppropriate checx mark so in Sillre Dr. Elliolt has been Director , the work of the Ad· dicates. Among such materi als is likely to be a 40-page missions Office has ex panded to a revolutionary d eg r e(~ . Thi' pamphlet, " Introducti on to Indiana." In i his booklet duty of in vestigating calld id ales for matriculalion in the are a plan of the University campus, m any photographs o f University a nd granting-or, no less important, dell ying U niversity buildings, and all the information the aver age them admission is still the most important function of the hi gh school grad uate will need to ell able him to decide whether Indiana UJliversity is th e place for him. Especially Dr. Frank R. Elliott noteworthy are an excellent photograph of Presidellt Wells and an extract from the Presidpnt's address loihe freshmen last fall , a n extract well worth quoting here: President EX[Jresses Optimism "This is a dynamic world in which we live. Timid :.oul s draw back from such a world because, they say, we \:now not what the future h olds. But courageous persons find ill this mighty march of events new opportunities for leader 8hip. If yo u had been born into a static society :, uch as that 01 the Middle Ages, wh ere everyone was stratified ac cording to his occupation a nd social position, the heights to which you could rise would havc been fi xed b efore yo ur birth. Thank yo ur lucky stars, therefore, that yo u live ill the most dynamic era the world has ever known, for the very fluidity of life offers each person the opportunity to breast the social current in exact proportion to his abilitv, preparation, and willingness to work." If a second inquiry is received from the same individual. a glance at his index card will show just what information has already been sent him; thus all duplicati on of dIort is avoided. I n addition to the index card, Dr. Ell iott has instituted another innovation. In place of the old "School Indiana Alumni Magazine 5 Certificate for Admission to Indiana University," there is a four-page "Application for Admission_" The old form gave no information about the prospec tive student beyond his high school record in credits and grades_ I n the n ew form the first page gives the qualifications and requirements for admission to the "r.; niversity. The same information is contained in the "Introduction to Indiana" ; but there is an obvious advantage to the student-who may mislay the pamphlet- to have that information contained in the application blank itself. On page two is room for personnel information ; significant items here bring out the student's interest in extracurricular activities and his financial con dition, that is, whether he needs to earn money in order to attend the Univer~itv. Page three contains the candidate'~ academic record in high school and is filled out and Gigned by the hi gh school principal or superintendent. Page four. to be filled out by the applicant's high school principal or one of his teachers, contai ns personality data which help ~ Police training courses 11011) ZII curriculum. the Admissions Office to determine whether the applica nt should be admitted and, if the application for admission is granted, will be useful to thE' student's advisor. 30 per cent of Lho ~e seeking aclllli5sion to the University are rejected-a very significant -fact in view of the universal Not Everyolle Admitted desire to maintain high academic standards. As Dr. Elliott points out, "Our new studeJlt body presumably could have Last year 12,152 individuals applied for information been 334 or 44.5 per cent larger than it now is except for concerning admission to the University through the Office our selective standards. III fa ct, it probahly could have of Admissions. Additional inquiries were handled by the been in creased by more than 384., since there are literally Graduate School and the Schools of Law, Medicine. hundreds of cases on fil e where applicants ceased their d Dentistry, and Nurses Training. Admission was granted forts to enter on receipt of warning letters setting out the to 2,475 individuals by the Director of Admissions_ Of University's elegihility standards, particularly for out-of the total number, 1,991 matriculated ; the Office of Ad stClte students." missions denied admission to 111, and the schools-par ticularly the School of Medicine-- brought the number of Also Supply Jobs applications refused up to gg4. Thus a little m ore than In addition to the dULy of selecting students, the task of providing work for those who need it has fallen to the Next fall when th e new students come down /.0 J.U. they Office of Admissions_ Miss Chitwood devotes her full time will go through the registration lilles at the Fieldhouse_ to bringing jobs and job-seekers together. She has charge of all NYA work and of non-NYA work for men. (Mrs. Weatherwax, Assistant to the Deall of Women, takes carc of the non-NYA work for wom ell_) Last year 1,053 stu dents were provided with jobs; 368 NYA proj ecls were approved, and 473 personal calls were made o n prospective local employers_ It is gratifying to think of the number of 8tudents thus enabled to gain a college education, who would otherwise have heen denied that opportunity. Under a C O Ill mittee on Student f:rnplo)"llleJlt. of which Dr. Elliott is (" hair man, efforts are now made, through ('a rly investigation and selection, to make sLlre that opportullities to earn their way go to the best and most worthy students. Another fUllction of the Ollice of Admissions is to Ge lect the studcnts who are to be given State Scholarships FILL OU-T (formerly known as County Scholarships). In that work, too, Dr. Elliott has insLituted needed refo rms. In the past, four schools-Indiana, Purdue, Ball State, and Indiana Stat(' CAREFULLY --duplicated their efforts to inform candidates anel conduct examinations; frequently, two or more of them sent ap ALL BLANKS plication blanks to the sallle indil'idual, with resultant in eAiciency and extra expense. Now a single blank is sent to each candidate, who indicates the school of his choice; THAT MAY thus all duplication of mailings and of examinations is avoided. Last year the Office of A(llllissiolls s upervised CONcEI?N YOU the printing and l1lailing of 7.500 application blanks, 1,200 instruction sheets, and ] ,500 pos\(' rs cOII("('rnillg the State 6 The April 1940 up to the present time, there have been 76 conferences. Slill another innovation of th e present Director of Ad missions is the holding of a principals' conference each November. At the beginning of the school yea r each high school principal in the state is notified that certain of his recent graduates are iii attendance at the Universitv, and he is invited to come to Bloomington on a specific date. If he signifies his intention to accept th e invitation, his former students are asked if they wish to have a time appointed :for a conff'rellce with the principal. Such conferences are purely voluntary, but many students are glad to take ad vantage of the opportunitv. In such a conference, the prin cipal is often enabled to clear up misunderstandings, to remove difficulties, ill a way that would he impossible for any member of the l'niversit), staff. iVIoreover, he Jllay pass on to th e student's advisor, or to his instructors, in formation which may lead to great improvement in the Radio courses also /;ILlIg IIWIIY quenes. individual's relation to the University. Scholarships. It pxamined th p. records of 9::::-: calldidates Personal Interviews Stressed and selected 400 scholars and alternates. The thing J like Lesl about the Admissions Office, as Another much-needed reform has corn e about in the at present constituted, is the humanity of it. Dr. Elliott method of establishing contads between colleges, or their does as much of hi s work as J)ossible through personal in representatives, Enlal'ged University Residences Will House l ,076 Students Next Yeal'-FOlll' Years Ago Only 298 Could Be Accommodated in I.U. Hails ONEof lnd iana University's most acute problems-the seventh live with th eir parents in Bl oomington. lack of adequate housing fa cilities for students-will Visitors going through the completed parts o f thE' Jl ell' be relieved greatly next fall whell th e lI ew dormitories, "(Jow dormitories are impressed with the new facilities. In addi· under constructi o n, will be completed for occupancy. The ti oll to spacio Lls and properly-lighted a nd ventilated r oom" probl em will 1I 0t be solved, by any means, but 261 per cent all properly furnished and equipped, the new buildings ,.,, ;) m ore !'tudents will be accommodatE'd ill University h alls tain large recreati o n rooms a nd spacio us lo unges. than before the present building program was started. F o r in:-tance, in Sycamo re Hall, one of the 'IV O new Parts of S ycamo re H all (for wO/ll en ) and N orth Hall (for women's dormitories, each o f the wings of the U-shaped menl were ope ned this spring. The accompanying photo structure has a series o f single a nd double rooill s cente red graphs were taken in these halls. With the completion of a round a Jiving and wo rking ullit comprising a la rge loungc, the present development, seven donnitorie:;;-four -f or wom a kitchenette for ("ooking, pre!'sillg, etc. aJld a bath On the first floor of Sycamore will be located the publ:c rooms and lobb ies, small a partments for the soc ial director a nd night chaperones as well as other service rooms. Two large double pa rlors or reception r ooms, decora ted i n Georgian and Early American styles, will accomn lO da tf' all the residents of th e hall for ho use m eetings, informal prog rams o f music a nd dancing, Open House parties o n H omecoming, Dad's and Mother's Days, f'tc. Anoth er pub lic room on this floor, although somewhat smaller , is .. hI" Blue Library for leisure r eading and bro wsing. One fl oor below these receptio n rooms will be the largf' rec reati on and card r oom, complete with ping-pong tahles, card and chess tables, a nd a h ardwood {l oor :for dancing. 8 l'he April 1940 The room also provides a stage with th eatrical lighting, that can be used for ~ mateur theatric dormitories, are available in th e rooms. West Hall, the dominant structore of th e men's residences, will be the headquarters of the dormitories. The main dining room, 100 feet long, .38 feet wide and 22 feet high, will be used also for a meeting place for the residents of the three halls and for large social events such as dances . South Hall, erected in 1924.. will be rearranged so that it provides equal recreational facilities by the conversion of the present dining hall into a recreation room. Not only do the dormitories provide decent living quarters for the students, but also they make it possible to provide guidance for the students through counsellors and to provide extracurricular life for the students that was impossible when these students were scattered around town in private ro oming houses. Beginning next fall , all freshman co·eds will jive in ..he dormitories, thus making it possible for the University of· ing. ln addition to th ese three large dining halls, a smaller fi cials to give these new students pro per guidance and coun· dining roolll for speciai guests or parties also is provided selling which should speed their adjustment to University ill Beech Hall. The rooms and other facilities are similar life. Sororities will continue to pledge freshman co·eds, hut to those in Syca Illore. they will not move into sorority ho uses during the -first year Forest Hall, the L.shaped dormitorv at the northwest as heretofore, but will spend th e first year in the dormitories corner of the quadrangle completed in 1936, is partly a with their dassmates. Due to the larger number of fresh· co·operative house, designed primarily to accommodate man men students a nd the less adequate facilities for them students who are working and who therefore do not find this sallle procedure canDot be followed for the new men it co nvenient to eat at regular dormitory hours. It pro· students, but th ose who live in the dormitories will have vides rooms for 14.5 co·eds, at lllore reasonable rates and on the same help and advice as the co·eds. H partially co·operative basis. The expense of living in the dormitories is scaled at the Memorial Hall, the oldest of the women's dormitories !.'ame level as at Wisconsin, Michigan, Nebraska, Purdue which was erected in 1925 as part of the :Memorial program, and other universities. In fact, in the flu ctuation of prices has facilities for 208 women. lts dining halls will be turned in these various places, Indiana usnally shows a favorable into recreation rooms, giving th e residents of this hall the margin. for instance, the cost for one·half of a double room same facilities as those in th~ Hewer buildings. ' for two semesters at Indiana is $380 and at Purdue it is Although not pro" id ing accommodations for as llJany $4.05. The prices in the various dormitories vary slightly in students, the men's resid ences--North, West and South accordance with the type of clcTomlllodations, hut the Halls-all provide facilities as fine as those of the co·eel standard rate for a single room is $208 a semester and for residences. but of course arranged to suit masc uline taste. a half of a double room $190 a semester. J1'1 some of the North Hall is unique in that it is divided into three sepa· dormitories, two· and three·roolll suites are available Indiana Alumni ilfllS'uzine 9 Boston alll.mn£ who tllmed out to hear Pres£dent Wells. President Herman B Wells Returns From Visits With 41 Alumni Clubs FROM the time th at Herman B Wells ing lot th ere now--and old Sororit y By George P. Heighway, LLB'22 became Acting Pres ident of the Uni Alumni Secretary Alley hasn' t a single sorority. Those ve rsity, he has been besieged with invita buildings now helong to th e University tiolls to address alumni clubs through and are used for office buildinp;s and o ut th e country. Because of the many the radio script of a broadcast over the like. pressing problems fa cing a new adminis· stati on WFAM of South Bend-one of MR. ALLEN: Just what buildings trator he was forced to decline all of four such radio interviews-which COII are going up now, President Wells? them. tains part of his message. PRES. WELLS: There ,He two Finally he was persuaded to set aside At South Bend, Frank E. Allen, '16_ dormitories for men and two for womell a time when some of these invitations AM'24, member of th e executive coun -these make up a self-liquid atin g proj could be accepted. Beginning Jan. 17, cil of th e Alumni Association, inter ect-and then there is the School of Presid ent Wells and I set out to visit as viewed the President. In the other radio Business, the Phys ics Buildillg and the mallY clubs as possible, not only in In interviews, Viviao Crates Logan, '32, was Auditoriulll. diaua, but in cities from coast to coast th e interviewer over WOWO of Fort MR. ALLE~: I am sure most of us where th ere was the largest alllloni popu Wayne; John J. Reinhard, '06, LLB'07, will get lost wh en we co me back. You lation. at \\l ashington, D. c.; and Donald W. have described quite a large building Man y enjoyable meetings were held. Thornburgh, '15, at Los Angeles. The program. To me it was a source of great pleasure last two broadcasts were over the Co PRES. WELLS: That is true-but I to see and greet many old friend s and lumbia Br o ad ca ~ting System. also want to call your attention to sev to make mall)' new ones. To the many Following is the South Bend script: eral factors .i ust there. From 1910 to alumn i wh o were able to attend these MR. ALLEN: One thing that all of 1930 when student enrollment was grow meetings, it was a pleasure and an op us who have been away frOln the Uni in g by leaps and bonnds-and when portunity to meet and hear our dynamic versity 'for many years are eager to know other universi ti es were carrying out new President. To the local offi cers and about, is the building program. I hear large building programs-Indiana Uni th eir committees who made possible that you have lllany ne w buildings, and versity added onI)' aile classroom build these meetings, our most sincere thanks! that we wouldn't know the old campus. ing on th e Bloomington campus. So, as During our tOUf we traveled some 10. PHES. WELLS : Yes, th at is right, a matter of facL our building program 000 miles, from coast to coast. to meet Mr. Allen. The physical appea rance of has al no time kept pace with the in with alumni at 41 different localities. the campus has ch anged g reatly even crease in stuclcnt enrolIrnenl. Due to space limitations, we cannot in the last five years. Old Assembl y MR. ALLEN : I infer thell that yo u print the text of the Pre;; id ellt's message Hall was condemlled and had to be are still crowded 011 the campus? to the alumni clubs, hut \ve are prinling torn down-so there is a modern pa rk PRI::5. \\'ELLS: Oh. very much so. 10 The April 194·0 This fall we began work with 120 class III formal VieWS of the Pres idellt's rooms, laboratories, and academic of tOlLr: fices ho used in trmporary structures Robert E. Harris, '25, al/d his wife largely the old h ouses al o ng Forest Place greet Presidellt Wells at the Los Allgeles or Sorority A lley. And our lihrary :;eats airport_ olll y one.. third as man y as it should con Presidellt Wells awl Dr_ Ray L yman side ring the size of o ur student hody. W ilbu 1', presidellt of Stanford (secollr! MR. ALLEN: It is impossible for and third from left), pose with T.V. most of us to pil'ture such gr owth. I am alumlli /l OW all the staff at Palo Alto. wondering_ Preside nt Wells, if you ex DeVere CartPI', '26, al/d R. L. (lick) pect this tremendous g rowth to continue Kellderdillc, '':;8, pose with the President for the next few years, o r do you wa nt on tlte Southern Methodist calli Pu.s at Indiana 10 become larger lhan it JlOW Dallas_ is? Cecil Pnckell, MS'.32, alld his wife PRE5. \\T[LLS: Well, those a re ,~en chat wilh the President at Denver. eral questions on which university presi The alu,lIllli group at Denver. de nts have been making predictions for At Sail Francisco, the President IJOses several years now without much s uc with William Prucha, '27; Dr. Gordon cess-so I d on' t mind trying my h a ncl. Sprowl, and Dr. Leal/. Parleer, '24, MD Briefly, I don't believe I nd iana will (; Oll '26. tinue to gro w in numbers as it has ill the past ten years. In repl y to your ities 1 n the field of research as well as second questio n, I hope it does )lot renowned teache rs_ unless we have the physica l plant a nd .MR _ALLEN: And from what [ have the illCl'e Indiana Alumni Magazine 11 Prisoner Art Exhibit Draws Much Comment Professor Harry Engel's Art Students at Michigan City State Prison Show Definite Talent ni shed by Engel. None of th e men had By Nathan Kaplan, '40 had any train ing or background in art, although some long had been inte rested under which they were produced, if he in the field. The results derived :from can comprehend something of the socio this crude setup amazed Engel. He for logical, psychological and material ad got his own paintings. He forgot his vantages that have resulted from them, vacation. He gave over his entire ][1 both Engel a nd Riemer will he satisfied terest for that two-week peri od to his Self-Portrait_ with their work thus far. prison art class. In August following that first dis "1 didn't teach them anything," Engel T was ahout a year ago_ Two men cussion, Engel arrived in Michigan City points out. "I merely directed them. I sat over a restaurant table in Indian to spend his tw o-week vacation before True, they had 11 0 training, little tech apolis. One had a theory about art. the opening of school in connection with nical kn owledge; but th ey had native The other had a theory about penal th e art project. Permission had been talent, keen intelligence, an overwhelm reform. Both had th eories about men. obtained from Warden Alfred Dowd to ing desire to do sO lllething creative. "Art," said the first, " is not some conduct th e art classes, and Engel That's a powerful mixture. thing hidden in ivory towers and re planned to divide his time between "For instance, th ere is one fellow vealed onl y to the initiated. It is not teaching and sketching for his own up th ere, and his work is represented in something superficial, sweet and cloy series of pictu res. the ex hibit, who has very little ing. Art is life ; everyday life. It is real Between 25 and 30 priso ners showed mechanical or technical skill. He and intense and earthy." up for the first class. The studio was couldn't draw a straight line if he had "Art," m ll ~e d the second , " is some a ward of the prison infirmary that had to. But he has the feeling, the spirit, lhing a man might become intensely in· been turned over to th e use of the edu the 'geist' th e Germans call it, and he terested in; something in which he cation department. Materials were fur has the ability to get that intangible might drown his superficiality and bring out his real self. Art could be a healthy, From iVlemorx. absorbing ac tivity." "I wonder," asked the first, "jf I might come up to the State prison to make a study of prison life? I'd like to do a series of paintings 011 th at sub j ect. " " 1 won der," mused the second, "if we might arrange to form an art class lip there as part of our educational pro gram at th e State prison?" And so, during a dinner table con versaLi o n between Harry Engel of the University Department of Fine Arts and Hans Riemer, PG'35, educational S ll pervisor of the I ndiana State prison at Michigan City, was born an jdea, from two different viewpoints which rapidly converged and met on common ground, and the tangible rcsults of which now are on vi ew in the mezzanine gal leries of the University hookstore under the title "Prisoner Art." Prisoner art! And if the layman view i ng these pictures ca ll comprehend something of the sociolog ical, psy chological and l7Ioterial disadvantages 12 The April 1940 in to the routine of priso n life. " We had to beware of petty prison jealousies and feelings," says E ngel. " We had to overcome th e feeling among the other men, and even among :,ome of th e gua rds, that this was merely all excuse for those in the art class to get out of some harder task. In this same respec t, we had eventually to weed out th ose wh o were ill the elass merely for that purpose." Cl asses were, and still are, held twice da ily, one in the morning and one ill the afternoon, three hours at a stretch . The men in the class act as their own models, taking turns at this chore. " The first work, quite naturally under the circumstances, was 'escapist' ill tendency. The men p ainted still lifes. pi ctures of fruit, flowers, chairs, vases Vnusual Still Life Study. and such, landscapes, superficial things Profess or Harry Engel they drew from memory," says Engel. Splrlt into his paintings. He makes " We had some trouble convinc in g prison vein, he confided in me th at hc you feel wh at he is trying to show, even them that their best field la y within understood this was the real thing, bllt though his pi cturization may be faulty the walls of the prison, in the everyday that it got him down to sti ck to those ill rertain details." realism of their lives, in things they so rdid subjects." It was in those first two weeks that knew about. When we accomplished Greatest handica p to overcome has the entire fate of the project hung ill this, they began turning out some fine been Ja (; k of materials. The origin al the balance. It was no easy task for examples of this type of work. paints, brushes and canvases we re E n Engel to gain the confidence of thc " One of th e men, the fellow who has gel's, but these soon ran out. The Bl oom prisoners, to convince them tacitly that charge of the class now, has a n especial ington chapter of Ps i Iota X i, servi(;e he was gi\'ing freely of his time and talent for this kind of work, and it was sorority, donated $100 towards pur labors a nd ex pected no material reward from him th at I got an inkling of what chasing supplies, and proceeds from of any kind. It was 11 0 easy task to fit they feel. After painting a few excep sale of the paintings are used to this such a radical departure as an art class ti onally fin e pictures in this realisti c end. The men have an intellse desire to Another Striking Study. continue their work, and, r ecogni zing the difficulty in ohta ining mate ri als, try to help out as best th e ~ ' can. At Christm as time they m ade Christmas cards out of linoleum to ~c ll to the inmates. When they r an out of linoleum, they tore up the coverin g 011 the fl oors in some oJ the buildings. The projec t fell through, however , for a sO lln d basic reason-the men are not all owed to sell Christmas cards to the inmates. So great is the interest in the p ri soner paintings, not so much from the oddity of their ori gin , Engel points out, as from their genuine intrinsic value, that an itinerary is bein g arra nged for their showing. The ex hibit will go next to Kent college. Kent. Ohio, and frO!'; there to the L yman galleries in Indian apolis. F rom Indianapolis they will be taken to I ndiana State Teachers college at Terre Haute, to be shown ill the new galleries there. The pictures will be exhibited lJ ext fall at the Cincinnati museum , which l S (Continued on page 29) Indiana Alumni Magazine 13 The Hustling Hoosiers Indiana Wins National Basketball Title at Kansas City, March 30 Dro scores agaillst Purdue. OLUMNS and. columns of newspaper Thunderous Rally Cspace are beIng devoted these days Some Shooting .I Greels Heroes to Indiana's national championship Thunderous was the reception gi\ en basketball tea m-crowned on March 30 Indiana (60) Kallsas (42) FG FT PF FG FT PF Branch McCracken's CO Ilq ueriug heroes after winning Lh e final game of the Na I Schae fer, f .4 1 1 Ebling, f 1 2 0 when they returned to the campus after tional Collegiate Athletic Association McCreary, L 6 0 2 Hunter, f .... 0 1 0 their triumph at Kansas City. tourney from Kansas, 60-42. Armstrong, f 4 2 3 Engle man, f. . 5 2 .j More than 2,500 students and towns It was not Southern California's Gridley, f .. 0 0 0 Hogbe n, f .. 2 0 0 9 W. Menke, c 2 1 3 Allen, c · .. .. 5 3 .J people turned out for the big reception famed Trojans battling it out with the R. Menke , c 0 0 0 Kline, c · .. .. 0 0 0 which started with a parade of triulllph Hustling Hoosiers for the nation's top Huffman,g .. 5 2 4 Miller, g ... . 0 2 4 at the city limits and ended with a rous· honors as many expected, for Sam Zjmmer, g .. 2 1 1 Voran, g ...... 0 1 0 0 ing pep session at the Men's Gym. Barry's boys lost, 43·42, to the Kansas Dro, g ...... ,) 1 4- Harp, g 2 1 1 team that Indiana beat so decisively. Dorsey, g . .. 0 0 0 Sands, g ...... 0 0 0 Francis, g .. .. 0 0 1 J ohnson, g .. 0 0 0 Kansas Simply Not only the basketball team, but also ------Coach Billy Thom's wrestling team TOlals .. ... 26 B 19 Totah · .... 15 12 11 Was Outclassed added to I.V. laurels by winning another Early in the first half of the cham Big Ten title and just failing to end pionship game at Kansas City, it Oklahoma A. & M.'s domination of the looked as though Phog Allen's Jayhawk. national crown. Three Hoosiers WOll Bi g Indiana (39) Duquesne (30) ers deservecl the favorite role. FGFT PF FG FT PF Ten individual titles and one a national But th en Indiana started to " go io S chae fer, f 2 4 3 Becker, f 2 2 4 crOWl!. McCreary, f.. 0 0 3 Milkovich, f.. 4 2 4 town," scorin g 27 points in the last ,en W. i\-Ienke, c 4 2 4 Lacey. c 1 0 v9 0 9 Huffman, g .. 2 2 3 Widowltz, g .) 2 .J Dro, g 2 1 2 Del)nar, g .. 0 1 :2 Armsi rong, f 2 3 0 Kasperi k, c . 1 1 1 Zimmer, c 1 1 0 Reiher ,g .. .. 0 0 0 Dor~ey, g- O 0 0 ------Tol al" ...... 13 13 15 Total, .... . 11 R 17 Indjana (48) ' S pl-illgfjeld (24) FG FT PF FG FT PF i\ ' kCJ'~al')' f.. 2 0 0 MOrl enson, ( 1 1 0 Schaefer, f .. Ii 2 0 MlInro, f .... 0 3 4 9 W. M e nke , c 2 0 2 Redding, c 3 2 ,) Huffman, g .. 2 2 1 Werne r, g 1 0 4 Dro, g 2 1 2 Schmidl, g .. 2 0 0 r\ rmsl rong, ( 2 2 1 i\['Vea n, f 1 1 0 Franci;:, f 1 0 2 C ray, { ...... 0 1 .3 Zi mnler, (: .. 0 0 1 Nove r, f · .... 0 0 1 R . IYle nke, g 0 1 1 Kistner, c 0 0 Cridley, g 1 0 1 Panat ie l' , C .. 0 0 Dorsf'Y, g 1 2 2 Frey, f 0 0 0 ------Scoll y Se jloll TOlals .... 19 10 1.3 T otals B 8 17 Chaull ce)' McDaniels 14 The April 1940 I Worth Crowing Aboutll Big Ten All·Colllers Spnrl Ibnk \V 1.T \V LT FoolhalJ 7 2 3 0 2 4 2 Cross-COllnlry 2 2 1 0 3 1 0 BaskelhaJI 2 9 .J" 0 20 " 0 Indoor Tr~ck :2 2 0 0 3 0 0 Wreslling 1 3 0 0 4- 2 0 ~wimminp: . . Il 3 1 0 4- 2 0 ------Tolal, ...... 21 8 () 16 12 2 Huffman Picked illost Valuable Captain Marvin Huffman ended his LU. basketball career in a blaze of glory by being picked the most valuable From basketball uniform /0 player in the final tourney by the sports Also mlssUig the ovation given baseball ul1iform overnight went writers. He scored 12 points to tie Bral/ch illcCracken' s conqu.erillg Bob Dro (above) who left Kansas Jay McCreary for high-scoring honors basketeers on their arrival home City right after the NCAA fil1alto for I ndiana, even though he was ejected was Chet Fral/cis (above) who join Pooch Harrell's baseball team midway in the second half on four per went along with Dro for baseball ill Georgia. sonal fouls. duty. But the credit for Indiana's amazing triumph goes not to one man, but to minutes of the first half to lead at the the team, for teamwork it was that Chalk Up Another intermission by a 32·19 score. spelled defeat for Kansas. Title for Thom 1ndialJa's sharpshooters were not COlI Amazing indeed is the perennial suc tent to let it go at that, for they came Season's Record cess of Coach Bill)' Thom's wrestling back to score 28 more points in the team ~ last half lo squelch completely a hope Is Impressive ful Kansas rally. Impressive indeed is the season's rec Again this year, Indiana's grapplers It looked like a game between a ,earn ord of Branch McCracken's Hustling came home with the Big Ten title after of five stars and one with only two, for Hoosiers, whu won 20 out of 23 games. withstanding a desperate bid by Michi only Bob Allen, son of the Kansas They scored a total of 1,074 points, an gan 011 March 9. Three Indiana men coach, and Howie Engleman were able to average of 45.5 points per game. Chauncey McDaniel, Ben Wilson, Scotty do much ill the face of the whirlwind Since Branch McCracken came here Sefton-won Big Ten individual titles. 1.11. attack. as coach Indiana has won 37 out of (t3 but Joe Roman was the boy who clinched hasketball games, and has been unbeaten the title. , ndiana Beats uutside of the Big Ten, and won three Tied with Michigan at 23-22, Indiana Duquesne Again out uf four from Purdue. needed a third place in the 145-pound On the tourney squad of 11 men, onl)' class to win and Joe Roman was equal Jn the finals of the Eastern play-offs Huffman and Ralph Dorse)' will be lost to th e occasion, defeati ng Morton of of the NCAA tourney, Indiana defeated by graduation and prospects for another Minnesota. This gave Indiana it~ sec the great Duquesne team, 39-30, for the great season next year look good. ond straight Big Ten title b)' one point. second time lhis year. Only one other team was able to beat the Dukes. Here again it was the all-around learn work of the Hoosiers that contributed cO 'I/diana's crack two-mile their success. The combination of indi and dis/,allce-metZley relay vidual brilliance of five team players is nigh impossilJle to heat. team that set a new world record for lhe distal/ce med Springfield Also Overpowered ley al the Butler Relays oj Coming out of the East with a record 1() m if/utes, 10.3 seconds. of 1() vidories in jg games, Springfield was supposed to provide a tough Lest Lefl lo r£ght: Roy Cochran; for Indiana ill the Eastern semi-finals Bob Hoke; Ed Hedges, and of the NCAA touruey, but when .he shooting and shouting was over i.he Campbell Kane. scorehoard showed LU. winning, 48-24. Indiana Alumni Magazine 15 Ap,,~ Schedule Baseball: 1, 2, .3-al Ft. Benning, Ga. 4, 5-al Columbus, Ga. 8--Indiana Stale, here 9-Wabash, here 12, l3-at Ohio Siale IS-at Indiana Siale 16-DePauw, here 19, 20-Purdue, here 26, 27-Michigan, h~re Track: 20-Indiana Relays. here 27-al P~nn or Drake Rplays Tennis: 19-at Earlham 20-at BUller 26-al Cincinnali 27--al Kentucky Dale Gentil Don H lindley Golf: 4-Louisville, here 5, 6. 7-Midwest Amateur al French Lick Desperate Bid l3-Detroil and BnlIer, here Relay T earn Sets Fails at NCAA 20-0hio Stale at French Lick New World Mark 27-Michigan at Indianapolis With four men qualifying for the At the Butler Relays, Indiana's dis tance medley relay team of Cochrall, final round of the NCAA wrestling nine points-a first in the mile and a Kane, Bob Hoke and Ed Hedges, "et a championships to two for Oklahoma A. close second in the half-mile. Archie new world's record of 10:10.3, eclipsing & M., Indiana seemed to be threatening Harris won the shot put title. the old mark of 10:14 which, inciden the title held for four years by the Despite these stellar performances, tally, also was held by an LD. team. Aggies. Michigan won the Conference team title Indiana also won the two-mile relay, However, only Bob Antonacci was on greater all-around scoring power, but Michigan's all-around strength again able to win a national title, Chauncey mainly seconds, thirds and fourths in gave the Wolverines the tealll title, 37 McDaniels, Joe Roman and Garrett In the various individual events. Michigan J;'S to 34 3/20. man all losing, thus giving the Aggies scored 37 :)/14 points to :)0 ] 2/14 for Indiana's next meeting with Michi the title again as both of their men Indiana. WOll. Indiana, however, took second gan will be at the Indiana Relays here place. April 20 with Notre Dame and Illinois An interesting feature of the two ti also competing in what should he one tle 11leets is the fact that Sefton and of the outstanding track meets of the Antonacci both wrestle at 12] pounds. year. Sefton competed in the Conference meet and won, so Antonacci took up the chal Baseball T earn lenge and won the national title at this Now in South weight when he represented Indiana ill the NCAA meet. As we go to press, the I nd iana base ball team is opening its 1940 3eaSOll at Fort Benning, Ga. This Southern traill I.U. Track Stars ing tour, the first since 1930, -includes Shine Brightly five games before Harrell's proteges Lacking the team balance to match come back to prepare for the Big Ten Michigan's heavily manned squad, In title race. Last year, Indiana won sec diana nevertheless grabbed its share of ond place ill the Conference race. the spotlight during the past month. Much rebuilding of the 1939 team wa;.: The Wolverines won both the Big Ten necessitated as Gwin, A nd res and Cro and Butler Relays crowns, but Indiana's mer, three key men, are not back this flashy trio of Roy Cochran, Campbell year. However, Pooch Harrell has a Kane and Archie Harris, WOll the Hal Cromer, who was to have been fine looking squad with the biggest prob plaudits of the crowds with their per co-captain of this year's baseball team lem being the infield. formances. at J.U., is making qnite an impression Captain Dale Gentil and DOli Huml Cochran set a new world's record ill the spring training games of the Chi ley are the two veteran pitchers who of 43.2 seconds in winning the Big cago White Sox. The heavy-hitting are expected to be among the Big Ten's Ten 440-yard dash title. Kane was Hoosier signed a pro contract when he best flingers this year. Don Dunker. high-scorer at the Big Ten meet with still had a year of eligibility left at I.U. sophomore, also has been impressive. 16 1'he April 1940 Don Danielson is the only returnill'l Bill and Bob Menke Help Give Sigma Chis regular in the infield, but Everett Hoff mall, Bill Armstrong, Bill Hacker, and Intramural Team Lead at End of Six Sports Lloyd Whipple all have shown consider ilhl e ability as sophomores. Mike Kos- Bulletin Behind th e six-hit pitching of Captain Dale Gentil, Indiana opened the 1940 haseball season on April 1 with a 7-0 vidory ov er Fort Benning, Ga. man, wh o played outfield last yeM, also is trying for an infield post. 1 J1I the outfield, Harrell has three let r termen- Jack Corriden, Bob Dro, and Chet Francis. Hal Hursh, football star, can play first base, outfield or behind the bat. So can Dro. So it seems to -Bill Miller Phol o Bill and Bob Menke have contributed !lvo titles for his fraternity by placing be a question of wh ere each man will greatly to the present leadership of third in cross-country and playing on the play rather than who will play each Sigma Chi in the Intramural sports pro grid team. position. g ram at the University so far this year. Shown above are the first fiv e wm At the end of six sports, the Sigma ners in the cross-country race: Bill Tennis and Golf Chis lead th e S.A.E.s by 3 70~- 3 70. In iVIenke, Bill Frey, Bob Menke, Oral Gets Under Way third place comes Sigma Nu with 366, Ricke and Jim Gridley. They are hold foll owed by the Betas with 361 and ihe in g their prizes. Aspirants for places Oil the Va rsity Phi Delts with 360. golf and tennis teams have been prac· Other team cha mpi ons are: fall golf Bill Menke won the Intramural cross tieing regularly in allticipation of the S.A.E.; co cl eball--Ramblers ; Mi nor vol country individual title and played on competition that starts this month. leyball - S. A.E.; maj or volleyball the Sig ma Chi championship touch Ramblers; handball doubles - Sigmd Three lelternwll return for service ·JIl football team. Bob also helped win these both squads, but sophomore candidates Nu, and ping-pong doubles - Phi Beln refuse to let an)' of the veterans feel Delta. that his pos ition is secure. Swimming Team Ends Successful Season One of the finest swimming seasons ill LU. history was completed 011 March 16 when Indiana defeated \Viscollsill, !J9-2\ to give the Hoosiers a record o f lhree vidories ill four Ri g Ten meels. 75 Report for Spring Football When Bo McMillin issued his call I(li spring football practice, 75 m ell re ported. Sixteen lettermen were included in the squad that turned out March 12 for the six-weeks training sessions. Only three sen(ors-Captain Jim Lo gan, John lanzaruk and Jim Ellellwood, will be lost by graduation, and the :;quad is bolstered by 40 hopeful freshmcn who are battling {or starting positions wh ell I lJ(liana opens its 1940 season on T()m Gwin, co-captain of the 1939 1.U. Louisville has both of 1ndialla' s '39 Oct. 5 with the Texas LonghorJls Il ere. baseball team, is now playing with lhe baseball captains all the roster at pres ent. The Iowa game next fa ll , Oct. 19, will Louisville Colonels. He played last year E),II ie A I7dr es (above) is starting his be the H omecoming game. A third home ill the M onnlnin Stales League with the second yea r with the Colonels and is game with Michi gan State h as been set HUTllillgton Aces (t.lld made snch an beillg given a tryollt at secol/d base in for Nov. 9. Indiana will play Purdue, impressioll with his heavy hitling, flashy additioll to beillg co nsidered for his air! Ohio State, Northwestern, Wisconsin hase-nllllll:ng and fielrhll g that he was position at third. and Nebraska away from home. moved up 10 tlte ColoncZs this year. Indiana Alumni Magazine 17 More Con'ventions Come to Campu.s Indiana University's fame as a con· vention center will be enhanced this mOllth when seven conferences and (:on· ventiol1s will come here. ... a t::umpus Durillg March four major meetings were held-Indiana Banking Confer News Digest ence, State Mortgage Lend ing Confer ence, State Hegistrars' Conference and Ihe Visual Instruction Conference. The two-day State Junior Chamber of Commerce Convention, April 19·20. hi ghlights the program this month. Other gatherings include: Law In· stitute on April 5·(i; State High School Discussion League on ;\priI19; Kiwanis rrhe University in March Citizenship COllvention on April 25: [agle Scout Conference on April 27-2::L and the Heal Estate Conference on PRING has come to stav 011 the LU. April 30. S. campus, for the annual'symptoms of Condensed from The Indiana Daily Student the comi ng of pleasant weather-campus politics and beauty queens- have high· By Leo Melzer, '40 Pan-American Lectures lighted campus life this month . To Be Gi'ven Here Another seasonal sign is the increase Dr. Glen L. Swiggett, '88, noted au in the number of conferences and COli· lVI ary Susan StuII , '41 , is the new thority on Latin America, will begin ventions scheduled for the campus-no president of A.W.S. and Mary Jane his series of six lectures on Pan-Alller· less than seven being scheduled for the Straub, '41, heads the Y.W.C.A. The icall relations on April 15 in the Busi· month of April. third organized winner was Joan Barr in lIess auditorium. the typical cooed contest and the Prom The first lecture will co ver the gen Queenship was won by the unorganized. eral field of U. S. relations with Latin Seven Beauty Queens Three positions on the Union Board American countries, and each of the Chosen in March remain to be filled by election, with the succceding five lectures will deal with a No fewer than seven beauty queens present line·up being 5-4 in favor of the detailed dis(: ussion of five groups of were crowned during the past month fraternity men. these countries. six of them by The Arbu.lus, student an· The coalition slate includes Bill Professor Etienne Gilson delivered nual. Menke, '41; Maryin Miller, '41. and the MahloJ1 P owell lectures on the cam Barbara Vall Fleit, '41, unorganized Campbell Kane, '42. The unorganized pus during March and large and at· candidate for Prom Queen, made it two slate lists Bruce Decker, '41; Edgar tentive audiences turned out to hea r his years in a row for an independent to Hedges, '41, and Jack Eason, '42. talks on modern theology. win the honors to reign at the annual Junior Prom. She defeated Virginia Stlldents Make Austin, '41, the organized candidate, by Solo Flights the close vote of 2.50·245. Joan Barr, '42, was elected typical On Feb. 21 the first plane took off in co·eel at 1.1.I. in a new election sponsored the gray skies at the Bloomington air· by The A rbUlus. The pictures and names port to start the flyi ng co urse of the of The A rbnlus Queens are ineluded Civil Aeronautics Authority at the Uni· elsewhere in this review. versity. On March 8, Robert C. Reno, '41, made the first solo flight. Later Marcelle Campus Politicians Horn, '40, became the first co·ed ',0 Far From In.acti've solo on March 16. Campus politics, supposedly killed a Hampered first by the lack of airport few years back, had plenty of life this facilities and later by the murky weath· month with four elections being the er in the early stages of training, ihe rallying point. CAA has now progressed to the stagi' The piece de resistanee- the Union where most of the 30 students hal'f' Board (' lcclion·--will hring the political finished their eight hours of instruc flurry to a close on April 11. The or· tion and have "soloed." gan ized coalition has won three of the At presellt the student pilots are four elections to date from the Ullor· learning the more intricate technique of ganized faction. Typical I.U. Co·ed ... foal! Barr, '42 spins and forced landings. 18 The AIJril 194-0 Wayne Hanson, '99 Speaks at Convo 'Way ne Hanson, '<)9, who is makin:2; a lecture tour under the a ll spices ()f Rutary Internntional spoke on " Th(' Clash of Two Worlds" at convocation UII March 2 ~L Mr. H a llson began his career ill the Y. M. C. A. as preside;lt o f th e u niversitv organization in W9 () . P rof. Douglas Nye of the School of Music accompanied by hi s wife sallg i1 v University Cited for Anna Louise Cole, '41 (extreme right ) was named ArbutllS Queen on March 19 Sajety Education ill a beauty cO l/test thot aUrac/ed 200 entries. Runners-up are (left to right ) Maryel India na University's p a rt in aidintr Patrick , '40; Ruth Tay lor, '43; H elen Konold, '42; and Elizabeth Lanier, '41. Miss the safety campaig n amung sch ool chil Cole was offered a try out for the movies by ail e of/,he four jl.tdges, ioe Cerher, a dren was picked out for particular talellt scout for M etro-ColdwYII-Mayer. honors in " Safety Education," a year book publish ed by the American Asso were the lecturers who supplemented the ciation of School AdmilIistrators. Lecture-Music Series program that included s uch lllusical The Indiana U niversity courses are IsSuccessjul headliners as th e I ndianapolis Sym given honorable mention by the Asso The wisdom of adding lectures io the phony Orchestra, Allan Jones, Emlll:1 ciation for "practicality and coverage old Mus ic Series was attested this year Otero and the Trapp Salzburg Choir. of all of school safety." by the large crowds that attended all Safety education, as pursued through si x events. Moriz Rosenthal, famous Christmas Vacation the nation's schools, is credited by the p ianist, closed this year's Series with Administrator's association with saving a concert th at drew a capacity cr o wd on Longer Next Year the li ves of 62,000 children since the March 18. Enthusiasticall y r eceiv ed on the cam institution of the courses 16 yea rs ago. William L yon Phelps and Grant W ood pus was the a nnouncement of t he Board of Trustees on Ma rch 11 th at they hac1 r evised the fonner Christmas vacation schedule to allow students four extra days for their holiday next year. All except seni ors, of course, re joiced. Jordan River Revue Is Well Received Enthusiastic was the first I nd ianapo lis audience Lo see the Jordan River Revue, campus musical sh ow, in ten years on March 27 when the Tndiana p ol is Alumni Club sponsored the "how at Engl ish Theatre. Written by Paul Bo xell , '40, for the third stra ight year, the campus lllusical won considerahle favo rable comment as did the songs writte ll for thp show h,' Richard Shore", a graduatp student .ill musIc. Featured ill lhe JordnTl River Revue, campu.s tnusical show that was staged at Equally appreciative were the Studp11t English Th eatre ill 1l1diatw]Jolis 071 March 27, were J. D avid Mallll , '40; Thelma audiences that fill ed Alullmi Ha ll on Farringtoll , '42, al/d Mary Osborn e, PC (siltillg ), and Frallcis Plu./lll/I. er, '1.2 three successive 11 ights for the campus (stallding) . :- howing of th e rpvue. /JUlimlfl Alu mlli Magazine 19 Benzedrine-A Menace to Ilealth! rl\U:HI:: has come to our ."lt ~ ntion i ll meager facts Ihat I have on hand in Seventh in (l Series Oil Health . .. recent weeks a drug whlch JS appal'· dicate thaI the student was a member ... By Dr. Thu.rman B. Rice, '14 entl)' capable of considerable injur)' to of the track squad. He was never g iven college and high school students and benzedrine sulphate by either the coach, which in some places at least is being Lean in the Joumal of the American the team phys ician or the Health Serv much used in the role that was formerly Medical Association, Vol. llO, p. 1302 ; ice. He was taking it seemingly under taken hy co ffee, caffein tablets and va Apfelberg in the same magazille, Vol. his own direction." He doubtless was rious drinks such as Coca-Cola. The 1"Ill, page 57S; Davies in the British entirely unacquaillted with the danger drug is known as benzedrine. It is sold Medical Journal, Vol. 2, page 61S, 1937 ous effect of Ihis drug. The drug is in two forms. The most failliliar form and Anderson and Scott in the Lancet, sold without any let or hindrance at is as an inhalant, which is used to open Vol. 2, page 1461, 1936. Spec ific warn· drug stores and filling stations just as the nostrils when olle has a cold. Va ing by the Joumal of the American oll e may buy other very much less rious nose and throat specialists urge Medical Association was given ill their dangerous drugs. It is not likely o f against its use, but it is 1I0t this form volume] 09, page 2064 and also ill Vol. course that mall)' students will be ae· of the drug that we wish to mentioll :in no, page 90l. tuall), poisoned fatally b)' the drug, this place. Some tillle ago, benzedrine It appears that this drug definitely but this possibility is at least of inter sulphate began to be put on the market raises blood pressure, which in itself est. ullder the name of "Pep tablets." It was should seem to be rather dangerous in· Warns Coaches first recommended for truck drivers or asmuch as several of the commonest for automobilists who were sleepy and causes of death, s uch as organic heart Another abuse which is being uncov tired and who feared they mi ght go to disease, cardio-vascular·renal disease, ered is th e use of benzedrine by cer sleep at the wheel. Used in this way, apoplexy, chronic nephritis, essential tain athletic coaches .for the purpose of and only when the need was urgent, the hypertension, high blood pressure, getting the last mite of strength from drug might be capable of real service, hardening of the arteries and other their proteges. This is an extremely se illasmuch as Olle can well afford to over systemic disturbances are either caused rious matter. Athletics are already so stimulate himself if by doing so he may by or related to alterations ill blootl overemphasized with " pep sessions" avoid an accident. pressure. Jnasmuch as th e welfare of and the urg ing of the school, th e profes· a patient with pneumonia depends Oil sors and the coach before and during Being Misused the integrity of hjs circulatory appara· a game, that they are already under The drug, however, is being put to tus, we can well believe that a patient so me criticism on this score. What shall another use which we recognize as be who had heen on a benzedrine "jag" we say then about the questi on of drugs ing quite improper. We are told that in would be in no condition to combat which will cause the student to be able certain in stances the students of high the ravages of this disease. We believe, to put out his very last bit o f reserve? schools and colleges are using it as a too, that the use of this drug will tend Strychnine tablets and other stimulants stimulallt for the purpose of keeping to increase the number of nervous have been used in this wa y in times awake during lectures, at exam illation breakdowns and the incidence of tuber past. Actually, these things destroy the tiole and while cramming for examina culosis beca use it will enable and ell real purpose for which they are g iven I iOlls. With two or three o f these tabh~ ts courage young people to dissipate or in the first place, because they tend for tw enty.four hours, it is possible for overexert themselves. to make the athlete " j ittery" and tellse. one to work ri ght thro ugh the night, We doubt if they are being used by apparently at high efficiency. This fact Is Strong Stimulant athletic departments of the better schools ma y make th e student feel that he can The drug also acts directly as a :> trong which have well·trained coaches and cli· "get hy" without sleep, thereby giving stillJulant upon the central nervous sys rectors in charge, because these men hinl more time for his night life with· tem. Unfortunately, however, it is olle are doubtless familiar with th e fact out risking the chance of nodding in of those drugs that leave in its wake that this procedure is wrong. Less well class the next da)'. From all eduea tion periods o f depression. The individual prepared coaches and instructors, how· al standpoint, it is hard to see how who uses this drug very long may count ever, might be tempted. Personally we anything could be more disturbing to uiJon a backlash' that will more than think it should be a criminal offense th e real ideals of education than this counteract any aclvantages which the for a coach to give any of his protege3 sort of thing. former period of stimulation may seem a potent drug for this purpose. We Frolll the health standpoint, the mat· to have given him. There has been shall have no quarrel with h im if he has te l' is important in even a more urgent one death of a college student alreac1v his athletes drink a cup of coffee or lJIallller. This drug is not harmless hy in the state of Indiana in recent months take a Coca-Cola before an important any means. An article by Dr. K. K. which seems to have been due to an game, but powerful drugs such as Chen in th e Chellu:st ami Druggist, Vol. overdose of benzedrine sulphate. At benzedrine sulphate tablets, "pep ] 29, pp. 525-583, tells us that the drug least benzedrine snlphate was found in tablets," caHein tablets, ephedrine, is twi ce as toxic, wei ght for weight, as considerable quantities in his body after strychnine sulphate and the like, have eph edrine. Various articles in scientific death. We quote from a letter which no place ill healthful sports. journals have warned against its use, is signed by a professo r of that in· This drug has crept up on all of us. some of the fIlostinteresting being Me- stitution, who IS In cha rge: "The (Continued on page 29) 20 The April 1940 Around The News World 11 I•• mni Notes••• With I.U. Alumni ...By Classes " Ihving sh,}wn ("Il" luyalty tu I.l J. by '~ nd Compiled by • • . 1875 jllg o llr chiJdren, (;0 11[-; i II:-=', fri ends II, oll r ... Hilda Henwood, '32 65th ncullioll-Jullc 1, 2 Alma Mat('r, it is nuw time tu CO lli e baCK .",,1 , after 50 y('ars and get in ,;lep wilh ber Sec., W. C. DUN CA ;~ l ct;;ain . ~re(Jl b uo~ 1 in il ~ fioancial ] f'g i ~ lalinll . Colu",bus " What jf time has put ,;onle laugh " }\ nd did nol Ollr cla,,;mate, T. F. RU ~E, wrinkles around our eyes and maybe ~O llIC FrrHlI :;ecretary DUNCA N COIll(,S the [olio,," · finance and dedicate the Well house lucated grilll ones around our lIlouths (from di ~ illg message co ncerning the 65th r euniun of un t he campus? ciplining the grandchildren, perhaps) ? th e c la ss of '75 in June: "To my s urviving classmates of 1875, I " What if yoor hair is white or spars(:'! Or "The survivors of our class of 1875 have will say cO lll e back LO ollr 65th You'll Meet Your Friends Dr. Bryan Lauds U. S. Hanna There Pr!', i(I.-nt EIllt' ritlb WILI.I"'" Lowf. !lIlYA N paid tir e f o Jl owi l1 ~ t.ribllte 10 7:;· year·old ULYSSES S. i-lA NN A, '95 . ;\~r93, prore~~nr ernt'J'illis of mathemati(,s :1 1 r.O., "11,, died Ull Feb. 18 al hi" IWnl t: in Bluoming ton arlt'L" an jlllle~s of two years: INSURANCE "[ a111 grieved 10 I f'~ rn of Ihe death of JIll' frit'llIJ Pro,f,'""r I-I anna. He 'is one o f lite group \) f yuung IIl(,,1l who Household Goods Jltade Indiana Univt'r, it)' in th e last • Pel'sonal Effects gt'neratioJl. Ue "'a, ont' of those boys • Automobile ,,111> seized t hI:' oppurlIIl1il y open to 'i 111' 111 • Burglary by our denH>cracy and uy Ollr eduea· tiollal sy DI1. 0 ·11 III ;\iOT'rll;K, '91, AM 'n, for 39 years a prufessor of botany at lU., died CORPORATION ill Tn d i 8 llap o li ~ on March 25 at Ih e age of 76 yea rs. He had been in poor heal th for q ll ile ~()m e t ime. Dr. Mu ll in became an instru ctor in th e university in l891, the year he rece ived the Investment Securities A B degree. Tllo yea rs lat er he wa s pro· mukd tu an associate profe ssorship aJJ(1 tilt' same yea r marr ied ANTOtNnTE J. SNH)DI. ex·9.). Dr. Mottier co ntinu ed his Represented By: ed uca ti on in Eurupe, earning the PhD de· 1. Dwight P eterson, 'E) gree frum th e Univel'!;ity of Bon n, Cer· man y. in 1897 and al so studied at th e Uni· Richard C. Lockton, '30 vers it y ul Le ipzig and al th e Biol ogical Statiun at Naples. E. W. Barrett, '26 Ret urning to J.U., he wa s made full Noble 1. Biddinger, '33 proks~or of botan y in 1897 and served fait hfull y for 39 yea r ~ until he wa s reo C. W. Weathers, '17 tired in 19.37. HI' then was given th e title \If prof e~so r Plllerirli S. M. I' . Landgraf, '30 \V el l KnlllYIl throughuu t th e co untry for Frank J. Parmater, '38 hi ~ work. Or. Mot t i(' r wa s a member of til!' Il otan iea l Society of AnH'rica , a fellow uf th c Am erican Associat ion for th e Ad· vallCf'llw nt of Science, member of the 417 Circle Tower Wa shington Academv of Science, th e Bot· ani st,; of th e Cent ral States, th e Am er· INDIANAPOLIS ican Society of Naturalists, th e Indiana Acad· Surviving him are two J.U . daug ht e r ~, Mrs. I'mI' "f Science, Sigma Xi a nd Phi Beta Lyman Pear~on (\V ,I ~' DA Morrn:n. '19) and Kappa. Duriug 1909 he serv{'d a:; pre~ id en t L\lr:;. Lela ud .r. lIawurth (B ,IHIi .~I(~ J\IOTTIf:J1. of th e Indiana Academy of Science. JIe al s(l '23) and all J.l I. ",,, n . OIL 0 .·\110 H. lVIOTTlUI , wrote sc veral ho oks. '17, DD S'2S. For • • • •