University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Edgar 1. Coodspead Detective stories HE hobbies 0f the fac- ulty at the University have long been intel- lectually justified. The great Michelson, it is said. was a shark in p001 and billiards for the mathematical and geometrical excitement of the games. Many members of the faculty,r openly admit- ted they read detective storien for the sheer please ure in beating the author out of his surprise at the end of the puzzles he can- tivest President Robert M. liutchins admits his reading uf detective stories is just another vice-like cigarettes. since he is always borrowing the book from someone. But it tuck Professor Edgar J . Goodspeed, translator of the New Testament into Modern English to come out with a mystery novel under his own name, entitled The Curse of the Colophon? It involved the adven- tures of a professor who seeks to find the meaning of :1 mysterious; inecription at the end of an ancient manly script, the itColophon , upon which lies L1 cumin William Vaughn Moody Lectures N October l'T, a. phase of the University tradition O was revealed in all its richnesn. when three emi- nent members of the department of English corn- memorated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death uf William Vaughn Moody, poet, painter, dramatist member of the faculty from 1395 to 1903. Ferdinand Schevil, Professor Modern History and intimate friend of Moody, spoke on William Vaughn Moody: The Man. John M. Manley. ProfessorAEmeri- tus of English, writer of the Introduction to Mocdyis Collected Poems and Plays, and outstanding authority on Chaucer, spoke on ttWilliam Vaughn Moody: The Schoiar. Howard Mumford Jones, Professor of Eng- lish at the University of Michiganend graduate of the University, spoke on William Vaughn Moodv: The Poet; Percy H, Boynton, Professor of English pre- side . Rarely has so penetrating analysis of a man of genius been presanted. None of the men who spoke felt strict- ly .confmed t0 the topics, The Man , T he Scholar't', and The Poet? It was thoroughly established that Mendy was a man of genius, a conscientious teacher and scholar, a poet of tremendous Eminence in American literature. William Vaughn Moody was .1 brilliant student and creative artist, even while attending Harvard from which he graduated at an early age, He spent most of his; short life Um was only M years old when he diedj in long and extended travel, usually- preferring the Mediterranean lands and California. Despite his travel- ing abmad, his poetry was distinctly American in back- grOund and subject-matter. During his eight years of teathing at the University, he was an inspiration to students and fellow-faeulty members to such an extent that the intellectual and aehthetic impulse which he gave in those years has not yet left them. Two permanent monuments to his memury exist at the University: The William Vaughn Moody Lecture Foundation, financed by anonymous donors, which regularly brings to the campus prominent contributors to the arts, literature and science of the world; and the William Vaughn Moody Library of American Literature. James Henry Breasted epoch struck the campus in December. Vigorous James Henry Breasted; worId-famuus orientalist and historian, creator and director of the Universityls Oriental Institute, was stricken and died December 2 of streptoccocus infection soon after he was taken from the.- boat in New York after :1 eummei' mjourn in Italy and the Near East. ONE of those tragedies which mark the end of an Colleagues expressed their shock at his sudden passv ing and their admiration of his scholarly achievements when the news reached them. The museum of the Orien- tal Institute was closed for the day and the University's flag was lowered to halfistaff. Dr. Breasted was probably the- most famous Scholar on our faculty, said Vice-President Woodward, aIn addition to his remarkable achievements in discovery ilnd research, he was a great organizer and executive, a brilliant lecturer, and a man of extraordinary per sonal charm. His illuminating books on the early history of civillzation are read not only by scholars but by intelligent laymen all over the world. uOur loss is irreparable. In the Oriental Institute 0f the University of Chicago, which Dr, Breasted estab- lished and developed to its present high standing, he leaves an enduring monument. At his own request Dr, Breasted's remains were cre- mated. There were 1m funeral services, but plans for a memorial service to be held later at the llfniversitf,r were made, of which we shall make mention later in this hisr tory. Besides Mrs. Breasted and his sun, Charles Breasted, Dr. Breasted leaves a younger son, James Henry Breasted, er now studying oriental history at Queen's College, Oxford, and a daughter, Astrid. The latter had remained in the Near East but immediately started for America on hearing of her fatherls death. The first Mrs. Breasted, the former Frances Hart, whom he married in Berlin in 1394:, died Juiy 24, 1934-. On June 8, 1985, Dr. Breasted married his first wifeis sister, Mrs. Imogene Hart Richmond and their trip to the Near East was in part a Wedding trip, Dr. A. T. Olmsteed, long-time colleague of Dr. Breasted, who succeeded to the chair of Oriental Lanr guages from which Dr. Breasted retired two years ago, to devote his time to the administrative work of the Institute, said: 'I'James Henry Breasted was the first American pro- fessional historian of the ancient Near East: before his death the wurlti recognized him as its foremost historian. When his History uf Egypt was published in 190? ancient history itself was harm 1y recognized by professional historians, the 0 r i e n t was abandoned t u the phitnlogist and the theolo- gian. Professor Breasted 9.1-- m o s t single- handed m a d e the Orient tru- ly historial with his vivid pic- tures of the 'lil-ing p a s t? James Breasted 24

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Harold Gosnell Goanell-ttNegro Politicianeii LSD in the audience was Harold F. Gosnell, A5507 ciate Professor of Political Science, who capped five Years of work when his book, Negro Politia ciens.h was published during the summer. It is the story of the political struggles of B. minority group is an Amer- ican metropolitan community. Dr. Gasnell concludes that political organization has resulted in no spectacular gains for the race, but the concrete gains have been about as great as those of other minority groups, and the status of Negroes might have been worse had they not been organized. The book is a fascinating story of skullduggery, conflict, and t'human interest episodes which should appeal to the Iaymant The bank raises the question of what is political science. It does not pre- tend to present an analysis by which all political minori- ties can be understood. It should be a valuable source for historians who want to know how Negroes have fared in Chicago. It is particular, not universal. It will not aid political scientists who are lookin for principles that will explain the kind of political 'ehavior it de- scribes. The volume mm for its author the John Anise field Award of $1,000 for the best book of the year on race relations. Bank robbery-Deuel member of the audience at the faculty banquet was Dr. Theme Deuel, Research Associate in Anthropology. He made news three times during the month of October. He had headed a. party during the summer which explored the archaeologically important Kineaid Mountains near Metropolis, Illinois, where a house, partially consumed by fire hundreds of years ago, revealed important archaeological artifacts concerning the structure and materials of the homes of ancient American Indians. Dr. Deuel then returned to the University with these findings and prepared to leave again, this time for Texas, on a one-man photographicai expedition which, as a part of a collection of similar material throughout the Mississippi thlley. is expected to enable students to study the remains of ancient Indian cultures without actually visiting the country. This expedition of Dr. Deuel, then, was to be as much for education as for research. As a part of the preparations Dr. Deuel entered the University State Bank early one bright it'lazmailmr morning L AID up in the hospital instead of being just another 23 to draw out some money, As he stood near the teller's window, two amateur hanaits fortified by five others who were waiting outside in two automobiles entered the bank anti snarled, This is a stick-np. A young woman behind the counter promptly stePped on-the tear-gas pedal; the bandits became pamcky. Deuel leaped behind a marble pillar. Unfortunately, as he later related, he forgot to pull in his ankle, In the shooting that followed Dr. Dcuel caught a ricochetted bullet in that ankle, and three other persons were wounded in the eifray, twe of them badly. This blood and thunder made it news again when Dr, Deuel, several weeks later departed for Texas none the worse for the incident except that careful Billings Hospital had dc- prived him of a week's time, He will return to the University this June. Art Inslilute-lecturca-JucLaughlin EW students know that members of the Univer- F sity faculty give lecture series at the Art Insti- tute Week-day evenings at the Institute are rare when some member of the faculty is not addressing an earnest group of listeners in Fullerton Hall at 6:445 P. M. Lectures scheduled last fall were in the fields of politics, law, art, and anthropology. As if to show that the University as a hotbed of radicalism was still not without tinges of Republicanism, five lectures on Our Constitution were delivered by Andrew C. Mc- Laughlin, Professor-Emeritus of American History, and a far more noted authc-ritg,r 0n the Constitution than the Honorable James M. Beck, so extensively quoted in the press, The tive lectures were The Constitutional Significance of the American Revolution, The Origin and Nature of the American Constitutional System? The Courts and Their Duties under the Constitution , The Adaptation of Law to Changing Social Conditionsii, and W111: Development of the Presidency . Smith . . . Boullon . . . Stark ONCURRENTLY T. V. Smith, Professor of Philo- C sophy and State Senator from the Fifth District, considered in a, series of five lectures the ethical foundations of individualism, liberalism, fascism, com- munism, and Americanism. A series of five lectures on African Music: A PurSuit of Rhythm was given by Mrs. Laura C. Boulton, trained musician and anthropolo- gist, featuring actual melodies in sound recording and actual tribal life of the African savages in movie hlm. She managed to establish many connections between this kind of primitive music and American jazz. Harold Stark gave the longest series, ten lectures on Art and Life in America. Five members of the University's School of Business followed T. V. Smithis lectures with a series on iiThe Relationship between Government and Business? PHOTO BY JOHN ROBERTS

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His professional colleagues recognized this by honor- ing him With the presidency of the American Histerial Association. tiUnlike so many of his colleagues, Professor Breasted believed that research was useless unless presented to the public in an attractive form. His Ancient Times, the text-book in ancient history of the last generation, brought to hundreds of thousands of youthful minds the conviction that the ancient world was as living 5.3 the present. His Conquest of Civilization brought this 'New Orient, to more mature but equally enthue siastic readers. It is the simple truth that the over- whelming inerest in the ancient Near East so manifest today in America is due primarily to the influence of Professor Breasted. uAt the height of big reputation and in the full ma.- turit;r of his powers, he turned from the personal re search which-was to him the very breath of life to pro- vide for the future of his beloved studies. After re- peated disappointments when his projects seemed on the verge of fulfillment, at. last, through the generosity of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, JL, he founded the Oriental Institute at. the University of Chicago. In this great leboratory of history, 3.5 he rightly called it, he collected the largest group of scholars dedicated to theSe studies in the world, and set them, young and old, the common task of presenting a fuller, more authentic, and more living picture of that fascinating past. The published works which have made his great reputation will live after him, but his greatest contribution to the future will be the books of those young men tfained at the Oriental Institute for whose inspiration Professor Breasted laid aside his own research. Pioneering in his field, a vivid and prolific writer, Dr. Breastedts ambition to recover for modern civitizatian the story of man's rise from pre-historical savagery was given great impetus with the establishment of the Ori- ental Institute as a research organization at the Uni- versity in 1919. Largely through the generosity of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the expedition work was put on a. permanent basis through lar e ifts in 1928. In 1931, the new $1,500,000 Institute ui ding cm the corner of University avenue and 5Bth street was opened. This latter event was in the nature of a personal triw umph for Dr, Breasted, who almost singlelmnded had organized in a young middle-westem city the greatest concertect effort ever made to unearth the lost chapters in the history of biblical and preebiincal times, Dr. Breastedts Chicago offices served as headquarters for twelve expeditions, employed more than 100 stat work- ers and several thousand native diggers who are emv played at strategic sites around the western basin of the Mediterranean, regarded as the cradle of civilization. Dr. Breastedts first tiexpeditionl' to Egypt, made in 1899, was done on a budget of $500, with equipment consisting 01' a camera. and a donkey. The annual budget of the Institute is now $700,000, and its workers utilize all the devices of modern science in their work. The National Labor Relations Act TTENTION of the business and lab0r world was directed to The National Labor Relations Act, a study by William H. Spencer. Dean of the School of Business. which was published in November by the' University Press. While the National Labor Relations Act tWagner Billl contains thome ill-advised provisions and is sub- ject to criticism because of certain serious ommis- sions, it is on the whole a s u u n d piece of legislation, Dean Spencer says. He was former chairman of the Chicago Regional Labor Board. suc- cessor in this posi- tion of President Robert M. Hutch- ins, until the NRA was ruled out by the Supreme Court. By the time the Cap and Gown is out, the Court will have ruled on the W'agner Bill. so the words here of a scholar wiIl get thr- acid test. William Spencer The A131 is not as bad as employers seem to'think it is;1 Dean Spencer commentst and it certainly 15 not a panacea. as organized labor pretends to believe nThe statute as a whole is vulnerable to constitutional attack on several grounds. The Supreme Court may de- clare that one 01' more of the iunfuir lubur practicesl arc unconstitutional on the ground that they are lin- justifiable interefereuce with freedom of contract, guare unteed by the Fifth Amendment. The Court may also decide that certain other sections offend against the due process of law clause because they do not provide for adequate judicial review of the Boardis decisions and activities in connection with the selection and design:- tion of repfesentatives for purposes of collective har- gaining Although it is unliker that the Court will declare the whale law unconstitutional on the ground that it invades the sphere of state control over local affairs, it is possible that the Court may so far limit the applica- tiuu of the law as practically to nullify it. i'There is little doubt but that in the immediate future the Labor Board will proceed with great caution in the assertion of its jurisdiction and powers. There is little doubt that employers will resort to all manner of legal devices and strategyr to tie the hands of the Board until the Supreme Court has had opportunity to pass judg- ment can the constitutionality 0f the Act. Finally, it is somewhat premature to assume that we have come to the end of a competitive regime, that we are pemnanently committed to a regime of economic planning throu l1 theoretically,r large, weli-balenced pres- sure groups. t at, since employers are typically well- urganized labor groups must be encouraged to organize, and that a. return to competition is unthinkable. In- consistency is seented, if not demonstrated, when the President at the Same time advocates higher taxes as a means of decentralizing large industrial units and signs the Labor Act which will undoubtedly,Y tend to-the solidi- fication of workers into large economic pressure groups. l'The New Labor Board set up under the Wagner Bill is moving slowly prior to constitutional tests in the courts. It has only half a dazen cases or so under consideration, while the old board had 300 during a cor- responding period of time, said Mr. Spencer in a later address at Fullerton Hall, Art Institute, speaking on The WagnEI Bill and Collective Bargaining, 9-5