UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE’S
CARDINAL WE ARE PROUD
THAT . . . .
. . . “The Cardinal is a newspaper,
published by the students of the Uni-versity
of Louisville. The views ex-pressed
in it are those of students
only.”
VOL. 9 LOUISVILLE. KY., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1940 NO. 10
U-L Players Expose Greeks
Give 'Sorority House’ Monday, Tuesday
Mary Rule and Tom Shea, sup-ported
by Richard McComas Lee
and Ethyl Kuhn, will star in the
U. L. Player’s next production,
Mary Coyle Chase’s “Sorority
House.” A comedy in three acts,
it is allegedly an expose of the
Greek letter sororities. The
drama, the Players’ 107th pres-entation,
will be shown at The
Playhouse, Monday and Tuesday
nights.
The play centers around Mary,
as Alice Wickoff, the little girl
whose “heart belongs to daddy”—
until she tries to join a sorority,
and her fond father, played by
“Mac” Lee. Maidenly tears, how-ever,
will replace the gushing
blood of the last performance, as
the characters fret through a
hectic sorority rush week to a
happy denoument. Alice, boosted
up the social ladder by her am-bitious
mother, portrayed by
Ethyl Kuhn, is trying desperately
to make her sorority, when her
flashy pool-room proprietor
father, barging in among the
elect, queers her chances. Alice,
aghast, denies her devoted father,
and therein lies the meat for the
succeeding action. Tom Shea, a
strictly non-conformist campus
“bigshot,” furnishes the love in-terest,
and some droll comedy to
boot.
Sororities Object
Lew, who can’t understand this
“eat a bite of pie stuff,” is a fine
foil for the snobbish sophisticates
with his down to earth humor.
Both Alice and Lew must play
more or less dual roles, a circum-stance,
which, according to “Pop”
Martin, calls for a wide range of
dramatic ability.
The material for the play was
garnered from Miss Chase’s ex-perience
as a sorority girl at the
University of Denver, and was
produced for the first time at the
Civic Theater, Denver, last year.
“Sorority House,” although
claimed by “Pop” to be in no way
offensive, has met with consider-able
opposition by the sororities,
and the cinema version, shown in
Louisville recently with Anne
Shirley in the stellar role, was
welcomed with a sorority boycott.
“Pop” and the local sororities,
after a brief wrangle, settled their
differences amicably. Prima don-na
Mary Rule, a sorority pledge
herself, says she believes the
piece perfectly fair to the sorori-ties,
and that she doesn’t know
why anyone should object.
Mac Prefers Beer
The play is unique in its great
preponderance of feminine talent.
“Mac” Lee, who styled himself
as the “chief consoler of all those
girls,” admitted he didn’t alto-gether
like the job. Asked to
comment on his role, “Mac” de-clared,
“All my friends will think
it’s a ‘natural’ for me.” He added
with relish, “Lew Wickoff and I
have one thing in common. We
both like good beer.”
The box-office will be open
daily from 12:30 to 1:30 and on
the days of the performance
tickets may be secured from 12:30
until 9:30 p.m.
The photographer will be on
the campus for the last time Tues-day,
December 10 in the ALUMNI
ROOMS between 9:30 and 2:30.
All seniors, juniors, and members
should have their pictures taken.
Press Is Absolved
Of Contempt Charge
In Moot Court Case
By BURLYN PIKE
Eloquence and sometimes biting
oratory filled Law School’s Allen
Court of Appeals this week as
counsel Edgar Simon and Jesse
Moore threw legal bombs at each
other and John Davis and Marvin
Snyder gave able support.
“Burlesque House in Rat Alley”
started it all! A newspaper car-toon
under this title plus an edi-torial
criticising a judge’s de-cision
appeared in the St. Louis
Post Dispatch. The paper was
fined $2,000 and jail sentences
were imposed for indirect con-tempt
of court. In the Moot Court,
however, Judge Ernest S. Clark
upheld the newspaper’s conten-tion
that the contempt citation
was a deprivation of freedom of
the press and was an erroneous
expression of a court’s power to
punish.
“The newspaper has only done
what any civic-minded, public
spirited newspaper MUST do: en-lighten
the public and make
honest criticism of public acts,”
said Simon, attorney for the
paper. But Moore, opposing coun-sel,
said, “We might as well throw
our whole judicial system down a
rat hole if newspaper are to be
allowed to foster a loss of faith
in our courts. The courts have
handed the press a pen and said,
“write what you will, but this
paper has used that pen to stab
its benefactors in the back,” ex-claimed
Moore.
“Mr. Moore has very conveni-ently
forgotten that it was the
Constitution and not the courts
that gave this power of freedom
of the press,” Simon caustically
remarked in a special rebuttal
speech. “It is high time,” he said,
“that this preposterous fallacy,
this fake in false clothing, be
erased from the doctrinate of our
laws,” as he referred to the “in-herent”
power of courts to punish
newspapers for articles.
In his opening address, Davis
argued that under the common
law originating in England, the
power to cite in contempt was in-herent
in the courts and that a
Kentucky statute limiting this
power was unconstitutional.
Snyder, opening the arguments,
contended that no case was pend-ing
when contempt was charged,
hence, the newspaper article and
cartoon could not have interfered
with the judicial process.
Martin Dies Here
“Fifth Column Activities” will
be the subject of an address by
Martin Dies, Congressman from
Texas and Chairman of the Com-mittee
on Un-American Affairs,
when he speaks in Louisville this
week.
Under the auspices of the
Jefferson Post of the American
Legion, he will speak at the
Armory this Sunday, Dec. 8, at
8:00 p.m. Mr. Dies is well known
for his scathing attacks on sub-versive
activities in this country
and is now engaged on several
reports which he intends to pub-lish
soon.
Sigma Kappa
Tops Field
JACKIE COOGLE
Sigma Kappa Sorority added another honor to their growing
list this week as their Freshman Sweetheart candidate. Jackie
Coogle, walked away from the rest of the field, according to an
unofficial report received by Cardinal.
Drum Majorettes' School Set
Football fans will feast their eyes on a bevy of drum majorettes
next fall if plans for their training receive the support of U. of L. coeds,
Ernest Lyon, Band Director, revealed. Under the tutorlage of Gladys
Hazel Hallmark, a master of the baton herself, a school for twirlers
will get under way at the first of the year, Miss Hallmark, student at
Halleck Hall, is from Birmingham, Alabama, where twirling is an
accomplished art.
The slection of majorettes next fall “will not be a matter of
elimination to find the best ones in the class” Mr. Lyons said. “There
will be no competition between aspirants. Any girl who learns to twirl
satisfactorily will be used—we can use as many as we can get.” Any
coed who has ever cherished the desire to strut in front of the band is
eligible for the class, which will meet not more than once a week.
While classes will not start until the first of the year, Mr. Lyons
was anxious that all coeds interested should come to see him this week.
His office hours are Mon., Wed., and Fri. at 1:30 and Tues. and
Thurs. at 12:30, at which time he may be found at the music building.
Saturday Class Ban Okehed
L. A. Students Vote Favors Present Set-up
By an overwhelming vote, Lib-eral
Arts students balloted
definitely in favor of the present
plan of longer class periods on
Tuesday and Thursday in order to
allow for abolition of Saturday
classes in a poll taken by Cardinal
this week. Out of the total num-ber
of students participating in
the poll, the following percent-ages
were computed:
Yes 89%
No 10%
No Opinion 1%
The Freshmen are much more
inclined to be alergic to Saturday
classes than hardened Sopho-mores,
Juniors, and Seniors.
While the Freshman class was en-tirely
devoid of negatives, three
sophomores, two seniors, and one
junior turned thumbs down on
the present extended class period
plan.
Comments on the question were
many and varied. One enthusi-astic
senior who favors longer
class periods asserted, “I’m a hog
about it!” Two other students
said that the absence of Saturday
classes affords many students
the opportunity of having a part
time job. Another student claimed
that he liked his Saturdays free
because, after working hard all
week, he needed a good rest. Still
another felt that Saturday was a
good day in which to get your
homework. Of those favoring Sat-urday
classes, one student stated
that he cut all hour a half classes
on Tuesday and Thursday, and
another complained that hour and
a half classes were boring. Con-cerning
comments, all one fresh-man
had to say was, “Ain’t got
none.” Unquote.
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!
Jackie Coogle Voted Frosh Sweety;
To Be Honored At Dance Tonight
By AL KERSHAW
Jackie Coogle, wonder of Sigma Kappa, Law School and
three sororities, is the 1940 Freshman Sweetheart, Cardinal
editors learned today from unofficial but authoritative sources.
She will be formally instituted, coronated, or what-have-you
at the annual Sweetheart dance to be held tonigh in the gym.
Determined to preserve a “bal-ance
of power” in sorority activi-ties,
Chi Omega and Kappa
Delta reportedly mustered all
possible aid over to Coogle, which
assistance apparently proved to
be the margin of victory. Pi Phi’s
Virginia Papin, whose photog-rapher
and sisters failed by far to
work as hard as the opponents,
trailed by a considerable count
throughout.
Challenge To Defeated
It is the sincere hope of Card-inal,
in servicing the students
with this premature result, that
the dance attendance will not be
affected. It is an outright chal-lenge
to all students and particu-larly
the sororities of defeated
candidates to turn out in full for
this traditional student function.
All the world hates a poor loser,
and poor losers are harmful in
any organization.
Johnny Burkhart, featuring a
stellar accordianist from the east,
will provide his Glenn-Miller-styled
rhythm. His orchestra has
recently completed a two month’s
engagement at Detroit’s fashion-able
Club Royal. Other recent
stands include Hotel Henry Grady
in Atlanta, and Hotel Gibson in
Cincinnati. Admission to the
dance, lasting from 9 til 1, is 75c,
couple or stag.
REPORTED RESULTS
Jackie Coogle, Sig. K 51%
Virginia Papin, Pi Phi ...33%
Dot Vette, Cardinalettes 6%
Verna Gardiner, D. Z 3%
All others 7%
Campus Log
December 6-December 13
FRIDAY, DEC. 6
10:00—Playhouse
Lecture—Mr. Kirkpatrick
12:30-1:30—Women’s Building
Y. W. C. A. Xmas Luncheon
12:30-1:30—Alumni Rooms
University Women's Club
Luncheon
12:30—Mathematics Room
Mathematics Club Luncheon
9:00-1:00—Gymnasium
Freshman Sweetheart Dance
SATURDAY, DEC. 7 j
3:oo—Music Room
Allaise Francais Meeting
B:oo—Gymnasium
Basketball Game—U. of L. vs.
Alumni
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
3:00-5:00—Pi Beta Phi House
Pi Beta Phi Open House for
Parents and Faculty
MONDAY, DEC. 9
12:30—Alumni Rooms
International Relations Club
2:3o—Women’s Building
Home Economics Club presents
The Charm School
B:3o—Playhouse
U. of L. Players Club Produc-tion
"Sorority House"
TUESDAY, DEC. 10
9:00-4:30— Alumni Rooms
Thoroughbred Taking Pictures
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