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•■MI-CENTKNNIAL YEAR
VOL. XXI.
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, February 20, 1930.
No. 86
naval parley is ADJOURNED FOR ONE WEEK
Absence Of France From Negotiations Causes Conference Official Statement.
London, Feb. 19-(INS)-Crlppled ty t)ie absence of France from the negotiations, the five-power naval disarmament conference was ad journed this afternoon for one week.
The following official communique was Issued:
"As the result of consultations between the heads of all delegations now in London, it has been decided that the conference shall stand adjourned until Wednesday next."
The work of the conference, however, will be continued by the experts' committee, which will complete consideration ot the special Ships on which it Is now engaged.
The parley was put over until next Wednesday, in the hope that by that time Fiance will have chosen a new government to succeed that of M. Andre Tardieu and be able to send her delegates back to continue their work at the disarmament conference.
It was decided that no forward steps could be taken with one of the powers completely out of the picture, particularly as the disarmament negotiations in their present stage hinge entirely upon the tonnage demands of France.
The decision to adjourn came a short while after Dino Grandi, Italian foreign minister and chief of his counlry's delegation, had handed to newspaper correspondents copies of a memorandum setting forth the Italian program for disarmament.
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PAN-HELLENIC ALTERS RULES FOR RUSHING
Changes in rules for sorority rushing formulated by the Pan-IIellenic council were announced yesterday by Ermr Willis, president of the association of social sororities on the campus.
A notice will be placed in the mail box in room 234 Student Union building, containing instructions for each girl bid by a sorority. The notices must be called for from 8:30 to 11 a.m., this Saturday. The ofllce will not be open in the afternoon.
A list of the sororities will be given to each rushee receiving a notice at the office of the dean of women during the same hours on Saturday. Dean Crawford will explain the system of bidding and its significance to the rushee who will then write her preferences in order. A bid of her first preference will be sent to her providing there is one from that sorority. If not. a bid of her second choice will be sent to her.
Court Held To Enforce Trojan Laws
Knights Summon Traffic Violators To Appear Before Souncil.
SECOND FIRE HITS STANDARD REFINERY
Small Alcohol Blaze Is Extinguished By Company’s Own Fire Brigade.
Linden, N. J., Feb. 19-(INS)— An-other fire broke out tonight at the Bayway Refinery of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey here where an explosion yesterday caused the deaths of eleven men and injury to more than sixty.
Tonight’s fire was a small on in an alcohol still or vat, it was reported to police headquarters. The company’s own fire brigade used their apparatus to extinguish the blaze. No one was injured according to police reports.
Northrup Cleary, representing the oil company, explained yesterday’s blast at Elizabeth this evening.
"There was no explosion of alcohol,” he said. “It was an explosion of extremely high quality refinery gas.”
This gas was being piped from one building to another in a four-inch pipe, parts of which dropped apart at a fitting. The gas was under a 30pound pressure and it spread rapidly. A worker discovered the leak as the cloud of gas filtered through the partly constructed building on which 190 men were employed but the explosion occurred before lhe gas flow could be cut off.
The open forges, used in heating rivits, where the gas became ignited, stood 375 feet away. Victims esti mated that the gas cloud was about *2 or 15 feet high. The flame flasheu through the cloud burning all of the Nen within it.
Ten blood transfusions were given today and plans went forward tonight for several more. Company re Piesentatives have been assigned er® to arrange for victims’ funerals lighten the burdens of families 01 the injured men as much as possible.
COMMERCE COLLEGE EXPECTS BIG VOTE
Students Urged To Bring Identification Cards; Polls To Be Open All Day Friday.
“Since there are more than six hundred students in the College of Commerce, we are expecting approximately the same number of votes from that body Friday morning in the elections for class presidents,” stated Walter Benedict, president of the Commerce institution today. Benedict further announced that every person in that college is urged to bring his student identification card and go to the polls for one candidate or another.
The poll for the College of Commerce will be located in the lobby of the south wing of Old College, and it will be open for voting from 8:30
a.m., to 3:00 p.m. The poll will be guarded from electioneering by Tro-pan Knights. Glenn Jones has been appointed supervisor for Commerce.
Voting in the College of Commerce will be for only the presidents of the various classes. Candidates are: freshman class, Maurice Hindin, Sam Levine, Clarence Stringer; Sophomore, Robert Hall and Robert Men-delson; Junior class, Lewis Gough; Senior class, Wesley Wilson.
That student traffic violators will in the future, appear before the men’s council at a special court which will be held every Monday from 3:15 to 5:00 p.m., was the announcement made yesterday by that body.
The Trojan Knights’ traffic committee will handle all the details of the arrests and will subpoena the consistent offenders to appear before the court.
“We hope that we will not have to resort to fines to enforce campus traffic regulations,” said Frank Smith, president of the men’s council. "We are confident that the students will cooperate with us and the Trojan Knights.”
Enforcement of the traffic ordinances was taken from the hands of the university administration by this act and it now lies fully in the hands of the students through the men’s council.
Seven names were placed before the council yesterday. The offenders will have to appear before the court. If they do not appear they will be suspended from classes until they make some special arrangement.
The men’s council has the power to place traffic violators upon probation, if they deem the case of such importance.
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LA TERTULIA ELECTS SEMESTER. LEADERS
Officers of La Tertulla, Spanish club, elected for this semester are: Louis Brauer, Jr., president; Richard Learned, vice-president; I.ucille Callahan, secretary and treasurer.
At a meeting of the new administrative council held Tuesday, plans for the club’s work this semester were discussed. This council consists of the club officers and one representative elected from each Spanish class, and it is the governing body of the club. It is through the administrative council that La Tertulia is able to keep in touch with all its members.
The council holds meetings on Tuesdays at 10 a. m. in Bridge 214.
EL RODEO PLANS GROUP PICTURES
Arrangements Should Be Made With John Morley; Staff Members To Report.
Campus organizations desiring group pictures In the 1930 El Rodeo, must see John Morley, assistant editor, ln the year book office, Student Union building, today without fall. The following organizations have made no arrangements and should do so at the earliest possible moment; Newman Club, Epsilon Phi, Religion Club, Aristo Club, Clionian Club, Japanese Students Club, Bachelors Club, Y. M. C. A., and Y. W. C. A.
Groups which have not yet submitted lists of members and ofllcers as well as groups wishing to later the lists now on flle because of recent changes in membership, must do so by the close of this week, according to Matt Barr, editor of the El Rodeo.
AU section editors must report to the El Rodeo office this week, and all members of the fraternity section staff should come to the ofllce for assignment of duty, as active work will begin on this section at once. Any member not reporting will lose his position.
Less than one-half of the staff aspirants who signed up last semester for work on the year book have appeared to claim positions. Unless these delinquents make their appearance today or tomorrow, their places will be forfeited. Members who have already been assigned to work, should prepare to spend at least two hours a week at their duties, Barr said. Any who have not filed these hours should do so as early as possible at the El Rodeo office.
Section editors who have been given deadlines for their sections should also report to the offlce on Tuesday for dummies. This Is Important and must be taken care of at the time designated.
Groups Need Charters For Recognition
Parchments Cost $2; Demand Is Slight, Says Committee Chairman.
In order that they may be officially recognized on campus, all societies, professional and social, which were recently approved by the organizations committee, should obtain their charters of recognition immediately. This may be done by paying a 52 fee to Miss Bardwell in the business offlce in Student Union, room 209. The $2 is necessary to defer the expenses of preparing the parchments. Until charters are ln the hands of the organizations, they will not be considered officially on campus.
FYed Pierson, chairman of lhe organizations committee, states: “Lack of interest shown by these societies in calling for their charters Is rather surprising In the light of the demand made by these organizations for charters previous to their recognition. This list bas appeared from time to time ln the Trojan and the charters have been available for the past four weeks.” The list consists of:
Alpha Phi Epsilon. Aristolian Literary Society, Alpha Kappa Psi, Chinese Student’s Club, Clionian Literary Society, Cosmopolitan Club, Delta Sigma Rho, American Society of Civil Engineers, Iota Sigma Pi, Kappa Zeta, Mortar Board, Odonto Club, Rho Chi, School of Religion Club, Sigma Sigma, Spooks and Spokes, Trojan Amazons, Trojan Knights, Women’s Athletic Association, Women’s Self Government Association, Young Men's Christian Association, and Young Women's Christian Association.
Coolidges Tour Four Hollywood Studios; Notables Join Party
Will II. Hays, who once piloted Republican presidential candidates through politics yesterday showed Calvin Coolidge, a former executive, and Mrs. Coolidge through four Hollywood film studios.
The inside business of making talking pictures was demonstrated to the distinguished visitors after they had lunched with Doug Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at Miss Ptckford’s studio bungalow.
The Coolidges, accompanied by a group of notables, led by Governor and Mrs. C. C. Young of California, accompanied Hays, Czar of the Cinema industry to a dozen sound stages. Most of the movements of the party were, in turn, recorded in film and sound.
The United Artists, Warner Brothers, Fox Metrotone and Metro-Gold-wyn Mayer studios were visited in rapid succession.
At Fairbanks’ studio, Coolidge inspected with lively curiosity an electrical horse, much more pretentious than the one which the former White House occupant used to ride for exercise.
PRESS CLUB
A group picture of the Press clab will be taken for the El Rodeo at 9:10 Friday morning. Matt Barr, president, says that he will expect every member of the club to be at Ward’s photorium on the first floor of the Student Union at that time.
Arrangements will be made then for a meeting next week at which Glenn Johnson will present the new club pins.
WOMEN DEBATERS HOLD NEW TRYOUTS
Tryouts (or women debaters were held yesterday afternoon ln the debate squad room. Helen Peterson, Lucile Reed, Doris Rutherford, Valborg Robertson, Fern Pierson, Betty Henninger, Marian Richardson, Frances Strat-hearn, and Cecily Hilton were chosen to fill vacancies on the team.
The subject which is being debated by the women this year is: “Resolved, that social sororities and fraternities should be abolished in American colleges." A full schedule of debates beginning with Glendale junior college and Including Redlands, Whittier, Occidental, Stanford, Loyola. University of California at Los Angeles, Utah, and the University of California at Berkeley has been arranged for the Trojan speakers.
With the possibilities looming of making several trips during the season, competition for places is daily growing keener, and with Manager Helen Peterson and Captain Lucile Reed assisting him, Coach Alan Nichols is working towards turning out one of the most formidable debate squads on the coast.
Engineering Students To Hear E. R. Vicklund
E.	R. Vicklund, assistant piani engineer of the Goodrich Rubber company, will speak to the students of the College of Engineering at 11:25 this morning in Science 159. He will talk on the manufacture of rubber tires and other products of the Goodrich Rubber company, his lecture being in explanation of the Inspection trip which is to be made on Friday, February 28.
All-U Dance Non-Costume
That the Floradora Frolic, all-uni-versity dance to be sponsored by the School of Architecture will not be a costume affair wras the announcement made yesterday by Bob Boyle, chairman. Although the theme of the dance is to carry out the “Gay Nineties” idea, the only costumes required will be those worn by those taking part in the entertainment, Boyle said.
Incorporating a great many novel features into the dance, the architects have scheduled many well known entertainers into an evening of fast moving amusements. Bids were put on sale this morning at the Students Store at $1.50.
GLEE CLUBS ACCEPT
To The Editor
Gaga, Georgia, Feb. 18-(To the Editor of the Daily Trojan) —Afternoon lecture periods remind me of a Sleepy Hollow huddle. Sprawled about like so many wet towels, the students sleep while the prof’s educated broadcast rings hollow. Professors believe that the common Indulgence of students ln malted milk gargles during lunch ls the cause of this “as if anybody cares" attitude during lectures.
This situation could be easily remedied If the professors would make use of the telegraphone, owned and operated by the School of Speech. Speakers who are bothered with finding someone to speak to, merely broadcast their talks into the telegraphone which records their voice and then throws lt back at them with gusto. This gives the speakeasies a chance to realize why listening to them isn’t so easy. Each professor should be required to listen to his lectures over the telegraphone before proceeding to bruise the nerves of our sensative minded and sensitive nerved student body. Anyway, how do they talk so well on so little?
Yours for convertible armchairs,
MORRIE CHAIN.
GREEKS PICK FIESTA ROOM FOR FORMAL
Semi-Centennial Interfraternity Dance To Be Held on March 21.
German Journalist Scheduled To Visit Southern California
The role of Germany in a new world drama is being graphically presented to students and faculty members of the University of Southern California through visits made to the local campus by eminent leaders of German social and political life. Last week the university was host to Dr. Frederick Schoenemann, distinguished professor from the University of Berlin. On March 4, S. C. will have as honored guest one of Germany’s foremost journalists, Wolf von Dewall, editor of the Frankfurter Zeitung.
The visit of Herr von Dewall to the S. C. campus was made known this week at a meeting of the Graduate Student association by Van H. Tanner, president. The Frankfurter journalist comes to S. C. under the auspices of the Carnegie foundation, and will be entertained while here by the International Relations club, and the Graduate Student association. He will be tendered a reception on the afternoon of March 4, after which he will address faculty and student guests on "Germany as a member of the world
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Other matters of major Importance disclosed at the graduate student meeting Tuesday Included the organization of three commissions of graduate students, each to attack separately certain university problems.
A second type of service will be a statistical commission which will work under the direction of Miss Helen Haller, university statistician.
With their organizations completed for this semester, the men’s and women's glee clubs and the Trojan women’s trio have accepted a number of invitations to sing for various city groups.
Featuring an all S. C. program at the Junior Womens’ Republican study club, thc Trojan womens' trio sang several numbers last night. The aff-I ill- was held at the Langham apartments and Dr. J. D. Cook was the speaker of the evening.
The trio will alao sing at the Pasadena Lion’s club at the Hotel Constance on Friday noon. They will have lunch and the program will begin at 12:15 o’clock. The same evening, the glee club will sing at the Watts high school at 8 o’clock.
Monday the women’s trio will sing at the San Pedro Presbyterian church at 7:30 in the evening.
Wednesday, the men’s glee club will entertain at the University club luncheon. The men have been Invited to the luncheon and will sing after, the program beginning at 1 o’clock.
TICKETS FOR OPERA MAY BE OBTAINED
MORNING CLASSES DISMISSED EARLY
Nine O’Clock Classes Will Let Out At 9:35 For U. C. L. A. Basketball Rally.
Nine o’clock classes tomorrow will be dismissed at 9:35 to allow for a complete half-hour of entertainment at the U.C.L.A.-S.C. basketball rally, was the official announcement made by Sam Newman, rally committee chairman.
In view of the length of the program planned and the importance of the game on Saturday night, the regular fifteen minutes has been doubled to permit presentation of the burlesque skit, a take-off on the coming contest, several popular numbers by a well known prafessional orchestra, and a short period of songs led by W. W. Alt is, an S.C. student.
The comedy skit was written for the occasion by Ralph Flynn, Trojan editor, and is a combination of clever satire and broad humorous burlesque. The portrayal of all characters including both the U.C.L.A. and S.C. backetball teams, the rooters and the referee, Dempsey, already famous on the campus, by the entire group of Squires, will lend a novel angle to the production.
Moving baskets, which seem to show a good deal of favoritism to one side, "elaborate" costuming, clever lines and references to several present bones of contention between the student bodies all promise a lively period of collegiate entertainment, according to Newman.
The Fiesta room of the Ambassador hotel will be the scene of tbe Semicentennial Interfraternity formal dance, the date for which has now been definitely Bet as March 21.
Lewis Gough, chairman of tbe event, made this announcement yesterday as the result of several week's Investigation as to possible locations, conducted by the committee composed of Sheldon Wells, chairman, and Gregson Bautzer.
The entire committee Is more than pleased with the Fiesta room, Gough said yesterday. A new canopy has been placed over the orchestra pit, which Is In the center of the room, and the entire* room has been remodeled. New draperies have been hung and new arc light illumination haB been provided.
The FleBta room haB a capacity of 2,000 couples; thus ample room wlll be provided for the expected attendance.
Co-operation of all schools and colleges In making this interfraternity formal the "most popular ever" ls virtually assured, Gough said yesterday. Professional houBes will back the Interfraternity dance for the first time this year, joining with the social houses ln making the Semi-Cen-nial affair one that is truly all-university In nature. A separate ticket committe has been formed to take care of ticket sales in each of the professional fraternities.
Although the first performance to be presented by the German Opera company is scheduled for March 10 at the Shrine auditorium, tickets for the first presentation are at present practically sold out.
Price reductions will be available to schools and colleges. The S. C. college of music has obtained a limited number of these reduced tickets for students, which are now available al the music department offlce. “The Ring,” a complete epic in four operas, Including, "Das Rheingold," “Waul-kuere,” "Siegfried," and "Goetterdaem-merung," with two other Wagnerian operas, "The Flying Dutchman” and "Tristan and Isolde," and Mozart's “Don Juan" will constitute the German Opera company’s season engagement at the Shrine this year.
GOLD DISCOVERED
Anderson, Ind., Feb. 19—(INS)— cltement which followed informa that metal reported to be gold found in the gravel pit on th Ilronnenberg farm near here w Intense tonight following rep< assayers estimated the so yelld 130 gold per ton.
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Business Manager Asks More Students To Tryout For Staff
Mulvey White, business manager of the Daily Trojan, today urged that more students take advantage of the tryouts that are being held for positions on the business staff. While these tryouts have produced some good men for staff positions, it is felt that there are still many men in the university capable of filling them.
“There is a wealth of opportunity for students in this department,” declares White, “and if a willingness to work is shown, there is an excellent chance to work up to a paid position." Among the 15 positions on the staff at the present time there is a great variety of work, and there is a special opportunity for anyone who *«	in working with copy layouts.
Work done by the salesmen wilt be on a competitive basis and their positions on the staff will be determined by both the earnestness of the>r work and by the results which are obtained from their sales. The positions are open preferably to underclassmen, but there is an equal opportunity for juniors and seniors.
U.C1. A. PROFESSOR SPEAKS AT MEETING
Doctor Tells Aviation Fraternity Of His Experiences And Training As Pilot.
Dr. I.awrence Gahagan, professor of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles, was guest and speaker at Alpha Eta Rho’s luncheon meeting yesterday noon In the Student Union. Art Neelley, vice-president, presided at the meeting due to the absence of Richard Mogle, president, who, with Dr. Earl W. Hill Is attending the International Aircraft Exhibition in St. Louis.
Doctor Gahagan told the aviation fraternity members of experiences, minor fears and victories, and the training at the Standard Airlines, where he Is taking his pilot’s flying course. He and Art Neelley are in the same student group at the field and will solo about the same date.
An Alpha Eta Rho, Jack Stouffer, who has completed a number of solo hours aL the same school, told of his first solo, and amusing incidents which happen to the young aviation students at the field. Stouffer will receive his private pilot's license in the near future.
As presiding officer, Neelley read to the group a telegram from Mogle and Professor Holl at St. Louis, sending their regards to the fraternity and the news of the show.
Members of the fraternity also learned of the Balling of Henry Lin, Chinese student of the S. C. Graduate school last year. Lin left, provided with the necessary credentials for establishing a chapter of Alpha Eta Rho at the University of Shanghai, which business he will begin soon after his arrival ln his mother country.
Cosmopolitan Club Holds Election
Officers for the coming semester were elected by the Cosmopolitan club, an organization whose main purpose is to establish a closer relation between the American and foreign Btudents on the campus.
Those elected are: President, Marion Richardson; vice-president, Wayne Snow; secretary, Vincenta Jamais; treasurer, Kenneth Greenslow. The headquarters of the club are at the International house where meetings and entertainments are held.