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Leo A dams Appoints Four Students To Men's Council
I Lewis Gough, Francis Tappaan, Edward Ware, and Frank Smith Are Chosen; Ralph Flynn Fifth Member of Council; Meeting to Be Called Soon.
STUDENTS UP Rally Group
FOR ELECTION Men c'l0Sen
Speak at Kally-
mt ♦ nf n. scries of fortnightly lures”)' prominent men will take « todw hi nine o'clock when Dr. 10 .. u rherrlngton, internationally speaks in
nminent economist
SSd auditorium. Classes sceuu.ea
for this period have been dismissed by
, R B vou Kleinsmid in or-*1!provide' opportunity for .11 of the students of the university to at-tend tbe assembly.
Lecturing at all of the leading uni-versifies and colleges of the 1 acilic Dr. Cherrington will speak at J university of California at Ber-keley and at Leland Stanford Jr. Uni-rerslty at Palo Alto.
Excellent Lecturer Considered one of the best lecturers on moral and economic questions, Dr Cherrington has been identified with journalistic activities. He has beeu editor of the Kingston (Ohio) Tribune, and The Citizen, Seattle, Washlngon. i Besides these editorships he has beeu associate editor ot The Pacific Issue, and assistant editor ot The American Issue. He is an active scholar, having been granted an LLD. degree at the Ohio Wesleyan university, of which he Is a graduate. The Ottcrbein university has conferred anlionorary degree. He is a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a Thirty-third Degree Mason. Trustees of the Universitp ot Denver have appointed him Director of the Foundation for the Advance ment of Social Sciences.
Dr. Cherrington has written several books on moral and economic ques tions, also a number of pamphlets and magazine articles. At different times he has been appointed by Presidents to represent the United States both at home and abroad at International contentions. At two of them, one held at Lausanne, •Switzerland, and the other held at Washington, D. C., he has served secretary of the convention. He was secretary of the general conference committee on the unification ot the Methodist Church.
Music on the program this morning will be furnished by Dean Skeel, of the College of Music, who will play leveral numbers on the organ.
Appointment of four students to the men's council was made by Leo Adams, student body president, and confirmed by Dean Francis Bacon nnd President 11. 13. Von KlelnSmid. yesterday afternoon. Two seniors and two juniors were appointed.
Lewis Gough and Francis Tappaan will represent tho junior class In the council, while Frank Smith, Edward Ware, and Ualph Flynn will represent the senior class. Flynn, a junior member of the council last year, was automatically made a senior member this year.
Frank Smith wan president of the college of Pharmacy last semester,
Frank Smith
Gamma Epsilon fraternity. He held the olfice of secretary of the council last year, and was a member of the legislative council.
Lewis Gough was president of the Squires last semester and is a member of tho Trojan Knights this year. He is business manager for tlie Daily Trojan, and a member of Theta Psi fraternity.
Francis Tappaan is a member ot Sigma Chi and tlie Trojan Knights, and has been one of the mainstays of the Trojan football team for Ihe past two years. lie Is enrolled in law school.
The ouncil was organizer *jy nob Behlow, 1928-29 student body president, last spring. It completes the and a member of [student body organization and takes the legislative j care of the judiciary department and council. He Is a j the disciplinary work of the men Trojan Knight, j students of the university. The filial president of Sigma authority with ail cases, however, Sigma, junior rests with the faculty welfare com-men's honorary fra- Imittee and President Von KleinSmld. ternity, a member Each student body president in the fall of each semester appoints three members of the committee, two seniors and one junior. The two others being the juniors of the preceding year, who automatically become the senior * members the following year.
The charter members of the council as appointed by Bob Iiehlow were J. Gibson Pleasants, president; Ralph Flynn, secretary; George Dye, Lloyd Thomas and Howard Failor.
There will be a meeting of the coun ell within a short time, the date will be announced later in the Trojan.
A picture of Ed Ware, newly ap pointed senior member of the coun cil, was not obtainable for the Trojan, according to Flynn, editor
of Skull and Dagger. all university men's honorary, and a member of Phi Delta Chi. He is also known for his achievements on the Trojan basketball team.
Edward Ware was president of I the junior class last year, ls a member of Sigma Sigma, Skull and Dagger, and is a Trojan Knight. Ho is a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Ualph Flynn, one of the charter members of the
Lewis Gough
council, is editor of the Daily Trojan, a member of Sigma Sigma, Skull and Dagger, Trojan Knights, Pi Delta Epsilon, and Sigma Phi Delta. He was president of the College of Engineering last year, and Is a member of the
Tappaan
PROFESSOR TO GIVE
BAND TO PERFORM AT NEXT S. C. GAME
Field Stunts to Be Given by Group of 125 Players Under Direction of Harold Roberts.
Making Its first official appearance this fall, the Trojan Band, under aho direction of Harold Roberts, will per. form on the fleld at the Oregon game Saturday.
The band this year will be composed of one hundred and twenty-five players and will be supplemented by the glee club numbering about thlrty-tve.
Although new and snappy uniforms have been ordered. It is probable that Ihe band will not receive them in time ior the game on Saturday. If the new outfits do not arrive last year's uni-forms will be worn.
A much improved baud’ is our *Ml for this year," said Gilbert °rse, assistant manager. “We want “ live the spectators what they are oo -ing for, Beside the regular march-*a” the Alma Mater, we are probab-> solng to play some fopular music in esponse to repeated requests. The "J"'9 llltG tlle Popular stuff almost ... as the school songs. We are ientn'0 be riEllt tllerp by the rooting Put lm 83 USUa' ,ftnd wt''re Koln8 to Songs" C( P,'P int0 ,he fighting
also at a novel stunt
band Jn v 8‘Vl“n at the ganle- Tll° «*■
EDICAL freshmen elect
•f the	Was elected president
o,r£My5;r eias5 th*s-c-Old T j *dlcine yesterday. Har-
d,nt and"'!! WaS elected vice-presi-ary Grieset secretary-The election marked the ‘hat the class has been
Tregoe to Give $50 Prize to Student Showing Most Improvement in Work.
Professor J. 11. Tregoe, of the College of Commerce and Business Administration, is awarding a prize ot $50 to the sophomore, junior, or senior of that school who makes the greatest improvement in his work this year over years.
Other commerce awards of the year will be a gold key. the gift of ahe Phi chapter of Delta Sigma Pi, which will be awarded, upon graduation, to the senior in Commerce who, in the judgement of the faculty, is ranked highest in scholarship for the entire course.
Gamma Epsilon Pi will make its annual award of a silver cup to the junior woman who has mainaained tbe highest average for her first two years iu the College of Commerce.
A cup to the man having tli1) highest scholastic standing in the freshman class of the College of Commerce will he given by Alpha Kappa Psi. The awarding of the prize is under the supervision of the scholarship committee of the college.
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ARCHITECTS GET NOVEL RECEPTION
Refreshments in the way of beer and pretzels together with band numbers by Tom Ritchie's Southern Californians are two of the many features of the Architectural Reception for Freshmen to be held tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the Little Theatre of the Architecture Building. Skits will be presented by members of the Architectural School and there will also be exhibition dancing. The speaker of the evening will be Professor C. M. Baldwin of the Faculty of tre Architectural School. Although it was previously announced that the invitation ould include Freshmen men and women, a men's smoker is now planned.
Criminologist Gives Address
Albert A. Rhine Will Speak to Academy of Criminology at Meeting.
Albert A. Rhine .special investigator for the San Francisco police department, will address the Southern California Academy of Criminology at its meeting this evening in the Student Union building ou the campus of the University of Southern California, 36th street and University avenue, according to Dr. Justin Miller, dean of the school of law at S. C. and president ot the Academy.
"Fakers and Mysticism" will be the subject of Investigator Rhine’s talk. Kliine has been employed by the city of San Francisco to make a study of mediums, swamis, seers, magicians, and persons fraudulently claiming supernatural powers in the northern metropolis. He is noted for Ills own ability to perform so-called ‘'magical” feats and will use these to illustrate his lecture.
Persons wishing to attend the meeting, which will be preceded hy dinner, must make reservations at Dean Miller’s office at the S. C. school of law.
Approved List of Nominees Released by Sam Jonas; Polling Starts Tomorrow.
Class elections will bo held tomorrow from 8:30 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. in the Colleges of Pharmacy, Commerce, Letters, Arts, and Sciences. Approved lists of the nominees for class oflices were today released by Sam Jones, election commissiooner.
The nominees for the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences are as follows:
Freshman Class
President, Dan Drown, Frank Wy-koff. Vice-president, Mary Jane Me-cer, Myra Jane McClung. Secretary, Adele Stanley, Erma Eldridge. Treasurer, Francis Guinney, Josephine Pel-phrey.
Executive Committee—Alice Craven, Quentin Reger, Evelyn Payton, Margaret Dudley, Carlos Askew, Jean Folkes, George Harris, James Tarver, Don Prossor, Peggy Potts, Louise Johnson.
Sophomore Class
President, Jack Green, Thomas Ku-chel. Vice-president, Maine Mathle-son, Katherine Hackney, Marjorie Edick, Hazel Itedfleld, Betty MeDou-gall. Secretary-treasurer, Winifred Wc ntz, Mildred B. Bpwn, Wilma loodwin, Juanita Wagner.
Executive Committee, Mary Belle Robertson, Dorothy Hurley, Jane Ellis, Martha Van Buskirk, Arthur Huey, Juanita Oudermuelen, Clifford Capps, Janet Pelplirey, Louise Sliillinglaw, Earnest Klingstein.
Junior Class President, Henry Walbot. Vice-president, Marion Williams, Dot Warner. Secretary, Dorothy Hodge, Dorothy Beech. Treasurer, Wilbur Mor-by, Claire Thompson.
Executive Committee, Helen Guthrie, Willard Volt, Gregson Bautzer.
Senior Class President, Sam Newman, Ed Ware Vice-president, Dorothy Hollingsworth, Thelma Grubbs. Secretary, Katheryn Ault, Grace Wright. Treasurer, William Leech, Wesley Wilson Executive Committee, George Peter son, Louise Hoeseler, Ward Bond.
COLLEGE OF COMMERCE The nominees for the College of Commerce follow:
Freshman Class President: Maurice Hindin.
Sophomore Class President: Walter Orr, Francis Van )uesen.
Junior Class President: Loren Kling.
Senior Class
Sam Newman to Head Committee in Charge of Pep Meetings Before Games.
Names of the members of the rally committee for this year have been announced, and plans for the work of the year will begin immediately. Sam Newman, president of the Troja’i Knights, automatically becomes chairman of the committee. Bobbie Loftus, has been chosen secretary.
Others who have been named mem. bers of the committee are Lowell Goode, George Richter, Kenneth Callow, Mulvey White, Perry Townsend, Duncan Powers and Frank Smith.
The following people have been named to take care of the various departments for the committee: Gordon Pace, Veil King; Bill Eldfeldt, music; Constance Vachon, historian; and Winifred Biegler, publicity. Two mem bers are still to be named, one to re. present the flying sjuadron and one the play productions department.
Leo Adams, president of the A. S. U. S. C , Gwynn Wilson, graduate manager, and Ralph Flynn, editor of the Dally Trojan will act as ex-officio members of the committee.
A meeting of the members will be held tomorrow noon in Room 201 of tho Student Union ,and all members must be present, according to Bobbie Loftus. Plans for the rally to be held Friday morning will be discussed at this time.
RUSSIAN LECTURER
Dr. F. Schneersohn, Leader of Science of Man Movement, Will Talk in Hoose 206.
SORORITY PLEDGING IS ANNOUNCED BY GROUPS
Many Desirable Prospects Available; Preferential System Avoids Confusion and Unfairness, According to Panhellenic Leaders.
By BETTY HENNINGER
Bringing to a close a week of intensive rushing, social sororities last night formally announced the pledging of a large group of candidates for membership. Through the use of the preferential system, much confusion was avoided in making the final selection of prospective members from the large number of desirable aspirants this -*yeai\ sorority ofllcers stated to-
BOWEN CUP CONTEST IN BOM OCT. 16
All Southern California Students Eligible to Compete in Preliminaries Oct. 15.
Dr. F. Schneersorn, eminent writer and lecturer from Russia, will speak in Hoose 206 at 4:15 tomorrow afternoon, on “The Psychological Science ot Man and the Psycho-Expedition Method.”
Dr. Schneersohn is the leader of the science of man movement, which ls gradually extending over Europe and the United States. He has published numerous works in Yiddish. German, Hebrew, and Russian. Among the many books he has published are: "Studies in Psycho-Expedition," "New Roads to Social Education.” He comes to S. C. highly recommended by Dr. Rosanoff, professor in University College and a leading national psychiatrist. The lecture is open to the public.
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PRE-LEGAL SOCIETY TO HOLD MEETING
In order to get acquainted with freshmen and new juniors, the Pre-Legal society will hold its first meeting on Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock in H. 206. George Perrine, president, announced that this will be an important meeting and urges every old member and all new pre-legal students to be present.
The program wil include speeches by some prominent members of the bar in Southern California. It is especially planned to enable law students to meet the noted lawyers of the Southland. Several topics of interest to the judicial students also will be discussed.
Tickets for California Game on Sale in Store
All applications for tickets to the California game, Nov. 2, must be made through the office of the cashier in the Students Store, by Friday, Oct. 5, according to an announcement made by Miss Marie Poetlcer.
Each student is allowed two tickets at reduced prices. All checks should be made out for $7.20 and each ticket is priced at $3.50 and 20 cents is added for mailing charges. Tickets are sold at cheaper rates only with the presentation of coupon 5 in the student activity book.
Rooters tickets for the game will be sold at the office of the cashier during the week preceding the California combat. Student tickets for the Stanford game may also be procured during the week before Oct. 26.
Preliminaries for the annual Bowen Cup oratorical contest will be held on Oct. 15, according to the announcement made today by Randolph Ritchey is open to all students of Southern California who have not already won a Bowen cup. The finals will be held on Oct. 16 in Bovard auditorium.
Students who participate in the preliminaries will be required to deliver six-minute orations on some current topic of world wide importance. The specific topic will be assigned to each entrant at. 2 p.m. in the varsity squad room in the Student Union.
"The Bowen Cup contest,” says Ritchey, “is different that it was in previous years. This year each student who enters the contest will be given a different topic two hours before the trials and upon this subject he will deliver his oration.
“In former years all contestants were given the same subject, lt is ad. visable for all students who are plan ning to enter the contest to read and study all the important current topics because no one kaows until 2 p.m. on Oct. 15 just what topic will be given to each student.”
The preliminaries are scheduled to start at four o'clock. The speakers will be Judged according to delivery and content of speech. At the present time the udges have not been selected by the Trojan debate committee in charge of the contest.
Students Sign-Up All students who desire to enter the contest must sign up with Ritchey in the debate office, room 233 of the Student Union. Ritchey will be in the office every day during chapel hour and every afternoon from 2:30 to 4:00 until the day of the preliminaries.
The Bowen Cup oratorical contest Is an annual affair at Southern California. Nine speakers are chosen at the will meet on Oct. 16. The best six speakers will receive loving cups, donated by Judge William M. Bowen
Press club will hold Its first meeting of the year in the El Rodeo office at 9:50 this morning. Matt Barr, president, requests all avtive members to attend as plans for the year will be scheduled.
Fla., Sept.
-Sporadic♦Commerce Lamont announced today
gusls of hurricane proportion swept Pensacola this afteroon as the city waited for tlie West Indian storm, placed by Ihe weather bureau at 40 | miles southeast of this place. For short periods tlie wind reached a velocity of 90 miles an hour, then settled down to about a 60-mile pace. Advisory warnings from Washington said the disturbance was moving northwestward at 10 miles an hour.
that the result of the governmental iuvesitgation into the crash of the Trans continental Air Transport liner in New Mexico will not be made public.
New York, Sept. 30.—Most of the active steel, motor, railroad, manufacturing. and utility shares were swept I down to new low price levels today. Orders to Bell stock came in from all
Washington, Sept. 30.—Secretary of directions.
i Tokio, Sept. 30.—A daughter was born today to Empress Nagako. Emperor Hlrohlto’s brother, however, remains heir to the throne, since the Emperor has no sons.
Washington, Sept. 30.—Defeat of President Herbert Hoover’s appeal for the retention of the tiexible tariff is believed probable, according to political observers. If the Democratic-Insurgent coalition is successful, it will amount to Hoover’s first major legislative defeat.
Dental Field Day Planned
Event Scheduled for October 31, Competition to Be Keen in Athletic Contests.
Plans for Dental Fleld day at Brookside park, Pasadena, Thursday, Oc. tober 3, have been completed, according to Rulen Openshaw .student president at the College of Dentistry. The committee consisting of Coach Gilliland, Cliff Revell, D. W. Dyer, and Bob Wiley, have beeu working for the past week arranging final details.
Field day is one of ahe two main events of the dental college year, the other being beach day, which is always spent at Balboa.
Dr. L. E. Ford, dean of the College of Dentistry, ls the sponsorer of the day. The cost of the affair is financed by a novel arrangement, whereby 10 per cent of all student purchases on dental supplies is accumulated into a fund to be used for transportation, food and athletic equipment necessary in order to make the Field Day a real success.
ing activities have been conducted under tbe auspices of the Panhellenic.
The following co-eds were Included in the list of pledges announced last
night:
Alpha Delta Pi: Grace McKenzie, Valentine Black, Hildred Smothers, Doris Greene, Penelope Jackson, Helen McCllntock, Betty Robertson, Margaret Ogden and Florence Le Baron.
Della Zeta: Dorothy Delevan, Marie Drake, Florence Hickman, Alice Jordan, Jean Little, Billie Rogers and Marion Walton.
Kappa Delta: Virginia Bryant, Doro-tha Purcell, Jayne Cunningham, Josephine Pelplirey, Mary Ceclla Carr, Nancy Kaye and Delitlia Ellis.
Alpha Chi Omega: Jane Ellis, Mary Beth Fyle, Eleanor Klnne, Norma Krlthe, Penelope Jack, Helen Haver, Myra Jane McClung, Adele Stanley and Jimmy Kirk.
Pill Mu: Lavina Arnold, Venlse Brain, Dona Locke, Virginia Monosmith, Lois Rees, Wanda Tassell, Narcisse Truitt and Marian Ward.
Delta Gamma: Rosemary Beeman, Thelma Dix, Wllla Jean Hanson, Jane Niorolls, Josephine Sprague, Dolly Harrison, Alicia Barr. Margaret Hannah, Henrietta Williams, Mildred Welch, Mary Helen Stuart, Ruth Bar-to. Evelyn Wells, Ida Lee Hayes, Gretchen Mayer and Mary Jane Hackett.
Delta Delta Delta: Constance Tarr, Mary Hyatt Hudson, Eleanor Humfre-ville, Catherino Hohrer, Marjorie Dunn, Elizabeth Mellen, Mary Jane Mercer, Virginia Woodw’ard, Mildred Morrison and Elizabeth Huston.
Alpha Gamma Delta: Florence Ashley, Ruth Coe, Doris Henry, Katherine Hellworth, Florence Brian, Lucille Wimberly, Helen Grafton, Lenore Ellmore, Elizabeth Cox, Margaret Thomas, Mary Hunt, Dorlesca Burtis, Florence Maxin, Josephine Young and Dorothy Roe.
Pi Beta Phi: Mary Ann Cotten, Marcia Forbes, Margaret ForbeH, Phyllis Franklin, Isabel Goss, Harr’.at Grettner, Frances Johnson, Olive Morris and Mary Wieger.
Kappa Alpha Theta: Stuart Baird, Gene Bellls, Martha Burkett, Elizabeth Clisbee, Percy Frazer, Betty Gil-iner, Virginia Greelis, Dorothea Holt, Mary Alice Rogers, Louise Shllling-law, Corrine Swanson, Helen Thorpe, Karin Wallstadt and Peggy Blood.
KNIGHT, SQUIRE PETITIONS
til petitions for Trojan Knights and Squires must be turned in to Sam Newman or Fred Pierson in 203 Student Union not later than 10:25 tomorrow.
S. C. DEAN WRITES ABOUT CALIFORNIA
Rockwell D. Hunt Collaborates With Grift Sanchez on New Book.
Rockwell D. Hunt, dean of the graduate school of the University of Southern California, has collaborated with Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez to produce "A Short History of California.” Both authors have previously written on the California history. Hunt is the author of ‘^California the Golden,” and Sanchez ls the author of ‘‘California: The Spanish Period.”
Their present volume, so far as the authors are aware, is the only existing single book on history of Califor. nia, which is suitable for the use of the student and for the general reader The Spanish pioneers who conquered the perils of the sea; the Anglo-Saxon race who struggled through the tracts of wilderness to the same goal; and finally those who rose up and by their genius and industry made this wesa-ern state what it is today.
This work is illustrated from rare prints and scenes; it contains 14 illustrations from "The Pictorial History of California,” and 4 maps.