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SEMI CENTENNIAL YEAR
VOL. XXI.
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, December 11, 1929.
Number 57
WEEK’S EVENTS DRAW ALUMNI 10 UNIVERSITY
Bob Beardsley and Judge Sproul Have Charge of Homecoming Program.
With the expectation of seeing a victorious battle over the Carnegie Tech team Saturday, alumni are rapidly returning to the campus of Southern California all this week.
Under the successful direction of Bob Beardsley, student chairman, and Judge Sproul, general chairman of the alum-committee, the sixth annual Home coming program will be enthusiastically accepted by the returning grads.
The program opened last Saturday nith the College of Engineers’ informal djace, and has continued since then irith open house by the fraternities Mid sororities.
STAG SMOKER TONIGHT Tonight at the Los Angeles Athletic dub, the annual stag smoker will be held, and a program which includes wrestling matches by the L. A. A. C. men, yells led by Gordon Pace, a play by Sam Wood featuring several movie stars, a speech by Judge Sproul, the introduction of the representatives of the Trojan and Carnegie Tech alumni, snd last, but far from least, free beer and pretzels. This smoker will continue to be the largest stag affair of the university calendar, according to Freu Smith, student chairman, and Dr. Alex J. Linck, alumni chairman.
JUDGE DECORATIONS Thursday afternoon and night the Creeks will have their houses judged, and prizes will be awarded the following morning at chapel. Fraternities and sororities have been working on their decoration programs for quite a while, and it will undoubtedly be hard to select the winner. Tommy Continued on Page Six
Trojan Band Plans Stunts
Musical Organizations Fill Numerous Engagements At Affairs.
Trojan musical organizations are finishing up the week before Christmas vacation with a number of en-Wgements to entertain both at campus affairs and at outside activities.
Hal Roberts’ efficient and well-drilled Trojan band is preparing stunts and musical numbers for the Carnegie Tech game and also for the !“* New Year’s game with the Pittsburgh Panthers. They are planning “ “ake the stunts between halves of j™ unexpected post season game the wat that have been put on so far and Properly end a most successful y^ar as far as football is concerned, according to Karl Brenner, manager M the band.
Wednesday at 4 o'clock the Men's artet from the glee club will sing at e ome of Dr. Bruce Baxter where e wi vos of all faculty men are being
entertained.
The women's trio, consisting of ;irr,°' the glee club and the Unirnex. orc*lestra. both have engage-
11	* *or Thursday. The orchestra l’-fift •*y*t *he Colle*e of Music from
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dent I- English club in the stu-Lmon from 4:00 to 6:00.
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Dramatists Moan Strange Loss Of Prop Telephone
A telephone used as part of tho stage properties during the last drama shop program on December 4, has disappeared, according to Gertrude Tyson, president.
It is not known whether the article was lost, strayed or stolen, but in any case it is necessary that it be returned at once. Anyone who has seen or heard of a homeless phone is asked to communicate with Gertrude Tyson, Jerome Ehrlich or the speech office at once.
S,C. ALUMNI REVIEW WiLL APPEAR SOON
Editorial Comment Will Discuss Carnegie Foundation Charges in Subsidizing of Athletics.
The Southern California Alumni Review will make its appearance at Troy sometime after December 16 with many new ideas contained within its 40 pages.
An editorial comment by Raymond L. Haight will discuss the recent charges made by Carnegie Foundation against the subsidizing of athletics. Haight will also write a story on California history which is to be illustrated by Krnie Pinckert.
Prof. William R. LaPorte, graduate of S. C. and chairman of the department of physical education, has written a detailed account of the new Physical Education hatl.
Continuing a series of articles, Charles H. Diggs, member of the faculty of the School of Architecture, has written a story on Landscape Gardening.
Hubert Freston, president of the general Alumni association, features the Homecoming idea in his article.
This issue of the Review will contain a particularly large section on “News of the Class.” Every other graduating class from 1893 to 191!) will be listed. Beginning with the class of '27, there will be pictures of every graduate.
CLASSICISTS PLAN UNIVERSITY MEET
Dr. Rufus B. Von KlelnSmid will deliver the address of welcome at the first meeting of the Classical association of the Pacific States, Southern section, according to an announcement by Prof. Welcome A. Tilroe, of the Southern California Latin department, who is president of the association. This flrst meeting, which will inaugurate the institute of the classical section of the Los Angeles city teachers, will start at 1:15 p. m., Monday, December 16 at Bovard auditorium; the institute will continue on through Friday, December 20.
The program for the institute will include, besides the lectures of Dr. R. S. Conway, University of Manchester. England, dally organ recitals by guest organists and a luncheon on Thursday, December 19. at the Women’s Residence hall. A social half-hour will precede the luncheon at which time a string trio from the College of Music will present a number of popular and classical selections.
A number o£ leaders, in the Held of the classical studies, of Southern California have been selected to speak on subjects bearing on the main theme of the Institute, a study of Vergil under the leadership of Dr. Conway. This theme is of particular interest as it precedes the national observance of the Bimillennium Vergilianum in 1930, In honor of which Prof. Conway will tour the United States at the invitation of the American Classical league.
Vocal Trio Will Sing At Banquet on Friday
The College of Music vocal trio, composed of Eloise Jones, soprano, Eunice Erickson, second soprano, and Peggy Bingley, accompanied by Glenna Gould, will sing at the Mother's Football banquet ou Friday, December 13, at 5:30 o’clock in the Women’s Residence hall.
The same trio vill also sing at the Knglish-Journalism club, Thursday afternoon, December 12, from 4 to
Wampus Cat Makes New Appearance
Christmas and Pi Delt Razz Sheet are Theme of Comic Magazine.
Wampus Cat climbed over the walls of Troy last night and arrived on the campus; and all those who liave seen him are saying that they never saw such a noisy cat in their lives for he ls meowing around the tatnpus aml making a big noise about the last issue containing "Meows.” Christmas and the Pi Delt Razz sheet are the themes of this issue, starting with the cover by Muriel Phelps through the entire book with jokes, stories and illustrations all of the holiday theme.
Several short stories are appearing in this number. "Table for Four" by Virginia Barber is a story of love versus money and as most good stories end, the love wins and then they have thc money too. Along this same idea is a story entitled "When Knights were Bold,” written by Betty Bushong and illustrated by Marvin Connell, which is a story of youthful innocence in which a man looses his heart to an unknown girl.
’’Troy’s Hall of Fame” is to include a number of the campus leaders. The pictures of these persons ill be accompanied by an article by Jack MacFaden in which a short history of the activities of the various ones chosen will be given, which will explain why they have been chosen for the Hall of Fame.
Pictures of the graduating football men will take one full page and inasmuch as they are portrait pictures rather than action pictures, it will probably be news to many on the campus how good looking the football team really is in street Continued on Page Six
SEASON’S LAST RALLY PLANNED
Cups To Be Given To The Three Best Decorated Houses On Campus.
Climaxing the week’s Homecoming activities on the camups and ending the football rally season, the last grid assembly of the year will be held Friday morning in Bovard auditorium.
Cups will be awarded to the houses on thc campus carrying the best decorations during the week. As winners will not be announced until Friday morning at the rally, every house president or one representative from each group should be present to receive awards. Cups will be given to the three most beautifully and most appropriately decorated houses on the campus.
Two short pep talks will be given during the rally. Coach Howard Jones will talk on the prospects for the Carnegie Tech game, and Merle McGinnis, an ex-president of the Associated Students, will give a flght talk.
A short musical program is also being arranged by Sam Newman, chairman of the rally committee, to include a number of band selections by Hal Roberts’ band. The men’s glee club, directed by J. Arthur Lewis, will sing a group of songs.
During the latter part of the rally, Lewis' will lead the students in the singing of S. C. songs. "Printed pages of songs will be passed out so that everyone will be able to sing,” states Newman.
The remainder of the time will bo given over to Gordon Pace, yell king, who will lead the student body in Trojans yells.
Thienes Lectures on Medical Problems in Science Development
The second of a series of lectures on medical history will be given today by Dr. C. H. Thienes, professor of pharmacology of the School of Medicine. The purpose of these lectures is to acquaint the students and faculty of the entire university with medical problems as seen from the point of view of the development of medical science. This lecture will be presented in Science hall 159 at 4:15 p. m. Dr. Paul S. McKibben, professor of anatomy will be chairman of the meeting.
Doctor Thiene's subject will be "The Story of Cocaine”. He will discuss the Incas of South America, and describe the efforts of European scientists to separate fact from fancy witli regard to the action of this drug. Although coca has been known to Europeans since the expeditions of Cortez, it was not until 1859 that the active principle, cocaine, was discovered. In 1885, it came into general use in medical practice.
Dr. Thienes received his M.D. from the University of Oregon and his Ph.
D.	from Stanford. He was assistant professor of pharmacology at the university of Oregon. At present, he is professor of pharmacology in the School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. He has published several papers reporting his investigations of the action of cocaine on the intestine.
Both students and faculty are asked to attend the lecture.
BRAASCH PRESENTS LECTURE ON FEAR
Nearing the end of ills second series of lectures, W .K. Braasch will speak in Bovard auditorium tonight at 7:30 on "Overcoming Self-created Fear.” This will be the sales educator's sixth lecture, the last two of the series being scheduled for Monday, December 16, and Wednesday, December 18.
Braasch says: “Fear can rightfully be termed 'The Salesman’s Worst Enemy.’ Fifty per cent of all men who fail in sales work or in any business can trace their failure to self-created fear.”
Last Monday night Braasch lectured to an especially large audience on "The Psychology of the Approach." In his lecture, he covered the following subjects: the sales principles governing the approach; three types of approach—spoken, graphic, and mechanical; and thirty interesting examples from actual fleld experience.
Formal Plans Are Finished By Committee
Christmas Motif to Predom-inate in Decorations; Homecoming Theme.
Plans have definitely been completed for the Sixth Annual Homecoming formal to be held in the Student Union social hall Saturday, December 14, at 8:30 p.m., announced Dorothie Smith, head of the social committee today. Bids are on sale at the Student Store and at B. H. Dyas company, on the corner of Seventh and Olive streets at |2 each.
The Christmas motif will be carried out in all of the decorations for the hall, while the programs are illustrating the spirit of Homecoming. The hall will be decorated with wreathes of holly. There are to be two large bells in the center of the hall which will give light. From these illuminated bells will be festoons of greenery hung with bells and stars. Above the grating on either end of the hall will be a face of Santa Claus which will look down on the dancers with his jovial smile all evening.
In front of the fireplace there will be a large Christmas tree decorated with lights and ornaments while on the mantle will be large red candles lighted on either side of a wreath over the fireplace.
All of the rooms in the Student Union building will be open for the evening and will be decorated so that the alumni will be able to see all of the offices of the student body.
Punch will be served outside the doorway in the hall. Fountain service may be had in the patio by those who desire it. Lights will flood the patio from above and will shine on the fountain which will be playing in the center of the court. _
Interviews Are Held For Editorial Positions
Every applicant for an El Rodeo editorial is expected to report to the editorial room today, for final placing on the staff, declares Matt Barr, editor.
Section editors will be in charge of meetings at each hour from 9:00 until 3:15 in order to interview all students trying out. Applicants may report at hours during which they would prefer to work.
More than 125 students have applied for positions, and most of those will be retained in editorial and production positions, the editor stated.
Drama Shop Offers Yale Puppeteers in Coming Presentation
Three young men of international fame will appear on the next drama shop program to be offered on January 30. They are the Yale Puppeteers who have gained their reputation through the manipulation of the animated dolls, designed and made by themselves.
Burnett, Raudon and Brown are the names of the three friends who succeeded in working their way through college by presenting their wooden actors in scenes from well known plays and original situations.
At the present time, these three are living in Hollywood and maintain in their home a private theater, accommodating about 25 people. Here guests see presented, scenes from Shakespeare, original plays and scenes from the current downtown successes.
At the next drama shop luncheon meeting, which will be held about two weeks after the holidays, Harry Burnett will be present as guest of honor. At this time, he will explain some thing about the operation of a puppet show. Reservations may be made after the Christmas vacation.
CHANGE LOCATION
The Homecoming parade, which will be held on Saturday, December 14, will form on Thirty-fourth street, between University park and Figueroa, it was announced by Larry Weddle, chairman of the parade committee. The parade will form at this location and not at University and Twenty-eighth, as was formerly an nounced through the Daily Trojan.
Showing a reversal of the poor form they displayed last week, the Southern California varsity basketball team trounced Hr'lywood Athletic club to the tune of 37 to 15 I ast night at the Shrine Auditorium. Jack Gardner, of last year’s frosh, was high point man of the evening, scoring e-leven points.
New York., Dec. 10—After floundering around in a dull and irregular market most of the day, industrial stocks spurted to the highest prices of the day in the final period.
The bulls tightened up tbe lines on ih»' bears in Radio, Bethlehem Steel, Anaconda, Columbia Graphaphone and ,other speculative favorite. Winlt tUe
oils and some of the motors and specialties were allowed to sink of their own weight, the rails retained moderate advances and picked up at midday, but were unusually quiet in the last two hours.
New York, Dec. 10—Nine persons— six men and three women—are known to be dead in a spectacular fire which swept the two-story brick studios of the Manhattan Film Co. today. Others, it was said, may still be trapped in the blazing building.
The studio was used by the Patlie company for making sound pictures.
At least one actress was reported
to have amgui tUo&e killed, aou
20	other actors and actresses were reported among those trapped in the inferuo of the burning studio. They were on a set, rehearsing a “talkie*' comedy scene, when they were suddenly enevloped in » rpal life tracedy.
Heavy black clouds over the mountains and dripping fog off the coast today gave new promise of rain within 24 hours.
The huge storm area which came up out of the Pacific and drenched thc coast from San Francisco northward, was moving inland and southward, lumbering along slowly over the mountain! and gaining strength as it came.
Float Specifications To Be Printed In Trojan Thursday
A list of final and complete instructions concerning thc floats for the Homecoming parade will be published in the Daily Trojan tomorrow morning, states Larry Weddle, chairman of the parade committee. This is being done in answer to the numerous requests received for information concerning the construction of floats and their entrance into the parade.
Parade chairmen of the various houses and university colleges should give these rules special attention and make sure that the float of their organization violates none of them.
CHEST CONTRIBUTIONS TOTAL OVER $1,100
S. C. More Than Doubles Amount Given to Charitable Organization Last Year.
With the return of the quotas of a few straggling organizations, the Community Chest total collections were boosted over $1100 for the university students alone. The amount more than doubles the amount gathered from the S. C. students last last year, which was *554.44.
Phi Kappa Psi made their quota by 100 percent. Zeta Beta Tau returned 71 per cent of their budget. Phi Sigma Kappa gathered 100 per cent of their amount. Sigma Tau and Theta Psi managed to collect 68 and 19 per cents respectively of their required sums. The Y. W. C. A. garnered $15, which makes the grand total of $1110.99.
Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Sigma Phi ,Y. M. C. A., Dental Clinic, and Kearney Hayes have not been approached for the leaderships, which they held over their divisions.
“Activity points snould be given to the following girls,” was stated by Glenn Johnson, chest chairman today, "Selma Faughbaum, Grace Muraoka, Constance Vachon, Margaret Dudley, Jean Burke, Elinor Wilhoit, Helen Johnson, Emery Ardis, Blanche Robinson, Grace Weller, Marry Wellington, Betty MacDougal, Georgia Lowe, and Aline Booth ,as divisional sec-Continued on Page Six
MUSICIAN SPLAY FOR ASSOCIATION
Students of the College of Music will furnish the music for a program given at a meeting of the Modern Language association to be held iu the Student Union building on Thursday .December 19.
The meeting will be in thc form of a luncheon at 12:30 o'clock followed by the program at 2:30, which has been arranged by Prof. E. T. Mohme of the German department, who is chairman of the program committee.
Salvadore CHmi, 16 year old violin pupil of Davol Sanders, will play Sonata in G minor (Non troppo presto, Largo and Allegro) by Tar-tini, and Andante and Schero by David. He will be accompanied at the piano by Eunice Anderson; Mrs. Vivian Page Johnson, soprano, pupil of Mrs. Lillian Backstrand Wilson, will sing Le Mariage de Roses by Cesar Franck, Jeunes fillettes (A Bergerette) by Wekerlin and The Street Fair (from “Sketches of Paris") by Kathleen Lockhart Manning. Mrs. Johnson will be accompanied by Ena McNeill.
Two Students at S. C. Have Part in Pageant
Two students in the School of Speech at S. C. have parts in a Christmas pageant, “Three Wise Men'1 which is being presented hy the Hollywood Playcrafters during tho holidays.
The pageant had its initial performance la~t night at Westwoo !. lt will be presented twice before the teachers’ institute, and the remaining performances will be given in the various small towns in the vicinity of Los Angeles.
Both Miss Henderson and Mr. Dodson have had previous experience with the Hollywood Playcrafters. Miss Henderson had the ingenue lead in “You and I,” and “Hobson’s Choice.” Dodson was also a member of the “You aad I" ca&t.
STAG SMOKER IS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT
Varied Forms of Entertainment Will Feature Affair; L.A.A.C. To Be Location.
By BOB GORTON
Entertainment which will include specialty numbers bv stage and screen stars, musical selections by both band and orchestra, several wrestling matches and other athletic exhibitions, and presentation, on the screen, of a comedy and also "shots” of this season's football games; refreshments of beer and pretzels, and free cigarettes; and an opportunity for a big get-together of students and alumni. This is the program that will be offered this evening at 8 o'clock when the sixth alnnual stag smoker is held at the Los Angeles Athletic club. The smoker is free to all alumni and friends. Fred Smith, student chairman of the smoker committee; Dr. Alex J. Linck, chairman of the corresponding alumni committee; and Syd Cherniss, of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, have co-operated on one of the largest and most complete programs to have ever been presented at tbis annual affair, and a rare treat is in store for all those attending.
The L. A. A. C. gymnasium will be decorated in both Trojan and Carnegie Tech colors, and informality will govern the proceedings of the evening. PROGRAM FEATURES STAR The entertainment pronram for the smoker is headed by Josephine Huston, R-KO star and "blues" singer, tho White King male trio, heard nightly over KFI, Vic Orsatti, R-K-O star. Jack Ford, Fox director, and Sam Wood, MetroGoldwyn-Mayer director of the recent picture, “So This.is College." Although the eveulng is to be strictly stag, it is announced that Joan Crawford and Anita Page will appear in a short specialty number.
Sam Wood will supervise the showing of a comedy and 4 number of short topics, and included in the screen presentation will be reels of the Trojan football games played so far this season, which -will be furnished through tlie courtesy of J. B. Ward, olllcial S. C. photographer. A largo Continued on Page Six
Books Feature Yuletide Party
Rainwater Library Benefited By Gifts a t Christmas Social.
With each member bringing either a book or a check as a gift, the December meeting of Alpha Kappa Delta, honorary sociological organization, wlll be devoted to having a Christmas party for the Rainwater Memorial library. Thc traditional affair wlll be held Friday, December 13, at 8 p. m. In the Y. M. C. A. hut. Dr. Bessie A. McClenahan, president of the organization, wlll act as hostess.
Alfred E. Lewerenz, chairman of tho Rainwater Memorial library committee, is in charge of the program for tbe party at which Alpha Kappa Del-tans will express In concrete form their interest in the library by their gifts.
Casting aside their customary rolem as teachers and professors, faculty members of the School of Social Welfare will present “A Prologue to Charity, A Comedy of the 16th Century,'* by Dr. Erie Fiske Young as a feature of thc evening's entertainment. A “performance extraordinary" with an "all-star cast" and authentic costumfts and stage settings is promised by the program announcing the play. The cast will include Dr. Krle Fiske Voting as the host, Dr. George B. Mangold as Chapman. Dr. M. H. Newmeyer as tho Pilgrim. Dr. M. J. Vincent as the student, Mr. C. D. Wells as the clerk, Mr. Roy M. Youngman as the constable, and Dr. Bessie A. McClenahan a- L -ly Benevolent.
A series of five-minute book reviews will be given by Mrs. Alice Ball Struthers, Dr. M. J. Vincent, Cecil Dunn, Prof. John E. Nordskog, George Nickel, and Dr. E. S. Bogardus.
Miss Margaret Barnard, Miss .Freda Mohr, Mrs. Opal Cundlff. Miss Adele Willson, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Hayden Kersher are members of th« committee is charge of tUe affair.