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VOL. XXI.
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, October 16, 1929.
NUMBER 22
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EIGHT COMPETE IN BOWEN CUP FINALS TONIGHT IN AUDITORIUM
Annual Oratorical Contest Ends This Evening; Competitors Must Report At Debate Office At 5:30 For Specific Topic Assignments.
Finals of the annual Bowen Cup oratorical contest will be held this evening in Bovard auditorium. Eight finalists will compete in the contest this evening. At the preliminaries held Monday afternoon the following students were selected as the finalists of the 1929 contest: Hyrum
White, Lockwood Miller, Conrad*-
Owen, Richard Tilden, Robert Moffitt.
Randolph Ritchey, Harris Robinson, and Arthur Strock.
The above named speakers must report at the debate olllce In the Student Union at 5:30 this evening to receive their specific topic assignments. Each student will be required to deliver a six-minute oration upon the subject which he draws at the meeting of the contestants and debate officials prior to the conetst. Two hours of preparation will be allowed each speaker.
The eight finalists are requested to meet in Bovard auditorium at 8 p.m., when, according to tlie schedule of this year's contest the first speaker will deliver Ills oration. The order of speaking will be determined by a drawing prior to the initial speech of the evening.
NICHOLS PRESIDES Coach Alan Nicliols will preside at the contest and he has stated that the (Inals will start promptly at 8 o'clock.
The names of the judges who will judge the contest tonight were not disclosed yesterday by Ran Ritchey,
Trojan debate mangaer, who ts chairman of the committee In charge of the contest. The speeches will be rated according to content and deliv-
ery.
A feature of the finals will be the awarding of the loving cups to the winners of last year's contest. The (Continueu ou rage Four)
FACULTY MEMBERS SPEAK OVER RADIO
Prominent Trojan Professors Give Lecture Series on Civilization of Today.
As a public contribution, the semicentennial lecture series on contemporary civilization. \scheduled to be broadcasted over radio by pVominent members of S. C.’s faculty over a period of 32 weeks, is an outstanding feature of the university jubilee.
One hundred and twenty-eight lectures will be given, two afternoon and two evening, on Monday from 4 to 4:30 and from 9:30 to 10, and on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5 and from 9:30 to 10.
Well-informed professors of the university will discuss topics ranging hom languages, physics, geology, education, comparative literature, re. •Won, psychology and philosophy to health and recreation.
Beginning the series, Dr. John Godfrey Hill gave a travel talk on
Activity Books Will Admit Students to Annual Underclass Play in Bovard Auditorium.
Tickets for the annual underclass play, "We've Got to Have Money," now on sale ln the Students' Store, according to William Miller, manager of university play productions. Students will be admitted upon presentation of their activity books, but outsiders will have to purchase tickets.
The play, which is a comedy written by Edward Laska, is to he presented in Bovard auditorium Friday of this week at 8:15 under the direction of Marjorie Temple, a graduate student in the School of Speech. The leading roles are being played by Alfred Hamilton and Helen Nance, as the hero and heroine.
OTHER WOMAN TRICKY
The “other woman” in the play, who causes a great deal of trouble for Dave, is to he portrayed by Virginia Barber. Miss Barber, who was in the Apolliad last year, appears several times a week over the radio, playing the lead in the play, "Marianne,” which is being broadcast over a local station.
The languid blonde stenographer. Miss Doolittle, will be played by Mary Jane Hackett, a freshman from Los Angeles high school. Miss Hackett was active in high school dramatics and played the lead in the senior play, "As You Like It.” Dave's private secretary, Betty, •vill be impersonated by Marie Drake who, like Miss Hackett, is a freshman. and played the lead in the senior play at Fairfax high school. She is a major in tlie School of Speech.
S. C. Course On Aviation Is Accepted
California State Advisory Committee Chooses Commerce Subject.
By FLORENCE BRYAN (Exclusive)
The California State Advisory committee on aeronautical edcuation has adopted Southern California's course, "airplane transportation," to le taught in California high schools. The state curriculum committee has designated the course under the phase of social science. Dr. Earl W. Hill of (lie College of Commerce, is a co-author of the text book to be used, and is chairman of the state advisory committee.
DIEHL WRITES TEXT This course in commercial aviation is based on the book, "Aeroplane Transportation," the author of which is Adam E. Diehl, who was a graduate student at S. C. Iasi year and who is teaching commercial aviation at Los Angeles junior colleges, ln the preface of his text, Professor Diehl states: "The purpose of this study is to show the alms, materials, and methods best adapted to a be. ginner’s course in aviation. In this work is no claim to originality, it has been a matter mainly of compilation. I am especially Indebted to Prof. Earl W. Hill for the original invitation to formulate the material, and for the opportunity to try much of it in his classes. The writer is grateful to Dr. Frank C. Touton for he procedure employed in organ!/.-ng the material for presentation as a course of study."
WILL DEVELOP UNDERSTANDING Professor Hill said that tills course is not designed to develop particular skills in aviation, but to lead to a better understanding of the problems involved. The practical side of he course in general aviation offers an introduction to ,a brief treatment of, and a clear conception of the phases of aviation Including: history, commercial application, types of planes and motors, personnel, operation, air mail, meteorology, air law, and government regulations.
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ART NEELLEY IS ELECTED GROUP HEAD
Alt Neelley was elected president of Skull and Dagger, senior honorary fraternity, at a luncheon meeting of the members yesterday noon. Ed Ware was elected secretary-treasurer.
Frank Smith was apponited chairman of a committee to draw up a constitution for the group, the present one being thought incapable of fulfilling current needs.
Another luncheon meeting will be held within the next two W’eeks, Neelley advised, to make plans for social and service activities of the group.
TROJAN KNIGHTS MEETING CALLED
There will be a very important meeting of the members of the Trojan Knights tonight at the Delta Chi house, at 6 o'clock. Every member is urged to be on time for tlie dinner-meeting because there are many important announcements and plans to be made.
This meeting will also serve the purpose for the appointment of new
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i Sea experiences at the initial |ization. Applications have been filed previously and applicants have been considered.
The Stanford-S. C. game ls the next big project of this group. The plans for taking care of the rooting section will also be made at this time. It is estimated that about 1500 students will be in the rootnig section. Gordon Pace, yell king, has scheduled some spectacular stunts and a great deal of this work is under the supervision of the Trojan Knights.
lecture Monday afternoon from 4 to *•30, after an explanatory introduction of the entire schedule of lectures j>y Dean Hockwell Hunt. Dr. O. W.
’ *'00't spoke at the evening broadcast on "The Politics of Peace,” a •“^course on international relations, lhe list of speeches as planned for ne*< two weeks follows:
Oct. 10—4:30 to 5—"The Classic languages in English Dress," Dr. C. • Douglas. 9 to 9:30—"The Evolu-°» of Flowers,” Dr. George It. Johnstone.
,,,01'. "1'~t lH 4:30—■•'Psychology,” karl T. Waugh. 9:30 to 10— ■ onic I roblems of Peace,” Dr. O. "• E. Cook.
ClMsi, “~4:30 t0 5-“The Greek p “hlt8 la Knglish Literature.” Dr. tritL CU,fa'S' 9 10 9 = 30—“Plant Nu ■ Dr. George R. Johnstone.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
A meeting of the College of Letters, _and Sclence will be held Thurs-
l^ninn''i/o7 ttt 3 °'clock ln lhe Student
Dean Karl T .Waugh, the vice-presi-
lives nfC.rfary' treasure1'. representa-and Sri College of Letters. Arts, and ™Ce °“ the le*‘«lative council, he presidents of the four classes
®eetingUe8le<* '° be present at ,he
COSMOPOLITAN TEA SCHEDULED TODAY
Arrangements have been completed for the Cosmopolitan club tea which takes place today at 2 p.m., at International house, 674 Thirty-sixth street, states Grace Muraoka, social chairman . All American and foreign students and faculty aro invited to attend the affair as guests of the club. Tin-lah Lewis Li, president of the Cosmopolitan club, is especially anxious to receive a large number of guests so that the American aud foreign students may become better acquainted and thus come to a more thorough understanding of cosmopolitanism.
Prominent campus persons will attend the tea including Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford, Mrs. Pearl Aiken Smith, who will preside at tlie table; Dr. Francis Bacon, dean of men; Dorothie Smithe and Leo Adams, president of the associated students. Blake Hanson will preside over the guest book. International house will be decorated with the flags of the various nationalities.
Drama Group Meets Today
Nellie Mendham will be the principal speaker at the Drama Shop luncheon to be held today ln room 322 of the Student Union. She wil) Save as the subject of her talk, “Building Properties from Unusual Mediums.”
Miss Mendham is particularly well qualified to speak on this subject as she has worked in the community theater in St. Louis and in Chicago. She lias also studied with Bolos-lavsky in New York and is now instructor of dramatics at Cumnock school.
Because of the large number of leservations made for this luncheon meeting, it was found necessary to hold it in the Student Union instead of at the Cottage tea room as was originally intended.
Tryouts for the second workshop program will bo held tlie last of this week, according to Gertrude Tyson, president. The definite time and place will be announced later.
Knights And Amazons To Hold Dance
Service Organizations Will Honor Oxy Squad at All-University Affiair.
j Climaxing the annual Trojan-Occi-
I	dental football game, an informal alluniversity dance sponsored by Trojan Knights, Amazons, and Squires, will be held at the Breakfast club, Satur-| day evening, Oct. 19 at 9 o’clock with the OccUiental eleven as guests of honor.
j “All students are urged to attend | this flrst service organization dance j as it will be a fitting manner in which | to terminate the Oxy game,” stated j Dorothie Smith, chairman of the com-mittee.
i Bids for the third all-university dance, which promises to eclipse the i first two in entertainment, sell for 131.50 and may be obtained from the .icket olllce in the Student Union or from any Knight, Amazon or Squire.
Committees have been appointed to care for the various details of the dance, the entire affair being supervised by Jes3ica Heber, Mulvey White, and Bud Medbery, representing the Ainazons, Knights, and Squires, respectively. Those appointed to work on committees are as follows: Programs, Constance Vachon; decorations, Virginia Arnold; refreshments, Luclile Huebner; and orchestra, Larry Young.
CHAIRMEN ARE SELECTED EOR HOMECOMING CELEBRATIONS
Bob Beardsley Names Workers To Assist In Plans For Galla Week Before Southern California-Carnegie Tech Game December 14 In Coliseum.
By NED CRONIN
After weeks of carcful planning and numerable conferences, Boh Beardsley, chairman of the Homecoming committee, has divulged the names of those who have been chosen to serve on the committees for the 1929 Homecoming game which is to be held here Dec. 14, with Carnegie Tech furnishing the opposition for the
-vmlghty Trojan eleven.
The committees have been working
WORK ON NEW HALL NEARS COMPLETION
Seeley W. Mudd Building Expected To Be Open About November 14 for Classes.
PREPARES NUMBERS
Members of the Southern California orchestra are showing a great eal of enthusiasm over the fine numbers which are already being prepared for public performance, according to Alexander Stewart, director of the organization. A few members have been taken in recently and hard practice is rounding some of the numbers iuto very creditable shape for presentation.
Some of the most outstanding numbers which are being learned by the orchestra are the “Suite Alger-ienne” of Saint Saens; "Finlandia,” a symphonic poem, by Sibelius; suite, “The Enchanted Lake,” by Tschaikowsky; and overture “Orpheus” by Offenbach. The G Minor symphony of Mozart, which is to be performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra at its flrst concert of the season and the “New Wrorld” symphony of Dvorak are also outlined for the repertoire of the season.
Herbert Illlls, Jr., has been newly appointed as assistant librarian of the orchestra. He will assist Verner Montgomery, orchestra librarian, and Ralph Selby, orchestra manager, in the care of the music and properties used by the organization at rehears, als and concerts.
Patrons and patronesses who have been asked are President and Mrs. von KleinSmid, Dean and Mrs. Karl T. Waugli, Mr. and Mrs. Gwynn Wilson, Prof. and Mrs. G. P. Tan-quary. Dean Francis M. Bacon, Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford, and assistant Dean Pearl Aiken Smith.
The Trojan Knight-Amazon-Squire dance last year was a pronounced success, and should be even more popular this season.
WOMEN DEBATERS HOSTESSES AT TEA
Work on the Seeley W. Mudd Memorial hall of philosophy is approximately up to schedule, and it will be completed about November 14, according to C. E. Sims, campus engineer.
The work has been slightly retarded because the ornamental tile for the walls of the corridors was not made up as rapidly as it was needed.
Now that the scaffolding is removed and the colonnade in the patio is set up, the building begins to show its finished appearance, and many favorable comments are heard Two olive trees were placed in the potio before the colonnade was erected. Mr. Sims states that on the Exposition boulevard side, a spe. cial patio is being created for tho benefit of the instructors whose offices will open into that court.
The library room is taking on a most unusual shape in the arched effects produced at the window, which will allow tlie room to be flooded with light. The study tables in the library will be in the form of cubby-holes, built around the walls of the room.
The date of occupation by tlie School of Philosophy is not yet defl-litely announced.
COUNCIL TO HOLD SMOKER TONIGHT
for some time and many tentative arrangements have been made. The plans for the big parade, one of the highlights of homecoming week, have been announced. There will be many more floats entered this year than ever before. Every j r g a n i z a-tlon on the campus is expecting to have an entry.
The m e n's smoker con? mittee have a very enjoyable and enter-alnlng evening in store for the alumni who have a craving to ee flying fists and twisted knuckles. The L. A. A. C. will be the scene of the gala event which will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
SAME MOTIF The sorori(y and fraternity decorations committees have been discussing their problems with the Western Decorating company and it has been decided that all the various houses would use the same motif and be on an equal basis as far as the monetary value of the decorations are concerned.
The banquet this year gives every ndication of being clever and unique.
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Bob Beardsley
For the purpose of acquainting the new women of this university with the old members of the women's debate
organization, a tea was given yesterday afternoon in the Y. W. C. A. quar- I ters, for new women interested in de- I bating.
“I feel,” states Miss Helen Peterson, manager of the women’s debate squad, “that a new enthusiasm and interest was created by giving this tea. We have planned the activities for this year and I am happy to say that our first event was a success."
Alan Nichols, debate coach, encourages all women to enter debating. He feels that debating will give a broader point of view on many subjects and will be a great social benefit to women during their college careers.
Miss Peterson and Miss Lucile Heed, captain of the women’s debate squad, have been busily outlining the debate schedule for the coming year. Owing to the heavy debate program, preparations will begin immediately.
Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford, Mrs. Pearl Aiken Smith, and Coach Alan Nichols were present at the tea.
Professor Made Head Of Music Association
Max L. Swarthout. head of tlie piano department at the College of Music, was recently elected president of the California Music Teachers’ as. soctation. He will assume the office on January 1, 1930.
Mr. Swarthout has just commenced his second year as president of the .,08 Angeles County Music Teachers’ association. He also is president of the Musicians’ guild.
'Prominent Los Angeles musicians who were elected to the board of directors of the state association include Mrs. Gladys Littell, director of the Hollywood Conservatory of Music; Miss Olga Steeb, nationally known pianist, and Frank Glffen, former president of the association.
| LATE NEWS §
Members of the professional inter-fiaternity council will hold their first smoker tonight at 7:30 at the Sigma Phi Delta fraternity house, 1147 West Thirty-seventh street. The entertainment committee has planned many novel features which will be of special interest to members ot the vari. ous professional fraternities. Tom Ritchie and Ills Southern Californians,
four-piece orchestra, have been engaged to furnish music for the affair. Moving pictures will also be shown, and near-beer and pretzels will be served.
Herbert Pratt, president of the pro-essional inter-fraternity council, has irged all members of fraternities be-onging to the council to attend this moker. He promises a good time to everyone attending and wants pledges of these houses especially to attend order that they may get better acquainted with upper classmen. About 125 guests are expected to turn out for this affair.
The six fraternities belonging to the council are as follows: Alpha Rho Chi, architecture; Delta Sigma Pi, commerce; Kappa Psi, pharmacy; Plii Delta Chi, pharmacy; Sigma Phi Delta, engineering, and Scarab, architecture.
PLANS FOR CHEST DRIVE ARE BEGUN
Glenn Johnson, Chairman, Will Appoint Campus Committees and Leaders Soon.
London, ICng., Oct. 15—Participation of the five principal naval powers in the disarmament conference, scheduled here in January, was as. sured when Italy’s reply to Britain's invitation to take part was received. Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and United States will participate In the conference.
New York, N. Y., Oct. lu—Btocks which have been climbing for the past few days under the low rate of money, dropped today as caTl money went up to seven per cent. United States treasury withdrawal of cash from the banks and heavy mid-October dividend payment by the American Telephone and Telegraph company and other large corporations was given as Uie cause.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 15—Friends of he soviet union in the United States .vill express their admiration for the ight of the monoplane Land of oviets, now reconditioning here fter flying to Seattle from Moscow, with tractors instead of loving cups. The first of these tractors is to be iven by Seattle tomorrow. Chicago riends are expected to give 10 trac-ors and New York 12.
Immediate abandonment of the San Gabriel canyon ’’high dam" project on which $3,000,000 already has been expended, was recommended late yesterday afternoon to the board of supervisors. The reason was given as being the discovery of wet clay
110	feet below the surface of the
west abutment of the proposed high dam site.
William Albert, outfifielder of the Hollywood Stars, winner of the Pa. cific Coast league championship, died yesterday as a result of an auto crash with a hit-run driver at Wilmington. The accident occurred within 30 hours after his team had won the championship.
Los Angeles and Long Beach will have a joint recommendation on the proposed unification of harbor facilities ready for presentation to the government when the federal breakwater committee meets in Washington on November 18, it was learned yesterday from C. A. Buffum, Long Beach chairman.
Inter fraternity Head Calls Special Meeting
There will be a special meeting of the Interfraternity Council of the University of Southern California on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the east end of the social hall on the third floor of the Student Union building.
Don McLarnan, president, requests that the president of every fraternity, and the senator from that fraternity be present, and that they shall bring an accurate and up-to-date list of all actives and pledges.
SQUIRE NOTICE
Trojan Squires will meet today in Student Union room 207 today at 12:15. All members are requested to attend this meeting and be on time.
In anticipation of the coming Community Chest drive, which is scheduled to start on Nov. 12, Clenn Johnson, chairman of tbe Community Chest committee, has presented a plan for carrying out the purpose of tbe drive, which has alreay been approved by the Legislative council.
'I his plan involves a series of committees, which makes it possible for the executive head to extend his appeal to every student on the campus. The committees are headed by the chest committee chairman, and directly beneath him is the secretary-general. Next come the division supervisors, who have charge of a certain number of the various divisions into which the organizations of the campus are grouped. Each of these divisions are, in turn, in charge of divisional secretaries, who form a separate committee. Presidents of all oumpus organizations and of all university colleges are automatically made members of thlB last committee, and will work ln co-operation with the divisional secretaries.
DRIVE STARTS NOV. 12
The drive, starting on Nov. 12, will last until tlie full quota has been raised. Campus groups will be budgeted at approximately 50 centB a person. The president of every organization is responsible for raising the money in his group, and is to co-ord-inate, in his work, with the actions of the secretary of his division.
Students who are not afllliated with any special group on the campus will be reached by a campaign to be held in all the University colleges, through the student body presidents of these colleges.
The following is a list of the members of the various committees which have been recently apponited:
Chairman: Glenn Johnson.
Secretary-general: Myra Jane McClung.
Division supervisors: Harry Kufus, Wally Trau, Jack Gage, and Jack Watkins.
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