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Los Angeles. California. Thursday. April 9. 1931.
No. 119
ETITIONS FOR ALL-U OFFICERS DUE TODAY
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e(iout For Costume Dance Is Expected
OVIE STARS OENTERTAIN AI GAY BALL
Cups Will be Pre-Rnt(d For Best Costumes.
j„, 0ver 325 o( the 400 bida r*! for thf lnterfraternlty coa-i bill to be held ln the Gold , 0| the Biltmore tomorrow jji h«ve been sold whs the ni.uli- yesterday by TjJedbi	< ' man of
Liufp The remaining bids, In L0I io s limited number of t Mi, sre now on Rule at the fcr's window nf I lie Student b. Bids sre priced at *4, stag k H |o.
L i* ihe generosity of J. A. brt ud company, jewelers, b loving cups will be awarded lit two most attractive coa-k> One man and one woman | receive the award*. It was tub the efforts of Bud Med-Btint tbe cups were secured | : >(men;s for entertainment i ’Juice arc being completed Kivejr White, general chair-i A tiie costume affair, and L White, chairman of the Huinmeni committee . Under •nt iilans, a w ell-known master Rrcmoaies is being chosen,
■	of prominent stage and [hi situs will appear, and a IM program of entertainment Ike presented during dance in-*iiiions, while couples are wl it the individual tables luil the dance floor.
WAITER SERVICE fie individual tables will be of tefDi number to seat the en-I crowd of dancers at the af-b ud will be arranged around I fence floor of the Biltmore bi room. Waiter service at the 1*111 be maintained through-be intire evening, and punch 1 be served. This and many novel features which will • »ith the costume ball Idea
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1 in utmoFphere of decided in-
% will be created in the ^tllulGold room which has not
■	possible ai Interfraternity r* In past years.
idsms are reminded of the til offer of the Western Cos* company, w hlch will give - l)er rent reduction from regu-Wen on all costumes to Tro-Presentiug tlieir A 3.U.S.C. fication cards.
lELOR’S CLUB
tiates tonight
Uatlon ceremonies will be 1 Wight for twenty-six men „th* Bachelor's club. Ronald president of the organiza-, **ted that the tim« had been r ®r 6.30 but the place of the J* had not yet been decided 1 u members and prospec-■ ®*»hers are to meet first at Tau house. m"n * ho have been •' this club and who will 2u»,*4 tonight are;
Asseltine, Dick Barber, (, 7^. Al niati, Francis Hark B'atkman. Fred o ' Cliff t'aPPs. Gene J ^ Clil^. Al Campbell.
Oecker, Clifford Dudley, *G,0"h' Bailfc>' Edgerton.
Jack Green. Fred »R0lker' Milton Reese, iiB ’ en" Van Tanner, Fred l«dT°e Rus,el1' Te*k Vau-Tom®y Webster.
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Medley To Talk p0L£S 0pEN loday at Noon	t
To Troy Squires FOR W.S.G.A.
VOTE TODAY
Arthur Neelley, business manager of the Alumni Review, will address members of the Trojan Squires at a luncheon meeting loday, Jack Smith, president of the organization, announced yesterday. Mr, Neelley will talk on "Alumni Relations."
It has been the custom for the Squires to hold a luncheon once each month, at which time some person prominent in university affairs makes an address. In this way a better background of knowledge is built up, and the members are enabled to perform their tasks of university service more efficiently.
Kenneth Callow, president of the Trojan Knights, will also be present. The luncheon will be held In the Student Union, and all Squires must attend, as it is in the form ol a regular meeting.
ORIGINAL LITTLE SHOW’PRESENTED BY DRAMA SHOP
First Program of Kind Will be Given Tonight at Touchstone Theater.
Troy Women Will Elect Four Officers From Nine Candidates.
To bring to campus dramatics
an original “little show,” the first Drama Shop revue will be presented this evening at 8:30 in Touchstone theater.
The revue includes original one-act plays, dances, songs, and musical numbers. Among the plays to be presented are ‘It's a Wise Mother,” with Roberta von KleinSmid and Katherine Keller in the cast; “He and She,” with Howard Miller and Laura Crozier; "Business is Business,” with George Ordansky, Gilbert Gngos, Charles Perelman, Clifford Stark, Jean Sellers and Rebecca Simons; “The Prodigal,” with Norman Wright, Thalia Wilson, Fred Peckliam, and Alice Randall; and "Gentle Alice Brown,” with Margaret Barton, Laura Crozier, Patricia HIU, Fred Chase, James Conlon, Joe Copp, and June Arnold. Directors of the various plays include Claire Aderer, Dorothy Groman, Howard Miller, Dorothy Mueller and Clifford Stark.
The specialty numbers which will be presented between the acts include comedy dance rhythms, songs, and pianologues. Music for the entire show will be provided by "Frenchie” Flynn's orchestra.
Tickets for the revue, which ia being managed by Audrey Wal-hottse, may be obtained at the ticket window in tbe Student Union or from members of Drama Shop. All students on the campus are invited to attend the revue.
Polls will be open today at the College ol Music building, at the Denial Building on the campus, and In front of the Administration building from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.. so that all women students of the university may cast their votes for officers of the Women's Self-Government association.
Identification cards must be presented before anyone is allowed to vote. All women who are in colleges or schools aside from those of Dentistry and Music will vote at the polls in front of the Administration building.
The candidates who have been nominated for the respective offices are:
I President: Jane Lawson and Juanita Wagner; Vice-president:
! Peggy Lavering and Virginia Bry-j ant; Secretary: Jacqueline More-| house and Pauline Williams; Treasurer: Regina Gerardi, Mar garet Huse, and Marion Richardson.
All of the women who have signified their intention of working on the elections committee must report promptly to Phyllis Doran, special elections commissioner, at the central voting place, in front of the administration building or to the women who are In charge at the other two polling places.
As usual, in accordance with other university elections the same rules will be observed and there must be no electioneering for candidates within fifty feet of the polls. Amazon* will be on duty to' regulate the conduct at the polls.
Two Killed> Ten Injured As Skeleton Roof of U. C. Mechanic’s Building Falls
BERKELEY, Calif., Apr. 8—(UP)—Two workmen were killed and ten others seriously injured, one not expected to live, when the skeleton roof of the Mechanical Engineering building, now under construction at the University of California, collapsed and hurled them 60 feet to tbe ground.
The dead:
Americo Cabral. 40. Oakland, fractured skull and Internal injuries.
Joseph Riley, Oakland, who died late tonight of Internal irjuries.
Not expected to live:
A. Piavi, badly crushed.
The collapse occurred without warning when supports holding the wooden forms in which the men were pouring soft concrete buckled beneath the weight and gave way. Three men who were working just beneath the forms and at leaBt nine others who were pour ing the concrete from above were dashed to the ground and bombarded with tons of soft concrete, mixers, wheelbarrows, timber and debris.
One man saved his life when he heard the first rumble. Jumping
S. C. ORATORS WIN DEBATE LEAGUE TITLE
60 feet to the ground, he suffered two broken ankles but fell clear of the debris.
Eighteen working on the ground heard the noise in time to run clear.
The others were helpless in a rain of debits until police, students and passersby arrived to drag them out.
Such a dense cloud of powdered concrete arose from the ruins that bystanders thought flre had broken out. Streams of water from hastily summoned fire apparatus settled the dust and dispelled the fear of fire.
A partial list of the injured:
Tony Gomez, A Piavl; C. Ol sen; R. V. Ferrell; A. Pe.'terson; E. Gomez; H. Sipes; N. Wells; J. Gonzales; Frank Belllno and J. Riley.
SPECIAL TROJAN FOR COMMERCE
JUNIOR HONORARY ELECTS TWENTY
DINNER, APRIL 29 PROMINENT MEN
ASK EMBARGO BE LIFTED
WASHINGTON, April 8—(UP)— The Mexican embassy ts preparing for the second time within a few months to make representations to the state department asking relief from restrictions placed upon transportation of Mexican grown citrus fruits, especially oranges, across United States territory.
Literary Groups Hold Last Debates
Aristotelian, Clionian, and Athena literary societies tied for flrat place last Tuesday night in the first round of the annual debate contest sponsored by Alpha Phi Epsilon, national honorary literary and forensic fraternity. Both the Aristotelian and Athena affirma tive teams won by 3 - 0 decisions. The Aristotelian negative team forfeited their debate to Clionian on account of the absence of one member of the team.
In the Athena-Aristotelian debate, Stewart Paulln was Judged the beat speaker, and Walter Frits, second.
The final debates will be held next Tuesday night, April 14. The winning society will be awarded the Alpha Phi Epsilon trophy, a bronze plaque.
BANQUET COMMITTEE HEADS
The following girls must meet Marjorie Grewell in the W.S.G.A. office at 12:46 today: Christy Welsh. Patricia Vigne, Pauline Williams. Mary Jane Mercer, Irene Bronais. Peggy Lavering, Gladys Goodsell, and Regina Gerardi.
Committees in Charge of Producing Edition to Meet at Monday Luncheon.
In conjunction with the annual Commerce banquet to be held ln the social hall of the Student Union on April 29, the College of Commerce will present a special edition of the Daily Trojan. Producing tbis issue is a recent innovation. and ae such, is an un usual feature of the yearly program.
Copies of the Trojan Issue will be distributed to the guests on the night of the banquet for the purpose of acquainting the down town stores with the work of tbe College of Commerce and of providing contacts for the students of the college.
Committees serving on this phase of the work are to meet at a luncheon on Monday in the Student Union. Wilmer Morby, general chairman of the Trojan edition, asks that all committee chairmen have their material in shape to turn tn at the noon meeting.
Sigma Sigma Pledges To Be Presented To Campus April 17.
AMELIA EARHART SETS AIR RECORD
PHILADELPHIA, April 8— (UP) —Miss Amelia Earhart made two altitude tests with an aulogiro plane at the Pitcairn airfield, Willow Grove, this afternoon, landing from the second flight at 6:04 p. m.
She reached an unofficial altitude of 19,000 feet in the second test, having soared to 18,600 feet in the first.
In surpassing her first altitude in the late afternoon test Miss Earhart established two records in one day.
Sigma Sigma, Junior men's honorary fraternity, at a meeting held yesterday, elected 20 men from the junior class as woll as one faculty member and one administrative officer of the university to pledgeshlp .The names of those men receiving this distinction will not be revealed until Friday, April 17, at which time formal presentation will take place in Bo vard auditorium, according to John Dorfner, president.
Because of the strength of the Junior class this year the constitution wa# amended to provide for the initiation of 22 men rather than 16 as formerly stipulated.
The "Yellow Dog," scandal sheet will appear on the campus the following Wednesday. The publics lion, according to tradition, will be edited and sold by the pledges, under the censorship of the organization officers.
The Westport Beach <Hub will be the location of the annual banquet and formal initiation Saturday, April 26.
Pacific C o a s I Forensic League Crown Captured by Troy Debaters.
Climaxing the debating season with a 3 to 0 decision over the Univeralty of New Mexico last Tuesday night, S. C. won the Pacific Coast forensic league cham pionshlp with s record of only three defeats from a total of 26 debates.
The principal membera of the debating squad who were Instrumental in winning the championship are Glenn Jones, Gregson Bautzer, Lockwood Miller, Emil Steck, Randall Swanberg, and Hyrum White.
The debate on ''Free Trade" with the University of New Mexico in Porter hall Tuesday evening cinched the championship for the Trojan squad. Wllh it Randall Swanberg climaxed his career as debate captain by being named the best speaker by three Judges from local high schools. The White-Swauberg team, which has handled most of the decision contests has never lost a debate. White, who iias debated for Bevcn years in high school and at S. C., has never loat a contest In a total of approximately fifty debates. He is Ihe only man on the debate team with a record of not having been beaten throughout his career.
Also rounding out a successful debating season was the decision favoring Glenn Jones as w-inner of the annual Pacific Coast oratorical contest sponsored by the Conference convention now In session at Seatfle, Wash. Tills entitles S. C. to possession of the Pacific coast contest cup and won for Jones an Individual prize nf 926.
Fear End Near For Longworth, House Speaker
AIKEN, S. C„ April 8—(UP)— Speaker Nicholas l«ongworth of the house of representatlvea sank j to a desperate condition from J pneumonia tonight.
I One of his three physicians in constant attendance said the jovial Sl-year-old leader might nol last out the night. Administration of oxygen all day failed to stem the spread of the disease.
Mrs. Longworth was constantly at his bedside in the colonial Curtis mansion where Longworth came a week ago to recover from a cold.
First intimation of Lougworih'a critical condition came ai * p.m. —almost 24 houra after his Illness became public, and only 11 hours after the arrival of his wife Alice, from Washington.
M’ADOO ATTACKS WET DEMOCRATIC STAND OF RASKOB
Wife of S. C. English Instructor
Author of Festival of Nations
Tickets To Concert Available for Groups
Mrs Allison Gaw, president ot the Southern California Women s Kess CluB. an3 wife of Dr. Allison Gaw of the department of English language and literature of the University of Southern California, is the author of a pageant. "Festival of Nations" which ia scheduled to be produced in Washington, D. C. the week of April 17.
The pageant will be given aa a benefit for the International Girl Scout camp on the Rapidan which is sponsored by Mrs. Herbert Hoover. President and Mrs. Hoover
and the embassies of Japan.
Czechoslovakia, Mexico, and Canada will be guesta of honor on the opening night whieh ii to be invitational
Organized groups of the campus that have not received tickets for the Philharmonic concert to be held in Bovard auditorium Monday night, April lu, may suture \ uci them from Janet McCoy. Buddy Robinson, and Al Clawson.
Friday, April 10. ts the last day for returning tickets and money to the ticket office ln the student iinion lt waa announced today.
Woodard Speaks to Local Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon
Granville O. Woodard, United States trade commissioner at Hongkong will be one of the principal speakers at a dinner given in the Student l'nion tonight at 6 o’clock hy Delta Phi Epsilon, national foreign trade fraternity. Sll-vino Da Silva, of the Ford Motor company of Japan, Ltd., who is on leave In the United States at this time will also speak at tonight's dinner.
Both Woodard and Da Silva are members of Delia Phi Epsilon, and while young ln years, are old In foreign service. Mr. Woodard has spent man) years as trade commissioner at Shanghai before taking up liis post at Hongkong. A large
Liebling to Play At Y.W. Banquet
With George Liebling as tlie giieat pianist of the evening, the Y.W.C.A. Mothera,’ Fathers,' and Daughters' banquet April 16 la scheduled to have a varied program of popular music and informal talks arranged under the supervision of Dean Pearle Alken-Smith.
Liebling served several years aa soloist with the Philharmonic or-cheatra aud haa composed a series of piano numbers. He ls expected to play some rhapsody from Liszt at the banquet.
From the firat collection made by Annie Lou Jungqulst last night more than 200 tickets have been sold already for thc banquet.. Bids may be procured from Helen Peterson, the ticket agency In the Student Union, or from Annie Ixiu Jungqulat. They are selling for fl each. Sororities and the two literary societies have a block allotment whieh can be increased from now until next Wednesday.
A life insurance company lias discovered that college-bred men live longer than any others.
Former Secretary of Treasury Declines Chairmanship of Jefferson Day Dinner.
By UNITED PRESS
Iii a letter criticising .lolm .1 Raskob, chairman of the Demoera tic party, and others who would make the organization wet, William Gibbs McAdoo yesterday de cllned to serve aa vice-chairman of the committee on arrangements for a local Jefferson Dev dinner on April 13.
“I am firmly convinced that the policies advocated by Kaakob will, If adopted, bring certain and die-asterous defeat to the Democratic party in 1932," the former secretary of the treasury wrote, McAdoo addressed hla letter to Munroe Butler, general chairman of the Jefferson Day celebration. Butler immediately dispatched a reply in which he assured McAdoo that his "hearsay information” concerning the purpose of the cele bratton "ls erroneous."
Butler referred to McAdoo’a statement that "I am nol advised as to the object of the conference, but. I am told that it Is to advocate and approve the proposals made by chairman Raskob at the recent meeting of the Democratic national committee in Washington.”
Butler explained as follows:
"A meeting of Democratic lead ers of the Western states was conceived by s group of local Democrats, Inspired solely by the thought of party harmony and advancement. Furthermore, the meeting was not Initiated for the purp >»e of considering Mr. Raa-kob's proposals made at the recent national committee meeting at Washington, or his subsequent letter sent to the Democratic national committeemen throughout the country.”
McAdoo. ln his leiter, declared that liquor could not be his party s answer to the unemployment problem confronting the nation.
CANDIDATES IN 6 COLLEGES FILE PAPERS
Commissioner Announces Instructions For Competitors in Election.
As petitions for all-unlverslty and college offices are due promptly at 3:30 o'clock today, Ray Geil-er, election commissioner,requests that students expecting to compels* for offices be sure that the announcement of their candidacy m in on time.
Offices for which petitions must be id, are president, vice president, and aecretaty of the atudent body, yell king, presldenta of the various colleges and other college officers according to Ihe constitutions of these groups, and for the representatives from the different colleges ou the legislative council. BLANKS OBTAINABLE Rlanka on which to file the petitions may be obtained ta either 234 Student I’nlon or Lewis Gough’s office. After they have been filled out and signed by any two witnesses, they should bo placed in the ballot bov on the desk of the election commissioner. Colleges voling on presidents in the all-unlverslty election are Commerce; Letters, Arts, and Sciences; Pharmacy; Engineering, Architecture; and Lsw. The School of Law will elect both a senior and Junior president. These groups must have petltlQns in for the respective offices this afternoon.
ELECTIONS MAY 7 As constitutions from the Colleges of Knglneering, Architecture, and Music have not been received , by Geiler, It la Imperative that they be In sometime today, the commlaaloner said.
To make preliminary plans for the all-university election which Is scheduled for Thursday, May 7, Geiler has called a meeting of the following members of the election commission for next Tuesday at 12 o'clock in hla office: Erma Eldrldge, John Gltcenberg, Kred Goss, Leo Grudin, Irving Harris, Lester Leppe, John Morley, Martin Malone, Edward Owen, Lloyd Porter, Chester Schlyen, Frank Titus, Hyrum White, and Evan Whltelock.
Nominations for Uie various! offices for which petitions are due will be held at au all-unlveratty assembly on Thursday, April 30.
ALKRMO, Sicily. April 8- (UP) —The mariltge of Prince Henry, Count. De Paris, son of the Duke of Gulae, pretender to the throne of France, to Princess Isabelle of Orleans Biaganza, took place here today amid a great gathering of royalty from all parts of Ku-rope.
RUSSIAN DIRECTOR TO PRESENT PLAY
Pi Delt Pledge Initiation Rites To Be Held at Sigma Chi House
Eleven pledges of PI Delta Epallon, honorary journalism fraternity,
number*of alumni of this frater I will be initiated at 2:3u p. m. Tuesday at the Slgma Chl lodge. They
nlty iu southern California are ex peeled to be present al the din
Four West Virginia university fraternities are forbidden to hold social functions because ttie> paid more man <100 tor arcbefctr** at formal dances.
are Mulvey White, Bob Gorton, Morton Morehouse, Joe Mlcciche, Al Michaellan, Paul Bodenhamer, Tom Patterson. l»ick Hastings. Norman Cowan, Kay Brooks, and John Dorfner.
With their coining into full- < Josephs. sergeant-at-ai ms. will Hedged tnemberahlp. the initiates | conduct the Initiation ceremony, will receive embossed plaques and Pledged l^at December, the Initl gold keys. Kay Zeman, president j ates w role, edited, and sold the j ut Pi Delta Epsilon; Lauren Dahl, "Pi Delt Razzberry," annual cam j secretary treasurer, and Stuart | pus soanrial shear
Michael 8. Visaroff, former Moscow dramatic actor, atago and screen star, and director of tbe School of Reallatic Acting in Hollywood, and Miss Dina Smirnova, member of the Imperial theaters lu fluaula will appear before Prof. Borla V. Morkovin s I o'clock class today in a presentation of "The Cherry Orchard.”
The play, which ia translated trom the original Russian, ia considered one of the most popular atage producUons of the Imperial theaters. Visaroff has played important roles in such recent hits as ‘'Disraeli," “The Last Command,” and “Camille.'' Students are invited to attend the imper sonatlon, which ts lo be *i*«u in Bridge *04.
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Y. W. Committee Set For 2:30 Today
Helen Johnson, chairman of the Y.W.C.A. hoateas committee, announces lhat there will be a meeting of the committee members a 3:30 today in room 234 of the Student Union.
All committee members are urged to attend as plaus for the bridge lea to be giveu Saturday. April 11, at the Alpha Chl Omega house on 28th street, umm* be completed M tbia So*
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