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PAN-HELLENIC Genevieve Plagman an-nounees a meeting of Pan. Hellenic Council at noon today in Y. W. C. A. room*.
Los Angeles. California. Monday. December 7, 1931.
BIB OF ICH ACT IrOMEDIES
Taken By De--t In Drama Pro-ursday.
TrtUir# in tho teach-I, »i S.C. t've French ■, will bf presented ;«Ior Touchstone u jttudetiifl In ftll th**
Brief Summary Of Facts On 72nd Congress
By United Press
Meets at noon, E.S.T., in the eaplfol at Washington.
Party divisions: Senate, 48 Republicans, >7 Democrats, one Farmer I-aborlte. Houae, 219 Democrats, 214 Republicans, one FarmeraLborlte, one vacancy.
First business: Prayer, administration of oaths to 17 new senators and all 435 representatives.
Outstanding even*: Flection of a new speaker of Ihe House, with John Nance Garner of Texas assured of victory.
President Hoover's messages: Legislative message Tuesday; budget message Wednesday; special message on moratorium Thursda).
Otii Mantling problems: Governmental deficit, economic re lief, moratorium, prohibition agitation.
Length of session: Probably until June when the national conventions. meet; possibly until next December.
ui Ion is viewed by j jdfparfn’ent as an op-j studsnts to get valu-1 gl experience in tha j
linkage. Tho plays!
Vhoten for lb(,ir s,ln‘j
ftbP ease with which jessing only an j [knowledge of French, to enjoy them. All j jnedle^.
'.EVER MAID
by Max Maiirey, is.
I ser\ant girl who l getting: what she |
Her employ er? by put request just when an rue»t is scheduled to caji includes Robert Mary Cianfoni, and j >aup.
?of mother-in-law troti-1 jcted In "L'ecolc des j
A young doctor and j	___i„
ia against all sorts of: President von KleinSmid Will
RELIEF LAWS PRIME ISSUE IN CONGRESS
Tax Increase, Government,___________________________________________,_________B ... _____________
Economy, and Morator-. Ia*t Friday and Saturday in Riverside, went on record as bc-ium Loom Large.
International Relations Clubs Agree On Plan For Drastic Armament Cuts
By DON ADAM
Voting for drastic reduction* of armaments, the Pacific Southwest International Relations rlttbs, meeting in confercnce
GRADUATE SCHOOL PLANS LUNCHEON MEET THURSDAY
WASHINGTON. Dec. (UP)_
Suspense nnd excitement charged the troubled political atmosphere of the capital tonight as all,
I branch®* of the government pre-‘ par^d for the 72nd congress which ' '>rb*' j opens at noon tomorrow to tran-I sart pressing national business.
A flood of more than 5,000, proposed laws was ready to be released into the legislative hoppers, emphasising many divergent and earnest efforts to meet economic *11	*lth provision made
trouble*.	' for another conference at the end
MORATORIUM FIRST	°f ,h*' ,>*r‘0<, f°r ,Ur'h,*r redUf'
Economic relief, an Increase ta! "“I™*	^
Federal taxes, and governmental
economy ure the major items of DELEGATES WELCOMED business on tbe calendars.	!	Rufus 8. von KleinSmld
Bui the Hoover one-yeHr mora- °"®red thl* conference Friday lorlum will come first, with lea- tno, n,nfr wlth " ords of welcome, der* of bom parties Reeking Innas, remarking on the need for prec|. dlata ratiflca-lon agalnat a con- plutlon °r oplnibn toward sound
lieving in the possibility of complete disarmament. More than 100 students from southwestern institutions gathered at tlie oonvention, which wa* modeled*1
after the coming world conference on disarmament at Geneva in
firework* colored th*> plenary s»ssion Saturday when reports from the commission* were considered. Pinal compromises led to the adoption of the plan for 10 per cent reduction each year for two years of
DESERT FOLIAGE WILL ADD COLOR TO INDIAN HOP
Fox Movietone Follies Star To Entertain At Architecture Dance.
No. 57
GERMAN PLEA ON PAYMENTS TO BE HEARD
Young Plan Advisory Committee May Suggest Reparations Reduction.
Graduate Council Will Consider Petitions Friday
The council of graduate study and research will hold Its I*?-cember meeting on Friday of this week.
ny special petitions that are to be presented mu*t he In the office o the Graduate school not later tiian Wednesday.
Hlank fqrms for special petition* may be obtained at the Graduate school office.
skiers foie tide of opposition.
A strong tuo'etneut for a vote on the dry laws is under way.
Democrats, apparently lirmly in 111- Si ddle in the House of Representatives, are set to elect John N. Garner of Texaa as speaker
solution of disarmament problems Miss Amy Hominway Jonea, director of International Relations clubs, spoke to the group re-
Desert plants to be used In decorating the Olon Oaks ,.lub Voung reparations conferences.
house lu Chevy Chase for the annual College of Architecture dance to be held on Friday evening were collccted last Saturday on an all day expedition conducted by William Burk, who is in charge of decorating the building for the affai r.
Heading the fleld trip with Burk was Rlrhard X. Merrli. architecture student who is a col-
BAHLK, Switzerland. Deo. fi —
(UP)—The seven members of the special advisory committee under the Young reparations plan assembled informally at the bank I for tnterantlonal settlements to-| day preparatory to convening w hat Is tantamount to “a third reparations conference."
It is believed here that the com mittee’* deliberations on Germany's plea that she is unable to i Bar Association Will Arrange pay will have more far-reaching I Dance; 100 Tickets To Be effect* than either the Dawes or1 Sold.
SCHOOL OF LAW TO GIVE FORMAL DANCE DEC. 16
On the eve of the official meeting of the committee, it was forecast reliably that the delegates eventually will sign a report sug
Resting that, sweeping reduction | of ,1MlnK ttu, dance in charge oi
the freshman law class, thl* year
The School of Law will give Its annual formal dance in the Wedgewood room of the Town House on Wednesday, Dec. IS. |Di\erting from the usual custom
Ger
of reparations payments by
many Is necessary.	the
NEW CONFERENCE	of
This would entail another and	as president, will make all
supplementary conference, prob	rangements. ably In January, as envisaged by President and Mrs. Rufus
Bar association of tlie School I-aw. with Francis Tappaan
R
gardinr the Carnegie endowment J leetor of cacti and other succulent J Premier Pleirc Laval of France, von KleinSmld, and Dean and
ia their quest for but they have the tdicap of living with irenlf. Tbe caat com--iret Nelson, Lester S. Slyn Beaman. Marion
Address Students; Helen Peterson Makes Preparations
you dine out. In the Emily Cocks, Dorothy
Bruee Stewart Dean. | that student* wishing to attend Irnian, Elsie Jenkins, may register early.
| Gerardi.	1 ft jg necessary that at least 100
legislation.
HOOVER MESSAGE
The Republican legislative pro-I gram trill tv presented Tuesday | by President Hoover ln liis legislative message ou the state of the union. Tlie Democrats with their new strength from the 1S80 and | 1*31 elections will shape their
President Rufus B. von KleinSmid wil ibe the speaker at the Graduate school bi-weekly lunch-
Jin Spaan, snd James i eon, scheduled for Thursday in I the Student Union social hall.
LE EDUCATION	I Reservations for this luncheon
Lippees" ls a doubly j may he made by signing up on play; it advises in the i the gradaute bulletin board in ng your companions | front of Bov ard or in anj school.
Lists will be posted this morning
in the different places In order |OWB	Including a proposal
for action on tbe tariff.
A new treasury borrowing of $1,800,000,000 to run the goveru-
ge tangle revolving I *" "~‘T	**"*• j mom during Its present deficit,
is tangle t evolving persons attend in order that the .	...	.
lest whose sanltv a.nt< .	v ut. i	I and a group of “hunger marchers”
function may be held in the society liall.
All faculty members are invited to attend, and Invitation* lo the luncheon have been mailed to deans of S.C. schools.
The.e Is to be a musical pro-Helen Peterson, vice-presl-is in charge of arrange-
plants. Among the specimens pro-1 after hi* visit to Washington, cured besides cacti were Johmi
and take control of thi branch of Mankind” was the subject of the j lree" antl desert rats. 1 he> are congress tor ibe llrst time In 12 illustrated address by Herr M. lo b* displayed in giant Indian years. Of much legislative irapor- Fischer of Hungary on Friday af j *'ols ln Nmv»J° colors, tance Is their movement to libera- ternoon. ln the evening a film I *n addition to the convcntialized li*e the bouse rules to expedite showing the work of the League I desert foliage to be used In deco
for international peace.
“Wliat Hungary has given to
M.
whose sanity and a matter of anxious resented in “La Sur->r«." The cast: Corne-iy, Esther Sturgeon, mess, Esther Schulz, lillen.
(1STERS' PLIGHT
of the one-act plays j gram eau de Teiegraphe,’’ | dent,
for tlie plenary session.
Proposals for immediate and complete disarmament lu the com demanding $ 150 cash relief for | mission meetings by minority each ot the* six million unem-. groups formed the nucleus for ployed, along with k permanent j heated discussion and Intrigue, system of unemployment. Insur- Conservative and comprise re-ance, threw info high relief tiie ports were the i-erult of differ depression problems of the 6:41
of .Nations was *how n follow Ing 1 rating the building ail other de an introduction by Herman Kirch-1	o( the decoration will be
hoff, student at P.C.	accurately reproduced to portray
LATE MEETINGS	' loca* colod of the Peublo Indians.
Four main commissions, the po. ! Th* hu,)dln* ln which ,he <,Mne" lit leal commission, that on effec! wl" h"ld '* b(,ln* t0, n ‘,ow" tlves, that on materials, and the ‘“mediately following the affair commission on budget. began aud h*1"* ''ompletely re,on tbelr meel Ings Friday evening. | *,ruc"~ Vm**r ,hc <*lre<'lu. of continuing them until after mid- Wll,lau’ Bu,k' the night to return early Saturday j ,n	of Architecture 1*
morning to complete their report*! now	on the redecoration.
Two full *lzed pueblos are being constructed to house the orchestra and the refreshment booth. Sll-| houette figures of Iudians on j anrsehack are to be used in de-j plctlng the Indian tn hi* native I haunts.
the pitiful plight of ments lids at cross-purposes | a door. The ending or both are thwarted.
Rhoff, Claussa Living-Helen Haskell play the
plays »re under the Mitt Nancy M. Bar'S French student. She '“ted In the work by H*r|ij, graduate stu-ich.
an Classes 'resent Play •C. Student
* Chflstma* play writ a> A. p. White, benlor “trmau and president rm*n dub. is to be r niember, 0, lhe Ger
1 °«> Wednesday eve-i(16- >t 7:30 in the
“naut* of Dorothy ,a' Irlt* Siinoerter Bartlett as Jo-^ K White aa He-, Wllcha. Charles 0»B1*I Dres,Ier as Hay. David 1 ^or«e Johnstone as Kapltan as t Kessel
legislators.
HUNGER ARMY
Approximately 1,500 so-called marchers, in ragged costumes reminiscent of the BOo who marched with "General” Jacob S. Coxey during the 1894 depression, arrived today by trucks and prepared to inarch on the capitol at noon tomorrow with their demands.
White house police mobilized as 1 a precaution and Chief W. H. Moran of tne secret service went to tiie White House to supervise preparations, while Mr. Hoover at the Friday Morning club Thurs- j ^ ^ corr,cted proofs of h)s
Ohio Woman Judge To Speak At Y. W. 50th Anniversary
ences in demands or security by ' Oxford Student
the several countries represented. | _	„	.
All countries thai are members J[ O tie Speaker
At | Mrs. William G. Male of the School of Law will bs guest* nf honor at the affair, at which the entire law faculty 1* expected to attend.
A maximum of 100 ticket* are to be sold. A buffet supper is included in the price of the bids, which is $S a piece. Tables will be arranged In thn dining room adjoining the dance floor, Jimmy Bittick's orchestra will provide the music.
Dick Klrtland, president of the senior class of the School of
that time all of the Interested powers will send delegates and Ihe complicated and delicate political aspects of tbe reparations question will be brought to the fronL
Germany aud six chief creditor powers will be represented at the first session tomorrow under the presidency of Gates W. McGar-rah, American head of the International Bank board.
REAL DISTRESS The appeal of Germany that she Is suffering from the most serious	b,>pn ■Wanted chair-
of the League of Nntions, the United States and Soviet Russia were represented at the model copfartnoe by BtudeuU from the several sfhools; snd in the pro-(Cont!z»ue<t on Page 2)
Judge Florence Allen of the supreme court of Ohio will speak on "Adventures lu Understanding" at the Y.W.C.A. luncheon to be held j '
day. This luncheon comes as the
Downtown Class Will Broadcast Over KHJ Soon
legislative message, embodying . \ trial broadcast over station
closing event of the ..Oth an- j propo#aig for strengthening flnan- j KHJ Is the opportunity to
lie as Mar-
£r<>up Holds 10,1 Ceermony
by
hon	honor-
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HXhv r *r,: 1-ouis
oci 'UJI,|>**II. Mar-
•Jhtevlevr Conrar
nlversary of tbe Younger Gliis mo\ ement of the Y.W.C.A.
International aspects of the movement will be given by Zada French, national secretary of the Y.W.C.A.
Invitation has been extended to Dr. Bessie A. McClenahan and studeuts of the university to attend this affair. The Friday Morning club is located at 94U 8. Figueroa street and the luncheon is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
cial and goverumental structures but no direct relief for the unemployed.
OLD CHURCH BURNS
VANCOUVER, Wash.,—Dec. 6.
_ (t’P) — St. Luke'* ICpiscopal
church, pioneer house of worship, wasdestroyed by fire today. The wooden structure was built in 1871. Ii had been used continuously since.
Annual Aptitude Test Will Be Given Medical Students Dec. 1
Preinediral students who expect to enroll In a medical school next fall will have an opportunity to take tbe medical aptitude test of the Association ol American Medical Colleges Dec. U at 2 p.m in room los, adfinistratiou building, ircording to Vice-President Frank C. Touton. A fee of one dollar will be collected from each student at the time the test is ♦similar in nature, requiring slight-given.
The medical aptitude test will
be given in more than 600 colleges in the I'nited States, and Is necessary requirement for admission in many medical schools. As this test is given only once a year, failure to take It will hand-leap a student's chances for admission In medical schools.
Last year's test was arrauged lo
be
^iren in the near future to members of the radio broadcasting class st University college which ueeLa Irom 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays. The class Is instructed by Mrs. Tacte Hanna Rew- of the School of Speech.
One of tbe professional men of KHJ will select thc men ln the class whose voices are acceptable for radio broadcasting and these people will be permitted to broadcast ln a series of programs dur-Ing December. The radio broadcasting claas will meet for the second term ln January.
Ad Fraternity Will Meet At Noon For Pledging Ceremony
Pledging of prospective members ot Alpba Delta. Slgma, national professional advertising fraternity, will take place this noon at a luncheon meeting lo be held In 322 Student l'nion.
Dr. W. D. Moriarty and Prof. Frank A Nagley are to be guests
ly less than two hour* for completion.
All papers sre graded by the Committee of the Association of American Medical Colleges snd
the results compiled in book form j at the meeting, which will be and reported in confidence to the j pre*ided over by Dean Harrel. deans of all Class A medical | president.
schools in Ameriea.	| During the spring semester the
Study cf test results, according ! Dr D. Moriatry chapter of tbe •	. ,r„	,w to a bulletin aent out by the As j frateinlty will publish a yearbook
Metcalfe determine tbe applicant's scientific ; sociatiot. ha* shown that tha ap- | The book will contain th epictures N. "'Hllam White i vocabulary, piemedlcal Inforina tltude test Indicates future sue of the junior and senior members i*r, " s‘ Jarge An- tion. comprehension and retention, cess of student* In the medical of tbe group ond wil ioutlins their «■» -Mrs. Arc,.ie - visual memory, memory for con school more accurately than any ertra-currlcular acth lilts. Fur „ ‘*uo »* honor lest and unders.andlng of prinled other method use<l heretofore in .her plu*. for the book wll) be * 01 KAnixation. J material. The 1&31 teal wiil be ! th« lelection oi *tud«nt«.	j mada ai today # luncheon.
At ‘Y’ Meeting
With the annual conference at Asilomar as the theme of discussion. the Trojan Y.M.C.A. will hold it* weekly association dinner ln the "Y” hut Wednetisay evening at 5:30.
Jeffrey Smith, '27, who spent three years at Oxford and is now teaching at Compton Junior college, will give the high points of the Asilomar conferences that he has attended.
That this year's Asilomar conference will be held from Dec. 26 to Jan. 2, ia the «sord of Malcolm Alexander, conference cot-mlssloner of the Trojan ,‘Y.” The conclave will be attended by students from most of the colleges In California.
Sorority Exchange Luncheons Slated During This Week
The final group of sorority exchange lunches to be held before the Cbrlatmas holidays will take plaec this w eek.
Houses exchanging will be: Alpha Chl Omega with Alpha Delta Theta, Dec. 10; Alpha Delta PI with Alpha Kpsllon Phi, Dec. 9; Beta Slgma Omicron with Slgma Delta Tau, Dec. 9: Delta Gamma with Iota Slgma Theta, Dec. 11: Kappa Alpha Theta with Phi Mu, Dec .9; Kappa Delta witb PI Fleta Phi, Dec. 9; Zeta Tau Alpha with Delta Zeta, Der. 10; Alpha Gamma Delta with Delta Delta Delta, Dec. 10.
economic distress will be heard during the session*. The German delegate will point out that shrinking industrial stock lias reduced the earnings, of German railroads, that a slump In trade has Injured her industries and that unemployment ls increasing. Germany will contend that, during a world economic depression, the creditor countries and world bankers must lake drastic measures and make various political sacrifices to meet the situation.
S. C. STUDENTS WIN ARCHITECT HONORS
Two S.C. architecture students, William Wallett and Bob Boyle, were awarded flrst and second places respectively In a national sketch competition spousored by Scarab, honorary and professional architecture fraternity, Dean Weatherhead announced at the architecture homecoming dinner.
Wailett's pencil sketch entitled, "San Pedro” took flrst while Bob Boyle took second with a water color, “The Cove.”
The exhibition wa* shown at the Scarab National convention held at Cincinnati Nov. 23 and 24. j Foster K. Sampson attended as I a delegate from S.C. chapter. Ap | proximately 30o sketches were submitted, 40 of which came from S.C. students.
The exhibit Is to be shown at S.C. at some future date, lt was announced.
man of the dance committee. Miss Dora Woods, Miss Von Seggern, Jack Carl Greenburg, Fred Hauser, and Wallie Trau are ln charge of the tickets.
AVALON, l>ec. «.-(l'P)—Louis Ellsworth Grey, 70, brother of Zane Orey, famous author, died today
Delta Sigma Rho, Forensic Group, Selects Pledges
Flrsl semester pledges of Delta Sigma Rho, national honorary forensic fraternity, were liounced today as Ralph Bowers Cecily Hilton, Robert Moffat, and Richard T. Tilden.
Bowers Is now a member of the varsity debate squad for the second year, is a Bowen cup winner antl Is a former president of Ar gonauts club.
Miss Hilton, manager of the women's debate squad last sea' son, is now in her fourth year as a member of the squad.
Moffat ls an Ames cup winner, former member of the squad, and is now enrolled ln the School of l«w.
Tilden Is an Ames cup winner aud is a member of tbe varsity aquad for the second year.
Initiation will be held shortly after the Christmas vacation.
Women Journalists Guests At U. C.L. A.
Member* of the S.C. chapter of Alpha Chi Alpha were entertained at a tea Sunday afternoon by Pi Kappa Pi, local honoi-ary Journalism sorority at U.C.LA., which is petitioning the national organisation.
'Hotel Universe,’ Senior Play, Is Barry’s Latest; Story Mystical
Today’s Chapel Program
Willard G. Smith, organist.
1.	Minuet, by Boellmann.
2.	Serenade, by Drlgo.
3.	A. Japanese Sunset, by Jep soc.
Wllh a strong cast of players the Senior class will produce its annual play on Tuesday evening. Dec. 16, ln Bovard auditorium, pre sentlng Philip Barry's ‘ Hotel I nlverse," with Brownells Baker. Laura Crozier, and Bob Boyle carrying the leading roles.
The play is Barry's latest, having had It* flrst *howing some months ago by the Theatre Gulld*coaat the Padua Hills theater and
In New York. The setting for tbe entire artion of the play, which has oo act divisions, is lsid In a small villa In the south of France about which strange stories are circulated. In this frame, a half-mystical story is unfolded concerning eight persons and their past lives.
Since the (day bas been released tor tmateur presentation oa the
the Beverly Hills Community players ha%e staged it. But the Senior class production will be Its first presentation by university
players.
"Hotel Universe” is being di reeled by W. Hay MacDonald, as slated by Jean Sellers. The setting for the play Is being built by tbe Los Augeles Scenic com pany.
CAST CHOSEN FOR OPENING SCREEN PLAY
Shooting To Get Under Way Soon For ‘Pledges’ Plight.’
A* a result of tryout* held last Friday for principal role* in the Cinema Institute's flrst production, casting director Joe Burcham announced the following student* aa l*‘*d*: Peggie Barion, Corinnc Cur-'ey, Lydia Berry, Florence Skeels, Beecher f'allaghan. Rill Cover, Doan Harrel, Sterling Kincaid, and Brlln Bartlett.
Secondary parts will be taken by Josephine Sprague, Ruth Lewis, Martha Nelbor*. Jeannette Taylor. Jane Welton. Caroline Ferrey, Ma-ble Pruitt, Peggy Bryant. Marie Parenteau. Alice Randall. Olive I^awren, Charles Perelman, Blll Hoppe, Ed Madrid, Merle Parker. Larry Smith, and Shlfnmo.
ROLES OPEN Several minor roles have not yet been filled, stated Burcham. Applicants for these parts may aee him today between 10 and 11 o'clock in 225 Student Union.
Directed by Bryant Hale, production manager of the i.rganiza-tlon. the picture will be filmed under the working titlo of “Pledges’ Plight.” Marceline Peterson, head of the directorial staff, wll act as Hale'* assistant. The atory, an original by Helen Neal, was adapted for the screen by Ted -Vagee, scenario department super* visor.
MEETING TODAY
So thai final preparation* may be made before actual "shooting” on Tuesday, Dorothy Wlesinger, president, haa called a meeting for active and associate members for 2 o'clock ln 214 Bridge hall.
Production activities will be in charge of the following depart' ment heads: camera, Walter Blue* mel; assisted by Victor Herder; art. Kd Obert; costume, Mable Marquette; and publicity, Carlos Bsoudero. Audrey Wallhaus and Elsie Rot liman, associate members, are supervising make-up and script work.
Non membera w ho w ish to participate ln production or apply for membership in the organization may see Miss Wlesinger ta S25 Student Union today between 10 and 2 o'clock.
BANKING EXPERT TO SPEAK FRIDAY
Kred I. Kent, director of the Bankers’ Trust company of New York, will speak at Bovard audi torium Friday evening, Dec. IL The lecture will be sponsored by tbt los Augeles chapter of the Amei i can lnstllute of Bunking and the University of Southern California The subject o Mr. Kent's speech will be "The Banker and the Economic System."
Mr. Kent was the first prealdent ot the Chicago chapter of the A. I. B. and also or th national Institute. He has contributed bl.i services to the I'nited States on various organization and financial committees. This is the first time he has spoken here.
Admission will be by Invitation only. Invitations should be ex-channged for reesrved seats at the ticket office ln the Student Union.
Research Group Displays Posters For Crime Stud2
Sponsord by a group of prominent women, an exhibit of international posters procured by the Scientific Research association for the study of crime, ls being shown at the group headquarters at 1106 So. Broadway.
Student* and faculty members interested in the principles of per sonal liberty are invited to meet with the women between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Law Observance committee has a* Inembers Mes dames 8etley W. Mudd. WUllam L. Honnold, Walter Hsrrison Fi* cher. Judson C. River. Torrey Everett, Robert A Millikan, Rufus II. von KleinSmld. William Read, William A Moses. Grove C. Flake, jonn C. Atsati, and llowardVei-beck