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Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, November 18, 1931.
N COOKE ES RULES R CONTEST
-ta Kappa Alumni 10th Annual Es-
^ompetition.
. of Ihf l"th annual w«t upon so red by the Kappa Alumni associa Southern California was ‘ yesterday by Dr. .Tolin chairman. Open to all „ juniors, and senior* nines and colleges In California, the contest wards of $45 for flrst (or second, and $15 for
,r'i competition was won [ Elizabeth C. Forrest of whose essay, ' Buried so took flrst place ln the je contest sponsored by ltic Monthly this spring, ers of Phi Heta Kappa \’.t Martha Siler, for her ibe Joy of Hein* Curi-Rempel, for “Prairie Edgar F. Goad, for and the Liberal Educa-
iutitations that submitted (essays, besides U.C.L.A.
I were Occidental college I Diego State Teachers’
thinking on the part iriter will comprise one to important points upon judges will rate the tough the choice of the left to the student, the deadline for the
pES OF CONTEST
rf the rules as given by follows:
■contest Is open to all 'of any standard college ity in Southern Callfor-»re in residence March I and who are regularly sophomores, juniors, at that time, must be longer than and less than 3,000. lone essay may be sub-any one contestant. fCT, TREATMENT jssay may be submitted i8 previously been pub-wed on Page two)
No. 47
Dance Committee Meets At Noon In Student Union
In order to complete plans for the Trojan Knlght-Amazon buffet supper dance members of the committee will meet this noon in Bud Medbery's ofTice.
Fred Leix, Juanita Mills, Betty Henderson, Marjorie Ore-well, and Mary Jane Mercer are the members of the committee tn charge of the orchestra and food.
The dance will take place Friday afternoon from 4 to 7 at the Alpha Delta PI house ou West Adams. The affair wilt be strictly informal, and danc ing will take place on Ihe ten nis courts.
CHINESE, JAP TROOPSCLASH AT TSITSIHAR
ADVERTISING CLUB TO HOLD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT
Heavy Casualties Reported: Tokio May Send Another Division to Battle.
1 MUKDEN, Nov. 18.—(UP)—la j panese and Chinese forces in the j Nonni river sector were engaged in a fierce battle today, with j possible Japanese occupation of J Tsitslhar hinging on the outcome.
Heavy casualties were reported.
Reports received here said Gen-i eral Shigeru Honjo, Japanese com-I mander, ordered a general attack i after General Ma Chan Sban rejected ihe Japanese ultimatum to I A,P|n‘ orchestra; Hetty Ann Na withdraw his Heilungkiang pro I 1uin‘ >’"nrh: «*»«,'leve Hale, de-vince army.
I The lighting began at daybreak,
Graduate School Will Give Dance Saturday Night
Meeting for the flrst time at an evening social, the 1931 Gradu ate School will hold a reception and dance Saturday night at 8:30 In the dance studio of the physi cal education building .Bridge and entertainments of various sorts will be provided so that all guests will li nd some amusement to suit their tastes.
No charge is being made for the reception which is to be de cidedly informal and no date. In the receiving line will be members of student and faculty graduate councils. Helen Peterson, vice-president ot the organization, is general chairman for the occasion and will be assisted by Paul
with artillery opening at 6 a.m. The temperature was 20 below
--1 zero aud a high wind prevailed
Mrs. Agnes White Will Speak at that time.
On "Women In Advertis- Japanese infantry, cavalry, and ing.”	’	■ artillery were participating, and
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Contrary to the program sche a|fo attack the Chinese, dule issued the flrst of the year j \ Chinese cavalry force of 2,000 to the University Advertising was engaging the Japanese right club members, a meeting will be | wing.
held Thursday evening at *5: rvi Fighting was reported heaviest in the College Inn, 41st aud Fl north of Tahsing, where Japanese gueroa streets. The change In j cut off the Taonan-Ssulngkai rail-date was made In order not to l way and destroyed telegraph and conflict with the Hi-JInks.	I telephone lines.
Mrs. Agnes White will be the j	--
principal speaker and will talk I Dawes Holds Center on "Women in Advertising.” Mrs. (jf J’;lris Spotlight White is past president of the,
corations; Virginia Monosmlth. publicity; and Winifred Biegler, invitations.
i A. G. FULLER ON GREEKS
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Women's Advertising club of southern California and also is an associate member of the Eta chapter of Gamma Alpha Chi on this campus.
Mrs. White was the president of the advertising agency which bears her name. Although at the present time she has been retired from her business for about one year, she still does some advertising work from her home in Palos Verdes. While president of the agency, Mrs. White specialized ln home economics and radio work.
In addition to Mrs. Agnes White, J. J. Mesler, advertising manager of the Union Bank and Trust company and associate member of Alpha Delta Sigma, and Frank Mussetter .advertising manager of the Southern California Telephone company, will be special guests at the dinner.
PARIS, Nov. 17.—(US’)- Charles G. Dawes, representing America's interests in the Manchurian dispute, became tile central, If secluded .figure today in the swirling play of diplomacy surrounding the Sino Japanese conflict over far eastern treaty rights.
A brief secret and formal session of the i<eague of Nations council was of small importance compared to the wholly Informal conferences In which Dawes, attired in an old blue dressing gown, received the leading statesmen of France, China, and Japan at his hotel, to discuss the Kellogg Treaty ,the Nine-Power Pact and other international standings having a bearing on Japanese occupation of Manchuria.
Dawes' flrst engagement was (Continued on Page two)
Frosh Debators To Open Season With L.A.ILS,
Inaugurating their active debating season, freshman debators will engage in a contest with Los Angeles high school tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 on the subject. Resolved: That All lnter-govern-mental War Debts Be Cancelled.
An affirmative team, composed of Bob North and James K. Jacobs, will debate this week, and next week a negative team will meet the high school forensics.
As this is the flrst contest of the year, Jack Rose, manager, urges all persons interested to attend and give tbe frosh a good send-olt into the fleld of bedat-ing.
FIRE TRUCKS COLLIDE
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17.-
T TO HEAR TALK ON FASCIST ITALY
Featured by an address on “Mussolini and Fascist Italy,” by Dr. Walter Morrit, lecturer for the San Francisco Y.M.C.A., a joint meeting of the Trojan Y.M. C.A. and the International Relations club will be held at 5:30 ln the V hut.
Dr. Morrit has delivered more than 300 talks on Mussolini ans is considered a leading authority ou European conditions and developments. He has a background of extensive travel iu Europe and J'alestino and conducts a large class in current events in San Francisco. For the past few days, Dr. Morrit has been on a lecture tour of southern California.
The regular "Y” meeting was opened to members of the International Relations dub because of the character of the program and speech.
NEW RULES MADE IN RATING GREEK HOUSES AT S. C.
Fraternity Standings To Be Determined By Active Members In Future.
Fraternity scholastic ratings will undergo a decided change under new rules passed by the meeting Nov. j of faculty fraternity advisers, and now announced by Dean Francis Bacon .general fraternity adviser.
The subject under discussion at the meetiug was the possible change which might eliminate tho pledges and make active members responsible for the scholastic standing of the fraternities on the campus . The advisability of recommending a higher scholarship for individual qualifications for initiation to active status in a fraternity was also discussed.
The new' plan met the approval of the advisers, and all S.C. fraternities are advised that their scholastic rating is now based on the averages computed from the grades of active members only.
It was also decided that work completed in University college during a semester may be counted as part of that semester's work in qualifying for initiation into a Iraternity.
Five llrenien were Injured, two oil TDf/ic D D C C C UJ T them critically, when two fire1 *	/
trucks answering an alarm collided here tonight.
ENTERTAINMENT
mities Will Hold Exchange IcKeons Today, Proctor Says
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the upperclassmen of tiie second house are eating at the tirst.
This week pairings include: Phi Bela Delta with Alpha Nu Delta, Theta Psi with Phi Nu Delta, Phi Kappa Tau with Zeta Beta Tau, Alpha Epsilon Pi wllh
Representing the Trojan Women's Glee club, three trios have been chosen lo appear in a num ber of programs this week.
The trio composed of Melba Dutcher, Marceline Arroues. and Dorothy Leland will present a program for the Bellflower chamber of commerce at their regular noon meeting loday.
Pauline Gaslrich ,Mary James, and Helen Bird accompanied by Hildred Carrico will sing a group
Classical Cluh To See Showing Of Old Comedy
Members of the Classical club will attend a presentation of the Greek comedy, ‘'Clouds of Aristophanes’’ in Culbertson hall, at the California Institute of Technology, on Friday, Nov. 20. The comedy is being produced under the aus pices of Pi Kappa Delta fraternity and will be directed by Thomas Browne Henry, director of the Pasadena Community Playhouse school.
•‘Clouds of Aristophanes” is a brilliant satire upon the Athenian scientists of the age of Pericles and was first produced in 423 B.C. Although the play is centuries old its idea is modern in that it deals with the skepticism of the masses in regard to new developments in science. A transla tion made especially for Oxford university is being used.
Members of the club will leave at 2:15 Friday. Everyone planning lo attend must sign the list In the I^atin office, Bridge 209, by 12 o’clock, today.
A Common Plea
Editor, Daily Trojan:
We feel it is time some of us were expressing our opinions about the holding up of completion of the new Doheney Memorial Library and park by one remaining obstacle, Mrs. Robbins' 65-foot piece of property bordering University avenue.
Taking, we believe, both sides of the question into consideration ,lt seems to us that Mrs. Bobbins' attitude is unreasonable and selfish, and we hope that when she realizes the student opinion that Is farming against her. she will agree to sell her property al a price declared just by unbiased expert appraisers.
The fact* are that Mrs Robbins has asked $50,000 for her lot, or $800 a front foot. This Is considerably more than the assessor's estimate, and approximately $18,000 more than the University has offered her The school offer of $32,500, in turn, has been called ‘‘extravagant” by many realtors.
When you can buy Wilshire boulevard frontage for $300 the front foot. It is absurd to expect the University, which of course is directly responsible for her property's being at all valuable, to pay $800, or even $500.
Doubtless Mrs. Bobbins feels that the fact that the University wants, and must have her property, makes it ethical for her to demand such a high price. We believe it is NOT ethical.
It is up to the studeut body to show Mrs. Robbins lhat we
are a part of the university, and resent strongly any attempt to cause an unjust expenditure of university funds, or to stand ln tho way of our much-needed expansion program.
Mrs. Mitchell, who leases her foutnaln from Mrs. Bobbins, we are sure has no part in Mrs. Robbins' attitude, and we hope that she will be able to And a new place for ber business so students will feel justified In restoring to her tbelr former trade.
The tobacco, candy, and cosmetic stand Is owned and operated by Mrs. Robbins.
May we expect some further expression of student opinion on Mrs. Robbins' demand, and may we expect the other members of the student body to participate In our attitude, which we believe just and consistent with Trojan Ideals? Sincerely,
FRANCIS BUSHARD 32 HELEN JOHNSON '32 BAILEY EDGERTON '32 FRED CHASE '31 BETTY MACDOUGALL '32 CHARLES GIBLER '32 HAZEL REDFIELD '32 FRANCIS TAPPAAN '32 BUD MEDBERY '32 JUANITA WAGNER '32 JOHN MORLEY '32 DEAN HARREL '33 HARRY PROCTOR '32 JACK GAGE '32 TOM KUCHEL '32 STAN WILLIAMSON ’32 ROBERT BOYLE '33 EMIL STECK '32 ANNIE LOU JUNIQUIST '32 PAGE PARKER '33
All Committees ls.c. HONORS
To Meet Tonight TROJAN TEAM
Reports from all committees working on Homecoming Week will be present tonight at an important meeting of committee chairmen at 7:1."> In tiie legislative council room in the Student Union.
The reports are to include ihe activities of the various commit tees and will be submitted to Erwin Werner, alumni chairman of Homecoming Week.
The following are asked lo re port at the meeting: Mickey Chatburn, student chairman; Jack Smith, parade; Harry Proctor, stag rally; Helen Johnson, football dance; Otto Broesamle, fra ternity contact; Jo Sprague, sorority contact; Cliff Capps, street decorations; Joe Mlcciche, publicity; and Harry llmsted, cups and awards.
PARTY COALITION MAY LEGISLATE TAX PROPOSALS
Republican Leaders Design Bill To Increase Revenue By
750,000,000.
Graduate Students To Visit Huntington Library Friday
Leaving the campus at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon, more than 75 graduate students are planning to visit the Huntington library in San Marino. Tickets are on hand in Dean Rockwell D. Hunt's office now and can be procured upon application. Transportation will be afforded by students who
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Phi Kappa Psl, Kappa Alpha with! of songs before the student N>d> Sigma Phi Epsilon i of Metropolitan high school at pa Alpha, Phi S gma
the 9:45 assembly, Nov. 19.
"MU with Sigma Tau, Beta Kap ! Several musical numbers will be u ire *«keduljd ,i4 "tl11	S|sma, Della Sig- offered lo guests at the women's
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Professional Pan-Hel Makes Plans For Tea
Professional Panhellenic held a meeting yesterday noon at which plans were laid for a tea tn be
given by the organization during j Homecoming week.
The tea will be for (he active < members, alumnae ,and business i women. Each professional group in the organization will brtng as ; guesls some, prominent women lu iheir field.
to the library. Cars will form in line in front of the Administration building, proceeding immedia-ately to the library.
On the death of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Huntington, pioneers of southern California, their home with its spacious grounds was turned over to Los Angeles for a park and museum. As lt stands today, the library is surrounded witb landscaped terraces, and Japanese, French, rose, and cactus gardens. Its art gallery is famous for the large Gainsborough collection and other pictures of this period. "Pinkie" and the “Blue Boy” are both housed in the San Marino library.
In the museum proper are many old editions, including a Gutenberg bible, an original copy ot Poe's "The Haven", and a flrst edition of Chaucer's “Canterbury Tales.” Several rooms have been fltted out with china and furniture from the period of Louis XVI, giving ihe library an historic glamour as well as literary and artistic fame.
HI-JINKS REVISES TRYOUT SCHEDULE
WANN TO GIVE GARLAND TALK
Anticipating the lecture by Hamlin Garland on Dec. 3 during homecoming week, Dr. Louis Wann .professor of English language and literature, will give a talk on the literary achievements of the eminent American author at a special meeting of Epsilon Phi, honorary English fraternity tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the Y.W.C.A. rooms in the Student Union.
Representatives from all campus literary societies have been Invited to attend, according to Irma Leainon, president of Epsilon Phi.
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Today*s Organ Program
All organizations that have not tried out for Hi-Jiuks are asked to observe the change in schedule for tryouts to be held ln Touch stone theatre this afternoon. No tryouts will be held after 6:00 p.m.
The revised schedule Is: 3:30 Kappa Alpha Theta; 8:45 Phi Mu;
4:00 PI Beta Phi; 4:15 Sigma Delta Tau; 4:30 Zeta Tau Alpha;
4:45 Sigma Alpha lota; 5:00 Specialty; 5:15 Women's Residence hall; 5:30 AmazonB; 5:45 Women’s Glee club 6:00 Stray Greeks; 6:45 Kappa Delta, lt Is important thai the mem bers of all organizations be assembled on time to present their skit.
Italy May Sacrifice To Reach Agreement
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17—(UP)
—Dlno Grandl, on orders from Premier Benito Mussolini, will tell President Hoover tomorrow that Italy is ready to make new sacrifices to reach an accord on naval matters with France, the United Press learned tonight.
The youthful Fascist foreign minister will see President Hoover at 9:15 a.m. for the must important conversation of his visit.
He will discuss frankly the factors that have hindered a naval understanding with France. He will tell Mr. Hoover that Italy is willing to make new sacrifices to reach an accord before the opening of tho Geneva arms conference In February.
Signor Grandi will explain to President Hoover, however, that any initiative for tlie reopening j student chairman of the rally.
I of naval negotiations must come The Honorable Joseph Scott, j Irom Sranee, as both Italy and one of the leading figures of the England recently souuded out city, has been secured by Proctor France informally and received no and Erwin ''Pete'' Werner, alum I reply.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17.—(UP) Republican leaders today worked on a $750,000,000 tax increase bill, designed lo be enacted by a coalition of both parties in congress before the returns on 1931 In conies are filed next March 15.
Rep. Isaac Bacharach, Repn., N. J., an administration fiscal expert announced he would advance measure to Increase taxes on In herltances and larger incomes, levy a gift lax and various lux ury or "nuisance” taxes.
This bill ls expected to be the basis of maneuverings on the vari ous proposals for additional rev enue, although the Democrats will work out a policy of their own on taxes tn conference later on Senator Pat Harrison, Dem Miss., Democratic tax expert, still declined to admit that a tax In crease was imperative, but said if one is enacted it will be on "the Democractic doctrine of lm posing the burden on those best able to pay.”
Bacharach significantly made his announcement of his prevised bill after a conference with Rep. John N. Gardner of Texas, who will be speaker If the Democrats take control of the house. He said his m**sure was designed for ‘‘non parttwiu, bi-partisan support.”
Mrs. Hellmuth Speaks at Noon To German Club
Mrs. Pauline Hellmuth, private German Instructor, was the spea ker at a meetiug of der Deutsche Verein, held Tuesday noon ln the Y.M.C.A. hut.
Announcement was made of the California theatre's llrst German talkie, "Der Hampelmanr," which is now being given continuous showings from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. Students presenting identlll cation cards will be admitted at reduced prices.
A spoken drama. ‘‘Der Herr Verteldlger," by Molnar, will be presented at the N'euhas theater Sunday, Nov. 21, at 8:15 p.m. Tickets for this performance may be purchased at half price through the German office .
IN 2 RALLIES
Program, Parade Provide Send-Off For Thundering Herd.
Voicing the enthusiasm being generated for Ihe Notre Dam* lootball game Salurday, hundred* of Southern California Btudent* joined yesti rday fo*- two huge rallies, tiie llrst In Bovard auditorium at II a.m. and the second, a parade and send off at the,S.IV station last night.
Escorted by motorcycle polled officers, a noisy cavalcade of car* formed on University avenue at 5:15 p.m. yesterday and speeded through the business district to the station. With Yell King Biler Edgerton leading the rheerln* with the assistance of Ihe full Southern California band, und©? the direction of Harold Roberta, tiie throng of Trojans gave th* team a rousing send-off. From the lobby of the station, the team, coaches, and student Invaded th* train yards for a flnal cheery Coach Howard Joues gave a short fight talk from the platform oC the observation car and the team members made brief appearances. The train pulled away at 6:15 p.m.
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Tbe morning rally was feature* by tho appearance of the newly organized Southern California Symphonic orchestra, under th* direction of John T. Boudreau, of the music department, Pre* ceding the music and program, Harold William Roberts, director of musical organizations, gave a humorous talk about the gam* and then Introduced Conductor Boudreau and Ills musicians. Tha (Continued on Page Three)
STARS TO ATTEND CINEMA BANQUET
Outstanding personalities of the screen and prominent executive*,, directors, and technicians of th* film colony wil! be guest* of honor at the inaugural banquet to be held by the Cinema lustf-tute within the next two week*.
The banquet was originally scheduled for last night, but when it was learned that Ixiuls B. Mayer. M.G.M. executive, would be unable to attend, lt was poatr poned.
The banquet will serve to intio-duce to Troy the new campus organization, which already has a membership roster of 125. Active members number 16. and are in charge of 13 departments Incident to production of films, since tli* lnslltute Is organized similar to * studio.
Actual work on the filming at two short subjects Is expected to begin within two weeks, Dorothy Wlesinger, president, stated yesterday. The scenario department Is already at work, and “shooting” of its flrst products will begin without delay. A long feature picture will be made later, and the combined ftlmB will be shown In Bovard auditorium or Touch-stone.
Departments under which the work will be organized are: production, casting, direction, public relations, publicity. costuming, scenario, research, art, casting, theater, managerial, administrative, and newsreel.
Homecoming Stag Rally Program Includes Many Famous Artists
With a program lhat Includes stars of the motion picture world, leading radio entertainers and the entire repertoire of artists ot the Trojan musical organizations department, the homecoming stag rally on Wednesday evening, Dec. 2. Is expected to attract a capacity crowd of 5ooo men to Bovard Auditorium, according to an estimate today by Harry Proctor,*dances; Frank Watanabe and Honorable Archie of KNX; the Kappa Alpha trio; Ihe Gilmore quartet; Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards. El Brendel and the Tro-
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nl homecoming chairman, to act jan band and Glee club, as master of ceremonies. Acts I According to Proctor and Wer-and artists already secured are ner, enough artists have already
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consented to appear at the gigantic slag rally, that a full four-hour show lasting from * to U p.m. ia assured.