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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
DAILY! TROJAN
80UIRES MEETING
Squires win meet at noon today in 634 Student Union to pay for the banquet and make final arrangements.
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, February 4, 1931.
No. 80
. ZEALAND Members Of Panhellenic AKE TOLL Form Rushing Regulations . /,.irr onn Which Are In Force Now
;ACHES jUU
Stressing thc fact that all incoming girls to S. C. should
| read carefully and observe thc by-laws and specific regula- ;	.....
Recurring Tremors \ tions of the Pan-Hellenic association, Miriam Brownstetter. Armbands and Dinks \Will 'pgr Rescue Work; j president of the I’an-Hellcnic association, yesterday announc-j	Evidence Begin-
000,000 Damage. ed several new changes in thc laws and regulations of the ning Next Week.
♦ organization.
"Especial attention
FROSH ASKED Studio Will Take SQUIRES HOLD
TA A DC CD VC £*roup Pictures IU Ud uLKVC Of Organizations
S. C. CUSTOMS
NEW RUSHING
Three Authors
BANQUET; NEW iUMeetTwlay CODE IS PUT
Pictures of four committees will be taken Thursday for El Rodeo. Mort Morehouse announced
GROUP LEADS
Authors of the Extravaganza manuscripts, "The Man In the Moon," "Shipwrecked,” and “Up
HrZZS'ZZ	i Officers Will I* Installed	L
Tonight at Elks Club
week nl 1 p.m., lo present the mu-Dinner.	Rlc t° their scripts.
--The three musical comedies were
and Student Union committees will be photographed Thursday at 12, and freshman advisors and election groups will bo taken at
TRUCK; 3 KILLED
passenger train
j „ tho death loll of the
STRIKES DYNAMITE
Of North Island yesterday the number of dead in alone at 300.
ntyiii persons weie known LocomotiVe Plunges Off it Hastings and three at Tracks After Crashing Into The number of dead in Vehicle Laden with Caps.
(towns had not been learned. |	-
of persons were in- SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 3 — and 6#0 of them were re- (UP)—Three men were killed, two in Berious condition.	seriously injured and a Denver &
68.000	HOMELESS	Mo Grande passenger train de-people, dazcil and some railed late today when the train A with fear, sought refuge j collided with a truck loaded with rd ships in the harbor. Piti-i 300,000 dynamite caps at a North nes were witnessed as the i Salt Lake railroad crossing.
ce fled the burning city, James Prinson, manager of the U over the still unsteady Western Powder company, was Reports from half a dozen j blown to bits.
towns on the east coast of n j j{H)rKi Ogden, engineer of Island around Hawke s May ( locomotive, was scalded to |frint. The reports said that death.
66.000	peisons in tin. in i	unidentified man, probably Jawkes liaj p mum wcie driver of the truck, was killed ig in the open. and terribly mangled.
crullers carrying 16 doc-	,
... W. E. James, fireman, and a 178 nurses together with
,	man named Holbrook, checker for
il supplies were due at Na-	_ , .	.
, , . . , ,	: the Cudahay packing plant, were
Way from Aukland.	. , , . , *	_
, ..	„u seriously Injured. James was
tremors shortly after mid- i ... . \ , . „ ,
, ,,	. ,	scalded and struck by flying mis-
hampered the feverish res-
... „	sles. Holbrook was injured about
ork at Napier. Many were ,
.	tho head.
Hi still imprisoned under tho ,
Scores of the city's beauti- j N° Passenger was hurt.
Jem buildings were razed, i As tho northbound train crash-li said, and flre threatened ed into the truck, there was a oy the entire city. Build- terrific explosion. The truck was re dynamited to check the blown to pieces, the Jocomotive spread.	plunged off the track and win-
TIDAL WAVE	dows of the coaches and adjoin-
ia port that had put to ' ,n* buildings broken.
Mien the quake aud tidal ! Impact of the explosion toie I struck the island, sending: 10080 steam pipes ln the cab of My reports of the disaster
Incoming freshmen will formally ] on tll0 Rtops nf the admlnlstra-	rark,'r. retiring president selected by the committee of Judge*
should be observe university traditions be- t|on building.	!of ,ho Quires, will turn over the from the seven manuscript* which
INTO EFFECT
F ra t e r n ity Regulations Changed for Students Entering in February.
Officially opening last Monday, fraternity rushing Is now going on
given to rule 4—that of informal ginning next Monday, Constance
Tlie editor wants TC see Ruth
gavel to Jack Smith, newly-elected were submitted ln the annual Ex ! in full force around the campus.
rushing and truce—of the specific Vachon, president of the Amazons, |troVine joj8 Qreon and all assist- i head of the organization, at a form- j >ravagimza contest, the winner of J Under the special rules adopted
regulations," Miriam Brownstet- announced yesterday According to ! , 1 ’	..... >1 banquet tonight nt the Elks club. whlrh n 111 receive an award of $100 for the new semester rushing w*B
__<* .... ,______. ...... .. Iinl fraternity editors as soon as	............m.. _____... ... _________________________n	___
ter said. "It Is imperative that	present plans, their "week of grace” ' p0(iifblp_ Tho ass|8,ants Include
all Incoming girls read these rules	wlM eIul Friday afternoon. Mary Ann Cotton, Hetty Cox. Pat
and understand them. At the end	Frosh commandments demands Downey, Sonia Turney, and Paul-of this week, or during the first
lhat the newcomers of S. C. don a ine Williams, of next week, the exact date to | ..dlnle.. or wear ^ armba.nd. Hoth be announced later, a meeting of
all
will he held.
For tho benefit of all who have not returned proofs, will be on campus till Friday. Morehouse asks all seniors who j have had pictures taken and who j have not yet filled out cards to j come to El Rodeo ofllce lo do so.
Other officers to be installed aro .loo Dushard, v Ice- president; Charles Clay, secretary; and James I llooth, treasurer.
Guests of honor at the banquet
The members of tho committee continue all this week until Sat-
Inculde W. Hay MacDonald, chairman; Miss Florence Hubbard and Miss Cloyde Dalzell of the School uf Speech faculty; Dr. Allison Gaw
, are on sale iii the Student Store, girls interested in sororities	articles are worn for a stat*
ed period until the ban is lifted by Following are the altered rules j the Amazons, women’s service or-of the Pan-Hellenic association, ganizations, and the Squires, sopho-with the dates for each event giv- more men's organizations. en'	The traditions include: wearing
BY-LAWS	the armband or “dink;” no use of
Section 1. No girl shall be the senior bench or the walks of asked to Join a fraternity until I the Administration building or Old she has matriculated.	College; attendance at chapel every
Section 2. No freshman girl [day, sitting only in the balconies; shall be pledged to a fraternity j no use 0f "prep” or high school unless she is taking a minimum jewelry monograms, or sweaters; of 12 hours of work, six of which carrylng t|ie freshinan "blble;” no
must be In Letters, Arts, and Scl- 1 parking on University avenue. ,	_ __ t) ......
ences. The remaining hours may j All-university traditions which “Hell-Bent For Heaven Will
DATE SELECTED FOR PRODUCTION OF N. C. P. PLAY
lie studio win ba ,'0Ul8 °°u*hl President ot nf <ho KnK|ls,> department; I>eo 10 * , j the associated students; Kenneth Adams, representing Ihe graduato Callow, Knights manager’s ofllce; and Lewis Oough president; and nnd Elinor Wilhoit, representing William Hirsch, the Associated Students. Miss vl ce ■ president j Julia llowell of the College of Ma-of the Knights, jsie faculty, will nssist the commit-Parker said. tee In judging the music.
Smith, t h o I	• ■ 1
be In another college of the unl-jmus| b), observed are: all sludents versity.	stand when Dr. von KleinSmid or
Section 3. No special sludents Dr. George Finley Bovard are lntro-may be pledged. Girls must be ln duced; freshman and sophomores course working toward a degree, j engage In a "battle” for supremacy Section 4. No graduate student during tho second week of school; Is eligible lo be bid as an active i,,]) students are expected to know member by any fraternity.
Seclion 5. Any girl pledged to a fraternity who leaves before she is initiated shall be considered re-
ed Xapier covered by a pall i extending far out to sea. I two principal streets ot Na-|»ere gutted by flames. A loss of life was believed d when the principal hotel, Brjr building, collapsed, ids In port accommodated U) refugees as possible. As-however, was hampered (fact tbat the harbor bottom was believed to have Ipermanently during the cat-
the locomotive. Itugg, dazed by the explosion, was unable to escape the hissing steam and died a few minutes later.
Although injured, James managed to free himself from the death trap.
leased from her pledge at the expiration of one year’s absence from college; in case she returns
new president, served last semester as vice-president. H e Is a member of Theta I’si fra-PaBe Parker ternity.
Parker started work as the head Friday.!of the sophomore service organiza-tion In September with the enforcing of freshman traditions. Frosh Friday, Feb. 13, has been select- | were required to wear “dinks” until after tho Notre Dame feume and carry freshman handbooks at all times.
At all the athletic contests of the past semester the Squires have ar-
Fe Presented On Feb. 3.
ed as the date for the presentation of the National Collegiate Players' annual play. The production, which ...	Is being directed by W. It. MacDon- I
the university songs; students pur-	unlver,„y	director, is |
chase their materia from the Stu-	Hughes’ three-act drama, ran„ed the Boal|nR an(, ughorl__
dents Store; nnd that the Univer	„	langm me siatink and usnoring
slty of Southern California ls ab- 1IoI1Bpnt fo'	and have laid out tho rooting sec-
brevlated S C. rather than U. S. C. i The	revolves around Ihe ,ilon In the coliseum. Olhor duties
The first Amazon court will con- |character of Rufe, s religious fan [have been to meet visiting teams nt I",”"	|orH| addre„, and tele-
vene next Friday noon in the de-	who manages to cause trouble the railroad stations and provide Lh(mo number of „v„ry ......... on
'' * their transportation. Parker and Callow, Knights president, went to Palo Alto with the football team to make the arrangements for the Tro-
0 rday night.
.Formal bidding will be observed next Monday evening after 6 o’clock. Before that time no pins may bo offered any rushee under the stringent new code adopted by the lnterfraternlty council,
The new regulations to app'y to tho February semester only are to take the place of Articles V, VI, VII and VIII now used in the official constitution of the j council. The changes are as fol-! lows:
Article V.
Rushing Rules—General
Section	' r.'’
friends, pi
each fr'ate	. 1/ bonn-l hy
theso rulei i Section
New Edition Contains In-; shall appl
crease of 16 Pages Over aro coming to tho university m.
tho flrst time, regardless of their | class.
Article VI.
S. C. DIRECTORIES PLACED ON SALE IN STUDENT UNION
1929 30 Issue.
Placed on sale at tho Students Storo during exnmlnatlon week, the Trojan directory Is now available for use hy the students. Tho 1930-SI edition of the directory contains 06 pages, an Increase of 16 pages over the 1029-30 Issue.
On these 96 pages aro found the name, college, class, Greek aflllla-
slie Is eligible to be bid by all bate office. Freshmen women who for everyone with whom lie is as-fraternltles.	have been Issued summons will ap- |sociated. William Miller, pi evident
Section 6. No girl shall be in-1 pear at this time.
itiated into a fraternity unless	--
she is working toward a degree, I	_ _
and has completed twelve hours riDplylpN in a university, six of which must ! * UlLlllILill Ut\ 1 Li OO have been in Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
Section 7. Campus rushing shall
of National Collegiate Players, will j play the part.
Fred Phleger, manager of unlver-jstiy play productions, will be Sid, Ihe young mountaineer who"comes back from the war, and is nearly killed by Rufe. Opposite Phleger I will be Mary Ileasoner as Jude (Up)__I,owry, the girl, with whom both
Jan rooting section.
PAUL LUKAS TO BE DRAMA SHOP GUEST
it lie campus. The name, title, nd dress, and telephone number of every member of the faculty and (administrative staffs is also found ! In this directory.
I The directory was prepared under the direction of llud Fetterly, j editor, and Mulvey White, business manager. The editorial staff of tho directory began their work three j weeks after school opened laat fall and, after carefully checking and
Socialists
Scorn Vote
be confined to the university I SEATTLE, Feb. 3
grounds. (See Specific Regula- Thirty-five persons were rescued Sid‘and Rufe aro In love, tion No. 3.)	i when the old Grand Pacific ho Patty Baird will be Meg Hunt. wit Ii Paul Lukas, leading man! l erhecklng the lists of names, turn-
Section 8. Rushing dateB must tel burned here today.	Sid's mother, und Stanley Ewens j |n ,{u(|l clmtterton’8 recent plc.; "f1 the directory over to the printers
be made on the campus. There The thirty-five men, women and| will be Dave Hunt, Ihe father, j ^	n
may be no telephoning during children were trapped on the up- j George Lawrence Is to play the part ’	J l’’
rushing season unless specified in : per floors of the building when 0f Matt, the old .grandfather. Wil-	of honor, Drama Shop’s first
the specific regulations.	! the flames broke out, but were Ham Kauffman will portray the role j appearance of the semester will
i be made at 8:30, Feb. fi, with the!
i shortly before the Chrlatmao vaca-i tion.
MADRID, Feb. 3 —(UP)—The SMI FOOD SHORTAGE I executive committee of the Social 1 earthquakes began at 10:48 ist party voted today against the [Tuesday, and continued for party participating in the schedul At the most intense I ed March elections which premier |die water In the harbor at | Damaso liereuguer plans as the ftceded Bo feet. The sea I first step In returning Spain to •ppeared far out in the a constitutional monarchy.
The vote was 50 to 4 and the j fraternity shall hand in a list of ing »J< were disrupted and decision was ln accord with a )ts rushees to the registrar’s of-imaged, preventing the recommendation by the Medriil jjce jjy g o'clock Monday morning,
Section 9. (Revised.) Formal carried to safety hy firemen who 0f Andy, Jude’s brother
rushing shall begin the second placed ladders against the side of	-:-
Monday after registration—Feb. the burning structure.
16. Bids shall be sent out at the [ Firemen fought the flames for convenience of the Dean of Worn- an hour before getting them un-en at the close of formal rush der control. The flre, which start-
ed in the basement, destroyed the Section 10. (Revised.) Rush- first three floors of the hotel. No j ing for the second semester shall attempt to use jumping nets was : be the same as the flrst semester, j made, due to the dense clouds of |
Section 11. (Revised.) Each J smoko which surrounded the build-1
Capt. Campbell Hits 260 Miles In Practice Run
pent of food supplies lo the Med regions. \ food sliort-,l! fe&red in Napier, Hast-^ elsewhere over an area up and down the coast.
committee of the party Jan. 24 The decision was regarded here | the eligibility lists shall be post us one of the strongest criticisms of the Berenguer government since its installation, contrasting the socialist policy of cooperation dur-I Ing the Frimo De Rivera regime, when the socialist leader Fran o | T ,	cisco Largo Caballero accepted an
Oil ijCilC 1 Oda> appointment to the council of
—--state.
Jk lor the Stanford-S. C. | The socialist party has an active
[tats for Game
game on Saturday, Feb. membership of over 35,000 per-
odow in the Student store,
Poetker
announced
•^ttle today at the cash- ! sons and Is especially strong in Medrld, Bilbao, and Santander.
Premier Damaso Berenguer was still confined to liis bed today kith a foot ailment Ills condition was said not to be Improved.
JiMlng activity books
« . re<luired to exchange * for others or to pay uoiial fee,
,„j0et^8r also announced I
I en^® " ishlng to purchase Dniester activity books •o lor $5.60. This Includes ?' 60,1 tickets for bas-track and mis-11 Activities.
Kr Sue EXPL-OSION
, ' Feb’ a—(UP)-Sev-*'ere injured in an x 1y 011 board the sub-
Miss Madeline Marx, pianist also honored guests.
“The Confession," the story of a newspnper man who bribes a suspected murderer to confess his guilt, was written by O. Kenneth
. w — _ — ___^ ,	-rv i i	i i ....	i Short, and is undor Ihe direction
Keb. 16. of formal rush week, and Y^.Q.A. t() Hold	°^lal ™ n	Harry. The cast consists
,u.. _u„ii.m..r u.ia ahnti ho mist- *■ ♦ a v i• i. ».• •"^ *	prephi'ation for his attack on the
orld’s automobile speed record,
DAYTONA. BEACH, Fla., Feb. 3 — (UP) — Some 10,000 persons, perched high on the sand dunes here as Captain Malcolm Campbell
presentation of three former Apolliad plays. Harry Kusnlck, whhse play "So This Is Heaven" will be presented at the Zeta Phi Pita studio following the program. Miss Gertrude Crozler, violinist
Plans Made For Debaters
"We are going to make this tho and I greatest year In women’s debate,”
cd by Thursday morning.
Section 12. All rejected bids must be returned unopened to their fraternity.
Seclion 13. Any girl, not a sister of a member, having lived in a fraternity house during any period of formal rushing, which includes pre-rushing, formal rushing. and pre-pledging truce, becomes ineligible to be bid by any	, . . house until the formal rushing of the army for two years, a student the next semester. P^tor of Harvard and inaugurat-SeoUon 14 All girls enrolled In ed the Wesley foundation at Sap
ere treated to tho novel, not to i mention the weird sight, of a uian Presenting the Japanese situa- „coagUng.. down the beach at the tion, Thobum Taylor Brumbaugh {	d of m J94 mUe, an
will address the Y.M.C.A. at ltB!|lour weekly council dinner tonight at!
5:30 in the Y building.	f „ n 1
Graduated from Ohio Wesleyan of the	... ,
university, Brumbaugh has follow Brave s mark of 231.362 was highly ed a versatile career. He was in satisfactory to CapUin Campbell
who, before taking the Bluebird II onto the beach, announced that owing to poor visibility and a driving wind, he would not attempt to
rushing rules
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under the break the record.
the university come under the | poro Japan .
onrf nn hlds mav i Community singing
direction of Frank Purcell will be He will, however, take a shot at Ian additional feature of the pro- the record tomorrow If weather con-! gram. Freshmen are urged to at-|ditions are satisfactory.
I tend the meeting to acquaint them J “My tachometer registered 260 I with prominent men students of miles an hour some distance north the university.	of the beginning of the measured
Dinner will be served promptly | mile," Captain Campbell said. “But
____; at 5:30 for 25 cents a plate. The about a quarter of a mile before I
The dinky car on University avenue is no more!	meeting is scheduled to close at I reached the measured mile my gear
Upon approval by the Los Angeles board of public utilities tlie ^	slipped out and I coasted all the
Los Angeles railway discontinued the routing of the “K car along	----, way jn neutral.”
Univeralty park. The new western terminus of this line has been	--------
placed on JefTerson just west of Vermont. This rerouting of the POSTPONE DIRIGIBLE HOP K" line went into effect Sunday, Feb. 1.	________uakEHUKST, N. J., Feb. 3 —
OU! Dinky Car Vanishes Forever From Campus; Takes New Route
of Dailey, played by Maurice Al-drlch, a reporter, Burns, James Conlon, Detective, Robert Farrell, and the Lawyer, by Earl Morris. The »scene Is laid in a room in police headquarters.
Tho other two plays to be presented are “The Wall” by Dorothy Davis, and "At Last Civilized'’ by T. Reg Arkell.
Following the program, which will be presented in Touchstone theater, a party will be held at the Zeta Phi Eta studio, to which everyone ls invited. Tickets for both the performance and the party are on sale In the Student Store for 25 cents and 15 cents, respectively, and may also be obtained at the door.
declared Hates Booth, debate coach yesterday. “Women havo taken a new lease on debating this semes ter and an active squad of from eight to 10 members Is predicted."
Meeting in tho debate squad room, 406 Student Union, at 2:30 this afternoon, women debaters will discuss the question for this season: Resolved: That the nations of the world should adopt a policy of free trade. Immediately after the meeting the women’s squud will at tend tho varsity debate on the same subject.
Several debates have been scheduled already for this season, including au extemporaneous debate with Oregon State. Traditional debates with Stanford. California, and Mills will probably be held. Teams from southern California colleges are met annually. These colleges Include IT. C. L. A , Pomona, Occidental, Redlands, Whittier, and Glendale Junior college. Teams from Wyoming, Utah, Washington, and Oregon are debated with also.
Time Of Rushing
Section 1. Ofllcla! rushing will begin on Monday, Feb. 2, 1931, nnd will continue until midnight on Saturday evening, Feb. 7.
Section 2. Betwreon Saturday evening at midnight and Monday, Feb. 9, at 6 p. m., there shall bo no Intercourse with a rushee other tlinn to extend him a civil greeting.
Section 3. There shall be no bidding or offering of pledge pins prior to 6 p. m. on Monday, Feb. 9.
Article VII.
Time of Bidding
Section 1. Formal bidding shall officially open at 6 p. m., Monday evening, Feb. 9.
Section 2. No rushee ls eligible to bidding and{ cannot accept a bid unless he Is registered In twelve (12) semester hours (at time offer ls made) of university assigned work.
Section 3. Bidding shall then
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JAMAICA EXTRACT POISONS FOURTEEN
Photoplay Appreciation Course Opens Today With Talk By Niblo
Originally the street cars that .	ran along Wesley, now Universi-
“P in tv ^ 1,16 ^'“burgh ty avenue, were on a line known
the Thames river es
The admiralty
•Main street and agricultural .t exj,!	- announced \ park railway,” carrying passen-
bj . "u apparently was gers from downtown to Agrlcultur-auk lyi the piston al park, better known today as *!l,‘ of the port en Exposition park and recently named Olympic park. At that
Adverse winds along the
time the agricultural park and the
university were both “way out in	I (UP)
the country," being three miles	Atlantic coast tonight caused post-
from downtown. The line was first	ponement of the departure of the
established in 1886, with horses	Navy dirigible Los Angeles fo
as the motive power. Pictures of	Panama, where for the first time
the original cars on this line may	since its acquisition from Germany,
be seen in an exhibit of early	it will participate as an instrument
street cars at ths city hall.	of war in lhe fleet maneuvers.
ENGINEER KILLED
SEWARD. Alaska. Feb. 3 — (UP)—H. E. D. Wallace, 32, Alaska road commission engineer ln charge of constructing the Seward breakwater, died ln a hospital here today from injuries received when a can of gasoline exploded iu his hands.
Fied Niblo, well-known director aud president of the Academy ■ of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will formally open today the third annual course in appreciation of the photoplay, which iB to be given on Wednesdays from 3 to 4:50.
Mr. Niblo and Presldeut R. B. J as well as various S. C. profes-vou KleinSmid will each give | sors, are scheduled to speak at brief talks this afternoon, outlin-ithe weekly meetings of the class, ing the purpose of the course. • w hich Is under the supervision of which is open to all students of' W. Ray MacDonald of the School at least sophomore standing. j of Speech faculty. The course la Representatives from all branch- a two unit course and ls given in es of the motion picture industry, j the Science building, room 159.
By United Press
Fourteen cases of “Jake paralysis” caused by drinking of Jamaica ginger cooking extract were listed tonight by the city health department.
Six cases lmve been investigated completely and eight others are being investigated, Dr. George M. Stevens, flrst assistant city health ofltcer said.
All 14 men ill were reported paralyzed. One man was blinded, hut it was thought he had been drinking wood alcohol in addition to “Jake.”
Dr. Stevens said that it was thought that a shipment of poisonous Jamaica ginger had been received in the city. Enactment of an ordinance to force buyers of the extract to sign sales slips so that sources of supply may be checked In event of paralysis is being considered by the health department.
Ariz. Man to Edit Daily at Stanford
STANFORD ITNIVEltSITY, Cal., Feb. 3—(UP)—Frank A. Whlte-ley, of Ulsbee, Arizona, a senior at Stanford University, was elected editiv of the Stanford Daily, student publication, by the publication couiiultee tonight.
REICHSTAG CONVENES
BERLIN. Feb. 3—(UP) Tlia reichstag convened today with the benches crowded. Heavy police guards were stationed inside and outside the parliament building.
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