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Amazon* will meet in Student Union 234 for a brief but important meeting thle noon. Fines will be levied on abeenteee.
XXII
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, March 5, 1931.
No. 100
1 SESSION CONGRESS
adjourned
Hoover Blocks Many
«,r» Aided by j Ducks.
HlNGTON, Mar nPnir-flr«t congress expired ‘ An' absolutely essential n „a9 comrleted wlieu . Hoover signed the lasr J appropriation bill just be-
POD ® lhe Presit*ent 8 r0°m ?enat<' chamber.
„ Elmer Thomas, Dem.. Heid the senate floor th* rPf hours before adjourn-Speking unsuccessfully to U j vote the Nye resolution borough Investigation of thn ustry, he also killed the ma-lid measure, the Jenkins-.immigration bill, the Vest*. lr further protection of au-| interests.
blocks business
jcompletely did he block alt Ss that the aenate failed to fThe formal and customary w-a notifying the waiting ent that the work of eon-fwaj done He was waving a Ljd l(iit of overalls from a ^ hrmer when vice-prest-jCharles Curtis brought down promptly at noon, buz of conversations ana elli ended the last day as fif-ifnitors’ terms expired.
; and good humor prevailed ; bouse, which moved back inds of Its clock six min-!to give Speaker Longworth Sation. Humorous speeches, cental speeches marked the * session. Longworth him-!:yed the piano for some oi
flTERANS HOSPITAL
only house battle of the jy was settled quickly when
ordered the house to recede tenate on a 120,877,000 vet-hospital bill. A special joint lon appropriating $5,000,000 ‘rt this construction then was through both houses and 9 by Mr. Hoover at once, i of 81 of the 431 present atatives expired with tho I of the gavel.
lent Hoover, under a new from Attorney-General *11, abandoned the usual
-	of signing all bills which i to sign before the con-
, ttPires. More than 400 have Ma in the last two days,
1 White House officials salu siired to examine some of more fully. He signed Jess IM before noon but added °to during the afternoon.
I HITS COAST F NEW ENGLAND
fTON, Mar. 4 - (UP) - An r "a marooned; 20 seashore “* either swept to sea or de-’ breakwaters destroyed J damaged; wharves and flooded knee-deep with wat-
8 wan only part of the *rlught b> a laBhing high ntense gale that raked .'■Wind’s seaboard today.
£rum the northeast, the
-	» combination of sleet - centered off the Massa-
m ri C0a8t aild caused wide-,4*7*8e- Mrtlcularly to clt-^town. on the north and
town of Nahant, Z* 01 >“« late United Cd7rHenry Cabot Lodge, -I tin the nialnland for t,ln* ln 22 years.
«" Sails For e After Banquet
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BIDS ARE OUT
Mentions Given To Architects ,
B)! Beaux Arts FOR AMAZON-
Itesults of two recent Beaux-Artes Judgments reached Dean A. C. Weatherhead of the School of Architecture yesterday.
The flrst problem was an Es-quisse-esquisse on “An Entrance to a Small Town." Only three problems were submitted to the New York jury and all three of them placed well. Robert Boyle received a mention and James Ashbaugh and Henry Hesse botii were awarded half-mentions.
The second was a long term problem of the fourth and fifth year classes. A. W. Dahlstrom and L. C. Roth received mentions. Half mentions were won by E. C. Carfagno. F. LT. Clark, Joe Dan-forth, B. Leven. and S. L. Melone. The subject was "A University Club.”
WOMEN S PHYS. ED. CONCLAVE CLOSES; OFFICERS CHOSEN
With delegates present from the major collegiate institutions of the Pacific coast, the ninth annual convention of the Western Society of Directors of Physical Education for Women ln Colleges and Universities closed yesterday after a three-day conclave on the Trojan campus.
At the business sessions, it was deoided to affiliate with the American Physical Education association, Health education among college women, teacher training for physical education, and the modern physical education plant and equipment were discussed during the convention wth Miss Germaine Guiot, head of the women's division of physical education, presiding.
Officers elected were: Miss Elizabeth Jonson, member-at-large; Miss Sarah R. Davis of the University of California, secretary-treasurer; Miss Rosalind Cansidy of Mills college, president; Miss Elizabeth Kelley of Pomona college, vice-president.
University of Oregon, University of Arizona, Stanford, Occidental college, Pacific university. University of Nevada, College of the Pacific, University of Redlands, Scripps college, San Jose State Teachers college, Santa Barbara State Teachers college, and San Francisco State Teachers college were represented.
KNIGHT DANCE
Tickets May be Purchased From Any Member of • Two Organizations.
Decorations in the St. Patrick’s motif will be carried out at the annual Amazon-Knlght dance to be given Mar. 14 on the roof of the Hollywood Storage building. Novel bids, carrying the symbolic four-leaf clover, are being placed on sale today. They sell for $1.50 each and may be obtained from any Knight or Amazon or at the ticket office in the Student Union.
Prominent, campus talent is being selected by the committee In charge to furnish entertainment during the evening. The name of the orchestra, which is to be chosen today, will be announced in tomorrow's Daily. It will probably be one of the more popular professional bands.
Winifred Biegler vice-president of Amazons, and Wilmer Morby, social chairman of the Trojan Knights, are in charge of the dance. It is requested by Morby that all Knights meet today at noon In Student Union 234 to make final arrangements and that the committee chairman have reports for this meeting.
Recreation Pool Swimming Hours Are Tabulated
Following ia the schedule of hours at which the main recreation pool in the Physical Education building is open for the use of the student body. This schedule is released by William R. LaPorte, head of the department of physical education.
Monday, 10 to 11.
Tuesday, 3 to 5.
Wedne.day, 11 to 1,
Thursday, 12 to 1 and 3 to 4.
Friday, 2 to 4.
Women Residents Begin T eas T oday
Opening a series of social affairs which have been planned for the Bemester at the Women’s Residence hall, the first of three monthly teas will be given this afternoon from 4 to 6.
Spring flowers will decorate the tea table. Eloise Emrich, social chairman of the house, is in charge of preparations and has announced that each girl at the house may bring a guest, either friend or Instructor.
In addition to the afternoon gatherings Miss Emrich and the hall president, June Arnold, are outlining plans for exchange dinners, dances, and other parties in which all members of the house urbanization will participate.
Latin Americans Are Feted Today
Latin-Amerieans will be honored at the open house to be held in the Y. M. C. A. today between 3 and 5 o'clock under the sponsorship of the campus service commission of the "Y.“
To stimulate a friendly feeling between all students on the campus these open houses are held each Thursday. Everyone at S. C. is Invited to stop in for a short while for a casual chat with friends and to meet strangers at the university.
Newman Members In Meeting Tonight
There will be a special business meeting of%the Newman cluj> tonight at 7:30 in Student Union 324. It is imperative that everyone who appeared in this year’s El Rodeo picture attend this meeting. Al the meeting plans will be formulated for the coming social event to take place ln the near future.
Staff of Daily Holds Luncheon Today at Noon
Announcement of staff reorganl zatlon and the introduction of new reporters will be made at the flrst luncheon meeting of the Daily Trojan staff io 422 Student Union today.
John Ness, editorial promotion manager ot tbe Los Angeles Times, will give a short talk following the brief business meeting. Every new and old member of the staff ls expected to be present.
INTER-COLLEGE SMOKERS TO BE HELD THIS TERM
At a meeting of the college presidents held last night at the Phi Kappa Psi house, plans were formulated for the sponsoring of smokers to be given throughout the remainder of the semester.
A committee has been formed with the ideas in mind of sponsoring intercollegiate relations in social and athletic activities; to promote friendly Interest, and to cooperate with the associated student body officers and members of student body organizations.
Plans are also being taken into consideration concerning various athletic activities which are to be in the nature of events ln which several persons may take part and so that the activities will not be confined to a small gr oup.
In the case of the college being small In its personnel, it has been planned to have two or three colleges co-operate with each other in taking part in the same event, ln this way the smaller group will not bear the blunt of the affair and there will be more people involved and more interest will be taken.
The meetings under Ray Stevens, chairman and Fred Howser, secretary will probably take place at leaBt once a week until more definite plans are established, and put into working shape.
Bachelors to Hold Formal Saturday
As a get together function in order to make plans for the near future, the Bachelors’ club will hold its flrst formal dinner dance of the semester Saturday evening, Mar. 7 at the Deauville beach club. Members and prospective members will attend.
The Bachelor's club was organized on the campus several years ago to promote friendliness between fraternities. Another function of this club is to send flowers to or visit unfortunate students in hospitals. According to Ronald Sweet, president, this group is planning an all-university dance sometime in thc near future in order to raise funds for their work.
S.C. Musicians Conduct Program At Long Beach On Monday Night
Musicians from S. C. will be in charge of the community musical program Monday evening, Mar. 9, at 8 o’clock in the municipal auditorium of Long Beach. Students who will present the entertainment are members of Phi Mu Alpha, national music fraternity.
Community singing will be led l William Matchan will sing a bari-by Maynard Meader. A program I tone solo. Willard Horton and will also be given by members of Richard Huddleston will play a
the fraternity, under the direc tion of Bill O'Donnell, president, and Maynard Meader. Alvin Lue-
saxaphone duet and Bill O'Donnell. a trumpet solo.
"Song of the Bayou" by Bloom
schen, violinist, will play “Cree and ‘'Minuet” from Mozart's ‘‘G
War Dance" by Cardin and "Songs My Mother Taught Me" by Dvorak. Charles Myers, pianist, will play Mozart’s ’’Fantasie in D Minor” and “Chopin’s “Polaiose in C Sharp Minor.”
Howard Coy. tenor soloist of Smallman's A Capella choir, will sing ‘Til Sing You Songs of Ar
aby” and ‘'Round-up Lullaby," J bers.
Minor Symphony" will be played by the Phi Mu Alpha string quintet. The fraternity vocal quintet will sing “Water Boy” by Robinson, and "Strumming” by Woods. The concluding numbers will be "Red and Black,” the fraternity song, and "Fight On” which will be sung by the fraternity mem-
Air Group to Hear Parachute Expert at Luncheon Today
Manufacturing, testing, and use of parachutes will form the basis of a talk by Guy M. Ball, Pacific coast manager of the Irving Chute company, at a luncheon of Alpha Eta Rho aviation fraternity, on the third floor of the Student Union at noon today, ln connection with the talk, motion pictures oi experimental parachute Jumps will b« shown.
Ball has been working in aviation since 1916. having been inspector and tested at the army air base at McCook fleld during the war. He spent nine years at McCook field, later being engineer ln charge of safety appliances.
Ball was one of the organizers ot the now famoua Caterpiller club, composed of fliers who have saved their lives in emergencies by jumping from their planes Iq parachutes.
BUSINESS STAFF MEETING
There will be an important meeting of all members of tne business staff this afternoon at 2:00 in the Trojan business or. flee. All members are urgently requested to be present ,
FRANCE, ITALY SLICE FUTURE NAVAL PLANS
Building Programs to be Cut in Half. Says Italian Paper.
ROME. Mar. 4—(UP)—The annual naval building programs of France and Italy each year until the end of 1936 will be cut virtually ln half, according to the purported terms of the new Franco-Italian accord reached last week, as published in the news paper Glornale Ditalia today.
The terms showed that the ac cord allowed Italy to build 130,000 tons ln replacement of old warships in all classes from now until the end of 1936, while France is authorized to build 136,000 tons in like manner.
Other terms, the Glornale D'ltalia said, included:
1.	France at the end of 1936 will have a total tonnage of 870, 000 tons, Italy, 441,000 tons.
2.	Both countries agree that they will build no more than two battleships of 23,333 tons each before 1936, and that the calibre of’ the guns on these ships shall not ex ceed 12 inches
3.	Both agree not to build aircraft carriers uupwards of 43,000 tons.
4.	Both pledge to build no more 10,000 crulBers before 1936.
5.	Both agree not to build submarines during the current year, and after that until 1936 to build only submarines to replace obsolete craft.
ENGLISH SOCIETY TO HEAR BAXTER
At a meeting at 7:30 this evening in the Y. W. C. A. room, third floor of Student Union, Epsilon Phi, English honorary fraternity, will present as speaker Prof. Frank C. Baxter head of the English department.
Dr. Baxter, who came to South ern California last September from Cambridge, England, will speak this evening on his experience* at Cambridge. All honorary, graduate, and active membera of the fraternity are invited to attend the meeting aud to hear Protessor Baxter's speech, stated Inga Gerup, persldent of the fraternity.
Eligibility of new members will be discussed at the mealing tonight. Membership is open to English majors who maintain a high scholastic average. Honorary membership may be extended to professors of the English ’epartment.
Bruin Ice Hockey Tickets on Sale In Student Union
Pemanent Senior
President
Is Chosen Today
Nominations for permanent senior rla.s president will be made today at a luncheon meeting in Student Union 231. According to Lewis Gough the following presidents of the various colleges must attend: Oeorge I.awrence, Wilmer Morby. Beth Tibbot, Harold Stonier, Tom Shlae, Helen Parrett and Doug Dyer.
Due to a conflict in date, nominations and elections of all-unlverslty Junior class president will be held today st noon in Gough's offlce.
BAUTZER, MITCHELL PICKED FOR HONOLULU CONTESTS; ARE TO LEAVE IN APRIL
(iregson Bautzer and Ulysses S. Mitchell, members of the varsity <Jet>atc squad, arc to to Honolulu this spring where S. I', and the University of Hawaii will meet a picked team from six Japanese universities in the second international oratorical contest, to he held in Honolulu April 3, according to announcement nf Har--■ -
ris Robinson, debate manager of i ir . »«• . srmprv r\»t
the forensic team	ft AWAITED ON
flautxer and Mitchell will com-
Troy's ice hockey team will face the Bruins at the Palais de Glace, corner of Melrose and Vermont, tonight at 8 o’clock. Ticketa for the game may be secured at the Student Union ticket ofllce for 25 cents.
Another match with U. C. L. A will be played Saturday night. Tickets for this game are now on sale.
Mining Fellowship Offered By Caltech
Ten research fellowships in the department of mining and metallurgy of Carnegie Institute of Technology are offered next fall by the United States bureau of mines. The course begins Aug. 10, 1931 and ends June 14, 1932. These fellowships are open to graduate studenis. An attempt will be made to solve problems of mining, metallurgical, and allied Industries.
TALKS TODAY
Coulter Jones, sales promotion manager of the Chevrolet Motor company will speak on “Helping Your Dealers" before the class in Sales Promotion at Universlly College, University of Southern California, today in the Trsnepor tation building Hallam Clark will Introduce the speaker.
GANDHI, VICEROY SIGN ACCORD TO HALT INDIA ROW
NEW DELHI. India, Mar. 4— (UP)—The Mahatma M. K. Gandhi snd the Viceroy, Lord Irwin, formally affixed their signatures to ail accord designed to call a truce in the civil dlsobedlance campaign against British rule in India, at ceremonies in government house this evening.
The new British peace in India, which the accord was designed to restore, was believed threatened with hazardous possibilities, on the very day of its birth. Radical Nationalists declared that the agreement was a surrender to the British.
A split in the All-India cougress, Nationalist body behind Gandhi ln hiB civil disobedience campagn. was believed imlnent. There was optimism n the New Delhi at the signing of the accord, yet there was a sense of uneasiness tonight, due to the uncertainty as to whether Gandhi, powerful though he Is, can force peace on his followers.
The terms of Ihe accord, It waa learned, include an agreement by the India government to return all property of political prisoners confiscated during the civil disobedience campaign, with the exception of that sold to third parties.
Regarding the freeing of poll tical prisoners, lt was understood Lord Irwin agreed to begin the gradual release of the 25,000 persons still held as a result of Gandhi's campaign.
Solons To Probe Gas Price Wars
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Mar. 4— (UP)—Members of the state sen ate oil industriea committee will Investigate gasoline "price wars,” one of which Is being waged In California now, here March 25, lt was decided tonight.
The committee adopled a resolution to summon officials of various gasoline distributing companies in California to a meeting here on that date and investigate the fluctuations ln the gasoline aale price and the delinquency of distributors In payment of the state gas tax.
Senstor Will Sharkey of Mar tines is chairman of the commit tee.
A similar resolution Is before the assembly.
bine with five of the best speak-ers from the University of Ha wail. The subjects of the ora tions will bear on education or on Pacific problems. The contest is to be Judged by live outstanding men In the Islands.
PRIZES GIVEN
Three prizes sre to be awarded in the oratorical contest; first prize will be $50; second prise will be 125, snd third prise will be $16, with the possibility also of additional prises snd medals, states Robinson.
In addition to the oratorical contest, the pair of S. C. debaters will Join with two Hawaii speakers In forming a team which will debate four of the Japanese orators on April 10. The question will be “Resolved, that Japanese Immigrants should be admitted to the United States on the quota basis, Instead of excluded as they sre at present.” SERVED A8 CAPTAIN
Last year Bautzer was captain of the varsity squad snd was selected as 4 member of the All-California Debate team that went to the British Isles. In 1928 he was a member of the team which won the Pacific Coast Debating championship. He has twice toured the Pacific coast states as a debater representing the Trojan team, and has participated In over fifty varsity Intercollegiate debates. A senior in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, Bautzer is a member of Delta Slgma Rho. national honorary debating fraternity. He is a graduate of San Pedro high school.
This year Mitchell won first place In the annual Bowen Cup extemporaneous speaking conteat. He Is s transfer from Kansas State college, aud during his last year at that Institution he served as varsity debate captain. He holds membership in Pi Kappa Delta, honorary forensic fraternity, and Is a senior in the College of Letters. Arts, and Sciences. Since entering college he haa taken part in 2' Intercollegiate debates of which he has been on the winning side of twenty.
Gough Addresses Ad Fraternity Today
All active and honorary mem bers of Alphs Delta Slgma. national professional advertising fratern-ityfl are requested to be present at the luncheon meeting today in Student Union 328. Pledges are to be chosen from the Advertising club and plans are to be laid tor the agency dinner which is to be held in the near future. Lewis Gough will he Uie principal speaker.
MORTAR BOARD
Mortar Board members are ask ed lo attend a short meeting Ihis afternoon at 4 o'clock in the W. S. G. A. committee rooms.
Drama Shop Presents Play Group At Touchstone Theater Tonight
$48,890,995 BID ON BOULDER DAM
DENVER, Colo., Mar. 4—(UP) — A bid of nearly $49,000,000 was the lowest of live submitted today for the construction of the gigantic power, flood control and Irrigation project to be known as Hoover dam on the Colorado river in Boulder canyon.
Six Companies. Inc., a combine of six of the largest construction companies of the west, submitted the lowest bid, 48,890,995.50.
Five bids were opened at the office of Raymond Walters, chief engineer of the United States re cla mat ton service, for the 119 main Items of the huge dam construction.
The low bid now will be certified and sent to Washington, where tt can be accepted, or ail the bids rejected, under the terms of the bidding established by the Department of the Interior.
It wa* freely predicted, however, that the bid of the Six Compan lea. Inc., a million dollars less than the estimated cost of the dam prepared by government engineers, and $5,000,000 les* than the next nearest bid submitted today, will be accepted.
It was further predicted that actual work on the dam would be started by Apr. 15.
Six Companies, Inc., ls headed by W. H. Watt Is, president, ami Is composed of the Utah Construction Co., of San Francisco aud Ogden, Utah; Henry J. Kaiser and W. A. Bechtel Co., of San Francisco; MacDonald and Kahn Co., Ltd., of San Francisco: Mor-rison-Knudsen Co., of Boise, Idaho: J. K. Shea Co., of Portland. Ore., and Pacific Bridge Co., of Portland, Ore.
SCHOLASTIC TEST GIVEN TOMORROW
The scholastic aptitude test, which all freshmen are required to pass, will be given st 2 p.m. tomorrow, In 206 Administration building. Those who have failed to pass It, or who have not yet taken It, should report at this lime.
Applications for the test should be filed at the registrar's office, and permits secured not later than today. Freshmen who are required to take the test and fall to do so will be charged a fee of $8 when the test is again offered.
The one-act play, “Clipped,” by Mu. Tacie May Hanna Hew, Instructor in the School of Speech, will be a special feature of the Drama Shop program to be given tonight al S:30 ln Touchstone theater. The other plays to be presented are “The Boor," a Russian play by Anton Chekov, and "The Jewel Merchants,” a love story of Venice, by Jamea Branch Cabell. This marks the flrst west coast production of the latter play, which will be done In costumes made by the Fox studio* and lhe Drama Shop costume department.
Hostesses for 1Y* Will Meet Today
Plans for the present semester will be discussed at the meeting of the Y. W. C. A. hostess committee to be held lodsy in 234 Student Union at 3:30.
"All women students Interested in Y. W. C. A. work are cordially invited to attend the meeting," announced Helen Johnson, chairman of the committee. It is important thst all members of tbe committee come lo the meeUng also, as tbe hours for working will be given out.
the after-theater parly, which will be held al the /eta Fht Eta studios directly following the performance, may be purchased at the office for 15c, and may also be bought at the door this evening.
ln the cast "Clipped" are Maxine Adams, Fred Chase, Margaret Thomas and Harold Essenholm.
The action takea place In a modern American home, with the story binging about ihe marital difficulties of a young couple. Vivi All those Interested in dramatics I enne Albright is directing the I are invited lo attend the presen-! play.	tation, which, according to J. How-
> Tickets for the group of plays i ard Miller, president of Drama | may be obtained at the Dismal Shop, is expected to be one of | Shop office for 25c. Tickets for | the best of the year.
Dr. John M. Pfiffner Will Speak At Club
Speaking on “Training for Public Service," Dr. John M. Pfiffner of ihe School of Administration, University of Southern California, will address a Joint dinner meet-| inx of the Municipal League and • the City club today at the Los Angeles City club, 83$ South j Spring street.