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XXII
Los Angeles. California, Thursday, February 5, 1931.
No. 81
iND.YOUNG FEDERAL IK CONTROL
iirpes all Com* ie System.
*	' mre putlinfi all com-
■•srsii. ib >i,(-reder-
^ m was urged today ;VC, Internationally Urier. testifying in the
i»'orpd anu'n(,ine £ constitution, if necea-nhiliie the natior's liquid jdrr one law, common con-,ound responsibility- He t»ldbe .safeguard against Ures confined largely to rtcred institutions.
NOT IN RUNNING I, Chairman of the board neral Electric company. , U* war reparations pay and has beon mentioned possible 1932 presidential
,0, a candidate for presl-told newspapermen today re ii no danger of my be-inated.”
reposal for unified federal oter commercial banks
■ce all deposit banks — dis-
from savings banks — to national banks with Fed-rve«.
[ADOX OF FAILURES
,pt for tlie currency in our Young said, "our banks lits hold the liquid capital |tople of the I'nited Slates.” to the paradox of thous-bank failures during an era
*	prosperity in the last 10 oung said divided controWof id national banks, multiple ■rallied laws aud competl-
§l«etn tho two types had their administration, ring before the committee ing the veterans’ bonus 1 Young impressed the sen-urging cash payments to eterans who are really In The banker said, however, was opposed to full payment rtificates which would re-13,5000,000,000 bond issue.
EVETERANS DEBT said the country owed a the veteran and that "per-ourselves should have an-thelr needs."
Is a limit, not to what we do but what we can do ly degree of safety to the as a whole," Young said, timated that not more than of the veterans entitled to lation are in need. These, should be taken care of, a Mi he left to the commlt-cost, Y'oung estimated, t exceed {500,000,000.
Hospital-Confined Students' Names Are Requested
Students are requested U) report names of any other students who are in city hospitals in the future to Dr. Francis Bacon, counselor of men, or Mary Sinclair Crawford, dean of women.
Arrangements have been completed by the Bachelors club and (lie W. S. G. A. hospital committee to send flowers and books to any Trojans who are in hospitals, and to notify their fraternities and friends on the campus. Bachelors and members of the W. S. G. A. committee will visit the students while they are in the hospital.
Inasmuch as the success of the plan depends upon the co-operation of the entire student body, anyone who knows of a Southern California student in a hospital is asked to turn in the name at once to the dean of women or counselor of men.
DEAN HARREL HEADSTROJAN N.S.F.A. BOARD
Lewis Gough Picks Committee To Make Government Survey.
I Dean Harrel was appointed chairman of the National Student Federation of American committee, which was recently organized by Lewis Gough, president of the Associated Students, to handle all affairs pertaining to N. S. F. A. on this campus.
j Gough w as elected regional representative of the West at the recent convention of the N. S. F. A. jand this committee has been formed to carry out the duties of this j office, such as co-operation wrlth | similar groups to be formed at member institutions.
[ The chief object is to fulfill the requests of national headquarters in conducting a survey of student government as It is on the Pacific coast. To conduct the survey, constitutions of the student government of member colleges will be used. The results are to be sumar-ized and sent to the national office.
--I Plans are being formulated to pro-
Varsity Players To Get Let- mote the organization of the N. S. ters For Grid Season; Wil- F. A. on the Pacific coast, lett To Be Speaker.	j Other members of the newly or-- I ganized committee are: Betty Hcn-
Proceedings For Formation Of Mortar Board Alumnae Group Begun at Tea Today
To begin proceeding's for thc formation of an alumnae chapter of Mortar Board, members of thc active chaptcr of the national honorary for senior women arc sponsoring a ; tea for thc graduate members of the organization to be held this afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock in thc Zeta Thi Eta studios in thc rear of (KX1 West Adams.
UNDERCLASS DANCE DATE IS FEB. 20
Decorations and Bids Will Carry Out George Washington Motif.
After the tea a business meeting will be held to make plans for the beginning of (he alumnae group. An outline of the plans will be made by Bonnie Jean Lockwood, last year's president of the organization. Helen Peterson, act ive president, will preside.
Work on the opening of the new group is being carried out by the members of Mortar Board on campus at present as part of their service program for tho year. There are approximately seventy-five alumnae members who are expected to cooperate with the actives in opening the new chapter.
Preceding the business meeting, tea will be served. Mrs. It. B. von KleinSmid and Mrs. Pearle Aiken Smith, honorary members, will pour. Arrangements for the affair are being made by Helen Peterson, and Virginia Monosmith, vice-president of the active chapter.
Hostesses for the afternoon will be the members of Mortar Board who are now on campus. They include Mias Peterson, Miss Mono-sniith, Dorothy Beech, Alberta Dudley, Lucille Huebner, Janet McCoy, Miriam Brownstetter, Mary Reasoner, and Winifred Biegler.
FOOTBALL AWARD BANQUET TO BE FRIDAY, FEB. 13
BAND OPENS G SEMESTER
ding from a three day trip
*	week-end ai Big Pines hb of the Los Angeles junior
of commerce, sponsoring lwinter carnival, the Tro-opened the new Bemester iaing with the first rehearse spring season.
Morse, studeut manager rgaaizalion, announces tbat rary for the annual spring tlie band ls fast taking *®d will, no doubt, exceed vious undertakings both in i and in accomplishment. . pta lor positions in the band Id l&st night along with the “i- A few openings still ex-~ band for new members; l(n wishing io try out for We requested to meet with 1 the Musical Organizations . M5 West 37ih place either
*	W Friday noons, when 1 »'ill be arranged. Appll-
1 asked lo bring their M cards.
Members of the varsity, Sparlan, and freshman teams will be guests of honor at the Football Award banquet which is to be held Friday eve- I ning, Feb. 13. The banquet, which j is an annual affair, Is to be held in the men's lounge of the Jonathan club.
Hugh C. Willett, chairman of the general athletic commission, is ln general charge of the arrangements for the affair. Speakers for the evening are Pres, ltufus B. von KleinSmid, Howard Jones, varsity football coach, and Waldo Throop.
The affair ls held under the supervision of the Associated Students in co-operation with the General Athletic Commission nnd Vaisity club, and is usually attended by many interested alumni, former athletes who received awards at similar occasions, and sports writers. All men students are invited to attend the dinner.
ninger, secretary; Wiley Foster, Kay Zeman, Betty MacDougall, Ames Crawford, and Page Parker.
PROF. GEORGE DAY TO TALK FEB. 19
"Russia Today” will be the topic discussed by Prof. George Day at the monthly dinner meeting of thu Council on International Relations which will be held at the Los Angeles City club, 833 South Spring street, Thursday, Feb. 19.
Professor Day of Occidental college has just returned from a year’s study in Russia, and he has had experience before the revolution. Professor Day will present a comparative picture before and after the Soviet upheaval.
A large crowd is expected to attend and those interested are requested to make reservations early. They may be secured from Miss Blanche Sieber, 715 South Hope street, TR. 4751.
ORDER EXODUS OF W. S. G. A. HONORS QUAKE SURVIVORS NEW FRESHMEN IN NEW ZEALAND AT FEB. 10 TEA
Death Toll Reaches 450; All-university Reception To Search For More Bodies In Be Given New Women On Ruins Continues.	Campus.
| All new freshman are urged to make arrangements to attend thc annual underclass dance to be held in the social hall of the Student Union Friday evening, Feb. 20.
Sponsored by members of the first and second year clauses In all schools and-colleges on the campus, the dance will afford new students an opportunity to make acquaintances with sophomore and freshman students.
Because of a conflict with the basketball games, the date of the function has been changed to Feb.
20. It is to be the first social event of the spring semester, and the decorations and bids will be carried out in the George Washington motif.
Bids will go on sale next Monday, ii was announced by Richard Tilden, president of the all-university sophomore class, who Is in charge j ^ J\fee Others Injured In
Location Changed For El Rodeo Picture Groups
Steps of the Student Union instead of those of the Administration building will be the scene of activities Monday when groups will be photographed, Mort Morehouse, Fl Rodeo editor, said ln correction to a previous announcement.
Member of the rally and Student I'nlon commiitees will be photographed at 12 o'clock. Freshman advisors and members of election groups will meet on the steps at 1 p.m. Those students, who have not yet re turned proofs for year book pic tures will find a representative of the Haskell studios in the Stu dent Union basement to attem to this work. Seniors who have not had pictures taken and who have not filled out cards should see Morehouse at once.
INCREASE OF 137 SHOWN IN ENROLLMENT
NINE ARE KILLED AS BRITISH PLANE PLUNGES INTO SEA
AUCKLAND, N. Z., Feb. 5 — (Thursday) — (VP) — An exodus of frightened survivors of Tuesday's violent earthquake was under way today from Napier, ravaged seaside resort on North Island.
The government ordered complete evacuation of the city. The population Is upwards of 11,000 persons. The order specified that every inhabitant must be out of Napier within 48 hours. It was Issued because of the breakdown in the city's
All university women are asked to be present at the W. S. G. A. tea which is to be held Feb. 10 from 3 to 6 in the social hall of the Student Union.
The tea is being given to honor all new women and as it is practically the only large affair being giien for (Ills purpose, it is hoped | *)R l*M' Arst all university function
of the dance. They will be sold in tlie Students Store and by representatives from each fraternity and sorority.
Committees have been at work for three weeks preparing for the event in order to insure Its success. Those attending will be promised something novel in the way of entertainment and decorations, committee chairmen announced. A great deal of interest lias been created among first und second year Btudents, and because lt is to
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Mem her Speaks Hendricks Sings Tuesday Evening Gn NBC Network
Athena, national literary society, j Calvin Hendricks, former S. C. will hold its first open meeting j student and Atwater Kent contest next Tuesday night in the Y. W. winner, will Bing during the Atwat-rooms in the Student Union. pr Kent hour Sunday evening, Mar.
Miss Elizabeth Wilson, member 15, In the National Broadcasting of the first chapter of Athena at - company program from New York. Lawrence college, Appleton, Wis- Ephraim Zimbalist, famous vioiin-consin, will be the main speaker ist, Is to appear on the same pro-at this meeting. Miss Wilson, a gram.
graduate of the class of '90, has .Mr. Hendricks won second place been a member of the English de in the national Atwater Kent radio partment of lhat institution for contest in the winter of 1929. He some time, but is now retired, also received a prize of 13,000. He She took an active part in Y. W. I is a lyric baritone and while at S. C. A. work and was made Interna C. received training under the dl-tional secretary.	rection of Lillian Backstrand Wil-
Misg Wilson has been asked to son, vocal teacher at the College of speak about "Athena at Lawrence I Music.
College.” The society was orig j He was a member of Skull and rnated on that campus ln 1880 and > Dagger, chapel organist, and player it was one of its members who of the chimes while attending S. C. came to this campus and started At present lie ls in Denver, study-another chapter, the oldest or ing with a pupil of Percy Ilector ganlzation on the S. C. campus. Stephens.
that all women will be there.
Those in the receiving line are: Mrs. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, Denn Mary Sinclair Crawford, Dean sanitary system. The authorities pearle Aiken Smith, Lucille Hueb-feared an epidemic would add to nPr> Constance Vachon, Janet Mr-the deaths.	icoy, Winifred Biegler, Helen Peter-
TJie magnitude of the quake, un- son, Miriam Brownstetter, Janet til now not fully appreciated, was Hamilton, Beth Tibbot, and Wilma apparent as details of the disaster Goodwin.
became known. The death toll Hostesses who have been chosen mounted steadily and had reached for the tea are Helen Johnson, nearly 450 today as rescue workers juanita Wagner, Huth Stein, Elinor continued their efforts to clear vvilhoit. Hazel Redfleld, Marjoria away debris from fallen buildings j.;dlck, and members of the W. S. and uncover bodies of the victims. q, \ cabinet.
Further tremors were felt during j \ng8 Germaine Guiot and Miss yesterday and today. They were cioyd Daliell will pour tea and ten preceded by booming noises, fright- gjris from the Freshman club will ening the dazed survivors. The re- | serve, current shocks have adde to the
of tiie semester, those planning to ! attend should secure their bids | early next week.
Marjoria Edick and Marjoria
panic and hampered rescue worn- GreweI1 ttre ln chargeo, tUe general .......
I , ored guests at the dinner. All three . plans for the tea, and committee Naval vesels and trains carried are ,.aunne williams. 'Poke and commended the Squires relief supplies to the stricken zone. whQ ig |n c|mrge of refreahmentl,. j tor	service during the past
An airplane survey of Hawke's bay charge of the «mester under th. leadership of showed lhat the entire sea floor In ________________________________________________f I’age Parker, retiring president.
SMITH INSTALLED AS SQUIRES’ HEAD
I Jack Smith took over the duties as president of the Trojan Squires at the formal installation banquet held last night al tlie Elks temple. Al the same time Joe HuBhard was installed as vice-president, Charles j Clay as secretary, and Janies Bootti as treasurer.
Lewis Cough, president of the Associated Students; Kenneth Cal 1 low, president of t h e Trojan J Knights, and William Hlrscli, vice-
PLYMOTH. Eng., Feb. 4 (UP) —Nine persons lost their lives to day when a Royal Air Force sea plane 111 which they were flying plunged Into the sea while land Ing here. Three others were taken to a hospital. Their condition was critical..
Eight of the dead were drowned trapped in the submerged cabin of the flying boat. Another died of injuries.
Tlie tragedy was described as Ihe worst accident in the history of the Royal Air Force. It occurred In view of scores of persons ashore and on boats in the liar bor.
The plane was piloted by a Royal Air Force pilot. It was a three-motored machine, carrying 12 persons, including four officers headed by Wing ommander C. O. Tucker, who was killed.
3 Plays Will Be Gwen Tonight By Drama Shop
—..... ..................... Offering three former Apolliad
president of tlie Knights were hon plays, Drama Shop will make its
first appearance of the semester at 8:30 this evening in Touchstone theater.
The first of these will be "The
Idecorations; corsages are being that vicinity had been raised 10 tak(>n nrf ()f by Evelyn Peyton>
feet or more.
Dental Students Will Be Guests At Dance Friday
Wall” written by Dorothy Davis Honorary placques were awarded |and directed by Adelaide Holland, the sophomore service men for out (The play ls a symbolical fantasy standing work during the past term, and has as its cast Charles Walters which included enforcing traditions, as the Boy aud Leeta Morris, the laying out the rooting sections, anti | Girl.
arranging transportation for visit- “The Confession," by G. Kenneth Ing teams.	Short, under the direction of Lydia
[and Grace Baasli is In charge of Ihe table service.
Margaret Hughes, clia?rman of the commltte on entertainment has [some interesting numbers in mind;
Irene Bronals is the chairman of > _	, . . „ . , , „ ,
Smith, the newly installed presl Barry, Is the story of a suspected the committee on posters; novel .	. ,	^	^ ,__> « >
New Salt'Making Demonstration Planned As Gandhi Is Released
Sponsored by the Technic building of the College of Dentistry of i Southern California, the Dental stu dent body will be guests at an in formal dance in the Social hall of j Student Union tomorrow night.
Bob Brown's Southlanders have been engaged to furnish the music for the evening.
Student body oflicers of the Col lege of Dentistry are Frank Conley, [ president, and Virgil Brown, vice-president. Robert Montgomery, j president of the sophomore class, j and Fred Ayers, president of the
favors have been chosen by Betty I MaeDougal; Peggy Laverlng is handling the publicity.
This tea will give an excellent op-
dent, served last semester as vtce-
portunity for new' and old girls to get acquainted with each other and will also serve to interest those who have not been on campus before in campus activities.
Visiting Professor Will Be Honored At Botany Event
president.
DOOMED DERVISH ESCAPES
MENEM ION, Turkey, Feb. 4 — (l'P) — Police and soldiers were niaiklug today for one of the der-visliee among the 28 convicted in the trial of religious rebels, bolted and escaped when within a few yards of the gallows during the executions here yesterday. The dervish spiang through a squad of soldiers guarding him, dived into the crowd and disappeared in the morning mists.
murderer who is bribed fo confess his guilt through tho influence of a I newspaper man. T h c reporter, Burns, is played by James Conlon, lhe detective by Robert Farrell, the lawyer by Earl Morris, and Dailey j hy Maurice Aldrich.
The remaining play "At I^ast Civilized" by T. Keg Arkell, ls novel In that the action takes place 100 hundred years hence, in 2031, when Ihe status of man and woman is reversed.
All pledges at the University of Holland must shave their beads.
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BOMBAY’, Feb. 4—(UP)—The first maneuver in the renewal the civil disobedience fight against British rule was indicated today in a decision of the Nationalists to hold another of their illicit ealt-making demonstrations on the esplanade Mai dan in Bombay.
The United Press learned that	----- --------
the “war council” of the All-India congress, militant independence organization, had begun preparations
for the demonstration, the first in months. It was regarded as the
toward friendly cooperation with the radicals in the effort to evolve a responsible native government for India. Gandhi rejected the British proposals and together with the released congress chiefs de-
Tomoirow evening, Feb. 6, from freshman class, are also helping [ ti: 45 to 7:30 p.m., the department with the plans.	[ of botany will hold an informal re
Hosts and hostesses who have ception in the Herbarium in honor I been invited to attend are Dean and of Dr. L. Ii. Pammel, professor of |
Mrs. Lewis E. Ford, Dr. and Mrs. ! botany at the University of Iowa I
La Touche. Dr. and Mrs. Fred J. and past president of Phi Kappa u,a IlomH chillIIUU1 0, tho 0„Pra department of the College of Harrison, and Dr. and Mrs. Reeves. Phi. national scholastic fraternity. Muh|c am,	donna	haa aco„i,ted an ,nvltation from
Preceding tiie reception Dr, and Max Von Schilling, director of th eGenuan Grand Opera company Mrs. Pammel will be guests at a now appear|n(; at tjle shrine auditorium, to sing the prima donna
Lisa Roma To Sing Leading Role In German Opera During Summer
IMMIGRANTS GO HOME
dinner gi ven in th ehome of Dr.
opening move in the renewed drive j cided that the civil disobedience inspired by thu release of the Ma campaign should he renewed, hatma M. K. Gandhi, wizened little j	war council further indi
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 4 - - (UP) Howard de Forest, chairman of the — Due to the growing unemploy- botany department of Southern Cal-ment Argentina authorities hav
role in his own opera. "Mona Lisa,* ’at the Berlin opera house next summer. She will sail for Germany in June.
Since making her debut in thi Staats-opera, Berlin, under Von
extend the
picketing of liquor shops, another
inspiration of the passive resist-1	u I)laQned
ance drive.
Gandhi and other congress lead ers were released as a gesture mjaor phase in the Gandhi cam-
by Uie British* government looking palgn.
ifornia
been Issuing free passages to Eur- j Immediately after the reception I Schilling's direction Miss Roma ope to recently anived immigrants ; Doctor Pammel will deliver an ad- | lla„ rUU.d engagements with the who are desirous of returning dress before Phi Slgma in Science Ut.rl|n amJ Philadelphia gr.ml More than 1,000 returned last night 252. All those interested are ex- opera companies and acted as' in kboard the French liner Lutetia tended a cordial invitation Ly Doc- terpreter of Maurice Ravel's sour* and a similar number is expected i tor de Forest to attend the recep- j during to leave at the end of the week.
lion aud the address afterwards.
ills coast-to coast tour In 1928. She has been soloist in the
presentations of "Elijah” and '*Th<* Messiah" by the Semicentennial chorus.
Recently two of her studentB, Hilda Augspurger and Kveiyn Peyton, and Juhn Garth, accompanist and pianist, gave a program over KMI’C, the university radio station.
More Students Expected to Register Later For Spring Semester.
One hundred thirty-seven more students registered in the univer sity during the first two days of this semester than In the first two of the February, 1930, semester, according to figures tabulated by the business office yesterday.
The totals include only the cam pus colleges, and are exclusive of Music, Uw, and Dental. Many graduate students do not register until later.
Whether or not the final regis tration will be larger than that of the second semester last year is, of course, problematical, but the first two day's totalB indicate that the business depression will not retard the unlvetslty’s enrollment.
Rumors of increased tuition to be charged in September were spiked by administration heads yesterday when they said that no raise has been effected and that tlie matter of tuition fees for next year has not even been considered thus far.
RAINSTORM PERILS CABINS AT BEACH
A 40-mile gale Increased the high tide hazard along tho southern California coast today and. meanwhile, a steady downpour of rain continued in Ihe region. Several cabins on the beach near Topango Canyon wore washed away and 100 other small summer buildings are in danger. tho Sheriff's office reported.
At UmK Beach, the two-masted schooner Tradewind, owned by the Ivong Beach Bca scouts, was tom loose from Its moorings inside the breakwater and tosBed helplessly on the beach. Heavy waves prevented coast guardsmen from pulling tho ship off the shore and lt was thought the craft would be a total loss. No one was aboard whim she grounded.
Reports from Sanla Barbara, to the north, were that the storm still was in force there late In the day. There was a nlne-foot tide, but lit-le damage was reported along the ocean front. The United States ide station at Bearn's wharf was washed away, however.
In 21 hours, I^os Angeles received 1.17 Inches of rain, raising the season’s total to 6.89 as compared to K9 for the season to date last year. Normal rainfall at this tlmo is 8.31 inclieB.
Gamma A Ipha Chi Holds Initiation
Initiation ceremonies for four girls acUve In campus advertising circles were solemnized Wednesday evening by Gamma Alpha <'hi, national professional advertising Borority. The girls were Maureese Eby, Katheryn Cox, Katheryn Long, and Bslher Lorenz. Pledging of Virginia Park and Zona i’ollard was held the same evening.
Following the initiation ceremonies a banquet honoring the new Initiates was held in the Carden room of the Pollyanna tea-shop.
Mrs. Lulu Eckles. advertising manager of Bullock’s Wilshire and honorary member o fGamma Alpha Chi, gave an address following the dinner. Her speech concerned the training of university women for entrance into the advertising field. Mrs. Eckles is a charter member of Gamma Alpha Chi. ....
Mary Slioup, president of the sorority, was toastmistress.
PARIS. Feb. 4 — (UP) — Drastic reductions in some cases amounting to half the original prices were announced on summei models by two leading Paris dressmakers today. The dressmakers, oue of whom v.as Worth, said tho reductions were made because of Ihe economic depression, which resulted in a sharp decline in purchases in America this seaaon.