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Volume XXVII
Debating Year Will Open With A1I-U Smoker
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ffair Will Take Place at Phi Kappa Tau House Thursday Night
wen Contest Announced
Los Angeles, California, Monday, September 30, 1935
Speaker
Haile Selassie Is To Mobilize Full Strength
Ethiopians Plan Guerilla Warfare with Small Soldier Bands
Student Book Sales Increases * * * * * * * * * * * * Total Reaches 1668 After Busy Day Drive Will Aid A.S.U.S.C. Activities
Africans Await Commands
Decided impetus was given to the campaign Friday to sell a total of 2500 student activity books, when students purchased 110 from the cashier's office in the Book Store. This raised the total sold to 1(568.
The sale added $1100 to the fund to carry on student body activities, which are supported*
Roosevelt will greet the people of California tomorrow from the Los I Angeles coliseum.
'rkwood Says Managers Jobs Are Still Op en;
Seeks Applicants
Introducing the university’s fo-nsic program to newcomers at
Toy. Delta Sigma Rho will hold j	*u *« .
A.. _ r®, - ..	Speaking for the first time on
debate smoker for all men on the Pacjfjc c 0 a s t. President jnpus this Thursday evening at Jie Phi Kappa Tau house, James lirkwood. manager of varsity de-ate, announced last night.
With a string of national, state, nd provincial championships to .heir credit. SC. debating teams ave, on various country-wide tours, et nearlv pvery major university :bate squad.
Two Men's Team*
There are two principal S.C. rams, that of the varsity and the ne restricted to members of the freshman class. For this reason, lirkwood pointed out, first-vear en who are interested in speech ’orfc will especially be benefitted attendance at the introductory -iOker Thursday.
Speeches at s&e event will be j
F.D.R. To Talk In L.A. Stadium
President To Make Initial Pacific Coast Address Here Tomorrow
B ) Uniftd Press.
President Roosevelt will make his
USTbTpJt debate * captains* f£ |
[Troy as well as Dr. Alan Nichols.
1 varsity debate coach: E. Neal Ames, donor of the Ames debating cup; Bates Booth. Martyn Agens, last year’s captain: and Arthur Groman, captaia of varsity debate tor 1935-36.
Phi Taus Are Host*
Pacific coast gathering tomorrow morning at 10:15 a.m. in the huge memorial coliseum.
The vast football stadium, seating more than 105,000 persons, was selected after earlier arrangements for the president to speak at Hollywood bowl were shifted because of a conflicting date. The president’s
The event will commence at 8; wife is scheduled to speak at the
o'clock at the Phi Tau house, which is located at 904 West 28th street.
Simultaneously with announcement of the smoker came word Lhat the Bower* cup extemporane-us speaking contest will take place next week. Six cups are given for 3ix top contestants every year. This :vent, according to Kirkwood, is Doming much earlier in the year because of the press of a full fo-•’nsic program this season.
Everyone Is Eligible Everyone in the university, men md women alike .is eligible for competition in this contest. The subject will be chosen from the newspaper events of the next two •eeks as covered in the September 0 and October 5 issues of the mag-zine “Time.”
Those interested may procure ore informatiou from the debate ffice. fourth floor Student Union, rom 1:30 to 3:30, Monday, Wed-esday. and Friday.
According to Kirkwood, the portions of assistant varsity manger and freshman manager are ill open and he urges applicants see him at the above mentioned ours this week.
latter place tomorrow afternoon as a guest of southern California social welfare groups.
The president will detrain at 10 a.m. and drive two miles to the coliseum, officially greeting the people of California en route to the stadium. After a brief address, he will leave for San Diego, where he will deliver a formal speech, expected to mark the keynote of next year’s presidential campaign, at the Pacific International exposition.
Roosevelt Will Talk At Boulder Dam
YA Time Reports Must Be in Today
BOULDER CITY. Nev., Sept. 29 ——Dedication of the giant concrete slab which forms the keystone of the great Colorado river basin development in the southwest—the $49,000,000 Boulder dam project—will be solemnized tomorrow on the rim of the dam, eight miles from here.
President Roosevelt, under whose administration final work on the vast project—the greatest engineering feat ever undertaken — was brought within sight of completion. will address more than 20.000 visitors personally, and millions by radio, at 11 a.m„ Pacific time .
Standing on the 500-foot wedge driven into th beedrock base of Black canyon, where an army of men have labored four years to rear the huge floodgate 500 feet above the surface of an 85-mile A .—r— , . I long lake, the president will com-All September hours of work on memorate the west’s greatest recla-he N\ A must be completed and i mat ion project .ported by the project director to WatPr has backed up behJnd ^
^ ,! *eJPre S w t n dam since Peb- when the six diclock this evening. Dr. Frank C. version tunnels were closed to
touton announced last night.	permit the lake to fill up, reaching
"Students recently assigned ! a depth of 295 feet September 20.
should be particularly sure that j	--
hey report their work to the project* director today.” the vice-presi-lent declared. “Workers cannot lake up their hours, nor can the tork be reassigned.
“These who fnil to finish their Uptember hours will have little laim for continuance on the pro-
Conflict Imminent, Is Belief Of League Members At Headquarters
Copyright. 1933, hy United Press.
War in East Africa appeared unavoidable Sunday as result of Emperor Haile Selassie’s decision to mobilize his full war strength without further delay.
The Ethiopian monarch cabled the League of Nations that the menace of Italian aggression no longer would permit Rim to withhold the mobilization order.
Simultaneously it was revealed in Addis Ababa that the Ethiopians plan guerilla warfare, with 600 warriors allotted to each three square miles of Ethiopian territory.
Proclamation Expected
The mobilization order is expected to be proclaimed in Ethiopia Tuesday. It seems almost impossible that the massing of warriors will pass for long without some incident at the frontier which would give the Italians reason or pretext for rolling into action.
Previously Ethiopian officials themselves explained that the reason they did not mobilize to full strength was that they feared they would be unable to restrain the savage, undisciplined fighters from precipitating war.
Now Haile Selassie is prepared to take that risk, although he explains he still will endeavor to keep a six-mile no man's !ana between his forces and the generally-accepted frontier as a precaution against premature contact.
War Threatens
The Tjon of Judah appears to have taken the situation out of the hands of Mussolini and European statesmen striving desperately to avoid war. It there ever was any chance to avoid a breach between Italy and the league—and consequent threat to the peace of Europe—it appears to have been swept away by the concise iiMJe cablegram with which th* Af^can potentate announced fcis o.ecision to Geneva.
League members at Geneva frankly said war now was imminent. The Italian delegation has gone home to Rome, temporarily
at least, and principal activity Ls in the hands of the committee cf 13 which Is preparng recommendations to the league council preparatory to invocation of sanctions if war results.
through the sale of the books. There now remain 832 books to Ik* sold before the campaign closes Friday afternoon.
A committee of non-organized students will lend their aid to the drive by contacting men and women not in fraternities and sororities in an attempt to sell them the books. This will be done by collecting $10 from those desiring to purchase the books and giving them a receipt which can be turned in to the cashier’s office for n book.
The fraternitv and sorority reaching 100 per cent in the purchase of the activity books will each receive a prize being donated by the University Book store. The non-org selling the most books will receive a prize for his efforts.
The campaign ls under the supervision of Aileen Gannon and Bill Warner.
Wednesday .a comparative standing of all tiie fraternities and sororities will be published and will continue each day until the close of the drive.
Closing Date Extended in Ticket Reservations for Illinois Football Game
Although last Saturday was the deadline for ticket reservations in am. Approximately'26.7 per cent j the additional order section for the a month's assignment should be IUinois-S.C. game. Miss Marie Poetker. cashier, has decided to permit the applications for the tickets to continue through today. Miss Poetker states that this action does not set a precedent, and that other closing dates of the future will not be set aside.
Icmpleted." Dr. Touton added.
I Each student should make cer-kin that his address on the as-Ignment sheet is correct, as checks Irobably will be mailed direct to lie worker from San Francisco. |YA headquarters.
Cancellation and reassignment of ->point ments for which acceptances iave not been received has been \rted by the vice-president’s of-;e.
Y.W. Announces New Membership
With Alpha Gamma Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta checks received, Y.W.C.A. yesterday announced 100 per cent membership by seven of the campus sororities, and intention of full quota membership by at least five more houses. To date all members of Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Phi Mu. Pi Beta Phi. and Zeta Tau Alpha have joined the local Y.W. for the coming year.
“During this week girls on the membership committee of the Y.W. under the direction of Jane Rudrauff, assistant chairman, will attempt to establish contact with every new woman on the campus to ask them to visit the clubhouse at 674 West 36th street and get acquainted with Beth Tibbot, executive secretary of the local group.” Margaret King, membership chairman, stated: “The Y.W. has so much to offer especially to the new women of the university, we’d like to have every girl in school come over and see for herself what sort of activities the organization sponsors.” she concluded.
Trojan Loyalty
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2500
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To Date Friday's Sales
2 SOO 1668 110
To Go.......... 832
Britain Backs Resistance to Agressive Acts
France Assured of Stand In Question Regarding German Attack
Arbitrator
Celebration for
School Banned Newsmen Flan
Stag Banquet
Graduate Division Is Now In 25th Year; Dean Hunt Is Chairman
Prominent educators from all over the United States will take part next November in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of graduate studies at S.C., Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt, dean of the Graduate School, announced last night.
With the “Social Application of Academic Scholarship” as the central theme, a three-day conference program under the chairmanship of Dean Hunt will be conducted on the Trojan campus.
Conferences Are Scheduled
Conferences and round-table discussions will be conducted in the fields of social sciences, language and literature, education, phychol-ogy, physical sciences and mathematics, biological sciences, medical sciences, philosophy, and international relations.
Invitations are being extended, in addition, to noteworthy visitors and S.C. faculty members, to Trojan graduate students and those of neighboring colleges and universities.
“Emphasis has been piaced on creative scholarship during the 25 years of organized graduate studies,” declares Dean Hunt. “A large volume will be published containing 50 word abstracts of each of the 7,000 master’s and doctor’s theses and dissertations.”
Department Is Original
The graduate department was instituted October 28. 1910. when the late George Finley Bovard. president emeritus, signed the memorandum for organization submitted by the first graduate council.
Dean Hunt, who was secretary of the council, is the sole surviving member. With Prof. James H. Hoose as chairman, it was made up of Professors Thomas B. Stow-ell, James M. Pixon. Edgar M. von Fingerlin, and Gilbert E. Bailey.
Special faculty committees will be in charge of the details of the celebration.
Reservations Due Today At Daily Trojan Copy Desk
Trojan men journalists, both of the budding and of the “toughened” varieties, will have an opportunity to mingle with experienced members of the profession at the Sigma Delta Chi stag banquet in the Student Union grill tomorrow night at. 6:30.
Sponsored bv the S.C. chapter of the national men’s honararv professional journalism fraternity, the stag will be attended by prominent newspaper men of southern California.
Guest of honor at the affair will be Paul Zimmerman, ace sports writer of the Associated Press, who will give his idea of the national gridiron situation.
Dick Nash, president of Sigma Delta Chi. has invited all men en- j rolled in the School of Journalism j to be present He particularly stressed the fact that it is the aim of his organization to sponsor a i close feeling of friendship among; the male members, especially freshmen of the DaUy Trojan staff, and to give them an idea of the type of activity carried on by the fraternity.
Acceptances to the invitations are to be placed in the Daily Trojan copy box by noon today, Nash said. Price of the meal has been set at 45 cents.
Others invited to attend the affair include members of the executive committee, composed of Frank Appleby of the Ontario Daily Report; Carl Miller, national vice-president of Sigma Delta Chi. and member of the Wall Street Journal; Walter Burroughs, Harry Bennett, Glendon Allvine, and James Elliott.
No Specific Case Noted
Nazi Coup d’ Etat Feared if Europe Involved in Ethiopia Scrap
LONDON, Sept. 29.—«UR>—1The British foreign office tonight published its assurance to France that Britain stands for “steady, collective resistance against all acts of aggression.”
France inquired whether Britain advocated use of sanctions against an aggressor only in the Italo-Ethiopian dispute or whether she could count on assistance from across the English channel in the event of a future European aggression—by Germany, for example.
The British note—as reported by the United Press when it was delivered to French Ambassador Andre Charles Corbin last Thursday— refused to give assurance in any specific case but strongly underlines the broad statement of British foreign policy laid down at Geneva September 11 by Foreign Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare.
France In Predicament
Text of the note, confirming diplomats’ advices, caused foreign circles to wonder whether France will consider it sufficient basis for taking a stand for sanctions. France dares not sacrifice Italian support against Germany without strong assurance that Britain will aid her in suppressing any future aggression by the Hitlerite state.
It is believed that France fears not only that Germany will attack her but that the Nazi state will take advantage of Europe's preoccupation with Africa to accomplish union with Austria—chief point in Hitler’s foreign policy— and reunion with the Germans of Memel.
Reaffirms Stand
The British note, signed by Sir Samuel Hoare, re-emphasizes that England stands with the league “for collective maintenance of the covenant in its* entirety and particularly for steady, collective resistance against all acts of unprovoked aggression.” (The last eight words are underlined in the text.)
“We think it will be generally agreed that no member of the league could lay down its policy in advance of any particular case likely to bring that policy into consideration with greater clarity and decision than those words. Each word in that sentence must have its full value.”
culty Club Will Sponsor id-Week Luncheon Series
Marking a widening of its social rogram this semester, the S.C. culty club i» to inaugurate a ries of mid-week faculty lunch-ns featuring outside speakers in e immediate future, according to V. Leroy S. Weatherby, president. Also included in the club’s ac-rities this fall is the plan to ex-nd membership to men who oc-py important poets in the proof the university, even though do not have teaching posi-
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The widened social program will elude all members of the uni-Hty staff, and in addition to the -week luncheons, they will be Zt by freauent social gather-j which will include dinners and features.
Oriental Journalist Seeks Degree in Cinematography
Here to earn a master’s degree in cinematography. Ch’ing-Shu Huang, 28-year-old Chinese newspaperman and graduate of Yen-shing in Peking, enrolled at S.C. last Friday afternoon, following his arrival in Los Angeles early the same day.
Huang came directly from Canton, south China. Sailing on the steamship President Hoover, he reached San Francisco Wednesday.
For the past two years. Huang has worked in the Central News agency in Tientsen and Nanking. The agency is a nation-wide news dispensing organization supported and managed by the Chinese government.
The oriental newsman still holds his interest in journalism, but declared that cinema and radio were doing more far-reaching good toward modernising his people.
Huang said ha expected to be in the southland nearly two years doing graduate work at S.C.
When his graduate work is completed, Huang will return to his native country to direct and produce Chinese films. He expects to work for producer friends in south China.
Although Huang came to S.C. of his own volition and at his own expense, he said the Chinese government is sending several more
students to the university department of Cinematography next semester.
Dr. Morkovin verified this, saying that Chinese officials “are awakening to the growing significance of motion pietures as an educational and cultural force.”
Huang, who is already established near the campus at 80S West 32nd street, began study this morning.
Forum Lectures To Start Today
In the first of a series of weekly forum lectures sponsored by the School of Religion, Dr. Carl S. Knopf will speak today at 4:15 o’clock in Mudd Memorial hall on the topic. “Can Anyone Translate the Bible?” These talks, built around the theme. “Life Puts the Questions,” will present outstanding faculty members as speakers. Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid. president of the university, announces.
Starting tomorrow, the School of Philosophy will present at the same hour in Mudd Memorial hall, as first speaker. Dr. Wilbur Long, lecturer of the eleventh semi-annual philosophy forum. He will discuss “Relations of Philosophy to the Man in the Street.” Lecturers in the School of Philosophy will develop their ideas from the topic. “Contributions of Philosophy to Prevailing Ideas.”
Coy Is Speaker Dr. Owen C. Coy, of the history department, was one of the speakers Saturday morning at the dedication services of the new Cabrillo monument in Cabrillo park, San Diego. The monument has been erected by the state in honor of JUan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese, who discovered Califomia in 1541
Wesleyans Will Hear Pendel at Noon Meeting
Presenting Tom Pendel. representative to the conference of Methodist students held at Northwestern university recently, the Trojan Wesley club todav will hold the first in a series of noon fellowship luncheons, said Louis Thomann, president. Pendel is to give an informal discussion of the meeting.
“Students, regardless of religious affiliation, are invited to attend this first meeting and to become acquainted with Wesley club members,” Louise Scott, chairman of the luncheon said. “New students, non-orgs, and foreign-born students are especially urged to attend,” she concluded.
The Wesleyan social season was opened last Thursday night at the church headquarters when the Trojan Wesley organization on campus was joint host with the University church group in presenting an informal open house for more than 100 students.
Philosophers Will Meet in Mudd Hall
While every S.C. student has a hazy knowledge, at least, that Df-ogenes spent a great part of his life carrying a lantern in search of an honest man. not every Trojan knows that the ghost of Diogenes still stalks through the corridors of Mudd Memorial haU of philosophy, and that the lantern may actually be found in that building.
Is is just this material and spiritual connection with the distant past which inspires the Argonaut's chapter of Phi Epsilon Theta, national honorary philosophy fraternity, to hold tbeir monthly dinner meetings in the front corridor of Mudd hall to allow the hoary shade to hover over the group.
Members of the club will assemble for the first of the year’s dinners tomorrow evening at 6 o’clock. The gathering will be the first under the direction of the officers elected last spring. They are William Sanborn, president; Ida Trask, vice-president; Elizabeth Dean, secretary; and Charles Ha-nens .treasurer
Following dinner Dr. Ralph Tyler Flewelling, advisor of the club, will show lantern slides of China depicting his experiences during his stay in Peiping in the academic year 1934-35.
D.X. Neophytes Attain Highest Grade Honors
New National F ratemity Shows Improvement Over Last Year
Engineers Head Activities
Iau Delta Phis Provide Surprise by Dropping To Fourteenth
Captain Anthony Eden. Great Britain’s minister extraordinary, ls leading Englands’ peace movement at Geneva. Because of past diplomatic performances, British hopes go with him.
Keeler Names Office Helpers
Eames Bishop s Assistants Should Report at Hours Set in Schedules
Secretaries to work in the office of the student body president have been named, according to Betty Keeler, secretary to Eames Bishop, A.S.U.SC. executive.
The days and hours are scheduled below:
Monaay: 9-9:55. Barbara Summers. 10:25-11:25. Kay Cooper, Gertrude Elshire. 11:25-12:15, Mary Jane Ellis and Alberta Green. 1:30-2:15, Letitla Lytle, Aileen Brown, and Marge Simms. 2:30-3:30. Janet Barrow, Ai’een Brown. Marge Simms. 3:30-4:30, lone Hooven and Jane Rudrauff.
Tuesday: 9-9:55. Patricia Attriige and Ivonne Brown. 10:25-11:25, Myra Morris and Betty Anne Outhler. 11:25-12:15, Betty Harper, Maxine Washburn, and Mary Evers. 1:30-2:15. Betty Bartholomew, Eleanor Northrup, and Joseph tne Gannon. 2:30-3:30. Virginia Holbrook and Elaine Holbrook. 3:30-4:30, Maxine Washburn.
Wednesday: 9-9:55, Barbara Summers. 10:25-11:25, Kay Cooper and Gertrude Elshire. 1:30-2:15, Aileen Brown and Marge Simms. 2:30-3:30, Janet Barrow, Aileen Brown, and Marge Simms. 3:30-4:30, lone Hooven, Virginia Trammell. and Jane Rudrauff.
Thursday: 9-9:55, Patricia At-tridge and Ivonne Brown. 10:25-11:25, Myra Morris and Betty Anne Outhier. 11:25-12:15. Maxine Washburn and Mary Evers. 1:30-2:15, Betty Bartholomew and Eleanor Northrup. 2:30-1:30, Virginia Holbrook and Elaine Holbrook. 3:30-4:30, Maxine Washbuir.
Friday: 9-9:55, Barbara Summers. 10:25-11:25. Kay Cooper. Gertrude Elshire. and Jean Philbrook. 11:25-12:15, Alberta Green. 1:30-2:15, Aileen Brown. 2:30-3:0, Janet j Barrow and Aileen Brown. 3:30-4:30, lone Hooven, Jane Rudrauff, and Virginia Trammell.
Miss Keeler wants Betty Ann Outhier. Betty Harper, and Mary Evers to assist her at their earliest convenience.
Making a 1.732. Delta Chi pledges attained the highest scholarship average ever reached by a fraternity at S.C.. it was announced yesterday when Theron Clark, registrar. released the second semester ratings of campus Greeks.
The actives of Sigma Phi Delta, newly socialized engineering fraternity, headed the other list with a 1.510 average. The surprise figure of the list was Tau Delta Phi, last years' honor holders among th* active list, which dropped to fourteenth place. Tau Epsilon Phi. Beta Kappa, and Delta Chi wer# among the most outstanding ground gamers among the organizations.
B.K. Is Most Consistent
Beta Kappa was the most consistent in both the active and pledge list, holding almost the same averages. Sigma Phi Epsilon waa another one of the houses which showed marked decline in both active and pledge ratings.
Chi Phi, one of the newest nationals on the campus, showed remarkable improvement over last year by placing sixth in the active group artd twelfth in the pledge list.
Active membership standings follow: Sigma Phi Delta. 1.510. Tau Epsilon Phi, 1.330: Beta Kappa. 1.308; Delta Chi. 1.304; Phi Kappa Psi. 1.290; Chi Phi. 1.242; Zeta Beta Tau. 1.235: Sigma Nu, 1.212; Kappa Sigma, 1.211; Phi Kappa Tau. 1.194; Kappa Alpha, 1.193; Sigma Chi. 1.165; Sigma Phi Epsilon. 1.125; Tau Delta Phi. 1.111: Phi Sigma Kappa. 1D97; Pi Kappa Alpha, 1.091; Delta Sigma Phi, 1.06 i; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1.035; Alpha Epsilon Pi, .570
Aeneas Hall Continnes HIgb
Ratings for Diedges to S.C. fraternities are: Delta Chi. 1.732; Tau Delta Phi, 1.550; Tau Epsilon Pht. 1.532; Bets Kappa. 1.414; Kappa Alpha, 1.305: Phi Kappa Tau. 1.261; Alpha Epsilon Pi, 1.255; Sigma Nu, 1.207: Sigma Phi Delta, 1.127; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1.113; Phi Kappa Psi. 1.072: Chi Phi. 1.057; Zeta Beta Tau. 1.024; Phi Sigma Kappa. 1.015; Sigma Chi, .969: Kappa Sigma, .891; Delta Sigma Phi. .861; Sigma Phi Epsilon, .591; Pi Kappa Alpha. .561.
Aeneas Hall continued to uphold its high record in scholarship, making an average of 1.531.
Women Debate Hopefuls Asked To Meet Today
Women students interested in debate yesterday were asked to report at the debate office, 427 Student Union, at 12:45 today, by Carmen Fraide, women’s debate manager.
“Plans for tlae coming season will be discussed. Particular attention will be given freshmen women students who wish to try out for ) debate.” Miss Fraide pointed out.
“Veteran debaters, who include Virginia Hudson, Margaret Snyder.! and Ruth Frankel, varsity debaters j last year, and Joyce Rippe, Betty I Eberhart. Margaret Blankenship, i and Brooke Faulkenstein, who were last year’s freshmen women debaters, are eligible this year for varsity competition" said Ruth Frankel, women’s debate captain.
Cub Reporter Loses Scoop; Blames Ethics for Failure
Foreign Students Will Be Welcomed
Students frozr other lands will be welcomed officially to the university when the annual reception.
traditional at SC., is held on Thursday night, October 3, from 8 to 10 o’clock in the social hall of the Student Union.
President Rufus B. von Kleinsmid. Eames Bishop, president of the student body; Draxy Trengove, vice-president; and Mary Todd, secretary, will be on the reception committee composed of both faculty and campus leaders.
Philip Ahn and Henry Flynn, co-chairmen of the international re-» lations committee ,are in charge of the reception.
Refreshments are to be provided by the Interfratemity Mothers’ club and Phi Mu Alpha will supply the music.
Ahn and Flynu head a committee of 17 students in charge of arrangements. It includes Flora Cho, Jo May Lawshe. secretary of the committee: Ruth Coine, Elsie Young. Peggy Waggoner, George Navarro. Eames Bishop, Henry Lina-say. Louis Tarleton, Mary Louise Hair, Carlos Taoia, Ruth Frankel. Arthur Wisner. Masako Keasyeu-kei. and Rudy Huber.
Desk Editors Will Discuss Deadlines This Afternoon
Lovers’ Release Sought
WORCESfER. Mass.. Sept. 29.^ (UJ?)—Attractive Esther Magill, small-town factory girl, for whose love Newell P. Sherman allegedly drowned his wife in “an American tragedy,” tonight hoped the towering Sutton choir singer will escape the electric chair.
An impersonal nomination for the newspaper world’s most hapless member at the moment is the enterprising Daily Trojan reporter (female) who .after running the gauntlet of official red tape, actually got an interview with the 19-year-old killer, Roger Drake, in the cozy seclusion of his cell at the University oolice station.
After questioning him at length as to his religion—Christian; tastes —clean and simple; and mentality —psychopathic; at which point they both dissolved in tears, and she found herself unable to write one line because her Journalistic
ethics revolted against the necessary sensationalism involved.
The opportunity of a lifetime was hers. She threw away the chance for a scoop that might have raised her head and shoulders above her fellows who toil away at sorority flashes and campus tripe.
A downtown newspaper, it is understood, had even offered her space rates and a by-line for her story about Los Angeles’ latest murder sensation, but she refused.
“I wouldn't sell a confidential story like that to anyone,” she sobbed
Meeting of the desk editors of the Daily Trojan is to be held in the editorial room. 225 Student Union, at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon for a round-table discussion of make-up, editorial policy, and deadline schedules, according to Phil Juergens, managing editor.
Editorial problems which have arisen during the past week will be discussed with the editor, Tom Lawless, Hal Kleinschmidt, assistant editor, and Phil Juergens, managing editor.
Those to attend are; Nathan Tanchuck, Louis Thomann, Dick Nash. BiU Ross, and Liooet Via Deerlin,
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