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CALIFORNIA
nye Brower Is First Candidate To File Petition for Senior Presidency
SOUTHERN
DAILY
;0|ume
XXVIII
TROJAN
United Press World Wide News Service
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, March 18, 1937
Number 101
Rodeo Chief Seek Senior lass Position
Amelia Earhart Takes off U.S.C., Cal Split
From Oakland Airport on Doubleheader rirst Leg of World Flight n ,11 c •
Baseball Series
Victorious
OAKLAND, March 17.—(UP)—Amelia Earhart took off from here today on her flight around the world. Her first i I, Mnminpr objective was Honolulu, 4000 miles across the Pacific.
„Rose Is	j With her went three men, Capt. Harry Manning, a 40-
, Race for Position Of L.A.S. Head
<-en>tein Files Petition
flain, Brown Will Run (por Architectural Executive Post
Brower, El Rodeo edi-vecterday filed petition (lie office of president of ; senior class, it was an-_ j last night by Ed Ab-elections commissioner.
is the only candidate Has filed for this post. > were no petitions re-jjd for any of the all-unl-$y offices, Abbott said.
^ Rose, member of the Lancer iiitutive board, was the lone Alt to file for the office of i of Letters. Arts, and Scl-
Uthtcnstcin to Run
andldates—Hilyard Brown lMen McClain—petitioned for jpeltion of president of the o( Architecture and Fine William Benson signified his lion of running for treasurer •cture.
jte university of international "us. Howard Lichtenstein was petitioner for the presl-
' pCEt.
Row Is Lancer
. in addition to being ed-Jc the yearbook, is a member i Kappa fraternity and i Knights Rose, the L.A.S. tial candidate, was one of sal workers in the Lancer tion; he was also a member i ASUSC activity card com-Prior to his enrollment at !, Rose was president of thc iso class at thc University of He is affiliated with the j Trojan staff.
to. aspirant for the Coilegc
i year-old New York sea captain, who will act as navigator on ♦the Transpacific phase of the flight Fred Noonan, 43, a veteran Pan-American Airways navigator will assist her as far a.s Honolulu; as will Paul Mantz, 36, Los Angeles, onetime stunt flier who is now Miss Earhart's technical adviser. He will go only as far as Honolulu or Howland island.
Leaves at 4:38 p. m.
The wheels of the twin-motored silver and ltd Lockheed electra “flying laboratory,” built to Miss Earhart's specifications, left the ground at 4:38 p. m.
Gonzales Leads Trojans lo Take 1 2-4 Victory in Opening Game
Bears Grab Second Tilt
Contest Called in Seventh Inning To Allow Team To Travel North
U.S.C. and California baseballers split their C.I.B.A. double-header at Wrigley field yesterday afternoon when the Trojans captured the first
As the heavily loaded plane rose game, 12-4, but dropped the
from the runway, a crowd of 10,000 spectators, soaked to the skin, watched the start of the former social worker's greatest adventure.
Kain Halts The rain that had been falling all day stopped temporarily as the
plane shot down the runway. .	, . .
splashing water In all directions, I L^^allowingjhe Berkeley bat* and rose into the air
nightcap, 5-3, when it was j called at the end of the sev-1 enth in order to let the Bears catch a train for Berkeley.
Joe Oonzales, Troy’s ace gunner, chalked up his 14th successive lea • gue victory in the opener. Al-
Jaye Brower, editor of El Rodeo and member oj Phi Sigma Kappa, yesterday filed petition jor senior class president.
Alpha Eta Rho Will Give Sport Dance
Second Annual Affair lo Be at Hollywood A.C. Tomorrow Night
Miss Violet Mitchell, hostess on a Western Air Express airplane, will be the guest of Alpha Eta Rho, international aviation fraternity, at its informal sport dance tomorrow night at the Hollywood Athletic club.
Miss Mitchell will draw for the
George Palmer Putnam, husband and general manager of the 38-year-bld flier, breathed easier as she began to climb into the rapidly-clearing skies.
Husband Bids Goodbye Putnam said goodbye to Miss Earhart as the plane stood In the mud
Dorothy Dudley, member of Delta Gumma sorority, WSG/1, YWC.A, and U'AA cabinets, uas yesterday elected tuc-piesideni of WSGA,
Inability To Stop Sit-Down Deplored
Senator Says Government ls Powerless in Fight Against Strikes
men 11 hits, four of them extra base clouts, the good-looking Spaniard hurled effectively in the pinches, received able support from his teammates, and was never in serious trouble.
After the game. Oonzales, who always finds the California swat-h ... ii,. ,n>i,,	in mi. mnn smiths difficult, said that It was the I I-,eader Joe T- Robinson, Democrat
hart as the plane stood in tne mua |	. worked in a ! Arkansas, said tonight after angry
of the 1.000-foot temporary runway rTRA‘ , ,	senate debate over the soreading
from which she took off. Leaning CIHA ct>ntesl-
thc The second game, which was threatened to be halted at any minute by rain, was featured by the pitching and hitting of Bill Priest,
California's smooth twirler. Thc j Robinson said that it was "ex-easy-going Bear chucker set the I ceedingly difficult” for the govern-U. S C. batters down with seven ment to intervene in labor disputes
from the cabin she kissed former publisher she married in 1931.
Miss Earhart set directly on her course, without circling the field. In five minutes she was passing over the silvery gray spires of the $70,000,000 San Francisoo-Oakland bay bridge. In another minute she was over the Pacific, above which she will fly all night.
Two-Plane Escort
Ahead of her were two Pan-American Airways planes, one a clipper flying Its regular passenger and mail route to Honolulu and Manila and the other a Skikorsky Amphibian bound on a trail-blazing expedition to Australia.
Although starting behind the commercial planes. Miss Earhart
WASHINGTON, March 17—<U.P»— The government is powerless to act against sit-down strikes which are "manifestly unlawful,” Majority
senate debate over the spreading use of labor’s newest economic weapon brought demands for a congressional inquiry and warnings that it would lead to ’ dictatorship."
hits, struck out seven, and lashed out three screaming singles to help win his own game.
until the U. S. supreme court rule, on the validity ol the Wagner-Con. nery labor relations act. Argu-
The Trojans knocked Dave Me- i ments on the constitutionality of Nell. California southpaw, out of j the law were completed four weeks the box ln the sixth when they collected five hits and five runs to
(Continued on pago three
ure presidential post, is door prizes to be awarded to two at ol Alpha Rho Chi fra- couples attending the affair. Win-
Sf"? I" f08™15’ : ner of the first prize will receive j expects her Wasp engines, capable
opponent™is a member I* round trlp nighl 10 SHn Dleg0 Iof * 200 mile 8U hOUr Speed' 10 via airplane, while second prize bring her to Honolulu hours ahead
consists of a half-hour scenic night j 1 em' _
college's legislative council w active in Scarab frater-I Benson treasurer candidate, 'amber of Alpha Rho Chi.
met Federation ills Paris Strike
flight.
Parks Will Play
IS. March 17.
6 Trade Union federation, one most powerful units in Pre-™ Blum's endangered popu-government, tonight or-
Bud Parks' dance orchestra has been chosen to furnish the music for the second all-university dance sponsored by the fraternity.
Bids for the dance are priced at tl. and may be purchased from members of the organization or CP> — The | from Miss Marie Poetker, cashier
Harvard Professor To Be Entertained
Von KleinSmid Named to Allied Arts Committee
Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid and five members of the U. S, C. faculty have been named as committee members for the annua) Allied Arts festival to be held May 9 to 15.
The festival is held to encourage and give attention to creative arts in Los Angeles. Cash prizes are given to winners ln each of five divisions, music, drama, dance, art, and creative writing.
Dr. von KleinSmid will act on
ago.
Debute on the sit-down strike was touched off today by Sen Hiram Johnson. Republican, California. He said he wbs giving | ''gentle warning" that the sit-down | strike is the most ominous thing in our national life today."
"It is bad for the government, and, in the long run. it Is worse for labor," Johnson said.
of the Student Union bookstore. Decorations Are Aerial
The dance ls being planned by
Associated Graduate Students will be honored at a reception in
which they will meet Dr. Edwin ■ the generaI advisory committee of Francis Gay, this afternoon at 3 30	featival along with 30 other
o'clock by Dr. Rufus B von Klein- I prominent educators, impresarrios, Smid, president of the university^ an() clvjc |eaders of souhern Cali-and Dr. Rockwell D Hunt, dean ol (0rnja other faculty members in-
dance is being planned by ~ graduate School, in the presi- ™ Dr Frank 'Baxter Dr £ 1 leneral strike throughout Rod Hansen, chairman; Marshall	,	eluding Dr. Frank Baxter, ur.^Ar
J* region tomorrow in pro- Benedict, ticket distribution; Max- Al nt Dr Gav te on leave	or Alli^n ofw fnd Di-
•■ns.Commim.st-Righti.t ri- ine Spears, publicity; and Georgi- [rQm Harvard university, where he ^	va l^wen Swarthout
WM 1, LPerS°nS WC‘e S°neS- dCCOratl°,1S	is professor of econo, nic history, to 0fZ “hool of Music, will serve
Kumiaea	i Decorations will be suggestive of ; conduct a research In economics at , as jmjges.
■“ds ol aorkers will staye j airplanes and flying, and sport the Huntington library in San Ma- , A stholarship ln the College of "™n meetings in their fac- dress will be In order. Committee lino	Architecture and Fine Art* is of-
wnng the morning and will members indicated yesterday that Dr Gay received his Ph. D. de- ferecj annually to the winner of to ’-heir jobs in tlie after- attempts are being made to have gree from the University of Berlin. ^he contests in sculpture, ceramics. Johaux. leader of the several aviation officials from the his Lltt. D degree from Manchester an(j pajnting in thc festival.
•Mcate. announced.	I airplane show present at the dance j university in England, and his LL.D. j	-
lhat the Paris general to lend atmosphere to the affair. degree from Harvard
,*•» ,Prt-a(* over all France --
outcome of a confer-• «n the federation's lead- I “Blum
^^Popular front cabinet met
lie C‘ wssl0n hi a desperate ! ____
the government from	°	'	| Phi Beta Kappa essays are due
'»ive'I"fhat newsPaPers cal>- “Famous for elaborate clothes,” was the description given April l.
murder and rebel- the Trojan coeds by Elizabeth Eldrldge, author and observer This ls the deadUne set by Phi
Trojan Coeds Given Credit For Leading Fashion Styles
April 1 Is Deadline For Essay Contest
-------,— _	Cfi,ioc ujHirh I ----- ~ —------— --the finale by Archibald Sessions at
of feminine fashions, in an article on women s .styles wnicn Beta Kapp, aiumni of southern (he organ Resurrection” from tin
A Cappella To Sing In Assembly Today
"Requiem in Aeternarce" by Viere will open the pre-Easter services to be presented by the Trojan A Cappella choir in today's assembly at 10:30 in Bovard auditorium.
The musical program under the direction of John Smallman will feature Frances Warren Haynes, mezzo-soprano, as guest soloist. Miss Haynes, member of the Los Angeles Oratorio society, will be assisted by Archibald Sessions at the organ.
Included in the selections by the A Capella choir will be a difficult Italian rendition of the ' Hymn to Raphael the Devine" by Bassi, which was written and sung for the fourth centenary ol Raphael's death, in Rome. 1920.
Selections by Miss Haynes will be "Evening and Morning" by Splcker; and the obligato of "Beautiful Sav-iou'r’ by Christiansen.
Other musical selections to be heard on the Easter program include "Jesu, Priceless Treasure" by Bach; "Lamentation" by Oullmarlt; "The Music of Life" by Noble Cain; "Hosanna" by Tschaikowsky; and
Women Choose Ellen Holt for New President
Unopposed Candidate Wins With 353 Ballots in Final Tabulation
Meilandt Conducts Election
Bartholomew, Dudley, and Hooven Are Elected To Other Offices
Ellen Holt, unopposed candidate, was elected president of the Women’s Self-Government association with 353 votes in yesterday’s WSGA election. Ruth Meilandt, chief justice of the women’s judicial court, announced the results of the voting which confirmed Miss Holt’s election.
Dorothy Dudley, lone Hooven, and Betty Jane Bartholomew were victorious in the races for vice-president, secretary, and treasurer respectively. These women will assist Miss Holt in the executive positions of the WSGA during the 1937-38 school year, and will direct and supervise all women’s activities on the campus.
Holt Succeeds lloff Miss Holt succeeds Lucille Hoff in the office of president. During the past year she has served as vice-president of the WSGA, and was chairman of a committee which revised the activity point system for women students. She is a member of Amazons, Spooks and Spokes, the junior class council, and Alpha Chl Omega.
"I wish to thank all the women of U. S, C. for their support, and my plans for next year Include a continuation of thc excellent work done by the retiring president, Lucille Hoff," said Miss Holt at the close of thc election.
Dudley New Vice-President Miss Dudley, newly-clected vicc-j president of the association, is a j member of the WSGA cabinet, thc j YWCA cabinet, and the WAA cabinet. Last year she wwktd as assembly chairman of the WSGA. | Her social sorority is Delta Gamma j Marlon Tronsen ls thc defeated candidate.
lone Hooven, secretary, is an Alpha Delta PI. She has been one of the two activity point recorders since the introduction of the new system . Instigated by Miss Holt. Active in journalism. Miss Hooven has held editorial positions on the El Rodeo and on the Daily Trojan Elsie Jane Burkett opposed Miss Hoovon for the secretarial position The officc of treasurer of thc organization will be filled next year by Betty Jane Bartholomew, Delta Delta Delta. Miss Bartholomew defeated Helen Fibbiger Biid Joanne McElroy ln the contest for treasurer.
Turmoil Follows Police Attempts To Tag Violators
Cars Attacked By Rioters in Demonstration
Editorial
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On Traffic Riot
von KleinSmid Speaks To Crowd; Literary Address Halted
Mobs — responsible for the j crucifixion and innumerable [ other crimes, are not pretty j things to watch. There was! an air of mass cowardice I [)r about yesterday's incident on |
University avenue which leaves one in doubt whether mankind is, after all, much Turm0|i and rioting that further advanced than the lasted
more than two hours lower animals A hungry pack yesterday morning followed of wolves behaves much in attempt of police officers the same manner as did more to enforce laws against auto than a hundred Trojan stu- parking in red zones and dents when police officers ls- aiong the middle lane of Um-sued traffic citations to law- versity avenue.
breakers.
There can be no sound opinion to deny that the police were completely right ln what they did. Autoists should know where it ls lawful to park and where lt is unlawful
j Four pollccmen, operating Irom the University station, appeared ln two radio patrol cars at the beginning of morning recess, and started from the south end of University avenue to tag every car parked in forbidden zones. Immediately. crowds of students, mostly
to park. Campus red zones | men formed around them. A few and the middle lane Of Uni- argued, more hissed and booed, and versity avenue have been kept the trouble was on.
clear of parked autos for one purpose—the greater protection of pedestrians who must cross the street. Traffic sci-
Attack Cars
A delegation climbed aboard one of the patrol cars and Jumped up and down, swaying the ma-....	. .	. . chine. Others set to work on the
entlsts have proved beyond tlres reiensmg air from the valves.
reasonable doubt that clear j curbs reduce accidents.
Even If the officers had been 100 percent wrong—instead of 100 percent right— there would be no excuse for | the mass disturbance yester-| day, which went far beyond the bounds of good-natured ! heckling. The courts are so constituted that the number J of students who rioted, had they properly presented their case, would certainly have been granted a fair hearing.
There still seems to exist within the collegiate mind the ■ idea that laws made to apply to the public generally do not necessarily apply to undergraduates. The attitude of the public and a majority press
and the more mechanically-minded of the rioters disconnected and removed spark plugs. The other police car was similarly set upon.
The officers involved—C. S Hale, W. S. Rasmussen, E. N. Lucks, and E. M Matzner, — realizing therr plight against tremendous numbers, made no effort to protect their machines.
Assembly Called
President von KleinSmid, who had meanwhile reconnoltered in his officc. appeared on the street and. speaking from the curb, requested milling student* to go to their 10:25 classes. Their response Indicated no willingness to forsake voluntarily a scene of such Interest, and so the president hastily summoned an assembly in Bovard auditorium
More than half of the onlookers —but very few of the actual rioters—inarched into the auditorium, where Dr. Frank Baxter was reading
to be sure, seem to force this Vachel Lindsay's "Congo" as part idea upon students — but, tn 0j ^ semi-monthly llterury pro-
light of what transpired yesterday, what are the public and the press to conclude? Is it not natural to assume that peqple of university age are still very much of the "rah-rah” type?
Passion Symphony by Dupre
[appeared in a recent issue of the Saturday Evening Pos.^j California on this year's «say con-Proof of her statement will be provided in a 16-page fashion | tMt_, dea£Ume substantlaled yes_ supplement of the Daily Trojan which will appear tomorrow.	. . . .. McCorkle
Coming at a time when all minds*ing the most recent trends in styles	. . lt	I
are turned towards Easter bonnets will be placed in the supplement English protessor and faculty mem- vJf CCK L tl Cl LT S ! and fine raiment, the edition will I by leading clothiers.	ber in charge of the contest, when
present the newest the smartest. | Among the articles appearing In she asked that more Trojan writers the most authentic tips on all j the section will be a discussion ol produce phases of dress, both on campus j why college boys and girls set the tions.
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I Largest in the history of such i editions, the Easter fashion supplement will contain three-color pic-I tures, fashion notes and feature stories which will give away secrets in the art of feminine dress which have heretofore remained sealed behind Hollywood's impregnable gates.
Admitting the tremendous influence exerted on fashions by collegians. the outstanding stylists of Los Angeles and vicinity have joined with the Dally Trojan in ite attempt to show a truly representative picture of campus discrimination and choice in wearing apparel. Interesting advertisement* display-
styles among their friends and associates.
Commenting on the southern California college girl’s status in the style-setting circles of the nation in her article, Miss Eldrldge stated that these girls "have to fight off competition from all the pretty girls in Los Angeles, where there are probably more pretty girls than anywhere else in the world."
prize winning contribu-
Accordlng to rules stipulated by the contest committee, essays may be written on any subject In one of three different fields: (1) philoso-
Asked To Meet Today
Scholarship chairmen and presidents of all U. S. C. social fraternities are asked by Bob Smirl,
phy, religion, or personal experl- secretary of the Interfratemity
ence. <2) government, economics, sociology, education. f3) aesthetics and fine arts.
In preparing essays for competi-! tion students are asked to type
Thus acclaimed the best-dressed i their papers in triplicate form with ooeds ln the nation, a preview of ! the field ln which the subject lies the Trojans' selections for sprUig j indicated, and each paper is to bear styles will be included in the sup- | a fictitious name. A sealed en-plement. modeled by the collegiates [ velope containing the true name and discussed by leading personal!- of the writer must accompany the U«e el the U. 8. C. campus.	I essay, according to regulation*.
council, to attend a special session of the council at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at 7:30 this evening.
It is urgent that all social fraternities on this campus be represented, said Smirl last night, as the subject under discussion Is of vital importanoe to all Oreek houses.
Johnson Tells His Views On Parking Problem
To the members of the student body:
Yesterday an incident occurred on this campus which was both unusual and regrettable, and has left ln its wake unfavorable and misrepresenting publicity. At recess hour, as police officers proceeded to perform their sworn duty, many students momentarily took the situation as an opportunity for a lark, verbally agitating thc officers and letting the air out of their tires. To have fun on campus is commendable, but to show disrespect to an officer of the law is far beneath us, Intellectually and socially. There was no malicious attempt on the part of the students, and the officers are cer tainly to be commended for their passive and sympathetic attitude in this precarious situation.
According to your expressed desires, I have written a letter ol apology to Lieutenant Starr of the University police, and have also talked with him regarding the Incident, and have given him our assurance that such will not occur again on the U. 8, C. campus In regard to more adequate parking facilities, I have conferred with Mr Bruce and an ASUSC committee wul be appointed to act with him and the university engineer in making a complete investigation of the problem.
Some of the downtown newspapers have distorted the truth ol this demonstration to an amazing degree and have even misrepresented our reaction to President von KlemSmid's line speech. Fortunately, the entire situation is cleared up, and I know that I am ex-pressuig your wish when I say that never again will a small minority of our large and progressive university show such glaring lack of cooperation towacd those who are sworn to protect us and our university.
—Norman Johnson.
President. ASUSC.
gram. The English professor struggled valiantly for a moment, then yielded the platform
“Must Pay Price”
Dr. von KleinSmid spoke fully 10 minutes, pointing out that the university, while certainly a small world unto Itself, ls still part of another, larger world — and thal students should acclimate themselves to necessary outside influences.
"Since the university ls open to all kinds of irritating contacts in the heart of a great city, we must pay Uie price for relinquishment of certain individual privileges.” he declared.
Police Chosen
Police personnel, the president said, ls selected by authorities who In turn have been chosen by the electorate.
"We are being unfair lf we vest a man with responsibility and then make his task Impossible to perform. It is only right that we should show cooperation and respect for those who show coopera-, tlon and respect for us."
Student Piesldent Norm Johnson also spoke briefly, and concluded his talk with passage of a resolu-
(Conllnuot on p»i* four)
Grads To Hear Astronomy T alk
"A Generation ln Astronomy” will be the subject of an address delivered by Frederick Hanley Searea. author and lecturer, to the monthly luncheon meeting of the Associated Graduate Students in Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall today at 12:30.
A special Invitation to attend the luncheon has been Issued to undergraduate students in the College of Engineering and undergraduates in the physical sciences.
Articles appearUig in various popular periodicals have established Seares as a foremost specialist on the distribution of the stars and comet orbit*. His textbook. "Practical Astronomy for Engineers." is a widely-used standard text.