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SOUTHERN
DAILY
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United Press World Wide News Service
Volume XXVII
Los Angeles, California, Friday, May 15, 1936
Number 137
Davies Chosen Best Business Girl on Campus
Seven Write For Mythical Job as Secretary of Commerce Dean
Man Will Alto Get Award
Activity, Scholarship Are Considered by Judges In Making Choice
Eloise Davies, business manager of the Wampus, is the recipient of ^the award as “Better Business pirl” offered by Alpha Kappa Psi part of the annual College of nmerce day.
liss Davies in her activities up-[ the Trojan campus has been Jnected with the Gamma Alpha i and Beta Gamma Sigma, strv-as vice-president of both groups Jing her senior year.
■After I graduate from S. C. I pe to become the fashion editor [some national magazine,” Miss Ivies commented.
Contestants were Gwendolyn pwei, Jessie Fallis, Myra Lath-Draxy Trengove, Barbara Tur-Betty Whitney, and Miss Da-
fudges have been considering the ilifications of the seven coeds
Co-Chairmen
Jack Privett shared managerial duties with Ross Wattelet in directing a staff of 12 sub-chairmen working on the program for today’s commerce conferences and banquet.
Ross Wattelet is co-chairman of
today’s College of Commerce conference program. Wattelet helped Errange the series of round-table discussion periods scheduled for this afternoon.
Eloise Davies
'Belter Business Girt
Membership in Religious Conference Remains Same As Amendment Is Beaten
The University Religious conference membership was retained in its present form as the legislative council voted yesterday to defeat a proposal made by Tom Pendle, School of Religion student body president.
At last Thursday’s meeting Pendle had offered an amendment to make the membership of-*-
the University Religious conference .. .	| . . _
student board formed of the presi- llchpfQ A C If An Ta dents of the various religious organ- j U wil v I w rt dIVvll 1 U izations.
Yesterday Bob Norton, student chairman of the conference, presented numerous points in answer to Pendle’s arguments to show that the makeup of the board as administered at present is for the best interests of the activities of the S. C. religious clubs.
Points Discussed Norton pointed out that the important thing was to have all factions represented and that the presidents were not necessarily the best representatives. The selection of campus leaders adds prestige to the board, providing it with members who will be active workers in the
Honorary Club To Initiate 24 New Members
Skull and Dagger To Induct Recently Elected Men At Dinner Dance
Frank F. Barham Is Chosen
Host
Ice Tuesday, basing their choices | relative merits of the applicants
I shown in letters sent 10 Dr. conferences broad purpose, and not id Lake McClung, dean of the merely in the club to which they flege of Commerce, asking him ^long, Norton declared
the ‘ Job of personal secretary. I Re offered numerous other points
tules of the contest called for
to show the superior merits of the
competitors to state their schol- present plan of selection and the hip averages achieved during j council voted in his favor ir college careers; a complete j	Document Okayed
of extra-curncular actmties in The	also ^ acceptance
ich thej have engaged since en Qf the constitution of the Trojan
mg Troy; and ot*er L Knights as presented in revised form (alifications making the applicant | bv Hallock
make'bC‘ The change in name of the legis-ve secretarial position.	lative council as presented by Hal
en who have been assigned the Kleinschmidt, who suggested that
to avoid confusion because of the number of councils that it should be termed “senate.” was tabled until next meeting after a favorable discussion.
Assemble at Foyer
Twenty-four Are Named on Reception Committee For Banquet
All members of the reception committee for the commerce banquet are to be at the Foyer of Town and Gown at 5:30 this evening to receive instructions for ushering, according to the announcement received last night from Jane Cassell, chairman of the reception committee.
Those required to attend are Phyllis Snyder, Regina Levy. Ruth Alice Brown, Betty Czacko. Pauline Berg, Dorothy McCune, Charlotte
Hollywood Country Club To Be Scene of Affair Tomorrow Night
Formal initiation for the newly-elected members of Skull and Dagger, all-universty men’s honor society, will be held tomorrow night at a formal dinner dance to be held at Hollywood country club.
Dr. Frank F. Barham, publisher of the Evening Herald and Express has been named honorary member of the organization and will be among those inducted.
Dr. Barham received his M. D. from the S.C. School of Medicine in 1906 and was recently elected to Membership on the university’s board of trustees.
Leaders in student activities throughout their college careers, the 19 upperclassmen honored by the society include Homer Bell, debat-1 er; Eames Bishop, student body j president; Arthur Groman, debater; i Ona Conrad, band manager; Nel-1 son Cullenward, president of letters,' Arts and Sciences and sports edi- j tor of the Daily Trojan; Foy Dra-j per, captain of the track team; Jack i Hupp, basketball captain; Norman Johnson, student body president-1
I elect.
Gilbert Kuhn, captain-elect of j
the footbali team; Tom Lawless, i . editor of Daily Trojan; Fred Leix. j [ School of Medicine student body | president; Dick Nash, editor of the Wampus; D. L. Nelson, Dental college student body president; Al Ol-I sen, track star; Kenneth Peters, baseball captain: Walter Prill, student actor; Alan Sedgwick, senior football manager; and Robert Van-degriff, Law school student body president.
Troy Will Act as
For Commerce Banquet
Commerce Banquet Heads
Ray L. Riley Is Speaker For Annual Dinner
S. C. Students, Faculty, and Professional Men To Hold Conferences
Vincent Miles, Trojan Knight, president of the commerce student body, and active in preparing the program for today, will be master of ceremonies at the banquet tonight-
Trojan Lancers Present Program
Bovard Auditorium Scene Of First Effort by S.C. Non-orgs
Trojan non-orgs, members of the Lancers, made their bow in presenting an all-university assembly in Bovard auditorium yesterday, arid today the organization was pointed toward fulfilling other ob-John F. Dodge, professor of pe- ; jectives as specified by Foy Draper, troleum engineering; Dr. Edwin Dil- J president.
ler Starbuck, professor of philosophy; and Dr. John G. Schaeffer, economics professor, are the faculty members to be inducted.
sk of choosing the “Better Bus-ss Girl” of 1936 included . Dr. mjamin R. Haynes. Dean Mc-lung. Dr. Thurston H. Ross, for fe faculty; and Teague Andrews. 5b Bridges, Vincent Miles, and lie for the student body.
I The outstanding man in the sllege of Commerce will also be lonored at tonight's banquet.
Workers Praised by Miles
S.C. Graduate Wins Elective Church Honors
Victor Emanuel To Be Emperor
COLUMBUS, 0„ May 14—(ILE>— Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, S.C ate, president of DePauw university and one of the leading liberals in the Methodist Episcopal
Pauline Berg
. . . comerce hostess
Clinton. Jacqueline Crawford, Tholen Daniels, Virginia Davis, Bertie Nichols, Pauline McCarty, Louise Rehbock. Virginia Rose, Eugenia Rowland, Mary Jane Sturgeon. Josephine Swiggett, Mildred Tebbets, Ellen Widy, Carolyn Towner, Barbara Evans, Louise Wells, Betty Conzelman, Francis Ketchum.
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s£ Ii). t. Music Groups To Give Concert
Under the direction of Emil Sady, master of ceremonies, the program featured the Downey sisters, KHJ radio feminine trio, offering several popular melodies in rhythmic style.
Chuck Cascales’ campus orchestra presented original renditions of “hit parade’’ tunes, assisted by John Plummer, impersonator.
“I was extreme-
ROME. May 14—(U.P)—The cham- j ly pleased by the ber of deputies today unanimously i response of the approved the royal decrees of May 9 university to our proclaiming Italian sovereignty over first effort, and all Ethiopia, naming King Victor now stand as-Emanuel emperor and appointing sured that the Marshal Pietro Badoglio viceroy of Lancers are sup-the conquered kingdom.	(ported whole-;
Premier Benito Mussolini person- Iheartedly by ally presented the decrees to the! Troy.” declared chamber. They were approved im- Draper last night, mediately after official explanation “We are now setting our o'ojec- j by a parliamentary commission. tive on additional membership to ;
Italy and all Europe waited tense-1 the Lancers.” ly for a pronouncement by II Duce Assisting Sady in organizing the on his policy towards the League program were Al Gordon. Hamilton of Nations.	Pierce, and John German.
Bitterly angry over the continu- j	---
ance of* league penalties against	Drjfall Honored
Italy and the league’s insistence on 1 Dr.	Hall, associate pro-
reccgnizing Ethiopia as a sovereign ! fessor oi the School of Speech, will state, Mussolini was forced to orient j act as parliamentarian
Dr. Reid L. McClung, dean of the College of Commerce, will, as toastmaster of tonight’s banquet, introduce the speakers of the evening conference of students, faculty and off-campus guests.
Essay Contest Prize Won by George Hayes
Ray L. Riley, state controller, will outline California’s taxing problems when he speaks before nearly 600 at the banquet in the Foyer of Town and Gown tonight.
Emil Sady
. non-org M.C.
Winners of the all-university insurance essay contest were announced yesterday as George Hayes, first prize; and Albert E. Carter, second. Both are students in the College of Commerce.
The prize-winning essays will be read by their writers on an all-western radio hook-up tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
Recognizing life insurance week, the contest was open to all students in the university. It was sponsored by the Insurance Underwriters association of Los Angeles. Hayes, as winner of first prize, will reiceive $35, and Canter, winner of second prize, will be awarded $20. Awards will be made by the underwriters’ association. There were 10 contestants entered in the competition.
Hayes is a junior in the College of Commerce and a member of Chi Phi. Carter, likewise a commerce student, is a sophomore.
Judging the contest were Prof. H. D. Campbell, College of Commerce; Prof. J. D. Cooke, English ; department; and Harold G. Saul, i general agent of the John Hancock ! Life Insurance company.
his policy on a new and unwelcome development.
for the
'ate convention of the Business and Professional Women’s club.
School of Religion Schedules Outing
With plans successfully material-
jed for the College of Commerce . . . .	, . . . . ,	, .
anference day. Vin Miles, president ' church late tonight was elected to If the commerce student body, as- ;	of Bishops by the quad-
led a jovial, appreciative atti-	re^nia ^en^a 0011 erfnce- Climaxing a year’s work with the
ide yesterday, asking that his es-	wen the required number of presentation of its tenth annual
dal vote of thanks be extended	votes on the 13th ballot, defeating combined concert at Long Beach
each committeeman assisting	Dr. Harry W. McPherson, president tonight at 8 o'clock, the entire De-
im in preparing for the annual	°f Illinois Wesleyan, and Dr. Loren partment of Musical Organizations
ffair.	M Edwards of St. Louis. 0f the University of Southern Cal-
“Cooperation of the committee	Dr. Oxnam was the only liberal, ifornia will join in the Long Beach
lembers has been splendid all dur-	named. t0 the episcopacy by the municipal auditorium to present a
ig the past few weeks.” Miles	Pr^ent conference. program in which will appear more
tated. “Everyone is grateful for	w-:E- Hammakier of Youngs- than 200 musicians, announced Ona
he fine spirit shown.”	town, and Dr. Charles Wesley Flint, Conrad, band manager, last night.
Mi-p, in arrarwinp	chancellor of the University of Syr- i
h JnK te were Co-chair-	acuse- both conservatives, were The Trojan concert band, or-
toS phven anT^.S watte-	elected to the College of Bishops chestra, mixed chorus. A Capella
nen Jack Privett and Ross watte-	^ * , choir, women’s glee club, and a
et. who had much of the respon- , ^ 6xnam-s election was a com-1 number of guest soloists headline
plete surprise. He was within a \ program tonight, which will be few votes of a bishopric on the sec- presented to the music lovers of ond ballot several days ago butj southern California. The mayor of withdrew for “personal reasons.”; ^.onS Beach and other public offi-Tonight, on the 12th ballot, he ap- •	^ . Present to greet the
peared among the nominees in what i Trojan musicians, amounted to a clear movement on Following the concert the musi-
ibilitv for the day’s program In charge of programs was Char-Brust, with Ed Abbott chair-an of the contact committee, enry Flynn handled the coordin-tion work, while Frances Dunlop as chairman of the decorations ommittee
Other heads of committees were the part of the conference to draft cians will frolic at their annual
, fane Cassell and Ed Yale, recep- hun for the episcopacy, ion: Mac Kerr, entertainment; \
Earvin Rappaport. tickets; Eloise , 11 OI )avies. special Daily Trojan; Mar- jylOClelS OllOWn ha Baird, correspondence; and j
pen Gulick. publicity.	gy Architects L. \. Supe
I party, which will be held in the municipal auditorium. Merit awards for musicianship will be presented at that time to prominent members, according to Conrad.
Doctor of Philosophy Is
rvisors Approve
r n n	MoaeiS of store fronts, designed Big Budget for Lobbyist
Won by O. rroiessor and constructed by first year stu-	--
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'rv.o .successful completion of the ture, are being displayed this and | Supervisors of Los Angeles county j *inoi pvamination for his doctor of i next week in the p&'io of the yesterday appointed Joe Freeman,1 Iinai	Hefrree bv Professor school. Students built these as a prominent Los Angeles Democrat, |
philosophy ° { the school : slass project, choosing the type of ; as a $2.000-a-month county flood i Grafton r. q . ounced ' this store they wished to construct, and control lobbyist at Washington. I ’LK Director Ray K. Immel. ‘ planning it to suit a 50-foot bust- Two Democrats, Chairman Her- j Dh-ector Immel also stated that ; ness lot.	bert C. Legg of the county flood
m+R von Weisslingen and Miss “This exhibit is particularly time- control committee, and Supervisor i r Oee Instructors in ly as the government is loaning John Anson Ford, voted agamst the ! comoleted steps in pre- monev for making improvements,” appointment, which was carried by i for their doctors degree. Prof. Clayton Baldwin explained, j the vote of three Republican mem-
Ica -ation for their I professor Tanquary completed his I dissertation on “Crisis Orations re-Icentlf and took his final examination Maj 1
In making improvements, stores can often be done over ln the modem manner at no additional 0061.”
bers.
Freeman will spend 60 days at the capital on a $50 a day and expenses basis to lobby for $11,000,000.
Program of Day
Afternoon Assembly 2:30 p.m.. Bovard Auditorium
Address: “Pushing Forward Together”—Reynold E. Blight, accountant, Blight and Wheeler.
Discussion Groups 3:30 p.m.
Accountin—350 Administration building.
Chairman: Frederick F. Hahn. C.P A.. Haskins and Sells.
Vice-Chairman: R. J. Burby, lecturer in accounting. University of Southern California.
Banking—305 Administration building.
Chairman: Jabmes K. Douglas, vice-president, Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles.
Commercial Aviation—103 Bridge hall, 3680 University avenue.
Chairman: Earl W. Hill, head of the department of commercial aviation. University of Southern California.
Foreign Trade and Transportation—351 Administration building.
Chairman: Alvin Eicholz, assistant director of the United States bureau of foreign and domestic commerce.
Insurance—353 Administration building.
Chairman: James H. Cowles, president of the Life Managers association of Los Angeles, and general agent of the Provident Mutual Life Insurance company.
Management—114 Bridge hall, 3680 University avenue.
Chairman: Grant Goodale, purchasing agent for southern California, state of California-
Office Management and Secretarial Problems—206 Administration building.
Chairman: Albert E. Bullock, assistant supervisor in charge of commercial education, adult and vocational education section, division of instruction and curriculum, Los Angeles city high school district.
Real Estate—203 Bridge hall. 8680 University avenue.
Chairman: Charles Shattuck, president, California Real Estate association.
Merchandising—304 Administration building.
Chairman: Ada C. Holme, professor of merchandising, University of Southern California.
Sales Management—159 Science hall, University avenue and 37th street.
Chainnan: Frank A. Nagley, association professor of merchandising, University of Southern California,
Annual Conference Dinner
6:15 p.m.
Foyer of Town and Gown—658 West 36th Place
As a day of relaxation from scholastic duties, the second annual School of Religion picnic will be held tomorrow morning at the west entrance of Fern Dell, in Griffith park.
All students enrolled in religion and their friends have been invited to attend, although the deadline for reservations was last Wednesday.
Participants in the affair are to meet at the west entrance of the park at 8 a.m. Saturday morning, where breakfast will be served by the chef’s committee, under Chairman Erich Knoerchild.
Tom Pendell, president; Paul Mc-i Kalip, vice-president, Hazel Para-' more, secretary, and John Trevor,
' treasurer, compose the student cabinet of the School of Religion, and it is under their direction that plans | for the picnic have been formulated.
Ad Club To Honor Alpha Delta Sigma
Gamma Alpha Members To Be Dinner Guests; Findley Will Talk
Holding their concluding dinner meeting of the college year, members of the University Advertising club will be hosts to Alpha Delta Sigma and Gamma Alpha Chi, national professional advertising fraternity and sorority, respectively, Wednesday evening at the Casa (ie Rosas inn at 6:30 o'clock.
Bruce Findley, publicity director of the Los Angeles chamber of commerce, will be the guest speaker for the occasion. Findley is scheduled to talk on “Publicizing Southern California to the United States.”
Prior to the program, the annual election of officers of the University club will be held, according to George Cramer, president of the organization.
“All students, whether enrolled in commerce or journalism or not. are invited to attend the meeting,” Cramer stated. He urges all Ad club, Alpha Delta Sigma, and Gamma Alpha Chi members to attend.
In conjunction with other campus organizations, the club is cooperating with leaders of the annual College of Commerce day today. Ed Abbott, representing the group as a member of the student committee in charge of plans, is chairman of the contacts committee.
Pope To Crown Victor Emanuel
ROME, Friday, May 15—(U.P)— i Pope Pius himself may crown King Victor Emanuel Emperor of Ethiopia. it was reported reliably today.
It was understood that negotiations for the pope to perform the ceremony are proceeding between the Italian foreign office and the papal nunciature at the Quirinal palace.
If the pope accepts, the coronation will be held at the royal church of Saint Mary of the Angels in Rome instead of at St. Peter’s, where only the pope himself can be crowned.
Bruin Women Will Be Guests Of S.C. Writers
Pauline Swanson, West coast representative for a New York publicity firm, will address women writers from the Daily Bruin and Daily Trojan staffs, when the former are luncheon guests at S.C. Tuesday.
Miss Swanson has done publicity work for the Columbia motion picture studios and for a Hollywood publicity firm. She has done free lance writing for motion picture magazines and was a society and feature writer for the Huntington Park Signal for five years. At pres ent she is engaged by the firm which handles publicity for Bums and Allen, Kate Smith. Robert Ripley, Guy Lombardo, Eddie Cantor, and others.
Speakers on the program will include Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford. Margaret King, Mary Kay Williams, women’s editor of the Daily Bruin, and Elaine Enyeart.
Nearly 600 students, faculty, and off-campus men, professionally prominent in commerce and business administration, will convene for dinner tonight in the Foyer of Town and Gown to hear Ray L. Riley, state controller, tell of future taxation in California.
The banquet annually winds up the spring conference day of the College and Commerce and Business Administration.
Three other speaker: are listed on the program ahead of Riley. Among the trio is Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid speaking on “The Trials and Tribulations of a College President."
Miles To Open Meeting
The assemblage will be officially greeted by Vincent Miles, president of the commerce student body. H. Dean Campbell, associate professor in accounting, will parody a recent song favorite in his talk, “The World Goes ’Round and ’Round.”
Entertainment by Dick Winslow. Miss Otile Macintosh, and Herbert Bickel will intersperse the speeches.
Toastmaster for the evening will be Dr. Reid L. McClung. Dean of the College of Commerce. His duties will center chiefly around introduction of principles. Charles J. Rockwell. lecturer in insurance, is to be master of ceremonies.
Events of the day which will precede tonight’s dinner include an assembly at 2:30 pjn. in Bovard auditorium over which Dr. McClung will also preside.
Blight To Speak »t Assembly
Reynold E. Blight, accountant of Blight and Wheeler, is main speaker on the afternoon program with his address. “Pushing Forward Together.”
S.C.’s president, Dr. von KleinSmid will deliver his first “word of welcome” at this same afternoon meeting in the auditorium.
Following the assembly, which has been scheduled for an hour, stu-aents, faculty, and visitors will separate into 10 different discussion groups on 30 varying phases of commercial enterprise.
The study groups will include accounting, banking, commercial aviation, foreign trade and transportation. insurance, management, secretarial problems and office management, real estate, retailing, and sales management.
Summer Work To Be Started June 17
Los Caballeros Plan Ride Over Bridle Paths Today
Members of Los Caballeros will assemble today in front of the Physical Education building in preparation to taking their weekly carter at 5 p.m.
All students who wish to go are asked to sign the ride slip in the men’s office of the Physical Education building, announced Gertrude Elshire, hostess for the day.
S.D.X. Initiates Six Journalists
Three prominent southland journalists, Rupert Hughes, Judge Har-len G. Palmer, and Ron Wagner, were initiated into the University of ; Southern California chapter of Sig- j ma Delta Chi. national profession- ; al journalistic fraternity, last night in a meeting of the Los Angeles j alumni chapter held at the Hollywood Writers’ club.
Hughes is the nationally- known author, Palmer is publisher of the Hollywood Citizen - News, while Wagner is chief of the Los Angeles bureau of the United P.ess. All three new associate members spoke after the initiation cremonies.
Trojan undergraduate members who also were initiated at the time were Stan Roberts, Roy Takeno, and Lionel Van Deerlin.
With leading educators from all parts of the U. S. supplementing the regular faculty, announcement is made by Dr. Lester B. Roger*, dean of the summer session of S. C. of its 30th session beginning June 17.
Featuring 400 courses in ils 2:i schools and colleges, the first term of six weeks will be followed by a second term of five weeks ending on September 1.
Graduate and professional classes will offer opportunity for advanced degrees as well as undergraduate credit in the latest fields of educational development.
In addition to class room work for summer students who last yea: came from every state in the union, Dean Rogers announces an extensive program of entertainment and personally conducted tours to mountain and beach resorts, and widely-famed spots, including Mt. Wilson observatory, neighboring Spanish missions, Catalina and Ensenada. the Hollywood Bowl concerts, and noted museums of science and art adjoining the S. C. campus.
Eleven Persons Injured As Passenger Cars of Fast Train Leave Rails
MONROE, La.. May 14 —(U-Pj— Eleven persons were injured tonight when three cars of the Illinois Central passenger train No. 202. bound from Shreveport, La., to Jackson. Miss., were derailed four and one-half miles west of here.
A passenger coach, diner, and pullman left the tracks and the engine and two baggage cars remained on the tracks.
Body of Navy Man Recovered
BALBOA, C.Z., May 14 —<U.E)-The body of Lt. Harold P. Richards of the U. S. navy supply corps wa* recovered from the Panama canal tonight after a plan ’lelonging to the aircraft carrier Ranger crashed and sank near Gamboa bridge.