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Sigma Sigma Benefit To Send Underprivileged Children to Summer Camp
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SOUTHERN
DAILY
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United Presi World Wide News Service
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, April 20, 1937
Number 119
■tars To Be how Guests
I e Raymond, Jackie Cooper, Jimmie Gleason To ilnlertainers in Annual Program,
g the World's a Stage"
Sigma Sigma Will Present Charity Show
Fraternity Hopes To Send Slum Children to Camp
A motion picture and stage bene-two more days until the curtain rings up on "All the i flt show to raise funds to finance l: 1 staec " and the gala array of stars steps forth jtwo weeks of mouhtain camping for j; a	°	underprivileged children was an-
m evening S enter	| nounced yesterday as the spring se-
Irrow evening the audience in Bovard auditorium will me8ter proJect of Slgma S1(jma up.
iinost as many stars as those appearing on the pro- j perclassmans honorary fraternity,
7 and Mi- Robert Young,—--* -------- -------- ------•
jjrvcy. Alan Jones, and ' i Gene Raymond will be
SAMARITAN ">5*1
stage. Uif program will Stlif direction of Gene Rav-j.ipr of ceremonies, and Gleason. official host.
I FIRST
t before age —so Jackie i uvenile star of many films, | mt first on the program.
Williams Gets Fellowship
Trojan Receives Offer Of Political Science Scholarship Also
by Mauri Kantro, president Comprising a preview of a major studio feature production and an hour of stage entertainment by Hollywood personalities, the charity program will b" presented in Bovard auditorium on Monday night, May 17.
WOMEN WILL HELP
"Sigma Sigma has undertaken the responsibility of giving a two-weeks vacation to at least 30 young-Wilfred S. Williams, Touton schol- sters who need the benefit of fresh forward to with equai ex- arsjjjp student for tour years from mountain air. good food, wholesome ^ is red-headed freckled Philadelphia and sole 1937 graduate recreation, and absence from the I;Rooney. Cooper s screen pa) from tj,e Los Angeles University of unfavorable conditions of crowded (tDevil is a Sissy.	International Relations, has accept- slum life.” Kantro said, in outlining
iamong the well known ju- ed a $500 fellowship from the Flet-l till be 13-year-old Judy Cher School of Law and Diplomacy, el singing personality of He received notice of his selection E Parade"	1 yesterday.
tWestmore from the * House! Almost simultaneous with this More,’ head make-up artist awarcj was an offer of
Mauri Kantro, Sigma Sigma president, who has charge of the proposed benefit to raise money for needy children.
Seating Plan Of Commerce Banquet Told
Tables To Be Arranged According To Special Interests of Group
Business men and students have been seated according to their special interests ln the table grouping arrangements for the commerce banquet scheduled for 8:30 p m Priday night in the Foyer of Town and Oown.
US.C. students may purchase tickets for *1. while alumni and downtown business men will be charged $1.50. Miss Bernice Rickies, secretary to Dean Reid L. McClung, said it was necessary to purchase tickets in the commerce office because the
Philosopher- Poet To Discuss Peace
Chesterton s Work Chosen By Dr. Baxter
Poems of Versatile Writer Will Be Read In Assembly Tomorrow
Followers of the late O. K Ches-
the project, “and we need the help of the entire U.S.C. student body.” In addition to proceeds from the 25-cent charges for admission to the motion picture-stage perform-nolitical ance- more funds will be obtained by a staff of 20 women selling Sig-
fraer Brothers studio, will gcip^e scholarship to the Univer-,	... ,
taonstration on several girls slty of Pennsylvania, but Williams ma S,iRm* °lve a kid * chance tot types.	Chose the forme, offer.	Ugs ,or 5 cen,s ta R campU5-wide
UV REMEMBERED	I “Mv decision was based.” Williams
Shirley. RKO starlet, can be l pointed out, “on the fact that I in Ann of Green think that the Fletcher school offers a more advanced work in international relations.”
Williams will get a B.F.S. degree from U. S. C. ln June and then will transfer to Fletcher. The Fletch?r school ls purely professional and sered one of thc best finds non-academic; its donor is Austin year Is Jean Kriston, who Barclay Fletcher, United 8tates ca-i tome to Los Angeles after | reer man in the foreign service.
Deans Confer OnSeniorDay
Arrangements for Welcome of High School Students Progress
of
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Ii and Aido. international
favorites, direct from Lon-nous Kit Kat club extrava-illl display their talent
si successful appearance for tir.da half at the National f o( Mexico. She will sing a from “Madame Butterfly.” t Janney has appeared ln 52 is and has starred in “Penal Sam' and others. In 1936 |» Die star of "Mulatto’ on ia? tn New York, and is the h juvenile thus featured on ny
fe Purcell, who has sung the J Hit the Deck and “The he Soldier." will sing a fall! all. "The Glory Road,” (arrow's program.
er Sicnif.’es oroval of
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Six April 19 — (I'.FI — Chan-Molf Hitler held out an of-M.e to the .-quabbling na-
Harvard university and Tufts college have cooperated in the building Kantro stated^ of this international relations school.
Williams is president of the French club, president of the International Relations club, a member ol Pi Sigma Alpha, political science honorary, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
drive. It was revealed. “AUXILIARY UNIT”
Selection of these coeds — five from each of the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes — will be made on the basis of charm, beauty, personality, and initiative. Members of this service bodjk will be announced May 10.
“Sigma Sigma intends to choose the girls who will be the most valuable assistants in its charity drive, and the fraternity will consider them as a temporary auxiliary unit,”
Table groupings have been made as follows: those interested in insurance, office management, and secretarial problems, credit insurance and banking, special guests, aviation and transportation, and accounting and merchandising.
Many business leaders are expected to attend this banquet, Miss Rickies said. Last year's guests in-Participation of U.S.C.’s 21 schools eluded James R. Douglas, vlce-pres-
i i	crhnni ident of the Security First National
in welcoming graduating high school ^ of ^	R w
and junior college students to the SQn (rafflc manager of pa„.Amcri-campus Saturday will be outlined in can airways; Gustav Riedlln, head its final form today at noon when of the foreign exchange depart-and department ; ment. Bank of America; Walter I Shepard, general agent of the Lincoln National Life Insurance com-
nuniber of the table at which the J terton, who were disappointed at purchaser desires to sit has to be j the last poetry reading when Dr. printed on them. She added that j Frank C. Baxter was called away students bringing guests would be I unexpectedly and Was therefore uncharged $1.50 for each guest.	| able to carry out his scheduled reading of Chesterton's works, will be able to hear him tomorrow morn-
Talk
Athletic History Workers Wanted
puny; and Anson Bushnell, manager of the I,os Angeles office of the Christian Science Monitor.
deans, directors,
heads meet with coordination officials in 322 Student Union. The j luncheon meeting will begin at 12:20 j p.m.
Scientific exhibits will be the main topic of discussion, Lawrence Pritchard, assistant coordination officer, said yesterday. Accommodations for the largest array of scientific exhibits ever to be presented to Senior day guests will be outlined at today's meeting.
An innovation will be attempted j Three times winner of the South-in the laboratory demonstrations j em California One-Act Play tourna-Saturday when the College of Den- ment cup and therefore ineligible ( ^
tistry presents a group of students according to tournament regulations )jfe hp was	aR an author
U.S.C. Drama Croup To Play In Santa Ana
"Wanted:
Russian Music To Be Heard
Three composers, Bach. Tschaikowsky. and Rachmaninoff, will be
Fifteen more girls to in a dental clinic. Practical ex- for further competition, the Touch-. perience as gained by dental stu- , stone Drama Workshop will present aid in compiling the athletic history	^ ghown vlaltors when a guest performance a.s a climax
to this year’s tournament in Santa Ana April 24.
of U.S.C.”	! the "itiolarians” couple latest labor -
Dick Halpern, newly appointed [ atory apparatus with practical deeditor of the "History of Athletics , monstratlon.
of U.S.C.” issued the above state- With reservations being received ment yesterday. The history will be ' daily, coordination officials expect J	. . . . . 1 that Saturday's attendance will
made up from Information in old mQre than exceed th(t noo studente
represented on the weekly Sym- E1 Rodeos, Daily Trojans, and other | who visited the campus last year, phony Listning Hour to be played publication,, and presented to Dr j A fu]] riay,, program deluding a tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock in Rufus B von KleinSmid, president . morning reception and general as-of the university, when completed. I Mmblv departmental round tables, Activity points will be given for j consultations with advisers, lunch-tliLs work, which will last for ap- [ eon ln the Foyer of Town and proximately two more weeks. All j Gown, and an informal ASUSC applicants are requested by Hal- I dance ln the Student Union lounge, pern to meet him at 10 a.m. today | has been planned, In addition to the
4 School of Music.
Included on the program will be the "Romeo and Juliet” overture by Tschaikowsky, Bach's “Come Sweet „ . Death” arranged for the Philadel-«t Europe today when he , phla orchestra by Stokowski, and ^ participate in any world Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Con-“reference called bv Pres-	,
certo played by the composer with
the Philadelphia orchestra, conducted by Stokowski.
"The Wonder Hat,” by Ben Hecht, a satire on Pierrot and Pierette, has been selected as the courtesy play. Leroy Zelircn will direct the cast which includes Marthella Hartigan, phillp Black, Eleanor Brown, and Fred Smutz. Presentation will be in the Santa Ana Ebell club at 8:30 p. m. Saturday.
Sweeping the field last year, thc U. S. C. drama group Won the 50- j dollar first award and took the cup for the third time, thereby winning j the privilege of keeping tt per-
Ing in assembly. Dr. Baxter promises that this time he will read the requested works of the versatile English author without fall.
WRITER IS BRILLIANT
"Chesterton, w'ho died recently, was one of the most brilliant mental forces let loose in the England of the last 50 years,” Baxter said. "Few men have lived a life so vividly mental as Chesterton's.
"He had a part in every major controversy of hls generation, and crossed swords with Shaw and Lord Blrkinhead, with Welli. and Lloyd George, with Anglican bishops and dissenting divines, with everyone, who, in one way or another, represented an attack upon thc things in which he believed.
"He wrote essays, novels, stories (who does not know Father Brown?), criticism, and poetry," Dr. Baxter concluded LEAVB6 VOLUMES
Chesterton died last summer and left behind volumes of works covering a large field Including biographies, histories, detective stories, fiction, and political and critical At various stages of his
life,
journalist, poet, pamphleteer, and propagandist.
Tomorrow's reading will begin promptly at 10 a. m. In Bovard auditorium. t>r Baxter did not reveal which of Chesterton’s works he would present, but said that the program would be conducted along the same lines as previous ones have been.
Louis K. Anspacher, lecturer-philosopher, who take! the platform in Bovard this morning in behalf of world peace.
in room 202 in the Student Union, i scientific exhibit and campus tour manently.
'velt or "someone of sim-
r'*r< Pacific gesiure was |: G*org< i an -bury, the •Id nan” of the British 'a-■' and ai: „rdcnt Paclilst, | w interview at the Chan-
P® 'old me in our convcrsa-r wtnany is willing to at-I MnXerei’ee and participate I **d effort to establish eco-rotation and mutual un-among the nations cl Mr. Roosevelt or ihe another gir.u binte taRes
Marine Explorer Returns
Language Croup Plans Banquet
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Sodalitas Classica, classical language club, will meet for its annual spring banquet Thursday, Aprii 29, at 6 p. in. in Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall, according to Dan Kauf-confer- j man, president.
P:«»in British labor leader GueSt speakerS fW °CCaSl°n [‘ ;he United States as the Include Judge Swain of the superior 5* Peace mission a year court, a former Rhodes scholar, and Dr. A. O. Bowden of the archaeology department. Special music will be provided.
Members and friends expecting to attend the banquet are requested to send in reservations by next Tuesday, Kaufman stated yesterday.
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la nt,, r' distinguished dra-H:SI^°Pher and hterateur. Il, ~ schedule will gov-l7* «us morning:
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Blue Key Members Will Select Pledges
1 Discussion concerning the pledg-S ing of new members wUi occupy the attention of Blue Key meinbeis i when they meet tonight at the Chi Phl house. Maynard Hathaway, president, said that the meeting will begin at 8 p.m.
Members of the national junior honorary service group are expected to attend and present a list of prospective members, Hathaway stated. Tlie list of new men will be announced next week.
Rare specimeni obtained on the last voyage of Capt. S. A lan Hancock v/hich are to be given'to U.S.C. are shown above by Peggy Waggoner. The oyster is 14 inches long, and the lobster is 2% <eet leng.	—Courtesy Herald Express
U.S.C. Obtains Odd Specimens From Cruise
Many curious specimens have arrived by truck at U.S.C. within the last few days for use in zoology classes and exhibits. The specimens were obtained on the last voyage of Capt. G. Allan Hancock, scientific explorer, who recently returned from a cruise around the shores of the Gulf of California.
Among the many living specimens unloaded from the Velero III, Captain Hancock's power cruiser, were 20 rattlesnakes and 11 booby birds for the San Diego zoo. There were also other odd specimens Including 18 iguanas.
For US.C. there were thousands of small custaceans and worms preserved In alcohol, and several bushels of molluscan shells, dried starfish and oysters 14 inches long.
Classification of specimens received at U.S.C., will be under the direction of Dr. Irene McCullouph. of the zoology department. John Garth, who has done considerable research with the Hancock expeditions, has becn pursuing advanced studies in this department. Two other U.S.C students who accom-psnied the last expedition are Bruce Crawford and Jack Rempel.
The expedition also prepared several thousand feet of colored film, which will be added to the exhibit already in the archives of the Hancock Pacific expeditions.
Fuller Will Test Future Of Democracy
“Whither Democracy?" will be the question poeed by Dr. B. A. G. Puller, professor of philosophy, today at 4:15 p.m. ln the seventh lecture on new scientific Ideas to be heard in the Bowne room of the School of Philosophy.
The title of Dr. Fuller's talk ls
Cleminshaw To Lecture
"Architecture of Universe” Is Subject For Wednesday Series
Replacing Dr. Harry i. Deuel Jr., In the Wednesday lecture schedule, Dr. Clarence Clemhishaw, assistant professor of astronomy, will outline “The Architecture of the Universe" at tomorrow’s program, ln 159 Science at 4:30 p m.
Dr. Clemlnshaw's talk was previously listed for May 19, but has been switched to the earlier date to fill in for Dr. Deuel, who had chosen "Fat Metabolism in the Human Body" as his subject.
The third ln the April series, Dr. Clemlnshaw's discussion ls sponsored by the Faculty club and the Sigma XI group, which cooperate In presenting subjects pertaining to science.
Dr. Cleminshaw holds two positions at present, serving as asslt-ant director of Griffith Planetarium as well as on the Trojan faculty. Last year he was appointed assistant professor of astronomy. Previously he held a research position at Flower observatory, University of Pennsylvania,
Graduated from Cornell. Dr. Ole-mlnshaw holds four degrees. He received his A.M. at Case School of Applied Science, his LL.B. »t Harvard Law school, and a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan.
Knight Petitions Deadline Set
"Tomorrow hi the deadline tor men te petition membership ln the Trojan Knights, senior service organization,” announced Sid Smith,
Has Democracy a Future? He will l>reetdent of the organization. Fol-treat the various phases and defin- |0Wjng the petition, Interviews will itaons of democracy such as “the ^ h(.ard ln the 8tudent union confusion of democracy with a re- j ,ounge lrom 2 to 4 p m. publican form of government,” “the .
Identification of democracy with the 1 Men, who must be of Junior stand-wlll of the majority.” "and the rule	the end of this semester to
of the people which respects the be eligible, may obtain applications right of a minority.”	*t the Student Union bookstore to-
When asked whether democracy daV tomorrow until 3 p. m. will progress to a higher level than ! Petitioners for membership ln the
Today s Is Third In Series
“Listening to Anspacher ls sharing In the thrilling adventure of thc human spirit. The most vivid, dramatic, interesting and liberating speaker before the public today."
Tills Is the critic's comment on the man who Is to lecture before an all-uiliverslty peace assembly in Bovard auditorium at 9:55 this morning.
COMMITTEE DIRECTS
Presented under the direction of a committee of four, headed by W. Ballentine Henley, dean of the 8chool of Government and director of coordination, and including Larry Pritchard, assistant tn the coordination oflice, Wallace Dorman, president of the campus YMCA and Norman Johnson, ASUSC president, the speaker will lecture on phases of world peace and it* accomplishment President von KleinSmid will Introduce the guest lecturer at thc beginning of thc assembly program.
Today's lecture ls the third of a series of three peace addresses presented to the university as a constructive program In spreading the Idealistic doctrine. Kathleen Norris nnd Salvador Madariaga spoke to the student body on the same topic earlier this year.
RECENT SPEECHES
Among recent engagements, Anspacher has addressed the New York league for political education, the Minnesota Education association, the lown State Teachers' association, Williams college, University of Iowa, U S. Military Academy at West Point, and Rotary clubs In Chicago, Buffalo, Indlan-apol «, and other cities.
The publicist, in addition to being a nationally recognized dramatists, philosopher, Uterateur, and eloquent speaker, has presented an annual course at Columbia university and Town Hall ln New York and ln Philadelphia and Washington. Recently, he published a collection of essays, “This Bewildered Age," which has received favorable 00mment from critics.
Third Annual Varsity Show Theme Chosen
"It Has Gome To This" has been the theme chosen for Use third annual Varsity Club show, which will be presented by Varsity club members on the nights of May I and 8.
Having its Inoeptlon three years ago when Trojan athletes decided to do something to aid In raising funds to send 20 members of Dean Cromwell's track team to the I.e. 4-A track meet at Harvard university, ths show has grown in Importance until today it ranks as c ie of the major functions on the Trojan campus.
The show will be given on two nights this year to accommodate the expected crowd. Gil Kuhn, pres-
the present, Dr. Fuller said:
“Who oan tell? It seems likely the merit of their past service rec-that the world will still oscillate ord at U. 8. C.
between despotism and democracy. I__
We have different forms of government now and we will probably have ln the future.”
"Examples of despotism are the fascist and communistic countries which were once probably based on the will of the majority but which are now undemocratic dictatorships."
Dr. Fuller received his bachelor's, master’s, and doctor's degrees at Harvard university where he taught for 12 years.
i Knights will be chosen in view of | Ident of the organization, announced recently.
Headed by a cast of athletes who have gained national athletic prestige. the show will be novel in that Jor the first time a chorus of Panchon and Marco stage girls will take part in the presentation. Special songs have been composed for the occasion and have been copyrighted in the name of the Trojan Varsity club.
Board of Trustees Meet Tjr'ay
The board of trustees of the U11I- of Music, versity ol Southern California con- Esther Stanford, U S.C. soprano, vene tills morning ln Dr. Rufus B Wlll assist Muis Lethin on the pro-
Marjory Lethin Wins Contest
Marjory Lethin, meazo-soprano pupil of Horatio Cogswell of the School of Music faculty, won first place in the preliminary contest for the Festival of Allied Arts against 27 contestants. It was announced today.
Miss Lethin will give a concert program at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Barker Bros. 011 the weekly Behymer Matinee series. She will be accompanied by Virginia Faires, also a student in the School
Interfraternity Council Plans Spring Formal
Meeting for the purpose of deciding upon location and committees for the interfratemity formal which will be given May 11, members of the council will convene tonight at 6 o'clock at the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. according to Bob Trapp, president.
von KleinSmid's office Ior theii	replacing Sally Coe Mueller! Dinner served at 6 pm., will be
quarterly meeting, the president's wh0 was forted to withdraw from followed by the scheduled meeUng. secretary announced yesterday. me program to attend a full-dress The business will be completed In Following the meeting a luncheon rehearsal of a KHJ radio program, time to allow Blue Key members to will take plac? ln thc Foy:r of j Henrietta Pelta will acccompany co to their meeting at the Chi Phi Town and Gown.	1 Miss Stanford.	J house, Trapp stated.