peers Elect Officers Today; Quinn, Rose, Tarleton Vie for President
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SOUTHERN
DAILY
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United Press World Wide News Service
Volume XXVIII
Los Angeles, California, Monday, May 24, 1937
Number 142
aily Texan erates U.S.C.
iiicle Says Longhorn Athletes Lured Here )y Otters of Cash, Freedom from Expense,-
Dem Cromwell Involved in Charges	) Three non-orgs, Bin Quinn. John
J Rose, and Louis Tarleton, will make jewational charges that U. S. C. conducts an organized their for mitained attempt to lure athletes here from the Uni- dpnt ^ m when lhat Kr0lip tv of Texas were contained in a streamer story which .red in the Daily Texan last Thursday, fritten by Belden, sports editor of the Daily Texan, thami* inTolved Dean Crom-4-
Lancers Vote For Officers Today
Quinn, Rose, Tarleton Run for President,-Assembly in Bovard
Trojan track coach, as one who corner contacted prep athwart for the state univer-w Austin. One Beefus Bryan.
frosh footballer, ls also io have been offered $100 a with freedom from living during his stay at U.S.C. Mlwing Is part of	Daily
ar,t story:
.J TEMPTED
fair of the University of Texas’ football prospect* for its 193T bw» been tempted tn transfer to University of Southern Cal-1« wa* revealed So the Daily here yeatarday.
■OSer* up to *100 in cash a month Edition to payment of all eol-npenses have been made to Bryan, ace freshman back Richmond.
He hw received several letters, nted, from Southern California “it officials, proposing that he It the west coast school. So far men have refused the offers, laid, "because they had made iu to stay at Texas.' Bryan tinted for hi* pole-vaulting “im, not »o play football, he
SPEAKS TODAY
DEATH CLAIMS ROCKEFELLER
Aged Oil Tycoon Misses Fulfillment of Desire To Be Centenarian by Three Years,-Body To Be Taken North for Rites
Camp Counselors Are Sought
Music Croups To Give Show
Trojan Sword Missing
Cosily Emblem Disappears al Knighl Initiation Ceremonies
No trace has been discovered of
Dr. Edwin Diller Starbuck who gives this year's final philosophy forum lecture today on Science of Character Education.
EDUCATION IS PHILOSOPHY
OFFER
"About the 2be«t offer I aver tt of.’ Bryan declared, ‘almost pod to turn down,’ had been to him and several other men
ire expected to form the nuc- _	_
of Dana X. Bible’s first Long-i FORUM TOPIC
Mam. with Jackson at center the others in the backfield.
'%yin said he had been contacting last summer while he was inf at his home town, Rich-The D S C. track coach, he
meet* in Bovard auditorium at, 10 o’clock to elect officers for ihe next school year.
Nomination and accep tance speeches for these candidates will be given, and students seeking membership on the Lancer generaJ administrative board will be presented. Further nominations may be made from the floor.
QUALIFICATIONS LISTED
Quinn was chairman of the first Lancer bonfire committee, and chairman of the non-org Christmas , ^'V^an ‘swo.TVaa 'emblem party He is secretary-elect of the i slo]en frQm	chl housc
School of Oovemment a member- ,	(ore Knl hu	last
elect of the University Religious , Tuebd eventn As51,ted by Clee Conference, and a tumbler on the Fos(er gnd a repre8entaUve from
I the district attorney’s office, Knights searched during the remainder of the week, but the sword ls apparently lost.
Believing that freedom from publicity might aid in solving the theft, the Daily Trojan Intentionally carried no news regarding the incident. THOUGHT TO BE JOKE
“My first idea was that the sword had been taken as a Joke.” Foster said last night, "but now I think that some disgruntled person may
Tarleton, also a member of the j be responsible. The theory that board for two years, was chairman someone stole the sword for sale of the Lancor community chest , to a rival school hardly seems llke-
Applications Accepted This Week for U.R.C.,
Sigma Sigma Projecl
See page four for life story	!
ORMOND BEACH, Fla., May 23—(UP)—John D. Rocke- Mrn "tudfnts Rho have had feller Sr., who earned more money than any man who ever group CBITiplng experience may ap-Uved, died today at the age of 97.	P*y tht* week to 130 counselors at
His wealth had purchased for his comfort, luxuries, power a summer camp for underprivileged talners, will stage tlie musical organizations’ 15th annual and the esteem of his fellow men, but lt could not buy children during a two-week session , v®>'icty show tonight In Bovard auditorium at 8 oclock
- fulfillment of the only ambition he j in July at Big Pines Approximate-' Steb Griffith, student director of the department, stated
♦had left—to live to be loo.	i ly 40 boys will attend thr camp >'estcrc,a.v that over 3000 formal bids have been mailed
under the sponsorship of the Uni-
Fifteenth Annual Performance To Bs Presented In Bovard al 8 p.m. wilh 250 Members Of Musical Organizations Combining Efforts
Two hundred and fifty collegiate musicians and rnter-
president of the men students and the associated students at Los Angeles junior college.
Rose, a co-instigator of the Lancet's, has served on the administrative board for two years, and taken part in both all-university and non-[ org committee work. A candidate for LAS president in thc recent student body elections, he was president of the freshman class at the University of Florida.
drive and has been program chair- | )y.-man for several non-org dances Chairman of the freshman advis-
"The Beginnings of a Science oi ; mittces.
Character Education” will be the j NjN|- Bqard OFFICES topic for tomorrow’s philosophy for- Among thow who have BlrPady um lecture, the last of this semes- petitioned for the nine offices avall-nd. was on his way back from iter s series. Dr. Edwin Diller Star- able on the governing board are Bill Olympic games, and when he j buck, professor of philosophy and Andreve, Evelyn Bard. Wallace Dor-through Dallas he called him [ director of the Institute of Charac- i man’ FrancPS Dunn. Louisa 111 ing-
| The sword, having an estimated . i intrinsic value of $125 with box. had ory committee Tarleton also served ^ on dUp,ay gl, day Tuesday
as chairman of the Latin-American J prior (<J Knights initiation—guard-Goodwill banquet. A member of the rd each hour by ,wo mPmbPrs. u speaker’s bureau, he is also con- plared ln the chapter room at nected with nine all-university com- slgma chi lhat evrninR ln readme for the significant part it is intended to play in the ceremony inducting new members.
SWORD DISAPPEARS
Death came at 4:05 a.m.. In the hush of a tropical dawn, on the	_ „ , _ .
day that Rockefeller always set j '",ralt-v	Conference corpor-
aslde to worship the things of the a tlon and Slgma Sigma, junior spirit and to forget the world and ! men's honorary fraternity. F'und* all that's ln it.	| from the Slgma Slgma benefit show
SINKS INTO COMA	j last week will enable the U SC,
Rockefeller went Into a coma Religious Conference to maintain a shortly after midnight and never	fQr th(> f, u , h,
emerged from it. Physicians said ]
he died from sclerotic myocadritls, COUNSELORS NEEDED which means ln the everyday lan- I Aboul srven counselors will be guage that Rockefeller himself needed. Applicants must have not spoke, that a tired heart gave up. more than Junior standing. Train- ;
"The end was very peaceful," said mg ln group leadership Is desired, i Dr. H. L. Merryday, Rockefeller’s Education and physical education | physician. "Mr. Rockefeller, I am majors are preferred, although this sure, felt no pain,”
Present at the bedside were Mrs
IN CHARGE
Fannie Evans, a cousin and hostess at the Rockefeller estate; John H. Yordl, who has been valet and personal attendant for 30 years; Ray C. Sly. night nurse; and Dr. Merry -day. .
iWephone.
WELL IN DALLAS
"He wanted me tn go to Cali-then,' Brj'an said, 'because M a car in Dallas then and have me the trip, but I had promised I would come to
FUNERAL SET
The funeral will be held Wednesday morning in the same dark-walled room a Pocantlco Hills, the Rockefeller estate, where Mrs. Laura Fhepman Rockefeller's funeral was held 22 years ago, a family spokesman said tonight. The body will be taken to Cleveland, O. for burial at Lakewood cemetery, beside the grave of Mrs. Rockefeller.
Until last week It appeared that Rockefeller's ambition to have a 100th birthday party would be realized. Physicians said he was "ln the best physical condition" in several years. His faculties were hardly impaired by age; hls hearing was acute; he had retaUted most of his
When The" men " "file d into the ! ^ *n‘»he had a lively intent in the world around him.
is not Imperative.
Prospective counselors may make appointments for interviews today In the Religious Conference office. 240 Student Union The men will be Interviewed by Thomas 8t. Clair Evans, executive secretary of the confcrcnce; Miss Margaret King, secretary of thc URC corporation on this campus; and Mauri Kantro. Sigma Slgma president.
NAMED THIS WEEK
TAYLOR WILL DISCUSS
chapter room, the table on which the sword had been placed was empty. Someone had entered through a side door and carried the symbol away—box and all.
Initiation was held up for more than an hour while the first fruit-
*4 a* he sat on his bed at the j
I tal life. The most signal victory
Owe dormitory, ~Not"even" a of the presem <lua,ter of a century is the application of highly developed scientific techniques to the understanding of character. It can safely be said that this new science of human personality is now on Its way.”
IM CRAFTS ICKET SMALL HEATERS
Piejj,
•thking
BENEFACTOR TO MANY
Rockefeller was all things to all men—a titan among business men; a fatherly old man to members of hls family; a benefactor to the lame, the halt, and Ihe blind But here In Ormond Beach he wa.s "neighbor John” and that is why flags were at half-staff throughout the town tonight and why the Rev. Kerrison Juniper, pastor of the Ormond Union church, offered special prayers at the morning service.
A little knot of sympathizers gathered in the afternoon at the gates of the "Casements," the feudal estate that Rockefeller maintained here amid exotic gardens where *11 types of flowers flamed ln the warm •lr.
GENEVA, May 23 —tl'.Pl— Thc I They were the people who had British plaji for a temporary truce seen him almost every day; had
T«h Iln Spa'11 and withdrawal of all for- [ seen him smile and heard, too many
Massachusetts Institute of Tech- i	...............,____j..,	— ------------------
Counselors wUi be selected this week so that arrangements may be made for the camp. U.S.C. will maintain the first session, and U.
C.LA. the second. Children wlll be chosen from the Sawtelle district for the latter session. This marks the third consecutive yeai__. . —. . /_ . . that the Westwood conference has rx t L I VJ I V_/ Pi sponsored a summer camp.
The Family Welfare association, a city federation of social agencies, will select the underprivileged youngsters. They must be from 12 to 18 years of age, and live In the district east of the university.
,	, i worth. Jean Haygood. Mary Chun
ter Research, will deliver the speech j0(,n McCarthy, Harold Porter, in Bowne room of the School of Shirley Rothschild, Herman Rudtn.
Philosophy at 4:15 p.m.	j Emil Sady, Olen Stephens, and Ben
Referring to Tuesday’s talk. Dr. t VcBa'	,	. . .
„	,	.rn . ■	A snecial election procedure will Ipjis search got underway, and then
Starbuck says: "The centuries since j A special election procedure win ,	. wlthout ,h.t Dortion of the
--------- . -v-.nu	w'	. .	, . be followed; those aspiring for thc re«umea wnnoui inai portion oi ine
It was hard to turn down i ,he renalssance have been marked : presldn)cv w)n also nomlnees for service involving the sword, itfer of *100 and all expenses; by one victory after another in the I the	and wiu ^ voted on The stolen P'0Pert>' is Insured for
■Wme all night to decide.’ Dur- | application of disciplined techniques separately for the higher position. *100-
;tf school year he has received 1 to the understanding of both thc I Thus the losing candidates in the:-
«(ers. the athlete said.	world of nature and the world of presidential race will have an op-
x* of the propositions that experience."	I portunity to win membership on
ken made to the men from	the governing unit.
* time include tuition board ! Dr' SUubuck continued: "The past ___
ind spending money '	’ l three-quarters of a century has
‘freshmen don’t get a damn 1 witnessfd corresponding successes in ; here at Texas ' the big play- ' understanding the facts of the men-
Bogart Receives Tech Scholarship
SPANISH TRUCE PLAN BRANDED ENGLISH TRICK'
alumnae, faculty, and prominent ! city officials including Mayor Shaw. |-WitIt hundreds of students expected to attend the free show, a capacity audience ls anticipated, TWO-HOUR PROGRAM j The two-hour program will include both popular and classical numbers. In addition there will be acrobatic stunts, and numerous solo selection* Including Gus Patzner, trombone; Olorya Curran, violin; Arthur Smith, saxophone; John Heinz. Howard Bergherm, and Maurice Bush, xylophone: Henrietta Pelta, accordian; and Edwin Dunning, baritone Tlie Trojan band, university concert orchestra, and glee choir will form a major part of the evening’s entertainment.
The overture, "Uryanthe,” "Tlie Mikado,” and "Whistling Farmer Boy," are among the outstanding musical selections on the program. “Organ Grinder s Swing” and Tschaikowsky's “Capprlclo Itallene” are also scheduled.
ROBERTS IN CHARGE The show Is under the direction of Harold W. Roberts, director of musical organizations; Ralph Peterson. director of glee choir; Har-land Shennum, assistant band director; Robert W. Kaneen, student band manager; Phyllis Hight, student glee choir manager; and Steb-blns Griffith, student director of the Trojan band Roberts' recent resignation as director of musical organizations will not affect hls participation ln the Prof. Robert J. Taylor of religious I program, as he wlll not be relieved education will speak on "The New of his duties until September 1. The Teacher and the Old Religion" al j staging of an annual musical var-
Steb Griffith, student director, who has charge of tonight's 15th annual variety show to be given in Bovard auditorium at 8 p.m.
the religion forum today at 4:15 lety show was part of the lnnova-p.m, in the Bowne room of Mudd j tions established by Roberts when Memorial hall.	| he was appointed director and be-
I gan the reorganization of the band, glee choir, and A Cappella choir.
Shipping War Affecting Trade Flow Watched
Copyright, 19}7, h) United Prtil.
WASHINGTON, May 23 —«(rI*>—
Tlie state department Is anxiously watching developments In a bitter Pacific shipping war which threatens to raise new obstacles to the flow of world trade, It was learned tonight.
The department has ordered full reports from London on the current I sented by the School of Religion
•’The new teacher must be purely scientific In approach, and must have mental, social, and religious equipment to guide ihe experiences of a child to live religiously ln this I complex day," Professor Taylor said j recently regarding the subject which he discusses today.
Professor Taylor stated that he j would also stress the Implications
of religion for the whole of life. | WASHINGTON, May 23 — «U.P>— asserting "Religion Is as old ns ex- Rep. John D. Dtngell, D„ Michigan, perience, and has to do with the I announced tonight that he will In-
ALL-METAL
DIRIGIBLE
SUGGESTED
total range of life."
Today's speech Is the laat ln the series of lectures on the general subject. “New Solutions for Old Problems," which have been pre-
nology will claim Nelson Bogart,
elgn volunteers was branded tonight times to remember, the greeting:
member of the 1937 graduating clas-s, ** “ "71“ diPlom,atB “
when he enters the eastern school t an . E^“"h tnck
row s league council meeting from
a delicate problem.
The proposal for the armistice—
"Good day and God bless you.'
Imperial conference which ls reported devising new strategy In the battle between British and Anterlacn shipping Interests for the trade between Australia and New Zealand and West coast cities.
during the semester. As usual. In' formal forum discussion wlll follow Professor Taylor's speech.
next year as the holder of a one- i year graduate scholarship.
Bogart, who will be graduated I	, ,
.u	„/	approved by France,	Belgium, and
from the College of Engineering	J	• ■
... ____ ,	the Vatican—already	ls doomed to
next month with a major in ehem-
The speaker has taught at Vincennes university, Stanford, and Iowa State. He was chairman of the committee which won $20,000
for describing the best methods of j jcai engineering, is a member of Federated Motion character training in the pubilc J phi Kappa Phl, Beta Pt, and Phi crafts balked in peace ne- I school.	j Lan.bda Upsilon. He will be affil-
by a rival union, today j He is a member of the American .ated with the Standard Oil com- dpma	-showdown” against
Philosophical society, the American : pany at El S«undo during the	intervention on
failure, they said. It problably wlll be cast aside and forgotten as soon as it has served its purpose of preventing the Spanish Loyalists from
picketing of movie the-neighborhood houses.
headquarters announced ' ^eta Kappa
were ordered out to!_
^*n thea eis throughout the area Previously, the |
.^ad been confined to first- !
!'l'mes wer« sharply reduced .,,.,v** studios to make more i h for dut-y at the the-1(!° puket‘ng will be re-strength tomorrow,
^undertaking new negotia-
" Producers. strlke leaders
-JKn * tlnie in anticipation JkJT*1 InoVe wUi come from ZT* counc“ of the Ameri-01 Labor meeting at
tomorrow.
®Uncij win be asked to in--uon °°mPlaint against 'he Ubbu, Alllance of Theatrical * the er,?' aon-striking union > pL^,Pc The complaint.
,^d by W. B. Cullen,
»itK 5 FMPC, charges tlie /Itm vioi'.tnke'breaking activ-ti elai °f •>urt*dicUonal k1Z~nin* »* members «tu-
htuutn Wih‘rh the 5trikln*
“‘“'•n also claims.
Psychological association, and Phi summer and will leave for Boston in behglf Qf the rcbeli
Ticket Sales For Senior Week Close Today
troduce a bill tomorrow for nn all-metal dirigible which “may be the answer” to some of the problems of Ughter-than-alr craft presented by the destruction of the Hindenburg, Akron, and Macon.
The bill, similar to one Dtngell sponsored In the last congress, calls for a ship about one-half the size of the Graf Zeppelin for experimental use by the navy. It would authorize expenditure o.r about (6,-000,000.
Dingell bases his faith In an all-metal dirigible on the performance of the ZMC-2, a blimp-sized all metal ship delivered to the navy in
| istice.”
i Gen. Francisco Franco's | headquarters at Salamanca
rebel
said.
RUSSIANS AT POLE ENJOY WARM WEATHER
MOSCOW, May 23—-(UP)—Eleven Russians who have set up housekeeping at the North Pole, reported tonight that | advance that nationalist Spain .Jf	, .	u'eathpr” hut that the would not consent to mediation be-
they were enjoying warm summer weather but that the ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ gtarted
scenery was rather dull.	oust irom Spain all Marxists. Com-
The men, camped on an ice flow, 12 s milesjrom the pole, munlst£ and a^assi™.- The re-are the "squatters” of a Russian*
aerial expedition which reached the | The poor visibility apparently was top of the world in one of the ! delaying the scheduled flight of the greatest adventures in Polar history, j expedition's aerial "freight express of three planes waiting to take off
Graduating seniors wlll be given a final opportunity today to purchase their senior week tickets, it was stated last night by Leonard Finch, senior class president. Pur-Jo6e Oiral Peretra. Loyalist for- j chases may be made In 427 Student elgn minister, said his government | Union at the established price of refuses to consider cessation of hos- j *6.50.
tilities because "anything that ls ! All of the activities, with the ex-done must be done without an arm- ceptlon of the senior ball, are ex-
Aviation Jobs
ORicials here are particularly con- | cerned over threats of the Austra-i^[-0 Avdildole llan and New Zealand governments |
to ban U.S. vessels from the Tas- | There are several summer Jobs
man sea trade between thc two do- | opell jor students who are Intesested 1029 and still In active service. The minions ln an effort to kill com- i jn the manufacturing side of avia- ZMC-2 at present is housed at the petition with Bntlsh-owned line*. Uon according to 0«>orge Hoedlng- Lakehurst naval air station along-"We do not want any more hur- I *‘aus. assistant to the employment ■'dde the Los Angeles. Dingell Indies ln the way of world trade than director Those Interested should j spected It recently In a trip to ex-we already have," one official rx- report to the bureau of employment amine the wreck of the Hindenburg. plained “Our policy ls to try to 1 Immediately, he said.	I Ralph H. Upson, designer of the
open thc channels of trade and keep them free as far as possible. We hope the proposed resUlctlons by Australia and New Zealand wlll
not be put Into effect,"
cluslvely for seniors with tickcts, Finch stated. The ball, which is the final event on the week's pro- j
The world ought to have known In Krnm ma>’ * »<^nded by underclassmen provided that they are accompanied by a senior.
WOULD-BE BIRDMAN SAVED BY PARACHUTE
Men who have signed up for ush-	claims that one of the gr«it-
erlng at the Pastor-Nestell UKht “ *a,e(ty *“7°™ °f ““'"'etal dtr-Frlday night should get their cards 1	“ (th* th« ^mlnum alloy
at the bureau before Wednesday.	u“ ^ f0™*1™.
While the hull is divided Into compartments to prevent one rip from deflating the enUre dlrgltble, ther# are no dead air spaces where escaping gas might collect.
he added.
Knopf To Speak
With their collapsible house, they will remain through an Arctic summer and a dark and bitterly cold winter ln the Ice-bound region.
Across the bleakness of the Arctic their radio station "UPOL.” the first ever established at the pole, crackled a greeting to Moscow.
The weather was warm, the adventurers said—about 14 degrees above zero.
Visibility was poor; they could see only about a half-mile on all sides.
from Rudolf Island. 550 miles away, with provisions.
High officials of the Soviet union, leading the celebration of the achievement of the expedition led by Dr. Otto Schmidt, wirelessed greetings to the men.
‘The party and the government warmly congratulate all participants in their fulfillment of the problem of conquering the North Pole,’* the message said.
bels berated “foreign connivances and Interferences ”
ENVELOPES
NEEDED
FOR BAD NEWS’
All students who '.visli o ; ecure final grade reports for the present session should file self-addressed envelopes at the officc of the registrar on or before Wednesday, June 2. according to The-ron Clark, registrar.
Finch emphasized the fact that	.
the senior "swing,” which will be j TACOMA, Wash., May 23—(UP)—Tommy Tompkins, 26, ;Qpj Prayer held Wednesday, would be Informal Seattle, slid out of a plane at 3000 feet today to test his;	’
and that everyone was expected to newly-invented metal Wings, dropped to Within 600 feet Of Using problems suggested by stu-come stag The same will be the	ancj then was saved by a parachute.	I dents as the basis for his dlscus-
Tompkins, who has been a stunt parachute Jumper since j slon' Dr Carl s. Knopf, dean of the he was 14 fell like a wounded bird 9	— - ——— School of Religion, will addrt^s the
because he was able to spread only parachutes, required by government last all-university religion assembly one of his wings. The other was j regulations. His white uniform had j of the semester Wednesday tn Bo-held tightly to his side by air pres- . a canvas web between th legs. j vard auditorium at 9:55 a.m
order for the picnic which will be held at Pop's Willow lake.
Newsreel of Honorary To Be Made Today
taki
To take pictures lor the Trojan neworer', Louis Tarle.on manner of the ncwrreel, requests that thc 19 niw Phl Beta Kappa members Tcatpkin' and the three Bowen debate cup a few day.,.
winners meet at the fountain in He v.ab lc^d.*d Into the cabin 'ront of Doheny library al 10 plane by thii: rr. n because of the
I sure, he said.
His uivsucc? ;iul trial was watched by hi', moth . Mrs. Peggy
O N.’i 1 seiu’.r, and upprcx :-.u'.ely 230J p.-r:,;nr. a rn r.l;po.'t h re.
::d to try ng.Un In
I o'clock this morning.
i awkwardness oi his wings and twtlal his shoulders
He had to slide out of the ship Dean Knopf will introduce ln hia backwards	j discussion data from recent dlscov-
Weighing 15 pounds, the wings j eries which are expected to throw made of duralumin, measured 104 a new light upon the question of
inches in Irng h and tajiered front praytr.
20 inch at th" bady to 14 inches Und:r the direction of John 11 tho tip A huntl- perated all- Smallman. th A Ce^pella choir wlll cion (I ign d 10 control flight ras at Thr Lc.d’s Prayer,” and looted ln the :ight wing. The wing.-, Archibald St. ions wUi offer se\-wer' attache:! to Tompkins' back cral numbers on the organ durin,;
I the assembly