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SOUTHERN
DAILY
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United Press
World Wide News Service Z-42
Volume XXIX
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, March 8, 1938
Number 93
Thirteen File Candidacy
One Student * Seeks Office Of President
SENIORS EL RODEO PHOTO DEADLINE IS TODAY
Thirteen applicants yesterday fil ed statements of candidacy for 35 i ASUSC. collegc, and class offices, which will be contested in student i body election.' March 25.
Bob Rothschild, commissioner of elections, refused to divulge names of the aspirants until their eligi- I bilHy is approved by Theron Clark, j registrar, and by either Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford or Dr Francis M. Bacon. He revealed, however, that one candidate has petitioned for the ‘ffice of ASUSC president.
Candidates for ASUSC president, •ice-president. secretary, and yell ling will be nominated publicly in
Today has been set as the dead-! line for seniors in all schools and departments wishing to make appointments for El Rodeo, it was announced yesterday by Joe Mingo. university photographer. All appointments must be made at the studio at University and 35th street.
Caps and gowns for the pictures will be provided by the studio. All photographs will cost $1 and must be paid for at the time they are taken. Mingo said. The studio will be open all day today for those wishing to. make appointments.
The student senate will meet in the legislative council room, 418 Student Union. at 3 p.m. Thursday to approve petitions of candidates for student offices. Gardiner Pollich. ASUSC' president, an-jounced yesterday. The meeting, heduled for tonight has been ntponed.
special assembly Friday. Plat-rms for active campaigns, which ■in next week, will be outlined that time.
Rescuers Toil In Mountains
Relief Crews Battle Flood Waters To Bring Aid to Stranded Groups
Careers Will Be Studied
Postponed Placemen! Conferences To Be Thursday Afternoon
‘The Placement day program which was postponed until Thursday because of the adverse weather last week will follow the plans made for the previous date.” stated Larry Pritchard, director of the office of coordination, last night.
Following a luncheon in Foyer of Town and Gown which they will attend as the guests of Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid. almost 100 business men from some of the largest companies in Los Angeles will tell approximately 1500 students what they expect of the college graduates whom they employ.
In accordance with the desire of deans in most of U.S.C.'s schools and colleges to obtain the highest possible number in student attendance. classes in most of the branches of the university will be dismissed from 1:30 to 4:30 o’clock I in the afternoon. Included in the divisions which will excuse class absences are the College cf Commerce. the College of Letters. Arts, and Sciences, the School of Government. and the College of Engineering.
Eighteen panels on subjects varying from secretarial administration
LANCERS TO ELECT PRESIDENT, BOARD MEMBERS TODAY
Whether or not the Trojan Lancers will have their first woman president will be decided today when members of the organization vote for three offices on the non-org cabinet. Ballots are to be cast between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Lancer table in the Student Union, Bill Quinn, elections commissioner, announced last night. *•-
Frances Paddon. sophomore member of the non-org board, and John Rose, co-founder of the Lancers, are the contestants in the presidential race. Annette Levine, Jean Hoodwin, Bob Hostetler. Harold Porter, Herman Rudin. and Netty Schwartz are candidates for the two board positions.
Names of the fencers who will assist in the election were given out by Quinn last night. They are Frances Fisch, Evelyn Bard, Harry
ary journalistic fraternity, and head of the proof staff of the Daily Trojan.
Miss Paddon is archery manager of the W.A.A. She is a member of the Lancer administrative board and Clionian literary society. Until she announced her candidacy for the presidential office, she was Lancer elections commissioner.
Three members of the committee which arranged last year's Lancer Christmas party are nominees for
Coulter, Charles Baugh, and Al | the two board positions. They are Thomas. Quinn asked that the per- Porter, Miss Hoodwin. and Miss
sons listed report to the Lancer table during their free periods.
A member of the non-org planning board, the administrative council. and the freshman advisory committee, Rose has participated in Lancer activities since the organization was founded in 193(5. He is a pledge to Sigma Delta Chi, honor-
Schwartz. Porter is a junior college transfer. •
Miss Levine is secretary-treasurer of the Trojan s»ci club, while Hostetler is chairman of Lancer athletics. Rudin was chairman of the recent membership and Community Chest drives conducted by the Lancers.
By United Press Rescue crews toiled over debris strewn mountain passes yesterday aViation transportation will be •
With the deadline for petitions j J° ***** *** a"d ™eJCaL s“PpJies	discussed by University of Southern
- for 3 p.m. Wednesday, blanks i the scattered bands of va-	Cajif0rnia students and x.xulty
r be obtained in 235 Student Un- ca.Uon^2, an?	under the direction of the rePre-
durine assembly Deriods todav en waters roared down over	sentatives of the various industries,
Zv th«" *n.d th« Uklng	according to Dr. Reid Lage McClung.
’ailable between 2:30 and 3:30 p. today, and between 2:30 and 3 tomorrow, igible candidates must have a emulative grade average of 1.0 or her and must not be on proba-or “warning." No student may ,e for more than one office. In dltion to approval by the regis- | t and by the dean of men or len. all applications must be railed oy the student senate.
To enable new:y -elected officers become better acquainted with i duties of thetr posts, elections being conducted earlier than ,ual this year.
dean of the College of Commerce.
a toll of more than 140 lives.
While relief work progressed und- ! er more favorable conditions in the Among the business leaders who lowlands, rescuers battled great odds will visit the Trojan campus are
______________| Frank Putnam, executive in the
Farmer's and Merchants national bank; George Drake, personnel di-
Dr. Paul H. Brinton. professor of chemistrr. warns students of
U.S.C., to Soil all drinking water !rector in the art department of the
during the remainder of the week.
“By boiling the water,” he said, “you will reduce the amount of free chlorine. An excess of this gas is harmful to human beings."
RUST-BUSTER
OMINATED
Yale Professor Named To Succeed Jackson
WASHINGTON. March 7—CP'— ?. Thurman W. Arnold of Yale one critiques on capitalism have
Walt Disney studios; Floyd Byrnes, manager of the Los Angeles county employment service; Joseph Jensen, chief engineer for the Associated Petroleum company: and Judge Ray L. Chesebro, Los Angeles city at-
to reach marooned parties in the torne3r*
Sierra Madre and San Bernardino mountains. Many times they dodged
fre6h landslides or forded still swol- ■ • . •	«■
len creeks to break through. Bodies LlSlGDiriQ flOUT of dead deer, coyotes, wildcats, and
smaller game floated past them a? X O PrGSGflt they proceeded.
Belom- them, other forces were	m .X D ^,.1-
con tin uing a hunt for the dead. The » r©9 ^ ° ' D 9 C M hunt was slow because of the heavy layers of silt that covered home sites and in some communities police announced it would take weeks before the search could be
completed.
. sons were still reported missing. I ””7" de him a pariah in * all street, i torchm
said it was certain some Bac^ is nominated by President Roose-	wouJd never ^ found
t today to succeed Assistant At- j
wr General Robert H Jackson L	Crews Battle
the administration s trust-buster. j
« chief executive aem the nom-, San Joaqujn Rjver
jon to the senate without com- .	^
Postponed because of flood, the Listening Hour scheduled for last ! Wednesday will be presented tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in Bovard auditor-
. ,	ium according to Prof. Pauline Al-
Appro^imately 5CI per- | dennan chairman The program of
i’s instrumental music which was previously planned will be
played.
Two guitar solos played by Andreas Segovia constitute the first recording, the numbers being Bach’s Prelude from Suite for Lute and t a few hours after the 47-vear- | FRESNO. March 7 —	The the “Aliemande” from the E Minor
liberal announced he would ac- San Joaquin river lapped perilously suite for lutencembalo. The solo _t the appointment.	near the top of temporary levees violin is the featured instrument in
*ofessor Arnold's official title tonight as nearly 1.000 men waged the second number when Nathan be assistant attorney general, a day and night fight to save the Milstein performs the Suite for Unsame vacated by Jackson when towns of Firebaugh. Los Banos, and accompanied Violin, became solicitor general. Like Dos Palos from inundation.	^ European recording of Bach's
Icson. he will have charge of the Constable Al Lopez, directing the 1 Concerto for Four Klaviers and ti-trust division which is prepar- work of keeping the swollen river String Orchestra and the Organ to press Mr. Roosevelts drive under control, said the crest may Prelude and Fugue in E Minor play-linst monopolies.	g0 down tonight but fresh showers ed by Hans Bachen complete the
stubborn fight is expec,od when throughout the San Joaquin valley program. All of these numbers are nomination comes to the sen- i may keep the river above flood of the light instrumental type and floor. Sen. William H. King. D.. stage.	have an instant appeal for listeners.
Ji. has announced he will look	1
ly into Arnold's background -—-—----
realise we have too many offi-with a socialistic taint—men ,o are reaching for power ln our eminent;.”
small bloc of which King was a mber. blocked Jackson's promoter two weeks, until they an-	WASHINGTON, March 7—(U.P.)—The comptroller gen-*ed his attacks on business, and	erai>s office has challenged the legality of almost $5,000,000 v voted agams; him when he was	Qf expen(iitures made between 1933 ^nd 1936 inclusive by the
USE OF TVA FUNDS UNDER SCRUTINY
Kelly To Talk At Reception
Graduates Will Meet Thursday Afternoon In President's Suite
Dr. Robert Lincoln Kelly, lecturer on college administration at New York and Columbia universities. will address graduate students at a reception Thursday in the president's suite. The reception will be from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.
Dr. Kelly, who is the guest of Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid and Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt, will speak on the relationship of the college and Graduate School. Dr. Kelly also holds the office of executive secretary of the Association of Am erican Colleges.
In the receiving line for the reception of graduate students will be Dr. von KleinSmid, Dean Hunt, Dr. C. M. Case, Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford, Dr. Roy Mal-com, G. Byron Done, president of Associated Graduate students, and Hazel Burden, vice-president of Associated Graduate students.
Dr. Crawford, counselor of women is chairman of the reception committee.
Dr. Kelly was once president of the Association of American colleges and has been a permanent executive member since 1919. From 1903 to 1917 he was president of Earlham college, and has been executive seeretan,- of the council of church boards of education since 1917.
Reoeptions of this nature are sponsored by the Graduate School twice each year. A prominent speaker addresses the students at the receptions.
NYA To Give Medical Aid
Injured Workers Will Receive Compensation From Government
Weekly Lectures To Begin
Dr. Greeley Will Speak Wednesday on Work In Diabetes Study
The spring semester Wednesday lecture series will make another attempt at getting started tomorrow when—southern California metorol-ogical conditions permitting — Dr. Paul Greeley steps behind the lec- ; ture stand in 159 Science to speak 1 on “Recent Developments in the Study of Diabetes.”
An assistant professor of physiol- ' ogy in the School of Medicine, Dr. Greeley will lecture at 4:30 p.m. j under the auspices of the Faculty Science club and Sigma Xi.
SPEECH POSTPONED
Dr. Milton Metfessel's speech on his noted roller canary experiments, originally scheduled to inaugurate the series last Wednesday, but which was postponed because of rain and flood, will be given on April 6.
Dividing his talk into two parts, Dr. Greeley first will give a general picture of diabetes investigation and treatment, discussing the rise in incidence of the disease, its nature, age in which it develops in humans, and preventive measures.
LABORATORY METHODS
The last half will be devoted to laboratory methods of studying the disease, with Dr. Greeley's points illustrated by slides and live rabbits from the laboratory. To be discussed is the method by which one year ago Dr. Greeley and his aids for the first time were able to pro-
Gomperz Speaks Today
DISSENTER
Justice Pierce Butler yesterday gave a strong dissenting opinion on the supreme court's stand on tax immunity.
Court Rules On Tax Power
State, Federal Governments May Levy Against Own Lands
WASHINGTON. March 7—OJ.E)—
duce“dVbetes™n\abbi'ts7making^“it' The suPreme today abandon-
ifirmed.
From the Office f the resident
tie subject mailer of Thurs-’s Vocational Placement con-ence presents a vital question every college student. The arsdr.y assembly will be given e d4*cussion of problems im-to the stuient body.
Tie following rtrtite will gov-rfmnw for the day:
:W-f
r#-9::s
:45-11:30
R. B. von KleinSmid.
President
Tennessee Valley authority's three-man directorate, it was
learned tonight.	*-
The disbursements were investi-	. .
gated in connection with the pre-	Lenten Services
paration of audits for congress and
the president and thus far. accord-	Sfarf ToQ3V
ing to an official in the comptrol-	•
ler's office, only % 128,635 of the total	The fourth annual series of semi-
has been “recovered.**	monthly Lenten services will begin
The disclosure came amid in-	to:.ay at 10 a.m. when the Rev. Rob-
ereasing clamor in conrrcss for an	crt Orris, curate in St. John’s Epis-
inquiry in.o the new deal yard-	copal church, conducts a 15-minute
stork power af,:r.cy end concurrent	program in Eov.-ne hall devoted to
with a feur be.v??n TVA Chairman	Uie religious period which started Arthur A. Morg .n ml his co-t'ircc- jlar*- Wednesday,
to; s Dr.vid E. Lilicnthal and Har-	The L?a‘ ;n services, which arc
court A. Morgan.	ipciisorccl yxrly by tiie Episcopal
The coir rollcr's o:f:C3 said that	club. v.:il o; prr' c.ed over altsm&te-
shoriage of mrnpcr.er end funir.	ly tr? Dr. Cro. -e W. Davidson, club
iosjthr- with allied leek cf cocp-	acivJr-cr. and the Rev. Mr. Orris,
er?.:ion frori the TVA. has delayed	who is Dr. Davidson's assistant,
submission of the audits to congress	According to the University Re-
' and the president	ligious conference office, the 15-
Meantime. the inter-directorate	minute programs are the only Len-
fight is becoming an increasingly	ten observances conducted on the controversial issue in congress. j U.S.C. campus.
Alpha Phi Omega Initiates 28
Twenty-eight pledges of Alpha Phi Omega, national honorary service fraternity, were initiated into the organization Sunday, at the University Methodist church.
The formation by April of a student talent and artists’ bureau was proposed by Ted Phalsgraff, national executive board member, who outlined the aims of the society at a banquet in Aeneas hall following the initiation.
Frank Johns, pledge master, presided at the initiation in the place of Don Macallister, president, who was ill. Earl Westover, vice-president. Bob Lynch, historian, and Bob Ewing, secretary, assisted in the ritual.
Today s
Organ Program
Free medical aid and compensation will be extended to NYA students receiving injuries while on duty in NYA projects announced Beryl M. King, compensation officer for WPA district 11 which in-
Cl^emiLntn8l\? wUl^be^ given possible to study the disease effects ed its	el“
either through-direct medical care ir. that animal and relating it to immunity and
or by payment of private physician’s | the diabetic situation in man.	governmenreciprocal power to ta,
bills if the injunM were recened , A graduate of U.S.C., where he income derived from land which during the course of duty and under ; receiyed his A B in 1921 and his they have leased to private opera-
M.A. in 1923. Dr. Greeley was in- j tors#
structor in zoology from 1923 to The verdict which	two re_
1926. In 1930 and 1931 he was in- , nized pillars of tax law and wide-structor in physiolrgy at the Uni- j j nds the taxing power of gov-versity of Michigan and received a ernment< came in a 5 to 2 vote.
conditions, Mr. King
unalterable stated.
TOTAL IS $3500
“No compensation will be allowed for care of injuries caused by misconduct, intentional injury, or intoxication,” Mr. King declared.
Under these regulations NYA student workers will receive compensation to the extent of two-thirds of the student's monthly wage in the case that the injuries cause disability of more than three days. This compensation will begin on the fourth day of disability but will not exceed $30 a month or $3500 totally for any one individual the new act states.
REGULATIONS LISTED
Government regulations applying to U.S.C. workers concerning re-compensable injuries are explained by Mr. King as follows:
1.	Obtain first aid treatment at once, not neglecting any small injuries.
2.	Where possible get medical aid from government physicians or aids.
3.	Report injury at once to Miss Helen Haller in the university comptroller’s office or to the central NYA office.
4.	Obtain names and addresses of witnesses.
5.	Make injury claims promptly.
6.	In case of doubt as to rights under the compensation act consult the central NYA office.
Ph.D. in medical physiology. Re- J Justices Benjamin N. cardozo. who turning to U.S.C., he was awarded ig m and stanley p ^ the
an M.D. degree last year.
Trade Treaty Signed With Czechoslovakia
WASHINGTON. March 7—<L’P>—
The administration's Yankee trading policy designed to stabilize international commerce and promote peace was extended to another nation tonight when a reciprocal trade x‘‘c
~_______mand for money does not justify
freshman member, did not participate. Justice Pierce Butler and James C. McReynolds. staunch conservatives, joined in a bitter dissenting opinion.
Reading the minority opinion, Butler cited repeated court decisions to the effect that neither the state nor federal government may tax the essential functional obligations of the other. The majority, he said, now has surrendered this principle to an “extent which no one can foresee.”
The urgency of governmental de
Wilson To Give Second Forum Series
In his second successive philosophy forum lecture. Dr. Heinrich Gomperz will speak on ” Egotism and Altruism in the Life of Nations" in the Bowne room in Mudd Memorial hall, at 4:15 p.m. today.
The series of three lectures is based on the philosophical aspects of the problems of society. The first lecture of the series by Dr. Gomperz centered around the commandment “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself." His final lecture on March 15 is "The Rival Principles of Equality and Graduation.”
SPEAKER IS AUTHOR
Dr. Gomperz is the author of “Considerations on the Present Crisis of the Tolerance Idea," “Why Has Democracy Failed in Central and Eastern Europe,” and “The Limits of Cognition and Exigencies of Action.” The philosopher-author. who has been a member of the University of Vienna since 1905, has written several books in German, among whiCh are “The Conception of Life of the Greek Philosophers and the Ideal of Inner Freedom," "Conception of Life.” “Sophistry and Rhetoric,” and “The Philosophy of War.”
Dr. George A. Wilson, visiting professor from Syracuse university will deliver the second group o' lectures. Dr. Wilson’s lectures wt1 be devoted to the problems of lif
SECOND SERIES MARCH 2t
The first lecture to b« given fc Dr. Wilson on March 22 is entitle “Nature as a Process and as a Value.’* “Marks at Moral Maturity is scheduled for March 29. The concluding lecture of the sixteenth philosophy forum will be delivered by Dr. Wilson, his topic is "The Gordian Knot ot Life’s Problems.” Dr. Wilson is a member ot Phi Beta Kappa and the American Philosophical association. Before going to Syracuse university, he wa? on the faculty of Boston university and Dickinson college ot Pennsylvania. He is the author of “The Self and Its World.” and “The Interdependence of Ethics and Religion.”
pact with Czechoslovakia was sign ed.
yielding here,” the dissenters protested. The “opinion brings no real The little Central European coun- ; reason for so sweeping a change of try was the 17th nation granted construction of the constitution.” preferential trade treatment since; chief Justice Charles Evans
CHAMBERLAIN WINS SUPPORT
Vole of Confidence Given for Arms Budget
LONDON. March 7—(U.P)— The
house of commons tonight gate an
overwhelming vote of confidence to
- , . ,...	,	, , . ..	, the government for the biggest
passage of an act in 1934 empower- Hughes read the majority opinion.	^ ^ ^	time
ing President Roosevelt and Secre- | jt held that the long standing pre-
tary of State Cordell Hull to negotiate such agreements. The act was renewed last year for an additional three years.
The treaty is expected to increase materially the trade between the two nations. The pact gives the United States important tariff and other trade concessions on American agricultural products exported to Czechoslovakia, and in return grants tariff and other concessions on manufactured articles, particularly shoes.
cedents on tax immunity which have been scrapped are “out of harmony with correct principle . . . should be and now are, overruled.”
APPLICATION'S DUE
Miss Marva Harrison, credential secretary, has announced that students who will complete their requirements for teaching credentials during the current semester should file applications before April 1. Miss Harrison will accept the applications in 357 Administration.
Knopf To Talk Tomorrow
The all-university Religion assembly will consider “Religion and God in Our Own Affairs” when it meets tomorrow at 9:55 a.m. in Bovard auditorium.
Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf, dean of Beautiful Marian Larson, mystery girl in the “Purple Lethe School of Religion and chap- gion murder case.” was definitely linked to the “stiletto slay-lain of the assembly, will speak ing” of Arthur Holmes last night by a confidential but rell-briefly on the questions “Does God able source.
MYSTERY GIRL LINKED TO STILETTO DEATH'
Archibald Sessions, university organist, will present the following program during assembly period today in Bovard.
Choral, "Es ist das Heil uns Komwen nounced later.
her’ .................................... Kirnherger|_—
Johann Philipp Kirnbeiger, composer and writer on the theory of music, was a pupil of Bach, bom April 24. 1721, at Saalfeld.
Thuringia, was choir master to Princess Amalie in Be.lin for 25 years, and died there in 1783.
El Amor Brujo ....................... de Falla j
Fisherman s Song Pantomime These two excerpts are taken from the Spanish composer's famous ballet, “Wedding by Witchcraft.”
Send Calamity and Disasters,” and Is It Blasphemous for an Insurance Company to Call These Acts of God?”
Special music will be presented, the program of which will be an-
Frances Paddon Escapes Injury in* Car Crash
Frances Paddon. Lancer a:xunis-tratlve board member, escapcd serious injury yesterday afternoon when her car Struck another on Exposition boulevard. She was taken to the hospital for examination.
Margaret Smith and Betty Cline, U. S. C. students, were riding with
Thus were further complications added to the Law school’s
^.sensational mock trial, which promises dramatic courtroom scenes at the first hearing tomorrow evening at 6:30. All principals in the trial are upperclass law students, with the exception of the judge who will be Clarence L. Kincaid, judge of the Los Angeles superior court.
Paul J. Stanton is accused of
history after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said the nation must either “spend until it hurts” or be plunged into war.
Chamberlain painted a grim picture of Europe’s and the world's troubled state in answering critics of the $1,664,635,000 defense budge' for 1938, announced last week.
“If I desire to see our countr strong it is because I believe tha in her strength lies the best hop< of peace.” he said, “but side by side with building up her strengt:
I will lose no opportunity to try t< remove the causes of strife an-war.”
The prime minister, defending hi “realistic” direct dealings, with Eur opes heavily-armed dictators an< his shelving of the league of nation as a refiable instrument of oearr asserted that armed might i* th only thing that frightens enemies.
“Almost terrifying power, whic’ Britain is building up, has a sobering effect on world opinion but everyone knows that it will not be used for aggression.”
JUNIOR COUNCIL TO MEET TONIGHT
Miss Paddon. Police announced
Marche Triomphate ............-.....Dubois that there were no charges for
- I either part*-.
Junior council members are asked by Bob McKnigiit, president, to attend a meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Sigma Phi E-silon house. At this time committee reports for the junior prom will be read and final decisions made.
McKnight stresses the importance of every member’s being present as there are several important matters concerning the prom which must be decided upon at once. Proposals for changing the date will be considered and voted upon.
City Governmen Is Ford s Topic
“City Government Close-ups” the topic on which John Ansc Ford. Los Angeles county superviso, “fatally stabbing" Arthur Holmes in wm address ?raduate students at a a Purple Legion initiation held in	jn Elisabeth von Klein-
the Sierra Madre mountains on the gmid haJ1 Monday at 12:20 p.m. mght of January > 13. Holmes was Tickets for the luncheon may be being inducted into the Legion. purchased from stUdent officers of Stanton is charged with his mur- graduate student body and at der" since he was directing the cer- thg Gradyate school office. 160 Ad-emonies, and further because con- ministration. The price of the tic-siderable evidence points to him as kets is 45 cents, the perpetrator of the psuedo crime, j Ford ^ well known in Los An-The Purple Legion is a mysterious geles county, having served on the “secret organization” which is plot- 1928 grand jury. He has also been ting to take over the government active in civic affairs in Los An-of a South Amqjican country. i geles for many yea»s.