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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
United Pres*
World Wide News Service Z-42
Volume XXIX
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, February 24, 1938
Number 86
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Final Instruction Tc Be Given lo 250 Brotherhood Day Orators
Pinal instructions will be given o more than 250 student speakers hen participants in the Univerity Religious conference's work on he national Brotherhood week ob-ervances attend a banquet on the Angeles junior college campus guests of the URC tonight.
Following the dinner, which will e served at 6 p.m. in Newman hall, 665 Willowbrook avenue, literature •ill be distributed for students to as a further basis of their talks, iid Gilbert Harrison, supervisor of peakers. will assign the churches be visited by the university men nd women.
Additional information will be Iven the representatives of the hree institutions, when Brooke von alkenstein, prominent debater; ohn Glass, chairman of the Uni-ersity Religious conference; Bill uinn, chairman of the U.S.C. Bro-erhood day program; and Harri-elaborate on details in connec-on with Brotherhood day.
For the benefit of those who kvr not yet attended one of the »ry training sessions for , two new seminars have planned for 10 am. and 1 p.m. today in the Student Union Ikmnffr.
Nellie Clark, who will team with Marjorie Atkinson to oppose the Stanford women's debate team Saturday morning.
Coast Debate Competition Opens Friday
Moscovics, Hays Meet Trojan Squad In Bovard Auditorium
Due to the possibility of conflicting ctivitie6 from fraternity and sor-rity rushing which would make it npossible for some people to be resent at the dinner this evening, meeting has been scheduled for o’clock tomorrow afternoon, when le lists of instruction and assignments will be read again.
observance of the annual pro-the Friday morning Little of Silence service will be rted to Brotherhood week, ac-t© Quinn. During the as-period tomorrow another will be conducted in Bovard Him which will be devoted to une subject, but will include ks by various student lead-well as an invocation by in Sumner Knopf, dean of 100I of Religion.
The number one team of John Moscovics and Howard Hays will oppose the Trojans tomorrow night at 8:15 in Bovard auditorium when the varsity debaters open their league schedule against Stanford.
Both juniors, the Stanfords have been outstanding in forensics. Moscovics ranked high at the Western Speech Teacher’s tournament in Denver last November. Hays was selected to make the trip south after an all-university elimination tournament.
A practice contest yesterday served to prepare the Trojan team of Capt. Sterling Livingston and Maurice Atkinson for tomorrow’s en counter. The Trojans debated before members of a government class against the women's team of Nellie Clark and Marjorie Atkinson.
With judges rendering a decision, the first league debate will be on the topic: “Resolved, that the program of the CIO is detrimental to the best interest of labor.” Stanford has the affirmative side and U.S.C. the negative.
Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, the women’s team will meet a women’s team from Palo Alto, with the scene of the contest yet to be decided. The Trojan women will uphold the affirmative side of the same question to be used by the men.
Tomorrow s debate will be the first of two between Stanford and U.S.C. Later in the season, a Stanford team that is no^- making a nationwide tour will visit the southland.
According to manager - debater Atkinson, students will be admitted to tomorrow night’s affair with their ASUSC activity books.
>f. Nordskog Conclude lio Series
ertv is an idea in transition, ce any other institution or remarked Prof. John E. tog. professor of sociology, in sing his radio address on :phy of Liberty,” the last of of eight lectures on “Con-rary Views of Democracy” will be concluded this after->n KRKD at 3:30 o’clock, further explaining his remark, sr Nordskog said liberty is a Representing U.S.C. at the an (fetch moves on. never being nuai conference of the National ittained. He will illustrate in Education association, two members ilk how isms have views Gf the local faculty are this week are directly opposite as they jn Atlantic City. N. Y.
for liberty or try to con- j Dr. Lester Burton Rogers, dean people.	0f ^e School of Education and
[Hasting what contemporary Summer Session, and Dr. Osman R. lists heve to say about liber- Hull, professor of education left [•ofessor Nordskog will present! last Friday for the convention and jphies from the past, placing pian to return in two weeks, asis on political and religious j
Dean Rogers, Dr. Hull Attend Conclave in East
Nazis
Spread
Terror
Austrians Threaten Jews in Defiance To Schuschnigg
VIENNA, Feb. 23 —<UJ?)— Austrian Nazis, shouting “we have conquered!” tonight terrorized the country’s 250.000 Jews and demanded stem measures against Catholic priests, in open defiance of Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg’s degree against political demonstrations.
As disorders spread in the provinces more than 1,000,000 working people, nearly one-sixth of the total population, rallied to Schuschnigg’s support with a pledge for fight for for any measures he may decide upon to protect Austrian independence and prevent the nation from becoming “Germany’s football.” CHANCELLOR TO SPEAK
Thousands of these workers had been political foes of the chancellor since he came into power but it was indicated that when he speaks before the Austrian Diet Thursday night in his first public pronouncement since the fateful Austro-Ger-mAn “reconciliation” he will carry the popular support of more Austrians than at any time in his career.
Opposition leaders, including the former Socialists outlawed for years, swung to Schuschnigg’s side as fear spread that the British cabinet crisis and Britain’s shift toward the dictators cleared the way for German expansion in Central Europe. NAZI RAISE HAVOC
This fear was aggravated by reports of a tense political situation in France as result of Britain's decision.
Austrian Nazis, thousands of whom were released from prison wily a few days ago under an amnesty decree growing out of Schu-schnigg's Berchtesgaden conference with Fuehrer Adolf Hitler of Germany, not only opened a violent campaign against Jews but demanded wider powers in the government.
PRO ARTE QUARTET TO PRESENT CONCERT ON CAMPUS SUNDAY
Works of Ravel, Thompson, and Mozart will be featured by the Pro Arte string quartet from Brussels, when it presents the first in a series of five concerts at Bovard auditorium Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. No admission will be charged for the concerts which are under the sponsorship of the Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge foundation.
Discovered at the American Academy in Rome by Mrs. Coolidge, who was offering prizes there for the season, the organization was brought to the United States because of the favorable impression made at the academy.
First appearance of the quartet in America was made in the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C.
Organized in 1912 the group favored music of a lighter tone, and for many years gave annual recitals in Paris. Later at the Salzburg International festivals it was chosen to introduce “new works.”
Members of the quartet have spent several summers at Mills college, under the sponsorship of Mrs.
WAMPUS HEAD CALLS MEETING
Magazine Contributors To Convene Today
Wampus staff members will convene at the first meeting under the new editorship of Jack Warner today, 1 p.m., in 430 Student Union.
The following students are requested to attend by the recently appointed editor: Jimmy Talcott, Dick Snavely, Myrton Purkiss, Hal Gardner, Clark Mallory, Walter Luer. Buster Martines, Stan Radom, Warren Bums, Morton Brigadier, Albert Colegrove, Cullen Gulko, Sid Wise, Lee Goodman, Al Gordon, Craig Dorman, Carl Johnson, Neal Deasy, Robert Crawford, Charles Cochard. Walter Bandick, Everett Vilander, William Clark, Jack Parrent, T. K Wright, Herman Rosen. and Rockey Spicer. Louise Brant. Doris Martin, Barbara Morton. and Doris Smetineh are also requested to attend today’s meet ing.
Students interested in magazine and humor Writing are also cordi ally invited to attend the meeting, Warner said yesterday.
The senate adopted the following resolution yesterday afternoon in connection with the Pro Arte string quartet concerts. “The members of the student Senate urge the student body as a whole to take advantage of the opportunity presented them by Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague coolidge to hear the concerts of the Pro-Arte string quartet. The Senate further wishes to acknowledge Mrs. Coolidge’s gift to the students and to express formally its gratitude to her for arranging the series on this campus. The Senate feels that the students will best indicate their appreciation by attendance at the concerts.”
HELPLESS
HAUSFRAU
HECKLED
Fate’s fickle finger fished a coincidence out of the grab-bag recently in what must have seemed a diabolical plot to heckle a helpless hausfrau.
The “helpless hausfrau” has the misfortune to live next door to a fraternity. One day her pet turtle wandered into fraternity territory, where it was immediately captured and consigned to a burning rubbish pile.
The next day, the militant Greeks fired on her pet cat with an air rifle.
“Enough!” the hausfrau exclaimed. and off she went to seek legal counsel. The lawyer she selected is a member of the fraternity whose scalp she seeks.
Labor
Demands
Ouster
Parly Asks Removal Ol Chamberlain As Prime Minister
Club Purposes To Be Probed
INVESTIGATOR
Coolidge, where they offered concert. lectures, and courses in ensemble.
The quartet is composed of Al phonse Onnou, first violin; Lamont Halleux, second violin; Germain Prevost, viola; and Robert Maas ’cello.
Program for the first of the U S.C. series follows:
Quartet in F Major ........ Ravel
The Wind in the Willows ......-
___;..............................Thompson
Quartet in B Major ____ Mozart
Dates for the series are: March 3 and 10 at 8 p.m. and February 27, March 6 and 13 at 4 p.m.
Alderman To Lecture At Music Tea
Phi Beta, Mu Phi Epsilon, honorary music club, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Phi Mu Alpha music sororities and fraternities are sponsoring lecture tea in Studio nine, School of Music. 3:30 to 5, this afternoon.
Miss Pauline Alderman will lecture on the Pro Arte-Coolidge Concerts, and will emphasize the works of young American composers to be included in the concerts.
pessoi Nordskog revealed that look at liberty in terms of jwn current social institutions.
an emphasis that may be economic, political, or reli-or there may be complex reaps be i ween these. In con-he remarked there is no at-of liberty once for all by ;iety.
ima Phi ib To Meet
INCREASE IN AID TO SCHOOLS URGED
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23—(U.P.)—President Roosevelt’s advisory committee on education recommended in a report to congress today that federal financial aid to the public school system be increased to $199,000,000 a year by 1944, four times the present amount of aid.
The report, on which 21 educa-*--______
tors and economists worsed for a
year, began with the bald statement that “the public school system in the United States greatly ibers of ihe Gamma Phi club j needs improvement. Glaring in-le Gamma Phi auxiliaries of equalities characterize educational will entertain tne members opportunities and expenditures for U.C.LA. chapter of Gamma schools throughout the nation. The sta. national so'ciai sorority, level of educational service that can [cheon tomorrow in 418. coun- be maintained under present cir-. f>m of the Student Union. cumstances in many localities is be-possibili.y of creating a' low the minimum necessary for oi the Gamma Phi Beta, the preservation of democratic in-il social sorority, on the U., stitutions. Federal aid is the only rapus will be discussed at way in which the difficulties in this
widespread and complex ♦iuation Phi Betas attending the can be adequately corrected.” from U.C.L.A. will be: The committee recommended that ter in. Margaret Severe in. the federal government allocate - d^r. Sue Cornell. Mar- 570.0M.000 for educational aid in iliacc. Ln V>me Anderson, j the 1939-40 fisca: y.-ar. For the five iSculc. ?i	vr".-: sskt succeeding Otou jean, pr*
Burnett, 5.ic Cherry, and wouid cc: $2G3.5GC 0; $1?°.300.000;
j 1158,000,000; $179,000,000; $199,000,-
000. After 1944, federal aid would be dependent upon whatever need then exists.
The grants would be effective in bringing “education out of the doldrums,” the report stated.
Present administration of federal school funds was sharply criticized. The committee found that too much federal control is being exercised over programs financed by the $22.-000.000 annually the government now grants for vocational education. It recommended that the various states be permitted to determine for themselves what educational activities are to be deemed “vocational.'’ It added, however, that the present program, embracing rehabilitation j of the physically disabled, instruc- | ti~n at land-grrent colleges, pgricui-.ure end heme economics extension work, |Qould be continued.	i
COORDINATOR TO SPEAK
YMCA To Resume Student-Faculty Forum
“Is there an excuse for living?”
W. Ballentine Henley, co-ordina tion officer, will inaugurate the resumption of the YMCA-sponsored student-faculty hours tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock when he will lead the forum in a discussion of the topic, “Is there an excuse for living?”
The student-faculty hour was first presented last semester in order to bring faculty members of the university in closer contact with the students.
Dr. Henley will also bring the reasons for going to college, and a basis for right and wrong into the discussion, Floyd Cunningham, vice-president ot the Trojan “Y,” explained yesterday.
Tomorrow's Organ Program
Archibald Sessions, university organist, will play compositions of Bach, Jadassohn, and Liszt at his concert to be presented in Bovard auditorium during assembly peri-iod today.
Following is the program for the concert:
Choral Prelude, "lch rufzu dir, Herr
Jesu Christ’...................*........... Bach
Scherzo.............................Jadassohn
Fantasia and Fugue on Bach..........Liszt
A branch of Liszt’s work that has only recently received due attention is his organ music. His correspondence shows that he was always interested in the organ, and no doubt his compositions and arrangements for it would have been tractable in tr "h. snd less imperfect in regard to facilities ior registration.
Polyzoides Leads Forum
First Interfratemity Discussion Treats 'America and War'
Adamantios Th. Polyzoides, lecturer in international relations and journalism, will lead a discussion on the topic “What will be America’s Place in the Next War?” in the first of a series of interfratemity forums tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house, 630 West 28th street
The forum is sponsored jointly by the Trojan YMCA and the interfratemity council. Harold Olson is chairman of the forums. Bob Matzke, president of the “Y” and Fred Hall, president of the council, are active in promoting the forum discussions.
Effects of the next war on college men and other aspects of the topic having a relation to university graduates will be brought up during the discussion, Matzke pointed out.
The forum is open to non-org students as well as fraternity members. The Thursday night discusions will be a regular semi-weekly activity during this semester.
“The meeting will consist of a discussion, not a lecture,” explained Olson. “The purpose of the forums is to give college men a chance to exchange ideas on current topics,” he said. “Mr. Polyzoides is expected to have his opening remarks concern all of the latest movements of foreign powers and their relation to possible war."
LONDON, Feb. 23 — (IIP)— Brit-I ish labor leaders, supported by 6,- j 000,000 followers, demanded tonight j that a general election be called to oust Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain because of his “dis-honorable surrender to the threats and bullying of Fascist states.”
The demand was contained in a manifesto passed by the united labor movement in a gigantic meeting at Transport House. Meantime, Chamberlain fought off attacks on his personal honor on the floor of the house of commons.
VOTE GIVEN Despite the two-to-one house of commons vote of confidence given him last night—approving his direct deals with Europe’s dictators and virtual repudiation of the League of Nations—the prime minister continued under heavy attacks from all sides.
It appeared that the government crisis, brought into the open by Anthony Eden’s resignation as foreign secretary when he refused to consent to a direct bargain v/ith Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy, had been inflamed rather than quelled by the vote in parliament.
EDEN MOVES QUICKLY Both Chamberlain and Eden moved quickly to carry the issue before the people.
The prime minister sent Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare, forced to resign as foreign secretary two years ago after being discredited because of the Hoare-Laval plan on Ethiopia, to a national chamber of commerce luncheon Where he asserted that the Italo-British deal was “no cowardly, shady negotiation but an honest attempt to face the cause of difference.”
Eden will address voters of his constituency at Leamington Friday and repeat his charges that he was driven into resigning because he refused to a “surrender” to the dictators.	^ GAUNTLET THROWN Chamberlain revealed in the house of commons that, since last night’s vote, he had thrown down the gauntlet and virtually invited any other members of his cabinet to resign if they, like Eden, felt that they were parties to a “surrender.” “Since last night,” he said, “I have consulted my colleagues and they are unanimous in saying that in taking Sunday’s decision (opening the Italo - British talks on friendship) they do not feel themselves to be under threat or duress.”
Coalson Morris, president of the Trojan Knights, named on a committee to investigate campus organizations and to recommend the elimination of all social, service, honorary, and professional societies found to be inactive.
Religious Essay Contest Closes Today
Baxter, Others To Act as Judges Of Winning Essays
Non-Orgs Plan All-U Dance
Committees for the Lancer dance which is to take place tomorrow evening at 8:30 p.m. in the social hall of Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall will be completed today, Evelyn Bard, chairman in charge of arrangements, announced last night. Freshmen, on campus for their first semester, are especially invited to the event, which is an all-U affair.
A feature of the dance, the first given by the Lancers this semester, will be the introduction of the candidates for the organization’s election scheduled for next week.
Recorded music will be played for the affair, as has been the custom at other Lancer dances. A charge of 25 cents will be made for men, although women are admitted free.
Several social affairs, to Which all members of the student body and particularly non-orgs are invited, are sponsored by the organization.
>. Knopf To Lead Meditation Tomorrow
Quotations from “Spirit, A Study in the Relation of Religion to Health,” by Ethel Hoyt, will feature moming mediation tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. in Little Chapel of Silence.
Dr. Carl S. Knopf, dean of the School of Religion, will conduct the service.
Spirit, A Study in the Relation of Religion to Health” was recommended to the School of Religion by Dr. Richard C. Cabot, an eminent authoritv on the
Lancer Petitions Now Available
Petitions for the vacant Lancer presidency and the two positions on the administrative board, formerly held by Frances Dunn, service chairman, and Shirley Rothschild social chairman, will be available at the Lancer table or at the ASUSC office, Frances Paddon, election chairman, announced.
All candidates for the offices must fill out petitions and turn them in at the Lancer table during chapel periods or at the ASUSC office not later than 3 p.m. Monday, February 28, according to the election chairman.
Two students enrolled either in U.S.C., U.C.L.A., or L.A.J.C. will be from $15 to $35 richer next Monday morning when winners of the University Religious conference essay contest, which closes at 2 p.m. this afternoon are announced.
As the final deadline of the contest, which was originally yesterday at 4 p.m, was not published, the closing time was postponed until today, so that students Who plan to submit essays may be reminded of the hour at which the competition. wUl officially end.
With Dr. Frank Baxter of the U.S.C. English department and four other educators from U.C.L.A.. a local church, and the URC acting as judges, the entrees will be considered on the ability with which they answer the question, “How May We Safeguard Religious Freedom in America?”
In stating the regulations governing the contest, Miss Margaret King, University Religious conference secretary on the Trojan campus, emphasized that the themes submitted must be between 1000 and 1500 words in length .
Since awarding the prizes must be done on an unbiased basis, individual names may not appear any place on the essay proper, but must be attached to the entry in a sealed envelope that will also contain the writer’s religious and educational affiliations.
OLD HOUSE TAKEN FOR LAST RIDE'
With its aging timbers groaning and creaking their protest, another old house, at the stroke of midnight, Monday, lifted its weary feet from their resting place of unknown decades to make way for a larger and greater university.
Having completed a painful three-mile journey from 704
West 36th street, the building now* reposes, a trifle self-consciously, perhaps, on its new foundations and amid new neighbors near Fifth and Hartford streets.
But perhaps the old house regrets the day, not so long ago, when a gang of unsympathetic moving men arrived, gave it a cold and appraising start, and unceremoniously began ripping away the tat-
everything, even the venerableness
of its advanced years.
Next with the aid of steel jacks the once-modem home rose upward inch-by-inch. Huge rubber - tired rollers moved under the foundations, and complamingly the place settled itself for its last ride.
Thus it rested until midnight wlien slowly and uncertainly it tered skirts around its weather-1 filled into 36th street and on to beaten ankles. These men cared not j University avenue for the first and for the modssty nor did they re-1 probably last time of its life, spect the age of the dwelling; they only wanted to “get this joint out of here."
Off went the stairs—they might hinder the moving; down came the roof—it might interfere With the trolley wires on the way to the new
Perhaps if the chimes in Mudd hall had not been slumbering, they would have tolled out a final farewell—but they did not. Perhaps if a few Trojans were present, they would have voiced a comforting goodbye—but they did not. No, the old house moved on alone, pro-
relation of | location; off dropped the porch—( religion to physical and mental it, too, might be in the way. Now. j ceeded by no heralds, followed by health, according to Dean Knopf, i truly, was the oid place shorn of i no cheering throng.
Investigating Body Formed By Senate
Gardiner Pollich, ASUSC president, before a meeting of the student senate, yesterday, named a committee to investigate campuj organizations and to recommenc the elimination of all social, service. honorary, and professional sororities found to be inactive.
Harry Poll ok. chairman of the student organizations committee, was appointed chairman • of the group. Serving with him are Fred Hall, president of the intrafratem-ity council; Coalson Morris, president of the Trojan Knights; and John Golay, editor of the Daily Trojan.
DATES SET
Approving a proposal of Bob Rothschild, commissioner of elections, the senate officially set March 25 as the date for ASUSC elections and March 11 for the nomination assembly. Petitions, which are required for all candidates, will be obtainable March 7 and due March 9. Rothschild also announced the appointment of 11 men to aid the Amazons in maintaining order at election time.
Included in this committe are: Floyd Cunningham, Jim Hastings, Art Levine, Michael McBann. Art Pugh, Jim Richardson, Emil Sady, Charles Schweitzer, Jack Slattery, Ed Stevenson, Herman Taylor, and Bill Thompson.
DANCE OMITTED Because of mediocre success in former years and possible interference with the junior prom. April 1, the senate unanimously voted to eliminate the annual election dance, which usually takes place the evening following balloting.
After reporting that the athletic committee had tabled a senate motion which made ice hockey a major sport, Jim Hogan, chairman of the student athletic committee, proposed the unification of monograms for all sports. Hogan was named by Pollich with Ken McDonald and Pet Kalionzes to investigate this situation.
Approving the decision last week of the publications board, the senate also unanimously voted Jack Warner editor of Wampus.
Phi Beta Kappa Alumni To Hear Dr. Max Mason
Dr. Max Mason of the California Institute of Technology will address the southern California alumni ot Phi Beta Kappa and members of Sigma Xi. scientific honorary fraternity on “Verbs and Adverbs Is Related to the Humanistic Side of Science” Saturday evening. February 26, when the group gathers for their annual winter dinner.
The semi-formal dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Foyer o< Town and Gown on the UJB.C. campus. An admission charge of $1 is to be payed at the door.
A memorial tribute to formei president, Dr. Norman J. Kil bourne, will be offered by Mrs. Walter Hartley, guest soloist.
All members of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi fraternities frcar southern California universities and alumni from other sections of the country now residing in the southland are invited to attend the dinner meeting by Jerome W. McNair, and George M. Day, fraternity officers.
Rooter Tickets Available
All student* and fe sulty members may obtain good seats for this weekend’s basketball games With the stcond place California Bean if they will exchange their student body tickets for fate tickets today or Friday.
The block of seats in the centei section, reserved for Trojan rooters will be released to the general public after Friday afternoon, necessitating prompt action by those desiring good seats.
The U.S.C.-L.A.J.C. hockey game will be played at 9:15 allowing Trojan sports enthusiasts to witness both the basketbaU and hockey games Saturday night.
Tickets can be purchased for twenty-five cents in the Student Union bookstore by presenting ASUSC books.
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