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CALIFORNIA
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United Press Assn.
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VOLUME XXXI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1940
NUMBER 96
JUNIOR PROM COMMITTEES Journalists NAMED FOR ANNUAL DIG
Gripman Picks Group To Prepare Theme, Decorations for March 15th Formal
March 15 is the date set for the ; annual Junior Prom, traditional junior class dance, and committee selections for the event are com- i
plete. according to John Gripman. i class president and prom chairman. I
Plans for engaging a ‘ name | band" for the event, developing an original theme and decorations, mapping publicity schedules, and selecting bids are underway under the newly-appointed committees. Grip- j man said.
Committee appointments are as follows: Frank Scott and Tom Eddy, orchestra: Gene Ellis and Chuck Johnston, favors, theme, and | decoration arrangements: Jack Naye and Ximeno Tejada, posters; Marvin Shapiro and Frank Scott, door : prizes; Bob Mersen, bid selections.1
Philosophy Lecture Tomorrow To Stress Totalitarian States
'•The Totalitarian State” ri)l receive the attention of frof. Thomas Greenwood, vis-:ng professor of philosophy, rho will lead the philosophy lorum tomorrow at 4:15 p.m. n Bowne hall.
“If you believe in the inter-elation of all human activ- 1 ti*>r. and interests, then you iust agree thr.t political theory and it. c tice are essentially connected rith philosophy.”
I This is the general principle up-r which Dr. Greenwood will base i- introductory exposition and esti-lation of the tolalitarian state.
The professor, who came to SC -om Kirkbeck college of the Uni-prsitv of Lodon. i; now completing book for publication, and has pre-nted several lectures in and
ound Los Angeles during the past I Special emphasis will be placed upon recreational activities mester. He plans to leave soon jn the extra-curricular program of the SC summer session er of Town and Gown, the main J_* leclure wur o( the Mlddle which starts June 17, It was announced by Dean Lester Bur- speaker wUl be Virgil Pintley. Eur-
I ton Rogers.
John Gripman
RECREATION ACTIVITIES MARK JUNE PROGRAM
School of Journalism To Fete High School, College Students
Women and war will monopolize the program at the 18th annual Newspaper day for high school and junior ! college journalism students to be held on campus Saturday ; under the sponsorship of the School of Journalism.
Principal speakers at the morning assembly which I will be Miss Margaret Stimson, staff starts at 9:30 in Bovard auditorium writer on the Los Angeles Examiner, speaking on “A Woman in Newspaper Work,” and Lee Payne, managing editor of the Los Angeles Daily and Evening News, discussing “Identifying Propaganda in the News.”
LUNCHEON IN FOYER
At the noon luncheon in the Foy-
fest.
rSTEMS TO BE TOLD
[in offering his views on tomor-
The offerings will include
>w’s forum subject, the savant will	games for men and women separ-
Ihph-'tee the rise and fall of act-	ately as well as a variety of co-real systems of government, stressing	creational sports and social activ_ specially the historical, economic,
togmphie.1. and psychological	ltles- These will augment an ex-
Ejgggg	panded schedule of classes in phvsi-
["In order to appeal to the indi- csl education during the summer, dual citizen and to the nation at Among those added to the summer , j-ge. these conditions must be ra- staff, which numbers 14. is Miss
jonaiized. integrated into a har- Velma Dunn. lormer Olympic aqua-1 nonious whole; in other words they	!
jnirt exhibit a philosophical colorjst*r who graduates here this ( •hich alone gives them value,” Pro- June. She will be in charge of the ggsor Greenwood remarked. Nor course in badminton, loes the totalitarian state escape I
I . , , . , , . . ..____„ Others on the staff include the
his fundamental law. he believes.
following: William Ralph LaPorte. ! )MPARISONS TO BE MADE	,	, ^	_
professor of physical education; Dr.
Tt would be interesting to analyze
I t	. . . ,__—,4.- Charles LeRoy Lowman, chief of
lie forms of dictatorial governments	J	’
the past, and to discuss the var-	staff at the Orthopedic hospital;
is autocratic doctrines proposed by	Kathryn Griffin Pond, Occidental
litical writers, he asserted.	college: Margaret Eleanor Sweet.
Professor Greenwood, however,	kos Angeles City college; Thomas
ill treat only indirectly the more	K. Cureton Jr.. professor of health,
cent forms of totalitarianism, es-	physical education and recreation at
??ially forwarding the exhibitions	Springfield college, and Bernice
individual sports and team
opean business manager for the United Press and an SC graduate, whose topic is “War by United Press Wire.”
Awards to be made at the luncheon include the Ruth Apperson Eak-er prize to the SC student writing the best editorial, the Crombie Allen trophy to the high school paper showing the greatest improvement | over a given period, and two additional awards to a high school and a junior college paper, presented by the Daily Trojan.
ASSOCIATION MEETS A meeting of the California Newspaper Publishers’ association will take place in the afternoon on the on by Dr. Charles campus, publishers of southern Cal-dean of the College of ifornia newspapers having been in-
the Fascist and Nazi states.
‘•I shall endeavor to show this nimon spiritual inspiration and eir specific differences in theory id in practice in political systems.” concluded.
Moss. Utah State director of health, physical education, and recreation.
'AA Election [ea Scheduled omorrow
Candidates for the executive of-es of the Women’s Athletic asso-tion will be nominated upon to-rrow at the WAA nomination tea 3:30 p m. in the WAA club room. I Physical Education.
Students wishing to file petitions candidacy may make application iav to Frances Williams, president the group. Other nominations il be made from the floor at to-rrow s meeting.
Elections will be held March 12 the offices of president, vice-sident. secretary, treasurer, and “vity recorder. The office of -ident requires a 1.5 cumulative "e average for eligibility. All r offices require a 1.3 average a period of service on the WAA *d. according to Dorothy Evans, inations chairman.
History Club Invites Majors
Applications for membership to Phi Alpha Theta, national honorary history fratemity, are being accepted from juniors and seniors majoring in history.
Twelve units in this major must have been completed with a grade point average of 2.1 in history and 1.8 in non-history courses.
A complete list of university grades with the name of each course, number of units, and grades received, should be handed in to Prof. Della Totton Early, or Frof. Frank H. Garver of the history department. Telephone number and address should also be included.
Founder Talks On Industries
Economist Tells Rules for Success
1 “American Industries ... a Product of a Dream Come True” was elaborated Thompson
Commerce at the University of II-	vited to attend the Newspaper day
linois, Friday at a luncheon of Phi	activities.
Eta Sigma in Elisabeth von Klein-	Reavis Winckler. Daily Trojan
Smid hall.	editor, as student chairman for the
Dr. Thompson, co-founder and	d»y* will preside at the morning
present grand president of Phi Eta	meeting, with Marc N. Goodnow,
Sigma, freshman honorary frater-	lecturer in journalism, introducing
nity, related several of his experi-	the speakers. Prof. Roy L. French,
ences in industry. He stressed the	director of the School of Journalism,
importance of becoming public-	will preside at the luncheon. Dr. spirited for a successful career.
The visiting economist presented four rules for success: appreciation.
Rufus B. von KleinSmid will welcome the visitors.
courage, imagination, and creative endeavor.
Dr. Malcolm Heslip of the School of Merchandising and co-founder of Phi Eta Sigma with Dr. Thompson. introduced the Illinois educator. Other honored guests at the luncheon were Dr. Francis Bacon, j counselor of men, and Dr. Rock- < well Dennis Hunt, dean of the I
Steinbeck Book Discussed Today On Broadcast
Pete Conn
. . . tars ity musical director
Coeds Enlist In All U Stage Show
Scripts Studied For Final Choice Of Skit Material
Coeds will take part in the annual all-university show for the first time in many years, according to Milton Weiner, publicity director of the production.
Original scripts have been narrowed down to three with the final choice to be made this week. The student ethics and welfare committee will pass final opinion on plot and dialogue and casting will begin the early part of next week.
The date of the show has been tentatively scheduled for the latter part of April. It was formerly known as the Varsity snow, and was produced by the Varsity club.
Major positions on the production staff have been filled and include William Miller, supervising director; Steve Zorich, student director; Harry Eddy, managing director; Pete Conn, musical director; Marie Kay. dance director; Weiner, publicity director; and Aurel Gilbert, assistant publicity director.
GROUPS FACE OUSTER OF EL RODEO PANELS
Non-Payment Means Deletion for Three.Groups,
Say Yearbook Business Officials
Three social sororities face deletion from the panel section of the 1940 El Rodeo as the result of their failing to meet the deadline Friday afternoon, according to Paul Miller, business manager.
The organizations affected are: Alpha Chi Omega, Delta
Delta Delta, and Alpha Gamma i-
Three SC Squads Tie for First Place At LACC Meet
Practically monopolizing up-
bafee squads captured the 10th invitational forensic tournament finals, held Saturday at
RECREATION PROGRAM MARKS SUMMER TERM
Award Date Set for Writers
Apolliad winners will be announced immediately after the spring vacation, Prof. Tacie Hanna Rew. assistant professor of speech and director of the event, announces.
“Response to the Apolliad of 1940 has been excellent and compares favorably with last year’s event,” says Professor Rew. “The quantity and the quality that has been tabulated so far was found to be very good material.”
To date. 20 plays, 5 essays, 31 short stories and 111 poetry selections have been submitted to the committee for judging. Though professors in charge of the music, dance, and fine arts departments have accepted works of their students the material has not yet been
“The Grapes of Wrath,” and the controversy it has caused, will be
~	,	, discussed by Mrs. Mary Duncan Car-
„ t°r 'ter. director of the Graduate School the School of Research.	L Llbrary Sclence. at p.m. to_
Earl Bolton, president of the lo- day on the Film-Book Club of the cal chapter of Phi Eta Sigma, pre- Air program over KFAC.
| sided at the meeting which was at- l tended by approximately 50 persons. The si* articles on which The ' tabul-ated for the judges.
Frprf ivrsver	ir, eh,™	Grapes of Wrath” is based appeared
r?neemerits	originally in the San Francisco The Apolliad is an annual affair
J	News in 1936 and are now published	of the university. It was given the
Tomorrow Dr. Thompson will jn pamphlet form They will be re-	name Apolliad due to the fact that
speak at a joint dinner meeting vipwpd as well as < The Novels of	AP°H° was the Greek god of all the
of SC and UCLA chapters of Phi	stetaSL,'the first critical	arts. The program will not only
3U Sr.ma in Kerckhoff hall on study of Steinbeck’s books, taken in	c°nsist of literature, but music,
the^ Westwood campus, starting at chronological order.	dancing, and nearly every depart-
5:15 p.m.	ment on the campus will be repre-
Another novel, “An American Ox-	sented.
odus" by Dorothea Lange and P. S. j_
Taylor, will be discussed. This story ;
deals with the tragedy of the “rent-	Braden Speaks ers and no more” made familiar in
Delta. The decision was made joint- office.
ly by Kenneth Stonier, manager of After 12 o’clock, panels, pictures, | student publications, and Miller. and cuts will be removed from the i This ruling will affect approxi- layouts despite the fact that several '< mately 200 students who are includ- have had engraving work completed, per division and freshman ed in the fraternity and sorority Organizations which have made part competition SC’s powerful de-membership lists. In an effort to payment on the panels will also make possible a representation of sacrifice the amount paid plus rep-every social fraternity and sorority resentation in the yearbook, on the campus in the El Rodeo, , This is in accordance with the Stonier gave the delinquent organ- terms of the El Rodeo contracts izations until noon today to make signed by each of the organizations Los Angeles City college, payment m full in the comptroller’s affected.	jn upper division debate,
the teams of Barton-Jeffers, Bolton-Frascher, and Wright-Jones, all SC squads .wound up in a three-way tie for first place. In the last debate of the afternoon the Bolton-Frascher combination defeated a UCLA team to enter the The revamped and enlarged staff of the Trojan Review, triple tie. campus newsreel, will present the first film of the spring uCLA competes semester on Friday in Bovard auditorium. Whether the news- competition was offered by ucla reel will be presented in a special morning assembly or at the and many southland junior colleges, usual time, 12 M., is not yet decided by the university special in upper division oratory Edward
assembly committee.	McDonnell captured second place.
, , ,	.. while impromptu speech entrants.
In an attempt to streamline the Wallace pYascher and William Bar-
SC student movie. Don Duke, under- j earned first and second places, graduate producer, has combined respectively.
I the organization into one presenta- !
tion staff	Barton won a first place. Gordon
Wright a second, in upper division Crew one—Mike Bell, director; , oratorical declamation, while Hamed Herbert E. Farmer, director of pho- Hoose won first place in oratory, tography; Robert B. Minton, editor; £0 complete the men’s varsity win-Morton Block, commentary; Geral- nings.
*dine Clift, musical scorer; Katheryn __ _ __
Idso and Kendall J. Mau, publicity: FROSH SWEEP DEBATE Inauguration of the first of a Davjd Johnson, technician; and Th6 lower division duo of Everett-series of monthly addresses by mo- George Kawamoto, stills.	Lane won 11 of 12 debate contests.
Film Series Opens Tonight
Producer Frank Lloyd Will Speak on Cinema
tion picture producers and writers on the theme of “The Cinema and American Life” will be given today in the Harris hall at 8 p.m.
Held by the university in cooperation with the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, tonight’s invitational lecture fill be given by Frank Lloyd, producer-director on the subject of “The Producer and His Public.” Mrs. Thomas G. Winter of the Hollywood organization will preside.
Tomorrow's Organ Program
Other lower division winners include Leland Hodge, first in oratory; women debaters Jean Ann Morton and Shirley Hitze, first and second respectively in oratory; and Hitz. first in impromptu.
SC speakers permanently retired
ttie debate cup in 1938. as a result
of the outcome of that year s meet rector; John Norwood, first camera- plus a previous 1936 ^
man; Berkeley Powell, assistant i
cameraman: J. H. Miller, techni- The determination of the stu-cian; and Kay Kalash. script girl. dents to be entered in the Redlands
university intercollegiate tourna-Crew four-Robert Taylor, direc- ment scheduled for March will *
tor; Leonard Peck, assistant direc- based upo nthg showing made Sat.
Crew tow—Paul MacGuff, director; Dan Wiegand. first cameraman; Jerry Maisell. assistant director: Leigh H. Kelley, assistant cameraman; Gordon Bicknell. technician; and Jeanne Keeler, script girl.
Crew three—Bob Jenks, director; William B. McCarthey. assistant di-
tor; cameramen, open: and Norman
urday by team members. Raul
Glasband, technician. The position praide> debate managei. said.
i for script girl is still open in this__
crew.
Prof. Archibald Sessions, uni- Crew five—Robert Minton, direc-versity organist, will present his tor; William B. McCarthey, assistant I
director; Don Weis, first cameraman; and Warren Houseman, technician. Positions for cameramen and script girl are still open in this ! crew.
regular Tuesday program in Bovard auditorium tomorrow, at 12:10 p.m. The following selections will be included:
Passacaglia in C minor ............Bach
This work, written in the latter period of Bach’s career, is an example of his virtuosity and breadth of thought. It is a theme and twenty variations, building up to a magnificent climax. Stokowski and Respighi have made transcriptions for orchestra.
Water Music Suite ................Handel
Bourree—Air, Minuet . . Hornpipe—Aria—Allegro Handel had been unfriendly with George, Elector of Hanover, so that when George was made King of London in 1714. and proclaimed a water carnival on the Thames, Handel got busy, at once, and wrote this Suite for the occasion, thereby effecting a reconciliation.
Language Club Plans Luncheon
With “Observations on the Classical Influence in English” as the topic, Dr. William Chislett Jr. will speak to members of Sodalitas Clas-sica, classical language club, tomorrow at a luncheon in Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall.
Dr. Chislett is an authority ono critical essays, and has written many books, one of the being “Modems and Near Modems.”
Jewish Group Plans Dance
Non-organized Jewish students will be the guests of the Jewish j student council at a dinner dance | today at 5:30 p.m. in the men s grill.
Student Union.
The purpose of the dance is to Dnyfpr Tfl Pp^fi promote friendliness among the , UuAlCI lU l\CCIvJ non-org students. It is under the supervision of Rabbi Bernard Harrison. Tickets may be obtained from Juliette Kantor or Katherine Smith at the Council of Student Religion office.
Robinson Work
resident's Office Notice
Thr building for the Allan Han-k Foundation is being visited r unauthorized persons. Due to ilding hazards the contractor uests visitors not to enter the closure. Admission to the pre-es is limited to those having siness in connection with the struction work, and they are mitted through the office of the J. Walker company on 36th ce. The university requests full peration in this matter.
R. B. VON KLEINSMID.
President
SAE Pledges Tote Furniture To New Home on 28th
Hell week and house moving go hand in hsrid jippord-
incr tn TnHn Unlmctrnm nlorf(IO ™	“	nana. aCCOra Smith in the round-table discussion
ing to John noimstrom, pledge master of Siema Alnhfl Fnsiion f	^ ^
_.h. mo.	.	oigmd Aipna tpMion,	Qf the relative merits of the film l jj.m.	--------------------------
o maKes ceitain mat tne dirty work” of moving into new	production and novel “The Grapes, church. The price of the luncheon
quarters falls to the lot of the 10 tyro fraternity men in his	of Wrath.”	is 20 cents,
charge.
fiction by Steinbeck.
Mrs. Carter will be assisted in the broadcast by two of her students, Marv Elizabeth Nichols and Herman
To Methodists
“Student Problems” is the subject of the discussion to be led by Donald Braden, advisor of the Campbell Club, at a meeting at 12:10 p.m. today, at University Methodist
Teach Students How To Live/ Advises Dr. Claude Crawford
“Build your curriculum around verbs and participles instead of around nouns and adjectives, was the advice of Dr. Claude C. Crawford, professor of education, in revealing the principles of functional education to a group of students in
education yesterday afternoon.
-I The groupr sponsored by Dr. Wil-
SAE’s new home. 833 West 28th street, has been remodeled at an expense of $5000. reports Cox Burk-holm. fratemity recorder, and improvements include new shower facilities. furniture, and interior decorations.
A “no rough-housing'' edict will be strictly enforced at the new house to extend the life of modernistic furniture, mahogany panelling. Persian rugs, and a new piano, officers declare. A new card room for bridge devotees and a test file in the library for scholars are among the new appointments.
Its A Dizzy World—Some Enjoy Mid-Terms!
With five-week examinations looming on the horizon. Trojan students spent the week-end in quiet hours of study in anticipation of the inevitable quizzes. When interviewed last week, students of both sexes expressed their opinion regarding the first tests of the new semester.
Students, however, were not the nounced after pledges have put the only ones who voiced opinions on house in order, which will include the matter, for professors as well carrying old furniture upstairs and ; had their likes and dislikes. When j arranging new furniture as the 35 asked to be quoted, they replied, residents’ artistic tendencies direct. ’Leave me out of it.”
Some of the five-week quizzes, however,, were confined to written reports and the many students hurry to and from the library would indicate that some of them were working with diligences.
The reserved book room on the ground floor closely resembled the Mannerheim line after a Russian
papers due today. The ever-pop-ular problems of Modem Society course drew its share of interested followers, with Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini coming into prominence with their respective writings.
The following bits of wisdom, both ame, were gleaned from a fraction
ams every week. I never study for them anyway.
attack with students lined up from	for and against the five-week ex-
one end of the counter to the other	of the student body:
seeking collateral reading.	Prof. Harry Reed. English depart-
Most frequent requests were made	ment — Let’s go fishing,
by freshmen students as they hur-	Bob Wagner, junior — As far as
ried to complete five-week research	I'm concerned, they could hold eic-
liam G. Campbell, met at the home of Dr. M. M. Thompson.
“Educate for action,” explained j Dr. Crawford, “instead of merely expounding mastery of subject mat-I ter. Teach your pupils how to live.” Relating the success of this ap-Iproach in actual teaching. Nathan Kay Byram, sophomore — I think Wilson, now principal of the Wash-they’re a waste of time	ington junior high school in Pasa-
Marian Hiss, freshman — Why dena and for years principal of the not forget the whole thing. That Asleandro junior high school of San Man and Civ test will get the Bernardino, outlined his plan of best of me yet.	study to the group.
Ross Hutchinson, junior — Over “Functional education endeavors
here at architecture, we just sit to meet the personal and social , , ■ ... needs of the pupil through a prob-out on the sun deck and read the lenvsolvtn!, tectl'Jnlque,.. stated wil-
funny papers while our professors son “Curriculum is developed on
grind away in class. (Don’t I wish the basis of pupil interest and ma-
ltf)	I	Continued on Page Four
Dr. Frank C. Baxter, professor of English language and literature, will read E. A. Robinson’s "Ben Jonson Entertains a Man from Stratford” at 12:10 p.m. today in Bovard auditorium.
Ben Jonson, Shakespearian contemporary, has been called “the first literary dictator.” He is known for his comic adaptations of the manners and customs of his period.
Registrar's Office Notice
The scholastic aptitude test which is required of all entering students who do not present a minimum of 28 semester units of advanced standing from another institution will be given at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 16. 1940, in 206 Administration. The regular fee for the test is S3. Applications should be filed at the office of the comptroller, payments made, and permits secured, at least a day in advance of the date of the examination.
No undergraduate student will be allowed a report for any semester or a transcript of credit for himself until this requirement is met.
THERON CLARK, Registrar