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VOLUME XXXI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1939
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NUMBER
Sororities Featured In Today s Wampus
Magazine Offers Three Contests; Goes on Sale at Assembly Hour
“It looks great to me,” President Roosevelt exclaimed to Washington reporters yesterday.
This remark was taken by Lee Goodman, editor, as a reference to the October issue of the Wampus, which goes on sale during the assembly hour today.
Hedy Lamarr. Gan,- Cooper, Car- -
ole Lombard, Spencer Tracy. Joan 1 Crawford. Tyrone Power and sev- j eral other motion picture actors have at various times made similar statements, and Goodman as- | serts that these, too, doubtlessly refer to the Wampus.
The principal reason for all this j enthusiasm, the editor explained, is the pictures of the sorority pledges which will appear. “No wonder the president was enthusiastic.” Goodman exclaimed. This statement also was taken as referring to the Wampus.
Besides the pictures of the pledges, the magazine will contain charts giving their specifications.
Stories, articles, cartoons, reviews —these too are expected to please
Drama Group Plays Ibsen's Ghosts Today
Ditch Night Leaves Pledges' Cars Odorous
Flat tires and cars smeared with molasses were discovered by sorority and fraternity pledges as they left the “Ditch night” dinner-aance Monday night at the Brentwood country club.
Returning home, the pledges found that limburger cheese had been put in the cars left at the houses, and when the motors were started the aroma of the cheese filled the air. When tired “ditchers” sought to sleep, they looked in vain for beds were placed out doors or were short-sheeted.
Still remembering pledge pranks, actives, in the morning, forced the neophytes to eat onions, to eat without silverware and without chairs. For dessert the pledges ate jello with their hands tied behind their backs.
GOLDEN AGE OF ORATORY IS LECTURE TOPIC TODAY
“Men are incidents in history and so are orations.” said Dr. Grafton P. Tanquary, associate professor of speech, yesterday as he commented on his lecture on “The American Public Address, 1787-1860,” which will be presented today at 4:30 p.m. in Doheny Memorial library.
Dr. Tanquary considers this pe
All sorority girls who have been asked to. compete in the Wampus sales contest for their houss. are requested by the Wampus business manager to report to 217 Student Union at 10 a.m. today to receive copies of the magazine.
the president and the various members of the movie colony.
Three contests will be presented in the October Wampus, and winners will receive several valuable prizes. In one, an SC girl is offered a chance to represent the Nobby Knit clothes shops, the stores will furnish all her clothes. In another contest, three Trojans will receive expense-free evenings —one at La Conga, one at Mandalay, and another at the Grace Hayes night club.
Arthur Conan Doyle’s line “Remarkable. by dear Watson.” was said by Goodman to refer to the price of the magazine—15 cents.
SC’s houses will sell the magazine during the asesmbly period today. These girls are asked to report this morning to Jess Jones, business manager, in 217 Student Union.
Vocal Expression, Lighting Effects Replace Action
Henrik Ibsen's “Ghosts” will live again this evening in Touchstone theater at 8:30 o'clock when the Drama Workshop presents the play directed by Norman Watson.
A new type of drama has been successfully introduced by the director. There is no action on the stage and the characters sit in semi-formal clothes at a table and deliver their lines. All of the action is dramatically produced through stage lighting and vocal expression. Since the play has been cut from a full three-act drama, a narrator is used to fill the gaps.
STORY CONCERNS ARTIST
The story concerns Oswald Alving. a successful young art student played by Harry Bennett, who has returned to his home in England from school in Paris. His mother, portrayed by Muriel Lindstrom, had sent him to Paris to escape the influence of his dissolute father who had since died.
Mrs. Alving welcomes her son home only to find that he is attracted to the maid, Regina, played
Pilot Courses io Be Awarded
Air Line Offers Aviation Training
An airline pilot course, valued at $4600 will be offered to the four winners in the United Air Lines scholarship contest, sponsored by the United Air Lines transport corporation, announces Dr. Earl W. Hill, chairman of the commercial aviation department.
The four awards consist of a choice in one of the non-flying courses, plus 10 hours instrument flight training, and 20 hours of dual and solo flight instruction.
The student among the four winners who shows the greatest aptitude upon the completion of the first quarter’s work, which includes the above flight instruction, will be selected to take the flying course of 285 hours.
Members of the committee of awards are Dr. Baldwin M. Woods, head of the department of mechanical engineering. University of California; William B. Stout, former president of the American Society „ ,	- - of Automotive Engineers; and two
Sororitv girls represen ing__a ^ o^ b.\ Paula Jean. In this attraction other prominent men to be announced later.
In determining the awards the committee will consider papers submitted by the candidates on the basis of: (a) the completeness, soundness, and originality of the subject matter presented; (b) the candidate's success in analyzing the subject matter and drawing conclusions; (c) the merit of the paper as a composition; and (d) the choice of subject. Papers must consist of approximately 3500 words.
Comedians To Play At SC Assembly
Frank Allen and company, comedy magicians,"will head the program given by the student council of University college in its first assembly of the year tonight at 6:30 o’clock in Porter hall, 302 Law building.
According to Allen, his presentation will not be a serious display of the science of magic, but will express his oWn particular phase of slight of hand.
riod to be the golden age of oratory, and Will describe the style and enthusiasm of the speakers that caused this period of 73 years to be so remembered by those interested in speech and oratory.
“Many halls built especially for lecture and other forms of oratory were erected in New York. Boston, and other important towns,” said Dr. Tanquary.
One of the' most important of these was Faneutl hall of Boston; it was erected in 1742, and was the scene of many holiday orations,” he added.
“The American lyceum was a democratic agent for popularizing education, and many good lecturers and orators were imported to speak to the crowd of people that gathered from all the surrounding communities,” Dr. Tanquary said.
“Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendel Holmes, Henry Ward Beecher, and Louis Agissig were come
of the most famous of the lyceum speakers,” he continued.
“Considering the whole period, some of the speakers best representative of that time were Patrick Henry, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhound, Henry Clay, Thomas Corwin, and Stephen A. Douglas.”
Dr. Tanquary will point out that the study of orations and orators as directly read in print, reflect the economic, social and political trends of the country and the attitude of leaders and molders of thought. He will also explain the qualities of these talks that made them so effective in spite of the lack of radio and other means of presenting them to the public.
The speech will also include assembly habits of the people, the influence of newspapers, the American religious background, and New England society centers.
Dr. Tanquary has reserved a period at the end of the lecture for the answering of questions.
Burglary Decrease Promised by Police
Losses Will Be Cut if Greeks Cooperate
By Locking Doors, Says Lieut. W. Sims
“Lock your doors, and I promise you that the number of burglaries will be cut 80 per cent,” said Lieut. Walter Sims of the University division police station in a talk before a crime prevention meeting of the Panhellenic and interfraternity councils ln Harris auditorium last night.
Lieutenant Sims pointed out that
Captain Joe Shel
. . . to talk at rally
Rally To Honor SC Gridders
Motorcade Planned For Team Send-off
With Hobbs Adams, Joe Shell, Harry Smith, and Doyle Nave as guest speakers, Trojan rooters will meet in front of Old College tomorrow night to give the football team a send-off prior to their leaving for Berkeley at 9:10 p.m.
The rally, under the direction of Bill Flood, will start at 7:15 p.m. and will be concluded at 8:15 o’clock in order to give a motorcade time to ,get to the Union terminal, Kenny Facts and figures will fly thick and fast tomorrow when sieling, yeU-king, announced yes-the Institute of Accounting convenes for a full day of terday.’
Institute of Accounting Will Meet Here Tomorrow
speeches and round-table discussions. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the entrance to Harris hall.
Delegates will be greeted by Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid
at 10 am. in Harris hall auditorium, and the remainder of the morning will be devoted to discussion by prominent speakers on problems concerning specialized groups of accountants and credit men.
Speaks
Newell At Alpha Psi Meeting
Tonight
Richard Newell, general manager of the Rubbercraft corporation of California, will discuss facts pertinent to the acquiring, manufacturing. and marketing of rubber, at the Alpha Kappa Psi meeting tonight
Mrs. Alving sees a re-enactment of a situation that had arisen between Mr. Alving and Regina's mother.
DISEASE INCURABLE
It happens that Oswald’s visit is more than a visit for he is fearfully anticipating an incurable disease inherited from his father.
Pastor Manders, presented by Leonard Peck, has persuaded Mrs. Alving to erect an orphanage in memory of her husband.
Chemist Will Talk At Luncheon
Ray Pierson, chief chemist of
lit the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, the Gilmore oft company, will dis-
2659 Ellendale place.
Announcement was made by Dick Bertine, president of the national professional commerce and merchandising fraternity, that the speaker was obtained through the courtesy of Charles N. Merralls, president of the California Rubber Manufacturers association, and is flying from San Francisco for tonight's meeting.
Having had pioneering experience with several major rubber concerns, Mr. Newell has been active in rubber production both in foreign and domestic fields. He will relate information regarding the development and manufacture of the largest piece of rubber ever molded.
Among the Alpha Kappa Psi alumni present at the meeting will be Dan McNamara, councilor, and Dr. P. A. Libby, alumni adviser.
Rolland Dillon, Bub Jensen, Roy King. Larry Lacy. Robert Merralls, and Malcolm Taylor are in charge oi arrangements.
cuss asphalt products at a chemical engineering students’ luncheon planned for tomorrow, 12 M., in 305 Science building.
A scholarship award will be presented to the highest freshman student in chemical engineering for the year 1938-39.
Price of the luncheon is 30 cents.
President s Office Notice
Agreeable to the proclamation of the governor of the state of California, Thanksgiving day for the campus is set for November [ 13, 1939. Please take notice that the Thanksgiving vacation will extend from 9 p.m. Wednesday, November 22, to 8 a.m., Monday, November 27.
Regular university classes will be held on the dates formerly announced as vacation dates, November 29-December 4. Administrative offices will be open November 24 and 25.
R- B. von KleinSmid, President.
Mass Suicide Pact Signed By Students in Hoax
BY LEE CLARK
Eighty-one students were hoaxed into agreeing to cut their own heads off on Thursday, November 2, when they unsuspectingly signed a fake petition circulated on campus by a Daily Trojan reporter yesterday.
The students unwittingly entered the mass suicide pact
when thev did not read the paper | ------
thoroughly. It was ostensibly a enough to catch the suicide clause, move to declare a college holida> Th* PaPer wa* circulated in order on November 2. designated as Dr. to Pr°ve that the majority of the Rufus B. von KleinSmid's birth- P«>Ple fail to read closely the con-day. The signers failed to note tract«- Petitions, etc., which they that November 2 is not the presi- si^n- The idea was taken from a dent’s birthday.	large eastern university which per-
formed a similar stunt a few years The petition was composed of ago three paragraphs, the first and
last of which were entirely inno- i
The five students who read
cent In the second paragraph.	cl°sel-v enoueh «> c»tch the dause
after relerrinr to the proposed	were Mike MacBan. student body
holiday, the paper stated that “We	president: John Gripman. junior
do resolve that this day be spent	President; Bill Zima. former
in merrvmaking and leisure, at	J10’™,
which time each of us will de-	>>o"nell debater: and D.ck Mul-
eapitate himself with extreme joy	<*hy. Daily Trojan columnist,
thereby showing to the fullest ex-	Humor was injected into the
tent his appreciation of the tire-	conversations as students were ap-
less efforts of President von Klein-	proached by the reporter. Among
Smid, who has worked so splendid-	the remarks were “Boy, I hope
ly in our behalf.
Out of 86 students approached in a two-hour period, only five people read the petition closely
this works.” from Kenny Sieling; “Thanks a million,” from Harry Hague; and “This oughta’ be a lot of fun,” from Bill Flood.
Trojans at Cal
Will Total 1300
Trains To Carry 700; Others Drive North
Approximately 1300 students will comprise the rooting section at the Cal game this weekend when a series of new card tricks will be performed. Men must wear white shirts and rooters’ caps, while girls must wear white blouses and carry pom-poms.
Seven hundred Trojan students are expected to drive to Berkeley, while 600 are planning to take the train. Six hundred reservations have also been made on the two special alumni trains leaving at 9:20 and 9:25 p.m. Friday.
The majority of rooters will leave for Cal Friday night on the two special trains at 9:10 and 9:15 p.m., arriving at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, but a few will take the 8:15 a.m. daylight limited.
Following a rally in front of Old College, Thursday night, the varsity football team will be sent on its way at 9:10 p.m. and will arrive in San Jose at 8:20 a.m. Friday. The freshman team will leave Los Angeles on the Southern Pacific Owl at 6 p.m. Friday.
Trains will return from Berkeley Sunday at 1:30 a.m.. 2 a.m., 6:45 p.m., 7 p.m., and 8:05 p.m.
Michael MacBan. ASSC president, requests all students to drive carefully.
Tomorrow s Organ Program
Among the numbers Prof. Archibald Sessions, university organist, has chosen to play at his recital, 12 M., tomorrow in Bovard auditorium, are selections by Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer. The program is as follows:
Allegro Maestoso (Sonata in F
minor) ........................ Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn, in his six organ sonatas, initiated the beginning of the cyclic suite, which has had considerable and important development.
Ate .Maria ................ Bach-Gounod
Gounod has immortalized this simple prelude from the ‘ Well-tempered Cavalier” of Bach, and endeared it to the hearts of all lovers of sacred texts.
Coronation March jrom "I-e
Prophete” ...................... Meyerbeer
The composer’s real name was Jakob Beer. He began his career as a gifted and brilliant pianist, but soon turned his attention to ! composition. “Le Prophete” was i first produced in Paris in 1849, I and was an instant success. Wagner owed much of his early success to Meyerbeer, as it was due to his influence that the “Flying Dutchman” was produced in Berlin.
BAXTER TO SPEAK
Dr. Frank Baxter, professor of English, will address the institute members and guests at a luncheon in the foyer of Town and Gown at 12:15 p.m. His subject will be “The Literator Views Business.”
Accounting and credit problems will be topics for round-table discussions in the afternoon session.
A dinner is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the foyer of Town and Gown, with Thornton G. Douglas of a prominent local company, as toastmaster. The principal speaker at dinner will be Arlin E. Stockburger, administrative assistant to Mayor Fletcher Bowron, and former state director of finance. He will speak on “Accounting—A Tool of Management.”
SPECIAL RATE OFFERED
Special rates for students will be in effect at the dinner and luncheon. Dinner tickets may be purchased for $1, and luncheon tickets for 75 cents.
Several Trojan faculty members have assisted in the organization of the institute. Among them are: Park J. EWart. assistant professor of banking and finance; H. Dean Campbell, associate professor of acocunting; Frederick W. Woodbridge, professor of accounting; and Gerald Preshaw, University college lecturer on cost accounting.
After the interviews, and several surprise acts by the yell leaders, Sieling, Eddie Davis, and Paul Miller, an effigy of the California Golden Bear will be hung on a gallows on the Old College lawn. Just
Religions Are Compared At Forum
Dr. Syud Hossain Tells History Of Mohammedism
“The feud between Mohammed-	, . .
ism and Christianity has not been Just walked ^to the unlocked
rooms of the houses robbed and
fraternities and sororities are very careless about rot locking doors, and that valuable articles such a* typewriters, fountain pens, books, rings, and purses are left in plain sight for anyone who might wish to take them.
It was his opinion that th® houses should be more strict in questioning the Identity of visitors. “Because you can trust the members of the house, does not mean that you can trust everyone,** ha said.
Lieutenant Sims found out that the two boys already arrested in connection with these burglaries had
over the gospel of Jesus, but the rule of the church.
had taken any thing they liked.
Rooting section rules for the California game:
1.	All students, men and women, must wear white shirts. Everyone will be in one section.
2.	All men must have rooters hats, and all women must have pom-poms.
3.	Wednesday and Thursday afternoons after 3:30 pjn., the Student Union bookstore will give away red and gold crepe paper and small SC pennants for hats and lapels.
dents.
Speaker Tells Of Airline Jobs
before the end of the rally, the “hung” bear will be lowered, placed in a coffin, and escorted to a hearse by a group of Trojan Knights, who will act as pall bearers.
The hearse will lead the caravan, for which a special police escort has been provided, to the station, where a section of the parking lot has been reserved for SC students.
A serpentine, led by the Trojan band, will be formed at the entrance to station and will march to the waiting team train. As the train pulls out, Trojan rooters will sing “Fight On” and “Alma Mater,” Sieling added.
All students who are driving cars and plan to be in the motorcade, are asked to park the cars along University avenue, the first car to be parked parallel to Old College, and the rest forming a straight line directly in back, Flood announced.
These words were propounded 7heSe ^-vear-oid boystalked with by Dr.«yud Hosain. lecturer in | intelligence of hardened crim-history of world affairs, at the ***'• they had even figured, fourth session of th. Philosopy for- where valuables would be hidden,"
um yesterday in Bowne hall. jsa ieu ' Im,i'
“Mohammed laid down to his ^s a second point in his talk, followers the law that it was their Lieut. Sims pointed out that the reduty not only to accept him as a , porting of all burglaries, both past messenger and prophet, but to ac- anc* present, is of vital importance cept every other great teacher the catching of the criminal and and prophet before him. Jesus the recovery of the stolen ar-and Moses are accepted by all tlcles- He outlined the police sys-Mohammedans.”	tem for recovering stolen articles
HISTORY RELATED	from pawn shops and asked for the
Dr. Hossain related the early his- compete cooperation of the stu-tory of Mohammedism. from its beginning in the seventh century.
At that time, the people accepted I more than one god. Mohammed | founded the philosophy, “there is no god, but god.”
“All religions are really the same,” said Dr. Hossain. “They all have the same essential message, the same essential function, and the same essential teaching.
These are all based on two points,
(1) to promote personal morality in man, and (2) to promote social ethics, the relation of man to man.” .
PRAY FIVE TIMES
Dr. Hossain explained that Mohammed requires his followers to pray five times a day. and there are not exceptions. At the appointed time for prayer, every man and woman must leave everything and turn to god.
He discussed the influence of the Moslem religion in the western hemisphere. “The whole move to reconcile religion with reason following the Dark Ages was launched and made possible by Moslem philosophy in Europe.
There is hardly a phase of modem western civilization that has not been profoundly influenced by the Moslems.”
Overture To Open Listening Hour Program Today
Religious Group Meets Tomorrow in Church
Latter Day Saint students will convene for their regular meeting on tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. in the University Methodist church. Adviser for the group is Byron Donne and Marc Sessions is president of the organization.
Helsel to Guide Noon Meditation
The first noonday Fellowship meditation for the semester will be conducted today by Dr. Paul Helsel, professor of philosophy ,in Bovard auditorium, from 12:10 to 12:30 p.m.
Weekly meditation periods will be observed every Wednesday in Bovard during lunch period. The School of Religion extends an invitation to students to attend the
“The commercial airlines depend upon the civilian pilot training program for men to take over the executive positions in the lines.”
That is what Miss Pretto Bell, national secretary of Alpha Eta Rho, aviation fraternity, stated at yesterday's luncheon meeting of that organization.
“Many commercial pilots have been called back to the army due to the present rush in military preparation. This leaves more jobs open than private aviation schools can fill.”
Fifty SC students are in the pilot training program to which the airlines are looking for new men. The program was inaugurated this year at SC under the direction of the civil aeronautics authority and gives extensive pilot training.
Miss Bell said that the business of the commercial airlines improved 40 per cent because of the increased safety demonstrated in recent flights. The war also has given airline travel a boost by making fast travel necessary, she pointed out.
She predicted that airline advertising in the future would probably be handled by an advertising association, coordinating the efforts of all the lines.
SC Enrollment Includes 342 California Gold Seal Bearers
The Overture to “Merry Wives of Windsor.” by Nicilai, will open the Listening Hour program to be presented in Bovard auditorium, 3:15 o’clock, today.
Allegro Vivace con Brio, Allegretto scherzando, Tempo di Men- I uetto, and Allegro Vivace from Bee- I thoven’s Symphony No. 8 will be <p^e trojan campus boasts 342 California Scholarship Fed-piayed.	eration gold seal bearers, according to a recent report on high
Movements to be presented from	r;cords released by Theron Clark, registrar.
---------— «*»£ t“mber116 students seeking bachelor of arts de-
erees toD the list of college divisions. Prospective physicians
constitute the largest group
Jewish Council Plans Dinner
The Jewish student council of tht Student Council on Religion will meet for dinner, next Monday, 6 p.m. at the Carl’s resturant on Crenshaw boulevard.
Reservations must be obtained before Friday afternoon from Catherine Smith in tne Student Council of Religion office, or from fraternity or sorority representatives. The price of the dinner will be 75 cents.
Rapsodie Espagnole, Ravel, include: Prelude a la Nuit, Malaguena, Habanera, and Feria.
French Club To Plan Dance at Meeting
Plans for a forthcoming dance will be discussed at a meeting of the French club tomorrow noon in the tea room of the Student Union. Uda Gerber, president, urges all members to attend and aid in selecting a theme and organizing com-! mittees.
seal bearers in the professional awarded the honor in high school
schools. Only one student seeking a bachelor of science degree in general engineering is a member
of the CSF.
Eighty-seven graduate students are listed, while the largest group
are Barbara Morton, ASSC vice-president; Joe Shell, captain of the football team; Edwin Louie, assistant editor of the Daily Trojan; Jim Roberts, editor of El Rodeo, and Kenneth Sieling, head yell
according to year in the university leader.
is the class of ’41. According to Also included In the list are Earl Clark. 165 new names were added , Bolton, president of Phi Eta Sig-to the list in this year’s report. ma. freshman honorary; Virginia Contrary to opinion, the report Conzelman. former candidate for shows that it is not always those ASSC vice-president and president
students who keep their noses buried in books who achieve this award. This evidenced by the fact that many students prominent in university activities are included in the list.
Trojan celebrities who were
of Pi Beta Phi sorority; Bill Flood, president of Knights; Lawrence Pritchard, assistant director of coordination and former ASSC president; Stanley Gortikov, chairman of the Trojan editorial board; Neil Deasy, last year's El Rodeo editor.
Registrar's Office Notice
No scholastic credit will b« allowed to any student for any course in which he is not properly registered at the office of the Registrar. The approval of the faculty adviser Is necessary in aU cases.
Every student will be held responsible for each course in which he is officially registered at the registrar’s office whether or not he attends any of the recitations in the course.
All arrangements to withdraw from any course must be made at the registrar’s office during the session when the student is registered for that course.
Theron Clark, Registrar