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VOLUME XXXI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1940
NUMBER 109
AEs Hold
ouse
eception
acuity, Students Invited to Fete In New Quarters
“house warming-’ the “aern way, with dancing, ’eshments. and entertain-nt. will officially open the Sigma Alpha Epsilon ;se al 833 West 28th street afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, acuity members and stunts are invited to the open use from 2:30 to 5 p.m., ac-
■ding to Ambrose Schindler, pres-nt of the fraternity. Entertainment will be supplied rough talent drafted from the dge group of 15 members and ted fraternity actives who have unteered their services. Guests 1 dance to popular music from a y recording machine.
UQUETS PRESENTED ouquets of violets will be preted to all women guests at the r by white-coated attendants, e violet is the fraternity flower, nch will be served in the patio rlooking a formal English gar-i.
Tie new house, recently purchased $25,000, has been remodeled at :os! of $7000 to accommodate its actives and 15 pledges. Improve-nts include new furniture, interdecorations. and reconstructiion. w shower facilities have been in-lled.
:W FURNITURE ADDED
Modernistic furniture will add an -to-date atmosphere to the living ?m with its carved rosewood pan-and its Persian rugs. A new ;no has been purchased for the jsic lovers. Schindler stated.
:AE pledges carried the brunt of furniture transfer for the new use as one of their “hell week” ties. The pledges moved old fur-ture upstairs and arranged the >w furniture according to the ar-itic tastes of the actives.
KAPPA DELTA'S 1.59 TOPS SORORITY GRADE POINTS
Zeta Tau Alpha, Gamma Phi Beta Follow As First-Semester Averages Released
Sorority grade-point averages released by Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford, counselor of women, establish the Kappa Deltas as first among the 14 chapters with a 1.59.
Nosing out Zeta Tau Alpha by .07 of a point, the Kappa Delta sorority moved up from third place, occupied a year ago.
to the top position. Gamma Phi--
Beta and Kappa Alpha Theta were first occur without violent jumps
listed third and fourth with 1.5 and 1.45 grade points respectively.
The grades ran lower than previous years, according to Dean Crawford. After gaining honor position a year ago with a strong first. Beta Sigma Omicron dropped to the 12th spot in the current ratings.
Three of the chapters deadlocked for eighth spot with 1.31. They were: Delta Delta Delta. Delta Gamma. and Alpha Chi Omega.
Dropping down to the cellar is Alpha Epsilon Phi barely on the safe side of the ledger with 1.10. Gradual gradations from 14th to
Sixty-five per cent of the sororities fall between the 1.3-1.4 level which is decidedly lower than previous averages.
Following is the complete list of sorority grade-point ratings for the fall semester:
Kappa Delta, 1.59: Zeta Tau Alpha. 1.52; Gamma Phi Beta. 1.50: Kappa Alpha Theta. 1.45; Pi Beta Phi. 1.44: Phi Mu. 1.42; Alpha Delta Pi. 1.41; Alpha Chi Omega. 1.31; Delta Gamma, 1.31; Delta Delta Delta. 1.31; Alpha Gamma. 1.30; Beta Sigma Omicron, 1.24; Delta Zeta. 1.16; Alpha Epsilon Phi. 1.10.
eview Shows
SSC Politics
lie ASSC election campaign will featured in Friday’s issue of the jan Review with candid shots of candidates at social events and jies being shown.
We are working closely with Al ;ford, commissioner of elections, Michael MacBan. student body sident,” said Don Duke, student iucer. “We wish to present a -partisan story of the campaign students may have a general view :he candidates free from propa-da.”
hrough arrangements with the Oratory, shooting for Friday's ;sreel will continue until 6 p.m. jrsdav.
b give the students this late sum-,*y of the campaign's progress, it be necessary to cut the film rush it to the laboratory in ions. Duke explained, special crew will process the that night, and the staff will it up about 9 a.m. Friday. Cut-and splicing the film into the ie will be followed by cleaning polishing.
Graduate Students Will Hear Museum Director at Reception
“The Museum, the University, and the Public,” will be compared in aesthetic proportions by Roland Joseph McKinney tomorrow afternoon when he addresses a gathering of graduate students.
Mr. McKinney, director in charge of the Los Angeles museum. will speak following a semi-
annual reception for associated graduate students sponsored by Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid. The students will be received from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. in the president's suite. Administration.
PROMINENT IN ART CIRCLES
Well known for his directorship and organization of the American section of paintings for the Golden Gate International exposition. Mr. McKinney in addition has been director of art galleries in Davenport. Iowa. Atlanta. Ga.. and Baltimore. Md.
The receiving line will include Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, Dean Rockwell D. Hunt of the graduate school; Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford. counselor of women; Dean Arthur C. Weatherhead. College of Architecture and Fine Arts: and Val Lehnberg. president of the associated graduate students.
MEMBERS LISTED
Members of the reception committee appointed by Val Lehnberg. are Franklin Gilchrist. Bill Kratzer. Joe Sparks. Bob Matzke. Mrs. Margaret Keim. and Glenn Stewart.
Students who will assist in serving are: Julie Mohr. Mrs. Theodore Chen, Dona Hale, Margaret Keim. Eleanor Kuehmsted, Irene Wei. Pearl Wong. June Yarnell. and Dorothy Otis.
omorrow s rgan Program
iree chorals of Cesar Franck jd the first movement of the finished Symphony by Franz Hubert will be included in to-prrow's organ program in Bo-p-d auditorium at 12:10 p.m. of--ed by Archibald Sessions, uni-rsity organist.
oral in E major _______________ Franck
Sesar Franck’s three most cele-ted pieces for the organ are triptych of “Chorals.” written lost at the end of his life and taining the assence of his isical personality expressed in ;sical form. These compositions utterly original essays in org-music, offering no resemblance atever to the choral prelude we have come to think of it. [finished Symphony in B minor
first moiement) ..............Schulert
hubert left the world over one usand musical compositions — ong them, nine symphonies. It movement from the one in minor is perhaps one of the t known and best loved of m all.
Baxter To Read Ballads of Villon
Dr. Frank C. Baxter, professor of English literature and language, will read selections from the works of Francois Villon at 12:10 p.m. today in Bovard auditorium.
Medieval Paris lives in Villon's verses. Among his well-known ballads is "Regrets de la Belle Heaut-miere” in which a woman, once young and beautiful now old and withered, laments her lost charms.
His “Grand Testament.” written upon his escape from a death sentence, has immortalized the 15th century poet. It is composed of eight-line stanzas of eight syllable verses.
Contest Lures SC Ad Writers
Trojans aspiring to advertising careers will have an opportunity to test their ability in the national Eskimo Pie ad-writing contest, which begins today. The contest is open to all students.
Posters and mats will be available for contestants’ use, and will be found in the student publications office. 215 Student Union.
WORK SCHEDULED “Contests are often good to sweeten the routine of classwork.” stated Marc N. Goodnow. lecturer in journalism. whose advertising students are expected to enter the contest. They will work in class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mr. Goodnow said.
A nine-jewel Waltham watch is top award and will be presented for the best lay-out and copy for a half-page advertisement, which is to appear in the Daily Trojan after the contest closes. Friday. March 29. STUDENTS ELIGIBLE Students in the classes of Mr. Goodnow. Charles Dillon, Prof. Malcolm F. Heslip. and Prof. Frank Nagley; merchandising majors, and journalists, are eligible to submit their entries to Jack Parrent in the publications office.
Judges for the contests will be: Jack Morris, president of the Los Angeles Advertising agency; William Banning. Production Service company; and Vince I.. Meagher. Times Publishing company.
The contest is sponsored by the Golden State company. Ltd. SC is one of four Pacific coast universities eligible for the ice cream company's contest.
Sophomores Schedule Bargain Prices For Sport Event
It’s a bargain day on campus!
And coeds will do the bargaining this time as the sophomore-sponsored leap year dance draws near. Bargain prices were set on bids to the Friday affair and the market price is currently $1.98.
“This price will never be repeated.” cautioned Tom Gabbert, sophomore class president and dance chairman as he outlined details of the “reverso” plan.
OUTLINES PLAN
“The whole idea.” he summed up, “is that of girl-get-man. All the ! girl has to do is spot a male, ask him. pay for the bid, and escort him to the sports affair. It will be given in the Blue room of the Biltmore hotel.”
The date of the dance has been set as March 29. Gabbert explained that tickets for the event may be purchased from the following sources:
SOURCES NAMED
1.	Sophomore council members.
2.	Sorority house members.
3.	At the cashier's window in the Student Union.
Dancers will have the music of Garwood Van. popular coast band leader and his 11-piece orchestra. Van and his band were recently featured at the Casa Manana and in San Francisco. His band is booked for an engagement at the St. Francis hotel upon his return to the Bay city.
Wright Opposes Johnston In Race for Presidency
Surprise Nominations Mark Hectic Assembly in Bovard
Charies Johnston
. . receives nomination
Gordon Wright
, . enters ASSC race
\ NEVER KNEW JOHNSTON', SAYS FROSH NOMINATOR
The heretofore unknown freshman who last week unexpectedly nominated Charles Johnston for student body president admitted after the assembly that he had never known and had never met the man whom he nominated.
After identifying himself as Seymour Vinocur. a freshman
debater, the youthful orator inform- >-
ed questioners that all he knew of Johnston was what he had read in the paper and had learned from “friends.”
Plans are now under way to decorate the Blue room in a color scheme befitting this “turn-about” dance.
Roberts Issues Picture Deadline For El Rodeo
Organ Recital Presents Lemare, Sloughton
The program for today's organ recital presented by Archibald Sessions. university organist and professor of organ, will include "Bar-carrolle" by Lemare. and “Within A Chinese Garden’’ by Sloughton.
The program bfgins at 1:30 in Bovfrrl auditorium and concludes at 1:45.
Debaters and committee heads are scheduled to appear for El Rodeo pictures today. Jimmy Roberts, editor of the yearbook, in announcing the deadline says. “The people must appear at the appointed time or their picture will be left out of the publication.”
The following students are to meet Dorothy LaFollette at the men’s debate office at the time designated.
At 1 p.m.—Ed Jones. Bill Barton, Wallace Frasher, Earl Bolton, and Ed McDonald.
1:30 p.m.—Harry Hague. Jchn In-derreiden, Ray Rees. Raul Fraide, and John Hansue.
2	p.m.—Gordon Jeffers. Gordon Wright, Harned Hoose. Bill Everett, and Warren Lane.
2:30 p.m.—Leland Hodge. Seymour Vinocour. Bob Feder, Jack Pearson, and Phillip Levine.
3	p.m.—Mildred Eberhard. Vivian Clark. Hazel Morton. Mary Carol Gribble, and Shirley Flinkham.
3:30 p.m.—Jean Ann Morton and Shirley Hitz.
The following are to report at the fountain of the library at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon: Fred Solomon. Al Gifford. Herman Taylor. Jack Baird. Flovd Cunningham. Neal Deasy. Bill Baker. Donna Lewis, and Muriel Lindstrom.
RECORD QUOTED
Despite the fact that ir his nomination speech he had glibly quoted ! Johnston’s high school record. Vino-, cur stated that he had never attended Los Angeles high school, where Johnston once served as student body president.
Vinocur admitted personally knowing Gordon Wright, the opposing candidate, and Ed Jones, Wright's temporary campaign manager. since all three are debaters. Wright later in the day denied knowing of Vinocur's intentions to nominate Johnston and disclaimed a rumor that he himself had requested Vinocur’s step. After first declining to comment, Jones also stated that he knew nothing of Vinocur's plan. SURPRISE ACTION
Vinocur's action admittedly came as a surprise to Johnston, who already had had an understanding with Neil Deasy. former El Rodeo editor, who had agreed to nominate him. The unanticipated nomination by Vinocur obviated the necessity of any further action by Deasy.
Immediately following adjournment of the assembly Johnston approached Vinocur and introduced himself, since this was the first time the pair had met. Johnston then asked Vinocur: “Were you sincere when you nominated me even though you didn’t know me?" “Yes. I wa.s.” Vinocur replied. “I hope you were.” Johnston then returned.
Justice Wins Out After Battle of Words Waged by Student Attorneys in Libel Suit
Fiorian' Reviewed On Air Today
‘•Fiorian,” a book written by Felix Salten. will be reviewed by Mary Duncan Carter, dean of Graduate School of Library Science, over station KFAC from 1:15 to 1:30 today.
“Fiorian” is the story of a famous Austrian horse who passes from the ownership of royalty into the possession of a stable boy, and illustrates the revolutionary change in Europe.
One of the most remembered lines,
• Horses are born black, turn grey at two. turn silver at three, and turn white at four.” will be a featured part of Mrs. Carter’s review.
Lewis, Price Accept Bids For ASSC Post
With a shower of flowery phrases, Donna Lewis and Peggy Price received nominations Wednesday for ASSC vice-president, and Mary Hensler and Deedy Maurer were nominated for student body secretary.
In contrast to the verbose “drib-blings" of most of the nominators, the nominees made short, concise statements of acceptance.
The torrid nominations assembly first began to “warm up” when Chairman Michael MacBan called for nominations for the office of vice-president.
Fred Hall and Bill Walk, law students, rose simultaneously and shouted for recognition by the chair. Seeing his "colleague” clamoring for recognition. Walk graciously relinquished the floor to Hall.
After passing out cigars to the audience. Hall burst out in a flood of oratory, lauding the coeds of the
university.
‘Say wnat you will about our coeds.” he sprouted, “but they still belong to us—as long as our money holds out.”
Hall mentioned the requirements of men students concerning the ideal coed.
“Our men students demand more than mere mental qualifications— in other words, a well-rounded girl!”
Concluding his speech. Hall averred. “We have such a person in our midst, Miss Donna Lewis. One look Continued on Page Four
Speech by Freshman Debater Causes Uproar; MacBan Fights Verbal Outbursts From Audience
BY MYRON MINNICK
Charles Johnston and Gordon Wright were nominated for the student body presidency Wednesday at a sizzling nominations assembly in which Johnston was nominated by an “unknown” student and Wright rejected one nominatory offer and accepted a second.
Addressing a raucous orowd of alternately cheering and jeering students, Seymour Vinocur, freshman debater from Huntington Park, nominated Johnston, bringing gasps of surprise from political followers. Johnston declared afterward he had never seen his nominator before.
Wright was nominated the first time by Clinton Ternstrom, former El Rodeo editor. Declining this nomination, Wright made his acceptance speech after a second nomination by William Barton, a debater.
As Chairman Michael MacBan proclaimed that nominations “for the office of student body president are now open,” Vinocur jumped to his feet and shouted “Mr. President!”
Striding down the aisle and turning to face the assembly, the curly-haired nominator said “I have been at this school only one semester previous to the current one, and some of you may wonder at my audacity in speaking to this group.
“I have noticed, however, that most of the activities around here are controlled by juniors and seniors and I believe I have a right to take part in the political affairs of my government.”
A ripple of surprise ran through the audience, as the students tried to guess whom the speaker was going to nominate.
“I wish to tell you something about a person who will make an excellent president,” Vinocur continued. “The man I am speaking of was president of Los Angeles high school, and in his senior year his high school’s basketball team went absolutely undefeated!”
The ripple of surprise was replaced then by laughter as the audience howled at the words of the speaker.
“According to a girl I know who went to Los Angeles high school.” Vinocur declared, “one of the planks in his platform at that time dealt with better as- ,-
semblies for that school. And I understand that he did get better as-semeblies for Los Angeles high school.”
“Sit down you fake!”
Booming out of the audience, this angry cry brought Vinocur to a temporary stop and caused a complete silence in Bovard auditorium. Regaining his composure. Vinocur continued his nomination speech.
“I, therefore, wish to nominate Charles Johnston for student body president,” he said.
NOMINATOR UNKNOWN Johnston, rising from his seat on the stage of the auditorium, declared he had never seen nor heard of his nominator, adding "I feel doubly honored, however, at being nominated in such an elegant fashion by
Kappa Sigma fraternity, but I promise if my election is realized to to show no discrimination between organized and non-organized students. as they cometimes are conveniently labeled.”
Stating he had no “platform" in the strict sense of the word. Johnston asserted, ‘‘I am going to make no campaign promises as such promises are usually made. I am going to offer no platform that I feel I shall not be able to carry out, but I pledge my support toward making next year the best year possible for the associated student body.” Quieting the vigorously applauding crowd. MacBan asked for further nominations.
TERNSTROM SPEAKS *
From the front row. Clinton Tern-strom rose, and after addressing
someone whom I have never heard ... .., or seen before. I hope, however, the chair, said I was on the point of
that my nominator is sincere.” Johnston said he did not wish to
indicting certain people in this assembly for the most atrocious bit of political rascality I ever wit-become president in order to serve nessed ...” any one group or any particular set Bellowing out in the best high of groups.	| school manner, members of the aud-
“I have a sincere desire to serve ience shouted “Sit down!” the associated student body,” he “I decided to adopt the spirit of continued, “and I emphasize the the assemblage, however.” Tern-
word ‘associated.' I wish to serve the student body in its entirety.
“I am proud to be a member of
strom added, “and I am going to reply in this spirit. I am going te Continued on Page Four
Trojan Debaters Face Cal Aggies
Johnston Hopes For Wright s Candidacy
Far above the bright lights and clamor of a great city, SC student attorneys waged a battle of wits last Wednesday night.
On the eighth floor of the Los Angeles Hall ot Justice. Francis O'Neill and Phil Krauss opposed Charles Wellman and Saul Ross in a hypothetical lib;l suit bia nh' by Mark Anthony against the Gallagher Credit-rating corporation.
With Judge Frank Swain of the superior court presiding. Wellman and Ross, unable to shatter the fool-proof arguments of defense attorneys O'Neill and Krauss, went down to defeat after three hours of verbal parrying Following a deliberation of 12 minutes, the jury returned a verdict favorable to the
defense.
The libel suit centered around the claim of Flaintiff Anthony that the Gallagher corporation had brought out a credit-rating against him ruinous to his drive-in business. Anthony's attorneys. Wellman and Ross, strove to prove that the credit-rating was lalse. that it was the result of gross negligence — therefore a malicious instrument.
Ripping the prosecution’s case wide open. O'Neill and Krauss eli-ciied testimony from witness John Wilde, employee of the Bank of America, that Anthony’s financial condition was highly insolvent, so much so that two 60-day extensions were necessary on a $3000 note the plaintiff owed the bank.
Attempting to circumvent Wilde's
testimony. Wellman and Ross described how Anthony produced $4000 when the note came due the third time. “How can a man be rated a poor credit risk when he has S4000 cash?” Wellman asked.
O'Neill countered with the argument that the Gallagher corporation had no way of knowing if Anthony had secret funds, especially after the plaintiff had certified upon applica.ion for a loan from the bank that he had no available cash. The defense attorneys brought to light the fact that Anthony had first attempted blackmail before bringing the case to court.
It was the first time a regular court room was used by the law school for a practice session.
Athena Inducts Ten Pledges
Ten coeds were pledged into the Athena Literary society at a meeting last Tuesday night.
Sherry Ardell. Marjorie Jo Calf, Ann Campbell. Myrtle Killingsworth. Mary Lekas. Virginia Lloyd. Thelma Mullen. Rhoda Scheranian, Patricia Smith, and Phyllis Talbott are new members.
With Zelma Price, president of the club, conducting the rites, pledges went through the formalities at the Little Chapel of Silence.
Robert Cosgriff. scenario writer at Republic studio, was the guest speaker at a dinner following the
Despite speculation over the legality of Gordon Wright’s candidacy ; for the student body presidency, Charles Johnston, his opponent, last Trojan debaters will face a Cali- week expressed the hope that the fornia Aggies squad on the ques- student senate would declare Wright tion of isolation in Mudd hall at 5 eligible.
Pm. today.	i „j sincerely hope that the senate
SC's representatives in this meet approves the candidacy of Gordon are: John Inderreiden. Jack Han- Wright,” Johnston stated. “If he sue. Edward McDonel. and Ray- wishes to run, it would be unfor-mond Rees.
An inter-squad debate will be presented over station KRKD at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning on the
ceremonies.
tunate and even unfair for him to be disqualified merely because of a parliamentary technicality.
Question had been raised in the Jonathan Breakfast club hour. This ' nomination assembly on the legiti-
is an annual event at which SC has participated for many years.
Mildred Eberhard and Dorothy LaFollette will t?ie the negative stand on the question: “Resolved that the U.S. should follow a pol-
macy of Wright’s candidacy, since he had declined one nomination by Clinton Ternstrom and had accepted another by William Barton a few minutes later.
Bill Walk, who only a few min-
icy of strict economic and military	utes earlier had nominated Peggy
isolation toward all belligerent na-	Price for the vice-presidency, rose
tions outside the Western hemis-	in the assembly and emphatically
phere.” Earl Bolton and Wallace	stated that parliamentary law pro-
Frasher will take the affirmative.	hibits Wright’s acceptance.
William Barton and Gordon Jef- Ultimate approval of the candi-
fers, Trojan students, debated the	dacy of Wright as well as all other same question with Stanford in a j nominees rests with the student sen-
A non-decision match Friday.
ate.
Who Was First, Deasy or Egg? Here s Answer
The “egg incident.” which befuddled nomination assembly spectators was explained later by Neil Deasy, who. with the exception of an unknown hen. was the sole owner of the egg in question.
The disconcerting ‘‘incident” occurred after Seymour Vinocur, freshman debater, had just completed his surprise nomination of Charles Johnston for the ASSC presidency. After Vinocur's final remarks, Deasy jumped from his seat, bounded down the auditorium aisle, and pretended to pick a genuine hen’s egg from the floor at Vinocur’s feet.
“By my action,” Deasy explained, “I intended to convey to the audience the impression that Vinocur had just ‘laid an egg’. Since a week ago it was agreed that I was to naminate Johnston, and I was astonished when this unknown freshman gave his speech without the knowledge or consent of either Johnston or me." Deasy said.
“I had been carrying the egg since I entered the auditorium, for I had intended using it as part of a 'gag’ in my own nomination speech tor Johnston.
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