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VOLUME XXXI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1939
NUMBER 52
Trojans To Frolic At Dance
Students, Alumni Attend Informal Affair Saturday
Yells and cheers will give way to sweet swing and smooth vocals when Trojan rooters desert the Memorial coliseum for the Fiesta room of the Ambassador hotel Saturday night. The affair, the annual Homecoming dance, will begin at 9 p.m. and end at 1 a.m.
As an innovation this year dance bids will be used which are similar to the tickets used for regular SC football games. The committee used this type of bid because it offers a lasting souvenir for Homecoming week. Bob Herten. sales chairman, said that ticket sales were coming in well, and the committee is anticipating a record crowd for the event. Bids for the affair are now
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There will be a meeting: of the Homeeominjj dance committee at 12 M. in the office of Arnold Eddy, 208 Student Union building. It Is announced by Bob Herten, dance chairman.
on sale at the ticket office in the Student' Union.
Fraternity members are urged by Herten to purchase their bids from house sales representatives. If students are unable to locate a ticket salesman, Herten added that the bids will be on sale at the door Saturday night.
As an added attraction of the dance, alumni officials will award the trophies won by the houses displaying outstanding decorations for Homecoming. The perpetual grand sweepstakes prize, won this year by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, will be donated again by Desmonds. WINNERS LISTED
The cup. which is being awarded ' for the sixth year, was won by Kappa Sigma fratemity in 1934, the Delta Delta Delta sorority in 1935.
| the Kappa Delta sorority in 1936. Sigma Nu fratemity in 1937, and the Sigma Chi fraternity last year.
The Biltmore trophy will go to the Sigma Nu fraternity as the symbol of the best fratemity decorations for Homecoming. The under-sea theme of the Phi Mu sorority. the best of the sorority ideas, will be awarded the Ambassador cup.
CHI PHI WINS TROPHY
The most beautiful decorations, the award gained by the Chi Phi fraternity, will get the L. G. Balfour trophy. The Pi Beta Phi sorority, with the mast symbolic decorations, will receive the Barker Brothers cup. The originality award, presented by the Automobile club, will go to the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and the most humorous idea, won by the Phi Psi fraternity, will get the Phelps-Terkel trophy.
Skinnay Ennis, his band, and vocalists Sunny Dawson and Carmine Calhoon will be on hand to provide the rhythmic part of the dance. Ennis recently completed an engagement at the Victor Hugo restaurant and is currently starring on the Bob .Hope radio show. His 14-piece band,
I plus his two featured vocalists.
I have been heard over the national hook-ups of several broadcasting systems.
FIRST PLACE WINNER—Elizabeth Darting, left, and Dorothy Evarx are shown as they supplied the power needed to start the prize-winning Alpha Delta Pi entry in yesterday's Taxi day. The car was chauffered by Herm Taylor, who wore a 1911 outfit including cap, coat, and goggles.
— A. P. Griffith Photo, Courtesy L.A. Evening News
Gridiron Decorations Highlight Women's Homecoming Dinner
Meeting old friends across miniature football fields and through tiny cardinal, purple, and gold goal posts will be the highlight of the Women’s Homecoming football banquet Friday evening at 6 o’clock In the Foyer of the Town and Gown. Since the YWCA Hi-Jinks is to follow the banquet in
Bovard auditorum, there will be no
speaker or program, Jackie Com-erford, student chairman, said. Dinner is to have been served by 7:45 p.m. so that diners may get to their reserved seats at the program. MRS. MORTON PRESIDES
Between courses, Mrs. Harold Morton, toastmistress, will introduce the honor guests of the evening including; the mothers of the football players. Coaches Howard Jones and James Phelan. Dr. and Mrs. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, Barbara Morton.
Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford, counselor of women, will welcome alumnae officially for SC. Mrs. Roy Maginnis will introduce the toastmistress, who is Barbara Morton’s mother. .
RESERVATIONS CLOSED
Reservations have been closed for the dinner, according to Nancy Elliott, student ticket chairman. Many group tables have been arranged for and the number of alumnae reservations unusually great,.she said.
Background music will be furnished by Gil Kuhn's “String Stylist,” an all-girl string orchestra.
Preceding the banquet, sororities will entertain their alumnae at open house. This helps to concentrate activity into one day as an inducement for returning graduates to come to the banquet.
Duna Will Speak Today To French Club
“The French Theater” will be analyzed by Antoine Duna today at a meeting of Le Cercle Francais, organization for students studying the French language, at 12 M in the tea room of the Student Union building.
Today's Organ Program
Allegro and Fugue jrom
the Third Sonate ....Mendelssohn Mendelssohn composed six Son-ates for the organ. The Allegro of the third opens in a most striking manner, with great power of rhythm, and leads to a fugata which is a masterpiece of counterpoint and architcture, animated with intense life.
El Amor Brujo ..............de Falla
Fisherman’s Song Pantomime
These two excerpts are taken Ifrom the Spanish composer’s famous ballet, “Wedding by Witchcraft.*
Chi Omega Picks Coeds To Start Chapter at SC
During the past several months the Alumnae Board in charge of installing the chapter of Chi Omega, social soror.Uy. on the SC campus has chosen 14 of the founder members. The latest additions to this group are Eileen Whitehead. Mary Carol Gribble, and Betty Amelung, who were pledged last Monday evening at the Chi Omega apartments. 920 West 35th place.
Sunday. December 3. the SC group, assisted by the UCLA Gamma Beta Chapter of Chi Omega, will entertain a group of SC girls at a tea to be given at the home of La-rene Hamer, 10542 Fontenle way.
The motif of the party will be carried out in the sorority colors, cardinal and straw, and the sorority flower, the white carnation.
Members in charge of the arrangements are Mary Heles. Carolyn Mattison, and Wini Clare, president.
Polyzoides Discusses Religion in Europe
“The Role of Religion in the European Conflict” will be the subject of Adamantios Th. Polyzoides at today’s noon meeting of the ’ sians. Greek Orthodox club ■*ent Council on Religion. * Union.
PE Grads Hear Dean Cromwell
Banquet To Draw Local Educators
Coach Dean Cromwell will speak on football in the Pacific Coast conference tonight at 6:30 at the annual banquet for alumni of the physical education department, which will be held at the Casas de Rosas Cafe.
Cromwell, in the guest talk, will discuss the significance of games played thus far during the season, and will speak particularly of the treatment of Coach Tiny Thornhill of Stanford by northern sports wfiters.
Dick Whitney, president of the physical education department, will welcome the alumni, who, according to him, are represented in southern California physical education systems *nore than are the graduates of all other local colleges and universities combined.
An alumni representative will answer Whitney’s welcome, and the physical education faculty will be presented. Group singing will close the banquet. Ted Tyler will be master of ceremonies and Herman Hermanson is in charge of the banquet.	.
Alpha Delta Pi Wins Taxi Day With 1911 Ford
Alpha Delta Pi took the prize yesterday at the WSGA Taxi day with their 1911 Ford.
The cream-colored car had red and gold tufted upholstery and was chauffeured by Herm Taylor in 1911 duster and goggles. The fringed top of school colors shaded the ADPi house mother who also was dressed in costume of the period.
The prize, a covered wagon mounted on a bronze plaque, is to be presented Friday night at the Women’s Hi-Jinks by Mary Lou Braun, WSGA president.	•
Zeta Tau Alpha won the other perpetuating trophy for selling the most nickle fares for the second consecutive year. It1 sold 617 tickets, taking in $30.85.
Eileen Reid, ZTA, won the individual award by selling 343 tickets.
Nearly $100 was taken in by the self-government association for their student loan fund.
Civic Leader’s Funeral Services Set for Tomorrow
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Addison B. Day, a trustee of the university, a former member of the advisory council of the College of Engineering, and one of the city’s leading business men, died Tuesday at the Santa Fe hospital.
Failing health forced Mr. Day early last July to give up many of his activities, among
these were, the presidency of the All-Year club, the duties of president and general manager of the Los Angeles Gas and Electric corporation, and his membership on the advisory board of SC’s College of Engineering.
Greatly interested in public welfare, Mr. Day, was for a number of years a trustee of the California Junior Republic. In addition, he was a director of the Union Bank and Trust company, and of the Pacific Indemnity company. Mr. Day was elected this year to the presidency of the Los Angeles Community Welfare Federation, and at the same time retained active membership in the California club, Jonathan club, and Beach club, the latter of which he was president.
Born in Chicago, Mr. Day has been a resident of Los Angeles since he was 12 years old. He was 65 years of age and a stroke last July combined with increasingly poor health and a failure to greatly curtail his activities in September, is believed to brought about his death.
He is survived by his widow Mabel G. Day, and two sons, Robert and Herbert Day. Funeral services will take place tomorrow.
Sig Eps, Phi Taus Win Fraternity Sing
SAE, Kappa Sigma, Phi Sigma Kappa Gain Honorable Mention in Contest
The “Canoe Song” of Sigma Phi Epsilon was judged to be the best stock selection in the Interfraternity sing last night. Phi Kappa Tau, with its “Dream Girl,” won first place in the B division for special arrangements.
Honorable mention was given the following houses: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, “Violets,” second
English Alumni Hear Publisher At Tea Today
Mr. George Palmer Putnam, author and publisher, will be honored guest at a tea sponsored by the departments of finglish and com- \ para tive literature this afternoon. |
The event, feature of Homecoming week. *111 welcome back alumni of the departments. It will take place in the foyer of Town and Gown from 3:30 to 5:30.
Mr. Putnam, from his wide experience of books and bookmen j will talk on the subject “A Publisher Looks Back—and Forward.” i
Knopf To Review Phelps Book
Excerpts from the book. “Human Nature in the J3ible.” by William Lyon Phelps, professor at Yale university, will be the topic of Dr. Carl Knopf's Friday morning meditation at 7:35 o’clock in the Little! Chapel of Silence.
Leech Speaks At Homecoming Of Chemists
William D. Leech, graduate of the department of chemistry, will speak on “Industrial Chemical Research in the Land Down Under" at the annual ckvemistry Homecoming dinner tonight at 6:30 o'clock at Scully’s cafe, 4801 Crenshaw boulevard.
Mr. Fisher, professional magician from Pasadena junior college, will perform following the dinner, presenting a half-hour of stunts.
Mr. Leech went to Australia after graduating in 1926, and worked as a chemist in the wheat industry. He is now connected with Pasadena junior college.
Blanche Bobbitt, chairman of the meeting, will take charge of a contest between the classes for the greatest percentage of attendance. The winner will receive a prize.
Tau Kappa Alpha Will Initiate New Members
Eleven new members will be ini- j tiated into Tau Kappa Alpha, national honorary speech fraternity, I at formal ceremonies to be held at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house tomorrow afternoon. Floyd Cunning- ' ham, president of the local chapter, announced today.
Cunningham listed the following new pledges: Mary Carol Gribble, Harry Hague, John Inderrieden. Dorothy La Follette, Mildred Eberhard. Annette Levine. John Burrell, Shirley Morton, Kathleen Hambly, Hazel Morton, and Lester Chagi.
Last Rites Held For Stabler
Students, faculty members, and SC trustees paid tribute to Dr. Laird J. Stabler, late dean of the College of Pharmacy, when funeral services were conducted in the University Methodist church yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf, supervisor of religious activities at SC, and Dr. Wendell Miller, pastor of the Methodist church, officiated. Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt, dean of the Graduate School; Dr. Leroy S. Weatherby, head of the chemistry department; and Dr. W. J. Hardin, representing the American chemical society also took part in the services.
Joining with the university officials, end students in paying tribute to the dean were leaders of the drug and chemical profession and fellow colleagues and students from UCLA and the California Institute of Technology.
Dean Stabler recently completed his 45th year of service to the university.
The College of Pharmacy was closed during the entire afternoon while the other offices of the university were closed from 2 to 3 o'clock during the services.
Jeanne Bennett
... Trojan actress
Speech Majors See Campus Drama Tonight
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In Touchstone Theater; Follows Banquet
Alumni of the School of Speech will see the presentation of “Outsides,” new campus comedy, in Touchstone theater tonight at 8:30 o’clock. The play will follow the annual Homecosning dinner of the School of Speech at 6:15 p.m. in Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall.
Written by Prof. Tacie Hanna Rew, the play will be given by members of the beginning dramatics classes under the direction of Prof. Cloyde Duval Dalzell. Leading character parts will be taken by Jeanne Bennett, Bruce Roberts, Paula Jean. Yvonne Eames, Jeanne Bluhm, and Alice Orsborn. CONCERNS PLEDGING
The three-act play concerns a small town girl, who is financed at college by her wealthy aunt. The aunt, played by Virginia Lee Mosher, is determined that her neice (Jeanne Bluhm), be pledged by one of the top sororities. She employs one of the senior students (Paula Jean) as social secretary to help carry out her plans which are further complicated by the untimely arrival of the gorl’s unsophisticated mother (Jeanne Bennett) and her home-town boy friend (Bruce Roberts).
CANTERBURY DIRECTS
Other members of the cast are F. Martin Schwartz, Richard Wor-then, Marion Elizabeth Perry, Juliette Kanter, Jack Calhoun, Georgia Mary Sanborn, Shirley Louise Anderson, Barbara Smith, Ben N. Cossart, Mary Simonson, Mary Gower, Joan Weber, and Norman Watson.
Student director is Barbara Jane Canterbury; production manager, George Goldberg; and stage manager, Michael E. Kosturic. Dolly Gertler and Harold Salisbury are in charge of properties.
This is the premiere performance of “Outsides” and lighting effects rather than scenery will be emphasized in staging it.
place, A division; Kappa Sigma, “Kappa Sigma Mine,” third place, A division; Phi Sigma Kappa, second place, B division.
CUPS AWARDED
The Sig Eps, led by John Dietrich, will take possession of the Dick Powell trophy, awarded in the A division for the best straight fraternity songs. The Carl's trophy for the best special arrangement goes to the Phi Taus, who were led by Bob Benison.
The winners and runner-ups were selected from the 15 fraternities entered in the annual event. Judges making the awards were: Dr. Max van Lewen Swarthout, director of the School of Music; Dr. Arnold H. Wagner, professor in music; Dr. Francis M. Bacon, counselor of men; Lucien Caillet, director of the SC symphony orchestra; and John Garth, representing the university’s board of trustees.
DYER PRESIDES
A Washington-SC football rally preceded the sing, with Braven Dyer, sports writer and radio commentator, as master of ceremonies, and Bill Floyd as interfratemity sing chairman. Selections by the Trojan band, a brief talk by Coach Howard Jones praising the Trojans for their Notre Dame game, and a message from Elmer P. Bromley, president of the General Alumni association, welcoming the former Trojans, were presented. A greeting from Clare McCabe, president of the Washington Alumni association and a pep talk by Captain Joe Shell, in which he promised team cooperation in exchange for student and alumni support, were followed by a humorous running commentary between Dyer and his co-work -er, Tom Breneman.
GAME FILMS SHOWN
The program concluded with a Football Special newsreel, made available by major studios. Trojan rooters followed the highlights of last year's team when it engaged California. Stanford, UCLA, and Notre Dame.
By the magic of the telephoto lens, the spectacular plays of the outstanding eastern and southern games of this season were flashed on the screen.
School of Music Alumni Dinner Features Quartet
Members of the Phi Mu Alpha, national professional music fraternity quartet, will be featured at the School of Music alumni dinner in 320 Student Union, tonight at 6:30 o'clock.
Elis Ronbeck, first violin; Ben Simkin, second violin; Leo Robbins, viola; and Calvine Inman, cello are included in the group.
Prof. Max Krone, assistant director of the School of Music, will discuss choral activities on the campus for this year. The program planned for the school orchestral groups will be discussed by Lucien Calliet, visiting professor of music.
Arrangements for the dinner have been under the direction of Howard Bergherm, president of the School of Music student body.
SC Geologists Dine Tonight
Dr. Thomas Clements will speak on the trip he took last summer to Colombia, following the annual geology Homecoming dinner tonight at 6:30 o’clock. Sixty-five invitations were *ent to alumni to attend the dimer a the Chicago chop suey hous*. 1733 Norh Highland avenue, Hollywood, after which the group will »idjoum to Dr. Clements’ home.
Mrs. Clements will assist the geology professor in relating their experiences on the South American trip. They will show colored pictures of points of interest.
Geology majors and minors are being asked to join with the alumni for the informal dinner and discussion.
Underclassmen Battle for Dink
“Roll out the . .. push ball, we’ll have a lot of fun.” Not exactly the “Barrel Polka,” but it will be true Saturday vfternoon when the freshmen and sophomores meet in their annual brawl in the coliseum.
With the fracas scheduled* for 1 p.m., Gene Mlis, student chairman, has asked all participants to report on the field at 12:45 p.m.
Virginia Bogart, sophomore queen and Doris Schaefer, freshman queen, will represent their classes during the contest and will be on hand to receive the “gold dink” awarded to the winning team Saturday nigbl at the annual Homecoming dance.
Trojan Squires and Knights will officiate at ttai contest aided by the committee for the brawl. Because the SC-Washington game will start at 3:15 p.m., the fracas will end promptly at 2 p.m., Ellis said.
A push ball contest, sack race, and tug-o-war will comprise the featured events of the afternoon. Tom Gabbert will captain the sophomores and Bruce Graham will lead the frosh.
Engineers To Be Honored At Dinner
Alumni Hear Varied Program Tonight At Homecoming
With classes of '09. '29, and '39 as guests of honor, the college of Engineering will Welcome returning alumni with the annual Homecoming dinner tonight at 6:30 o’clock in the Foyer of Town and Gown.
Speakers will include Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, Coach Howard Jones, Assistant Coach Hobbs Adams, John K. Northrup of the Northrup Aircraft corporation, Lloyd Hunt, president of the engineering alumni association, and Dean Philip Sheridan Biegler. PRESIDENT TELLS CHANGES
Dr. von KleinSmid will discust the changes and additions to the campus to the returning graduates. Dean Biegler will tell of the development of the engineering facilities, dealing especially with the construction of the new Engineering building and recently acquired equipment.
Coach Jones will tell the alumni about the varsity football squad and its chances of defeating the University of Washington Saturday. Moving pictures of last Week’s Notre Dame game will be shown with Assistant Coach Hobbs Adams acting as commentator and pointing out the plays.
AIRMAN TO TALK Northrup will explain the construction and working of the latest types of aircraft. His topic will be “Modem Airplanes.”
To make it easier for graduates to find old college friends, dinner tables will be arranged in order according to classes. Placards will be posted displaying the nummer-als of each graduating class. CHANGE IS EFFECTED
New officers of the alumni association will be presented, and Hunt will turn his office over to the president for the coming year.
Five Trojan football players now enrolled in the College of Engineering will be honored at the dinner. They are Bob Berryman. Don Doyle, Howard Stoecker. John Stonebraker, and Don McNeil.
Tickets for the banquet are available in 207 Engineering or may be purchased from Charles Dole, president of the college. Price for alumni is $1.10 and for undergraduates, 75 cents.
Campbell Club Sponsors Service
Members and friends of the Campbell club will attend a Union Vesper service sponsored by the Christian Church student organization of Los Angeles City college, UCLA, and SC, Sunday, December 3, from 5 to 6 p.m.
The service will be at the Arlington Christian church. Pico and Arlington.
WPA Exhibit Depicts Centuries
The evolution of the theater during a period of more than 2000 years will be depicted in an exhibit of 19 miniature stages to be shown starting tomorrow in the School of Speech offices in Old College.
Beginning wHh an example from
Literature Division Holds Banquet Tonight
Alumni of the department ol comparative literaturer will gather for their annual Homecoming week banquet tonight in the Student Union grill at t»:30 p.m.
Dr. Mildred Struble, English professor, will sp«k on “Camivai Week in Athens.”
Dr. Struble returned in September from a year of travel in Europe. Since her return to campu she has given neveral talks on tht war situation and the cultural aspect of Europe today. She made s special study of the Scandinaviar countries and Will teach a course on the literature of that country next semester.
Freshman Engineering Students Hear Vivian
.Freshman engineering students early Greece and ending with the taking the GE 1-a course will hear present, each model represents a Dr. Robert Vivian, head of the different stage in the development chemical engineering department of the drama.	today in 159 Science at 11:10 a.m
Both this collection and a play 1 The engineers will visit the Fire-library have been loaned to the stone plant for a tour of inspec-university by ihe Federal Theater tion tomorrow at 1 p.m. The fac-project of the .Works Progress ad- tory is located at 2525 Firestone ministration. ' ’	1 boulevard.
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