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VOLUME XXXI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1940
NUMBER 147
enior Play Opens onight in Bovard
Drama Group Presents Satirical ‘Torchbearers’ As First Activity of Annual Commencement Week
inal Wampus
The series of Commencement festivities will begin this eve-ng when members of the drama department stage the anal Commencement play, ‘The Torchbearers,” in Bovard ditorium.
A three-act farce comedy satirizing the little theater
--j movement, this play is considered
b.v members of its cast as the biggest drama event of the year. It is the last of the major play productions of the year, and because of j ■	its nearness to graduation it is con- j
A	sidered the most outstanding dra-
UUvCll	matic production of the speech de-
i partment
PLAY WITHIN PLAY’
It is a play within play. The plot ; centers around the personality of a Mrs. Pampinelli. played by Rowena (Stucken. who is captivated by the I little theater movement and as di- I ! rector endeavors to bring members ' | of her community together to pro-
ALLIES HALT FDR ASKS FOR
Both Houses Hear Message
WAR IN BRIEF
BY UNITED PRESS
May 17, 1940
NAZIS;
FUNDS
British Attack Takes Louvain
Threat to U.S. Seen By Lightning Wars
WASHINGTON, May 16
French Army Battles Germans at Meuse
PARIS—Front report-; say Allies
in furious counter-attacks halt
German drive in Belgium; battle
" ^ /'"id™„if continues unabated, witn positions ious Allied counter-attacks (UP) — President Roosevelt | linrhnn,pH lacf	______
yesterday asked congress for a
PARIS. May 16—(UP)—Fur-
Phil Gaspar
. . heads seniors
ext Monday
MacBan Will Present Award To Winner Of SC Coed Contest
Who is Miss USC?
This question, which has been zzling the campus since the ampus poll for the most typical ii was inaugurated last month, 11 be answered visually today as
Senior Dance Bids Go on Sale
Gaspar Leads Plans In Traditional Week
Bids for the annual formal dance mote the glory of the legitimate climaxini? Senior week. June 8. at
stage.
Gestures, dramatic poses, and great emotional stress characterize Mrs. Pampinelli’s directing, and the members of her cast are faithful exponents of her stage theory, jan Newsreel shots provide the1 DIRECTOR PRAISED swer to the riddle.	! The members of the cast attribute
the Miramar notel in Santa Monica are being sold by members of the senior council.
unchanged in last 24 hours.	j employing the full power of
berlin—Scanty claims indicate bombers, tanks, and land planes —"more Than aTl the main	arm>'	for forces have halted the Ger-
alrcraft of Germany and the 1™' J*'"? « le“st ln	drlve. th,rouSh Belgium
Allies combined — in a ore- ?erman bombin» Planes reported to late reports from the front Allies comoined in a pre have sunk or badly damaged 90000 . . tnnight
paredness message calling for	to 100.000 tons of Allied shipping *
an additional $1,182,000,000 to	Wednesday. In three desperate assaults,
put the nation on a war foot-	i.nisrnnv _ 4i- the British armies defending
ing.
He delivered the message in per- |
son to a joint session of the two	caused widespread damage in Ger-
houses, warning grimly that the	many mi (roopI their original positions.
concentrations and bridgeheads in Belgium.
program of 50,000 fighting
LONDON - Air ministry says	^
_ ... ... ., , . ... Brussels recaptured the shattered British bombers, attacking ir. big-
gest force since the war started,
United States does not' intend to be caught short like other nations which have been overrun by the enemy because they were not ready to fight.
CONGRESS RESPONDS
WITH BRITISH FORCES IN BELGIUM—British drive Germans out of Louvain three times, take
Congressional leaders responded flrm Srip of city; Allies holding
their own all along battlefront
Expecting a capacity crowd, Phil promptly and have begun turning	Rpicmim
. the legislative wheels which will across Belgium.
Gaspar, chairman of the com
mencement activities, advised sen- make the necessary money available
iors to buy their bids early. Council members who have not yet
Working in great secrecy mem- ! their ^reat enthusiasm for ‘‘The obtained their quota of bids must
.	Torchbearers” to the interest, sup-
rs of the Wampus staff in con- , , ,.	^
... ^	________, i port, and direction given them by
nction with Don Duke, newsreel f . .	®	/
, , ^ * .,. w.	. 1 their director. Prof. William C. Mil-
ief, ‘abducted’ Miss USC to a , ... .’
. ,	. . . I ler, instructor in dramatics,
iet spot on the campus and took
e sequence of pictures showing The cast includes: Vada Gae Mc-udent Body President MacBan Crery, as Mrs. Nelly Fell; Madelyn
do so before next Friday in 213 Student Union, Gaspar said.
Billy Mozet and his orchestra have been chosen by the senior cass to provide the music, as orgs and non-orgs alike will dance and
ZURICH — Swiss planes shoot
and put the program in the pro- down German bomber in flames
duction stage. b	when it approaches Dubendorf air-Lightning war can be brought to drome near Zurich; fear of in-
the United States by air, Mr. Roflse-	vasion persists,
velt said.	ROME — Informed sources say
Omaha—Seattle—St. Louis—Flor-
Italy’s Rome-Berlin axis commit-
Newsreel Presents Last Issue
Scenes Include Skull-Dagger Rites,
Ace Billiard ‘Shots’
Charles S. Peterson's wondei billiard shots, the hilarious informal initiation of Skull and Dagger, and the Stanford-SC track meet will be the keynote of the final Trojan newsreel in Bovard auditorium today in a single showing at 12 M.
Miss USC will make her first public screen appearance in the “review of reviews” which will last about 30 minutes. Presentation of cups to the queen-elect and the two runners-up will highlight this sequence.
TRACK MEET SHOWN
Each event in the recent Stanford track meet will be shown in color as will close-ups cf the winners of the respective teams. Highlights in this series are shots of the record-breaking shot-put of Stanford’s Stan Anderson. Johnny Wilson's winning high jump, and the photo-finish of the 440-yard run.
The Trojan trek to Berkeley for Maginot line w'ere said to have been universities, colleges, and junior col- the gC-Cal game last fall will be
leges in soutnem California will shown in progressive steps “along
university city of Louvain from the Nazi legions and drove them back to
BATTLE AT MELSE
Generals Henri G i r a u d and Charles Hunziger. commanding the two French armies fighting back the German break-through at the river Meuse, telegraphed French headquarters that . they controlled ; the situation after desperate counter-assaults.
Isolated German mechanized detachments which earlier had infiltrated between Allied forces in an audacious effort to cut behind the
Radios Blare As Trojans Hear Roosevelt
From portable radios in classrooms. small sets in the Student Union bookstore, and from display radios at %'arious points on campus, Trojans thronged to hear President Roosevelt deliver a talk on the state of the present war crisis.	,
More than 100 students, it was estimated, crowded around the radio in the Union cigar counter to hear the message. Students without 10 o'clock c'asses took advantage of the hour to sit in their cars and "catch” the brad-cast. while some even carried portables to their mid-morning classes.
With President Roosevelt asking for one billion dollars with which to reinforce our national defenses, students followed up the talk with hurried discussions in the Union or intense debates in their next class.
Trade Week Opens Monday
Reception Will Honor Foreign Students
Foreign students from all the
destroyed.
the way.” and will include the re-
victorious
mding the ving cup.
AMPUS POSTPONED
coed the McCullen as Mrs. Paula Ritter; Bill view a planned program of enter- modern bombing plane, he said, and lian war policy.
.. __ _ , , , ,,, - - -------------------r,raT xc	be honored Mondav from 3 to 6
ida—the New England States all ments preclude possibility of Pres- F G T ^ >Ai.lA. T	^ ^	buildi in ^	-	_ _
these vital sectors have been ident RooSevelt’s meSsace to Mus- The headquarters of the British	position Dark nt the sixth annual P
brought w’lthm easy range of the solini causing any change in Ita- | expeditionary force in Belgium re-	reception for foreign students.
j Shaw, as Mr. Frederick Ritter; Nina | Jordan, as Miss Florence McCrick-
! et! Leonard Peck, as Huxley Hofse- music. ____ .
Lee Goodman, Wampus editor, frosse; Harry W. Bennett, as Mr. Peggy Doreen.
nounced previously that he had gpjnd]er. Bill Jones, as Ralph Twil- MANY ACTIVITIES stponed the publication date of ]er; George Goldberg as Teddy e magazine in order to allow the Spearing: and Harold Saisburv. as wsreel to “scoop" the campus in Mr gtagc Manager e presentation of the new's. Aft-
This Commencement play is the
tainment. Mozet is noted for his the United States must * Prepared, singing voice, his “sweet-swing” PROPOSAL cheered
the presentation to the “mys-
and his talented singer, | His proposal struck his audience
like a bombshell. If consummated it would give the United States world supremacy in the air.
Congressmen and the galleries cheered.
The president was grave as he outlined his preparedness program.
Among the many activities scheduled for Senior wreek is the annual pansy ring ceremony, the traditional wray Trojan senior women
WASHINGTON — President Roosevelt asks congress for a $1,-182.000.000 appropriation for national defense and a 50.000 fighting plane program; congress moves rapidly to carry out president’s request.
ported that British and Belgian troops fighting valiantly wrere holding their own on the crucial front from the English channel to the Maginot line.
stunts at this game and others throughout the season will also be The event is being sponsored shown, jointly by Delta Phi Epsilon, for-
COMMENTATORS listed
Three “top’’ social events of the year will be portrayed in the re-streets “Hell
ry” coed is shown on the screen only play of the year to be staged announce their engagements. The Throughout his words was given the WootnDrhoJin acBan will make formal presen- in Bovard auditorium. Student ac- event takes place at the Tri-Delt i ..poss^ty of
an attack on vital ■* CO 11! Cl liCClU
tion of the trophy to the winner tivity books will admit bearers at house on graduation day.
the stage.
In addition to supplementing the nouncement of the winner by e newsreel, Goodman announces at "he Wampus will carry infor-ation on the contest with more bellishments.
the door.
The class of ’30 will meet for its 10th annual reunion in the Foyer of Town and Gowrn following the annual levee for graduating members of all schools and colleges and their parents held June 6.
SENIOR AWARDS
This will precede the giving of aw;ards won by seniors for outstanding achievement while in Pharmacy students and alumni school which is scheduled for the
Pharmacy Alumni Return To Attend SC Conference
American zones.”
PEACE IS GOAL
“Our ideal, our objective,” he
Attends Parley
I eign service fratemity, and the Los Angeles chamber of commerce. Six hundred guests are expected to at- view as wijj 28th The nightly French wrar commi- tend the affair which will include wee^» que said the battle “continues un- speeches by the president of the commentators flor the film will abated on the same width Iront.” Chamber of Commerce and direc- ^du^g Morton Block Barry Mc-The communique did not mention tors from Warner Brotners studio, earthy Herb Strock and J How ard the depth of the front but French Outstanding feature of the en- Mijjer
military spokesmen said flatly the tertainment will be a demonstra- j Q^y one lowing will be given of general positions were the same as tion of the process involved in the the fjnal edition.
24 hours ago and that the Germans making of a motion nocture rang- ornriiiatine seniors whn unrlcpH had made no major advance on ing from the selection of the scen-any front'.	ario to the release of the finished
product.
A flood of alarming rumors—one
The reception is the first in a
ITOR LISTS FEATURES
The editor also reveals that the mpus humor magazine this onth will contain short stories,
tirlcal cartoons, P'cturfs ot the M][ eather {or thf f,r5t pharmacv same day. Ivy day ceremonies. Eps. and a candid .section	mtmm	cam- held on the /ront lawn of Old
College at which the seniors and pus Monday.	juniors, sophomores and freshmen
A full day’s program has been make a collective peace, immedi-ampus this month will contain ' arranged for the affair beginning atelJ' f°llows the presentation of ecial features lampooning the with registration at 9’ a m.( and ; the awards- ’
aduating seniors, who, accotding U i ith hanauet in the	The band wil1 Present a
Goodman, have always been the g oanquet in tne	. . . Mprn0rial
,«etc fnr "en,ri# thf Fo>’er of Town Gown at 6:30	concert in Alumni Memonal park
pjn. More than 200 alumni of the	on graduation day after which all College of Pharmacy, their fam- ! who are t0 particpate in the com-
ilies, and friexufc are expected to	mencement exercises wiU go^to the
attend the conference.	rn*'“
said, “is still peace—peace at home
and abroad. Nevertheless, we stand The principal address at the na- that the German had struck to not only ready to spend millions for tional convention of the Associa- within 13 miles of Paris at Meaux sf“ries of events which ha\e been
defense but to give our service and tion of Collegiate Schools of Arch- as the Kaiser’s Uhlans did in the	Plannp(i or 1^ejgn. tra Wetc'
even our lives for our American lib- itecture at Louisville. Kv„ will be World war—spread through Paris	ePinnm8 on a ur a^’ >
hut «•«>»•» HonioH natocrnri^allv Kir	an(l CCn' -lUing thTOUghOUt
on the Newsreel’s “round up” edition are Bob Minton. Mike Bell. Geraldine Clift. Bob Taylor, Dick Snavely, and Joe Armederas.
owing Troans in action between 50 and 10:10 a.m.
Besides pictures and stories the
erties.”	presented Sunday by Dear. Arthur
In addition to the huge air fleet C. Weatherhead. He left for the he asked for:	j convention Tuesday.
Immediate appropriation og S896 -| h,s ^ -me History of 000.000 for armament and authority ArchlKctural action in Amer-to contract for *286.000.000 future! „ Dean Weatherhe!(d wlll out. defense obligations making the ag-	,he dev„, menbi leadlnz
gregate national defense total for .,	_f
<	the reorganizat’.on of the three na-
the next fiscal year more than $3, 1
wTere denied categorically Premier Paul Reynaud.
by
the
000.000.
ibjects for “crude Jests” toward the id of the year.
“Wampus,’ says Goodman, ‘‘in-nds to maintain the classic tration with a few choice exple-pe6.”
Follow’ing the address of welcome by Lev/is Gough, executive director Members of the stal'f who are of the general alumni committee, aduating this year are Goodman, morning speeches will be delivered itor; Dick Snavely, assistant edi- by Paul Tarlton. ’24. William F. r, ar.d Herm Rosen.’ contributor. Copeland. ’31. Prof. Arthur R. Maas, special Kit Chat page written -os, and John A. Foley secretary of the staff bids a satiric adieu to the state pharmacy board. e seniors.
The afternoon session will open with Charles Swigget. ’14, presiding. Principal afternoon speakers will include William A. Daniel. 22, Edson R. Coar. '28. E. M. Dahl-quist, ’22. and Frank Titus Jr.. ’31. A 10-minute discussion period will follow each talk:
coliseum. The classes of ’90 and ’15 will meet in the president’s suite and the Student Union respectively for their annual reunion.
wish Council ponsors Dance
n invitation to all students to nd the Tri-Council dance has n extended by the Jewish Stu-t Council. The affair will be tomorrow night at 9 o’clock he Uplifters club.
:e dance will be a benefit affair aise money for the Jewish schol-ip fund.
an Scott and the Trocadero or-tra will play for the dance. a of the tickets is *1.50 each.
resident's ffice Notice
« University af Southern ifomia hu been awarded a pter of the Society of the Si*-Xi.
all-univ*rsity t'onvocation lied for 11 o’clock Fridav
Summer Students Offered Work
Students planning to attend summer sessions may obtain board and room in exchange for part time work as fountain boys, buss boys, dishwashers, and waitresses, according to the bureau of employment. Civil service jobs as playground Tickets for the banquet will be directors may be obtained by college available at the registration desk men and women with two years of Monday at $1.50 per plate.	work in physical education.
Athena To Hear Davenport At Initiation
Initiation and installation of members in Athena, literary organization. will take place Sunday, at the Delta Delta sorority house at 6 p.m. Following the induction, dinner will be served at Scully's. Prof. William H. Davenport will speak on “The Modem Trends of the Novel.”
The officers to be installed are Zelma Price, president: Ilda Gerber, vice-president; Kay Snyder, recording secretary; and Jackie McCurdy, treasurer.
The new' initiates are Sherry Ar-dell, Mary Lekas, Phyllis Talbott, Ann Campbell, Marorie Jo Coif, Patricia Smith, Myrtle Killings-wofth, Virginia Lloyd, and Thelma Mullins.
tional architecture bodies.
At the 72nd annual ''onvention of the American Institute of Architects in Louisville, Dean Weatherhead will pres?nt the program of architecture training at Southern California on Tuesday.
During Mr. Weatherhead’s absence, Prof. Clayton M. Baldwin
week. The events will begin officially at 12 M. Monday with a meeting of the Los Angeles chamber of commence committee on manufacture and industry.
National Maritime day has been set for next Wednesday with events scheduled for the Los Angeles Breakfast club and the Biltmore Bowl.
SC Men To Work At Track Meet
University College To Close Spring Season With Dance
Bringing the spring social season to a close, an All-university college dance will be given tomorrow night at the Elks’
temple, opposite Westlake park.	_
Music will be furnished by Don Briggs and his 16-piece Colleg? of Engineering, will spp^k Zak. Rudoph Jones, Neil Lehr. Page orchestra, featuring Pat Keating as vocalist. Briggs and his ^ seniols anri graduates in eee- Nojj j^0b Rockwell, and Walter Dukes have been playing through- , —-----trical engineering this morning at Suckling. Pledges will assemble
Engineers Hear Lecture Series
William S. Peterson, special lec-
Ruch Analyzes Opinion Polls At Student Forum
“To obtain an effective cross-section sampling of American opinion, it is essential that opinion polls include people from every walk of life.” This, was the conclu-is the acting dean of the College sion draw:n by Dr. Floyd L. Ruch.
of Architecture and Fine Arts. associate professor of psychology, at One hundred and six men stu-
-- the weekly student forum yester- dents will report this evening for
day.
Commerce Group To Initiate Eleven At Thayer Home
Eleven men will be initiated into Alpha Kappa Psi. national professional commerce fraternity tonight at 6 o’clock. Ceremonies will take place in the home of Major
Dean To Address Medical Group At Initiation
The membership of Alpha Epsilon Delta, pre-medical fraternity, will be increased by seven tonignt at their initiation banquet by Edwin Alsaker. BJuce Bednar. Tom Gamble. Henry Goff. Bob Kerlan, Donald Lagerlof, and Robert Obi.
Dr. Paul S. McKibben dean of the School of Medicine, will be guest speaker and election of next year’s officers will be included on the program.
President Jimmy Roberts urges
Two successful polls w’ere, howr-
paign with the result that the American Institute of Public Opinion and the Fortune polls were able to correctly pick the winning candidate with one-tenth of one per cent, Dr. Ruch said.
In answering the query regarding the effectiveness of mailed or interview techniques in opinion polls, Ruch pointed out that mailing surveys are very seldom greater than Howe Thayer, personnel director of 15 per cent effective while personal North American Aviation company interviews are between 80 and 90 and honorary member of the fra- per cent thorough, temity at 215 Paseo de los Deli- With the question of the third cios, Palos Verdes estates	term dominant in national politics,
Dr. Thurston H. Ross, director of Dr. Ruch stated that the psychol-the School of Merchandising and ogy of the times w'ould give Roose-of the bureau of business research, velt a landslide over the Republican will speak to the men at dinner, candidate Dewey, but that Dewey1 which will be at 7:30 p.m. at the would win by the electorate vote. Palos Verdes Country club.	j)r. Ruch will leave the campus
duty at the "Champions of 1940” all members to attend the affair Finnish relief track meet, in the , which will take place at Moore’s ever, conducted in the 1936 cam- j coliseum. All workers are asked farm house atthecomerofEighth
to bring social security numbers, street and Mariposa avenue, two Students will serve as gatemen, blocks east of Western avenue.
Spanish Club To Attend Theater Party Tonight
guards, tunnel checkers, and other officials. The following workers will report to Art Manella, tunnel 4.
5:30 p.m.:
Gatemen — Keith Lambert, M.
McNamara. D. Harrison, Martin La Tertulia. Spanish club, will Binion. Wayne Murdock. Ken Bar- sponsor a theater party at the per-telt, Ken Hoagland Jack Bomke. formance of “Woman of No Im-Frank Kcski. Roy Engle. Les Ev- portance.” a play by Oscar Wilde ans. Jim Slatter John Thomassin. The group will meet at the Masor Continued on Page Two theater. 8:15 o’clock tonight.
El Rodeo Staff Schedules Annual Shop Talk Banquet
The annual “shop talk” banquet for members oi the 1940 Bob Merralls, master of rituals, june 15 to accept the position of El Rodeo Staff, at Which the first “unveiling of the campus is in charge of the ceremonies. vice-president of the Opinion Sur- annual will take place, has been arranged for Tuesday eve Pledges to be initiated include Jack vey corporation in New York. He ning Staff members will meet at La Golondrine restaurant Bomke. Don Fuller, Ja^k Manson, will flll the position of research on Olvera Street at 6:30 o’clock.
turer in power transmission in the Rene Deiban> John Rathmell, Zan director for a one-year period.
out southern California for several p|^ q Language
9 o'clock in the Engineering building on “Power Limits of Transmission Lines.”
The lecture will inaugurate a
Suckling. Pledges at Major Thayer’s house at 5 p.m.
Gamma Alpha Chi
years, and are heard regularly over
KGER. His ba>id played at the	Exam Dates Set
University college dance last year.	.
,	Examination dates for Ph.D. de- series of five presented by Mr. Pet- UQ J. Initin^ '.Vi
Bids, which include a chance for	greeg have been announced by the ers0n each morning at the same j
™ d0^r prizeiarC, 75.0e.?tS	language department. German ex- time during the next w-eek. The, The Little Chapel of Silence at
Stanford Chemist Speaks to Club
Jack Hutton, editor of the 1941 El Rodeo, will formally take over his office from Jimmy Roberts, incumbent editor, at the banquet Hutton has been art editor of the publication for the past two years, i
Roberts will be presented With Robert E. Swain, chemistry the annual honor gift, given by the
NYA Reports Due Today
ing. May 34. at which time P1? and are on sale at the Trojan aminations wiU be gjven Thursday, subject of power transmission is 9:30 o’clock Sunday morning will
installing officers and dele-will be honored.
e faculty will attend in aca-costume, and students are to be sresent.
R. B. VON KLEINSMID.
President
Owl office and University college office, 253 Administration. Bids will not be sold at the door.
May 21 and Thursday May 23 in so complex that no undergraduate he the scene of the initiation of the German office with French courses are given and the speaker five coeds into Gamma Alpha Chi,
tests to be given Wednesday, May In addition to the evening of 22, and Friday, May 24. in the dancing, a waltz convest and vari* French office.
ous novelty events will be sponsor- Permits for all examinations must ed, according to Florence Morrison. ; be secured in the Graduate School chai^nan of the social committee. > office, 160 Administration.
will merely outline the problem ir. national his lectures.	sorority
Mr. Peterson carried out the fundamental surveys on wiiich the Boulder dam power lines were constructed.
Dr. Robert E. Swain, chemistry | »***•“»*	^ | nYA student workers are inform
department head at Stanford, will members of the staff. Engraved i ^ by the sc paymaster that time address members of Iota Sigma Pi c0Pies of the annual, guen each reports are due today and will be national chemistry honorary, and Jrt>ar at this time, will be awarded accepted no later than 12 M. to-Alpha Chi Sigma, men’s profes- t0 staff membars.	morrow. Dates for the weekly time
sional chemistry organization, to- j El Rodeo will be placed on sale j reports are April 20. 27. May 4, night at Scully's restaurant at 6:30 ancj issued to holders of student | 11. and 18.
o’clock.	activity books on Wednesday. Stu- Workers may turn in full time
“Sulphur, a Chemical Benefactor dent*: may obtain their copies up- for the last payroll period, May 19 Loving, Jean Miller. Barbara Me- and Malefactor in the Life of To- on presentation of activity books to June 8. All time sheets must Clure, Marian Richardson, and I day” is the topic to be discussed, at the general manager’s office. ] be in by June 8 and no hours will Betty Lou Stone.	A dinner will precede the speech.1 second floor, Student Union.	be given credit after that date.
professional advertising
The new members are Eleanor