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VOLUME XXXI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1940
NUMBER 79
CClub
Autographed Footballs Offered as Prizes At Banquet Tomorrow
outhern California’s cham-n football team and fathers the varsity will be honored the first Fathers and Sons nquet sponsored by the Los geles Trojan club tomor-w night at 6:30 o’clock ln e Foyer of Town and Gown.
All members of the 1939 rsity grid squad and their thers will be introduced at the nquet. Coach Howard Jones and is staff will be presented. Coach nes will answer questions as he ^8 done at the Monday morning iiarterback meetings.
WL PICTURES SHOWN Motion pictures of the 1940 Rose wl game and the last quarter of le 1939 contest will be shown, ac-rding to Karl Davis, chairman, tertainment will be headed by ambers of the football team.
Glen Galvin will be master of remonies for the grid entertain-:nt. Imitations will be given by il Gaspar and Chuck Morrill ile Jack Stephen will offer a o solo. The Shower trio com-sed of Howard Stoecker, Grenny nsdell. and Johnnie Stonebraker, 11 present its vocal talent. Bob ffman will sing cowboy songs. [GER HUNT DESCRIBED
talk on hunting tigers in Mex- ! will be made by Sal Mena and itographed footballs will be given door prizes to lucky sons of Tro-club members.
-adline for membership Jn the ojan club has been set for March it was announced. As only a few nancies exist, alumni desiring .mbership should report to Lewis ugh immediately.
ew Trojans Be Honored Valentine Dig
upid will stand watch at the entine dig Monday night when jans gather in the gym to cele- I te the beginning of a new selter. Red hearts will be hung d white streamers from the ing in keeping with the theme he affair.
onoring new students, the dig be an event on sorority rush : ndars. The orchestra will begin ring at 7:30 and continue until i pm.
i charge of the affair are Rol-Dillon and Barbara Morton. | Eddy and Virginia Conzelman j assist in arrangements.
‘mission price al the door is 25 ;s or presentation of student fity book.
PANTS' BURGLAR LOOTS DELTA CHI FRATERNITY
Early Morning Prowler Leaves Few Clues After Taking Money, Wrist Watch
After weeks of inactivity burglars again went to work on 28th street early Tuesday morning, this time taking $18 and a wrist watch from members of Delta Chi fraternity.
Entering the house sometime after 1 o’clock the prowler went through the front door and made his way to the rooms
upstairs taking two pairs of trousers, -—-
$18 in cash, a wrist watch, and found on the stairs wallet
Bud McCrea. one of the victims. ! „The only clues found by the police I discovered the loss yesterday morn- »h° investigated the burglary are
the misplaced trousers.
Dr. S. Stephenson Smith, well-known educator, will be the guest speaker at the first assembly of the spring semester to be given February 14. it was announced yesterday by the office of coordination.
Dr. Smith, representing the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, will give students the details of a new ASCAP fellowship competition.
The assembly will be for the pur-
ing when he reached for his cigar- j	—	i	--	............i pose of introducing the deans and
ettes in his pants pocket. Much to Nearly $100 that was taken from Gladys Heberling, new irater- directors of the various schools to his dismay he could find neither the house December 2 has not been	house mother with a for- new students and for oriefftation of
cigarettes nor pants. They were recovered. Six junior college stu- mal presentation tea on Fri- new Trojans to the SC campus, found, minus the cash and watch, i dents were arrested several days day afternoon from 2 to 5:30 The speaker is a former Rhodes on the front door steps apparently later in connection with other 28th o’clock, at the chapter house, scholar and has been a correspond-dropped as the burglar ran from the street burglaries. Nearly $500 in g}4 West 28th street	ent for Associated Press at Ox-
house. Another pair of trousers were goods has been recovered.
New Students To Hear Dr. Stephenson Smith Trojans
At First Assembly of Semester Wednesday	New
Semester
Mrs. Gladys Heberling Will Be Introduced At PiKA Tea Friday
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members will introduce Mrs.
Apolliad Entries Called As Deadline Approaches
ford. He was formerly a professor Mrs. Heberling, formerly of at University of Oregon.
Havana. III., is the only fra- Dr. Smith will be on campus temity house mother on the Tro- Wednesday and Thursday next week, jan campus at the present time. She during which time he will discuss has been a resident of Los Angeles -.-
Dr. Stephenson Smith
. . . to speak at assembly
current topics before several campus
groups.
On February 14, besides speaking at the assembly, Dr. Smith will speak before the Faculty club and I Epsilon Phi, honorary English fraternity. He will talk m the lecture room of Doheny library at the time usually scheduled for the Wednesday lectures.
The music choral group, under the direction of Prof. Max Krone, will make its first university appearance thi« year at the assembly. Selections by this group will be followed by introduction of the deans and directors. Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid will give an opening address directed to the new students of the university.
Prof. Archibald Sessions wiH introduce and conclude the program with organ selections.
Calling for more short, short story scripts, short essays, and suitable short radio scripts, Mrs. Tacie Hanna Rew. as-
for the past 12 years and is the
first house mother of the fraternity.
MOTHERS TO ATTEND
Fraternity Mother club presidents.
sorority house mothers, faculty and
friends of the university, mothers of
, ,, , ... , , | the active chapter, and wives and sistant professor of speech, announced the deadline for sub- friends of the Pi Kappa Alpha
mitting material for the annual SC Apolliad event as Feb- alumni wln ^ reCeived from 2 p.m.
ruary 26.	.
Mrs. Rew. director of the event,!
announced that several depart-
ments in the university will be included in the contest. Material will range from the fields of radio, speech, English and architecture. Each will be handled separately with the deans of the respective schools aod departments handling the subject matter.
Senate Hears “i™™" °"DEAL
Graduate Students Befuddled by New System
Faculty Report streamlining has little effect
<fl P I *	I From the right . . . from the left . . .
Ijw 1 H Klllinn	Graduates . . . freshmen . . .
V/ll l«J IXUIIliy	From every direction the motley crowd descended upon
the information desk in the Physical Education building dur-Discussion of the 1.5 grade aver-	ing registration. . age requirements for student of-	Of all the students seeking guid- Student energy was not all direct-fice-holders marked the ASSC sen-	ance, the graduates were by far the ed toward fulfilling the minimum ate meeting last night.	most confused according tq reports requirements with the maximum Center of debate was a report	from desk workers. cinch courses. In between these ac-submitted by Edward Jones, presi-	“Where do I go now?” was the tivities they attempted to track dent of the College of Letters, Arts,	universal cry for help in spite of down professors, corner them, and Dr. Hemrich Gomperz will inaug- Roberts, chairman: George Moody, and Sciences, dealing with a previ-	carefully written and simply worded then, tense with the expected inurate the Philosophy Forum series president; Harold Hoover. Dwight ous meeting of the faculty and	directions. The number of miles evitable, extract their final grades, for the second semester next Tues- Hart Jr., Clark Liddell Jr., Jack student senate committees on schol-	spent tramping back and forth as Impartial observers were favor-
Gomperz Opens Spring Semester Forum Series
until 4 p.m.
Students of the university are welcome between the hours of 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Dancing will comprise a part of the entertainment	, COMMITTEE NAMED
The fratemity social committee in charge of arrangements includes Bill
day at 4:15 p.m. in Bowne hall,	j Tobin, and Conrad* Kolander.
Judges for ihe oontest are as foi-	with g discussion .<The Greek Con_ Mrs p R Seabury president of
lows: Prof. Lynn Clark, of the	cept the state.”	the Pi Kappa Alpha Mother's club
English department, creative writ- The lectures are under the super-	is heading the committee in charge
ing manuscripts; Dr. Garland	vision of Dr. Ralph Tyler Flewel-	of special arrangements for the tea.
Greever and Prof. Julia McCorkle,	ling, director of the School of	Mrs. F. Mack is in charge of serv-
poetry entries? Dr. Louis Wann.	Philosophy, while discussions will	ing and Mrs. Lura Pfaffman will
head of the English department, es-	be conducted by various philosophy 1	supervise the flower arrangements.
says; and members of the School	professors. This series is the twen- j	-—---
of Speech faculty, who will judge	tieth of its kind. Held semi-an-
plays and short stories.	nually, the lecture group this year
AM musical compositions are to	te devot*d to P°litical Philosophies,
be considered bv the School of Mu-	past and Present-
sic, and are based primarily around The remaining lectures of the j original themes.	series will include “The Theocratic j
State.” by Prof. John E. Boodin Architecture students will be giv- j <Februarv 20); “Nationalism and en their choice between submitting internationalism.” by Prof. Paul original plans and presenting lay- R Helsel (PebrUarv 27); and ‘ The outs of home design. This work j Totalitarian state,” by Prof. Thomas Greenwood (March 5).
On the following Tuesday (March 12) Adamantios Th. Polyzoides, lec-
Trojan Staff Will Convene Next Monday
arship.	a result • of this confusion would	ably impressed with the large num-
"HANDS OFF” POLICY	reach astronomical proportions if	ber of good samaritans that were
“The faculty scholarship commit-	they could be accurately calculated,	helping the bewildered ones, espe-
tee will not accept anv changes in Even the determined jaw of Dick	cialiy the models of feminine per-
the 1.5 maintenance clause, and it	Tracy would have sa^ed under the	fectlon’
interprets the clause as meaning	griming handed out b\ students bent	. . . Then there was the case of
office-holders should maintain a	on discovering the hiding place of	the unnamed young man who dash-
15 average each semester during	Howard W. Patmore, alias the as-	ed up the wTong steps almost into
the term of office ” Jones maintain-	sistant registrar. Informers said	the verification station to take his
ed ’	that he was the most sought-after	physical exam, clad only in his
’ , ,,	official on the university’s staff.	shorts.
At the meeting of the two com-__
mittees on scholarship in January, the faculty committee on scholar-
Mudd Hall Chime* Will CaW Students Back to Classrooms
After eigh* days’ respite from the thought of finals and studies, Trojan student wM return to begin second semester toils when ohkn^s in Mudd tower toil 8 o'clock tshis morning.
Student*, new and old, wiH start the spring session wteh the school activity calendar
packed with things lo do befo*« June. First event on *he calendar will be a basketball game with the cross-town rival. UCLA, Friday evening at the Shrine auditorium.
Socially-minded women wrtl be feted Sunday when sororities hold their new semester rush teas. Formal rushing will begin Tuesday, February 20.
DIG SCHEDULED
The Valentine day theme wMl be carried out Monday night. February 12 at an all-U dig in the men’s gymnasium. Two events of interest to men and women students will be the WAA sportfest and the men’* stag Wednesday, February 14.
A holiday will be in store for Trojans on February 22, when SO observes Washington’* birthday. Two more basketball games will be played in the city, this time again with UCLA at their gym on March 1 and 2.
BENEFIT PLANNED
has been placed in. the hands of Dean Arthur C. Weatherhead of the College of Architecture and Fine Arts.
ship was represented by Dr. J. D. Cooke, professor of English literature, and Dr. Francis Bacon, counselor of men, while representatives of the student1 senate committee on The Daily Trojan staff will meet scholarship included Howard Berg-
o.oa	herm, Maurice Baird, and Edward
Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the senate I _
chambers. Student Union, to dis
cuss plans for the new semester, j
Listening Hour To Be Resumed
Debate Tryouts For Frosh Team
Jones.
COMMITTEES REPORT
Next Wednesday Scheduled Today
The first Listening hour of the Men students interested 'in fresh-semester will be presented Wednes- man debate tryouts are asked to reday, February 14. at 3:10 p.m. in port at port*. haH> Law, ^ 3 pjn.
Deseret Club Meets Tomorrow
The Deseret club will hold its first meeting of the semester next Thursday at 12 M. at the University Methodist church on 35th street.	__
Speakers will be Oscar Kirkham, ■
scout executive and one of the Fliers Face San Dieao
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turer in international relations and Reavis Winckler, editor, announced of the two commjttees decided: journalism, will present the topic, yesterday. Appointments of desk 1. That student office-holders Bovard auditorium. This hour s today. The meeting, first otf this “Communism in Theory and Prac- editors, night sports editors, second who fail to maintain a 1.5 during program of recorded music will be semeSter, will be conducted by Rob-
tice.”
The series will be concluded by two lectures, the first, March 19,
“Conflict of Political Ideas in the Orient,” by Prof. Roderick Scott, and the second. March 26, “Liberalism and Democracy,” by Dr. Wilbur Long.
General Authorities of the Mormon i ,	I a • Ail
church. Both are from Salt Lake '^1 Dual Air Meet City.
page editors, and columnists will the current semester may ask for an given weekly and is open to all stu-	ert Fedder, freshman debate coach.
exception to the rule, and their . ,
be announced. cageg wilJ ^ heard upon an indi_	1 •	Tryouts are open to men with or
AH students interested in writ- vidual basis, with a possibility of	Requests for compositions may be	without experience, according to
ing stories or drawing cartoons are permission being extended to con-	sent to the School of Music office,	Peder. Among men asked to re-
The first event in March wil! be a benefit motion picture in Bovard auditorium to aid the university scholarship fund. Following tl";s will be the junior prom on March 9. On March 18 another all-U dig will be held in the gym. Easter vacation. to be four days this year, will recess on March 20 and carry through until classes convene on Monday, March 36.
Final exams will be the outstanding problem to student* m May. Before this will be the WSGA banquet in the Foyer of Town and Gown on May 15 and the all-U Junk day on May 18. Final6 will start May 27 and carry through until June 5.
asked to attend by Edwin Louie, managing editor. Roll will be called for reporting and copy reading classes.
tinue in office for the second semester, 1940.
2. The ASSC senate will proceed
oadcast Series sumed Today
television broadcast will high-this weeks radio programs ored by the SC radio depart-and will be presented in ad-ti to regular daily programs KRKD.
. Frank C. Baxter, professor lglish, will display old manu-ts from his private collection 'ie television broadcast tonight the Don Lee station W6XAO. test developments on the in-ational newsfront will be dis-ed by Dr. Syud Hossain. lecturer story, on KRKD at 1:30 p.m. y. Elizabeth Franklin of the aiy Memorial staff will review a ?nt book on the same station :30 p.m. tomorrow.
according to Miss Pauline Alder- , ,	T i a _____________
. ,	, ,	! port are Leland Hodge, Seymour
man, assistant professor of music.
Four years ago Professor Alder- j Vinocur, Bill Everett, and Warren
to incorporate the 1.5 maintenance man started the Listening hour at, Lane from last semesters team.
The first debate competition of the semester will be with Los Angeles City college this month. Another meet has been scheduled with Redlands university in March, which will be held at SC.
clause, as set forth in the circular	the request of interested students,
of information in the ASSC con-	Miss Pantella Engle, School of Mu-
stitution.	sic librarian, has been conducting
3. A member from both the faculty	this program during Miss Alder-
scholarship committee and the	man s absence.
ASSC senate shall survey all stu-	Each Wednesday morning, pro-
Special meetings will follow the general staff meeting. Reporters wiH convene with Stanley Gortikov Trojan fliers in Alpha Eta Rho. and desk editors with Edwin Louie The luncheon will case 20 cents national aviation fratemity, have at 3 p.m. Jack Gillean will meet for members and other students scheduled a series of air meets for with members of the sports staff dent office-holders with the end gram notes on the Listening hour who may wish to attend, says Dr. the spring semester, beginning Feb- at 3:15 p.m. A women’s page and in view of making the maintenance program will be published in a The 1939 team was successful in G. Byron Done, advisor of the Lat- ruary 25 with a dual meet at San an editorial board meeting wiH be clauses and qualification clause ap- Daily Trojan column called “In- the Stockton debate tournament, ter Day Saints.	Diego State college.	i held at 3:15 p.m.	plicabte to aH such offices.	forming the Listener.”	taking first honors in the oratorical
division. This competition was the Western State* contest in which freshmen from several coast states J competed.
Baxter Will Read Sandburg Works
Carl Sandburg and his works wil be discussed by Dr. Frank C. Baxter at the first poetry reading of the semester in Bovard auditorium at 12:10 p.m. Monday.
During the next month Dr. Baxter will discuss and read excerpts from the poetry of John Keats, William Morris, and E. A. Robinson.
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resident Greets ew Students
order that new students in epartment* of the university have the opportunity of ’ng President Rufos B. von nSmid, an informal reception been arranged for this after-I, in the Hall of Nations, wing. Administration. Stu-ts who have registered for the time in the university are invited to attend.
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Activity Book Sales Show Slump
Few Trojans have taken an opportunity to purchase the activity books at a speoial price of $5.50 reports from the ticket window indicated yesterday. New books will entitle holders to see remaining basketball games of the season and a full schedule of spring sports.
The outstanding feature of the new activity book is a priority claim to a copy of the 1940 El Rodeo, university yearbook. The yearbook normally sells for $5 a copy and non-ticket holders will be obliged to pay cash for their book.
Athletie events remaining on the schedule include baseball, track, swimming, polo events, tennis, and rugby.
RtADY FOR NEW SEMESTER—Dorothy Hepp, left, and Marie Olhasso are shown cleaning »p the Tri-Delt book shelves in preparation for t+\e new semester. Sororiiy houses keep small libraries of pertmewt te**bod*
M for s+ttdy-aonseioi* membw mo pieo<}««.
BACK TO THE OLD GRIND—Wit+i a few days of vacation between semesters, tfiese two coeds, Vada Gae McCrery, left, and Marjorie Anderson, go back to tVe te#t boota again as classes resurr^e today. Only 90 more school days remain wot# tke next final exam period. —Courtesy LA Herald-Express
Polyzoides Improves After Breaking Arm
Adamantios Th. Polyzoides, lecturer in international relations and columnist, slipped on wet pavement and suffered a fractured arm Thursday. He is recovering satisfactorily.
Phi Kappa Phis To Receive Keys
Keys and pins for initiates oI Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary scholastic society, have been received, according to Dr. Grafton P. Tanquary, secretary of the SC chapter. Members may obtain them at the School of Speech office. 126 Old College, according to Dr. Tanquary.
Tomorrows Organ Program
Prof. Archibald Sessions, university organist, will play the following selections tomorrow in Bovard auditorium in the first organ program of the semester:
Prelude in B minor ........Clerambault
Clerambault was the most famous member of a family which had several distinguished musicians. He was conductor of Madame Maintenon’s orchestra, court organist to Louis XIV, and organist at St. Sulpice, Paris.
Choral with Variattons.-.Mendelssohn
This is the first portion of Mendelssohn’s sixth Sonata. The work opens with a fine harmonization of the beautiful Choral “Vater unser im Him.meireich,” which is followed by an act of well-contrasted variations.
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