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VOLUME XXXI
LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1940
NUMBER 65
ine Arts uilding oOpen
Three-Day Program Slated for Dedication Of Harris Hall
he May Ormerod Harris 11 for architecture and fine will be presented to Dr. fus B. von KleinSmid, who 11 act in behalf of the uni-rsity, by Mrs. May Ormerod rris on Thursday, January . on the first day of a three-y program. The dedication ogram will continue from ursday to Saturday, Jan. 30.
ormal presentation of the build-wili take place at the dedi-tion assembly in Bovard audito-m at 10 a.m. Following the as-ibly, a luncheon will be served the Foyer of Town and Gown the delegates, with registra-n following at 1:30 p.m. Other nts also are scheduled for the ernoon and evening.
Friday morning, experts in field of art will address the legates on the general field of he Arts of the Pacific Area." ey will be given in the audito-m of Harris hall. In the aft-oon, experienced men in the d of architecture will speak on temporary architecture in the litorlunt of Harris hall. Dinner, ;ided over by Dr. Rufus B. von ,inSmid, will be served m the 'er of Town and Gown.
e program for Saturday Hies a tour of the Walt Disney ios in the morning, with a t to the Henry E. Huntington ary and art gallery.
Capt. Hancock Plans New Music Recitals
The Hancock ensemble, under the direction of Capt. Allan Hancock, will give a concert next Wednesday evening in the Foyer of Town and Gown, during which films taken on an expedition to the Galapagos islands will be shown.
The recital will be the first in a series of concerts to be given on the campus in 1940 and will be sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha, professional music fraternity, assisted by Sigma Alpha Iota, national music sorority, Phi Beta, professional music and dramatic art sorority, and Mu Phi Epsilon, national music sorority.
Finn Army SIGMA XI GROUP Hurls Back ORIGIN REVIEWED
Russ Drive
‘Big Push’ by Reds Expected as Troops MasS on Front
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From Finland last night came an announcement that a Russian military base along
Four Years’ Work by SC Scientists
Results in Recognition at National Convention
In 1936 a small group of scientists on the SC campus gathered their scholastic gowns about them, fitted their eruditional caps upon their heads, and set out upon a full four-year task.	,
Reward and national recognition came last week when this
same group, augmented by addi- j--
tional scientfic workers, was grant- j ed a local chapter of Sigma Xi. J The award was made at the na- I tional Sigma Xi convention last month in Columbus. Ohio. The 65 !
the Aitta river about 50 miles chapters of Sigma Xi in the lead-north of Lake Ladoga and ing universities of the country
sterling Hour ffers Opera
me of Che most popular selec-from classical music will be ited on the Listening Hour y at 3:15 p.m. in Bovard audi-um, with excerpts from “Naugh-Marietta” and the opera Car-ft
ngs from “Naughty Marietta” ude: ‘“Tramp. Tramp. Tramp ng the Highway,” “ ‘Neath the them Moon,” “I'm Falling in *e with Someone.” and "Ah. t Mystery of Life.”
e Listening Hour is a weekly ram of recordings of classical :ic presented under the direc-of Miss Pantella Engel, of music department. Program -* for the Listening Hour are n in Miss Engel's column.
Architecture Students Earn State Licenses
Christmas vacation was fun time for Trojans, but it was exam time for a group of architecture students who gathered on the SC campus for special tests.
Thirty-five aspirants took the 4-day examination for license to practice architecture in the state of California. Several of these were Trojan gradaute students.
Dean Arthur C. Weatherhead described the test as so difficult that scarcely more than 30 per cent suceceded in passing it,
“In order to be eligible for participation,” he said, ‘four years of actual practice after graduation were required. During the 4-day test, a building was designed with all the engineering and construction details supplied. Exercises and questions that test the applicant's knowledge of architectural history, theory, and practice were also included.
“The California state laws for architectural practice are exceedingly stringent,” Dean Weatherhead added, “but it is absolutely necessary for adequate building protection in a section of the country where construction is going on so rapidly.”
Opportunity tn take the examination occurs during the month of June also. Each time the details are different, making it possible for aspirants to try more than once.
near the eastern frontier had been captured after a daylong back - and - forth battle in which the objective changed hands at least twice.
Southwest of Aitta, the Finns said, a daylong Russian attack led by tanks was repulsed.
Although the Finnish communique made no mention of it, the reinforced Red army, bolstered by tens of thousands of fresh troops, was said in Scandinavian dispatches to have unleashed their awaited “big push” against Finland's Mannerheim line on the Karelian isthmus north of Leningrad.	•
UNREST REPORTED
A French news agency, Agence Fournier, reported that uprisings have occurred in several important Russian industries and that there have been workers and soldiers because of the Red army’s defeats in Finland.
were unanimous in recognizing the I university’s efforts.
estminster Club ill Hold Dinner
e Westminster club will meet orrow at the Church of the Re-mer, 36th street and Vermont jiue, at 5:15 p.m. Following din-the group will discuss the top-“How Christianity Applies to Year Resolutions.”
Newman Club Invites Students To Snow Trip
The Newman club will take a trip
WORK RECOGNIZED
The chapter was granted to the university for work of the past four years in all branches of science. Outstanding were practical engineering, theoretical mathematics, the biological sciences of botany, zoology, and bacteriology, physiology, psychology, anthropology, and the medical sciences.
An unofficia' notice of the award was received by Dr. Harry J. Deuel, president of the university’s Faculty Science club, and Dr. F. M. Baldwin, professor of sociology, when they attended the national convention from SC.
AWAIT NOTIFICATION
Despite the knowledge that the
national organization of Sigma Xi
has granted a local chapter to the
university, the formation of the
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numerous arrests of ... . . ,	,. .,
in the next few days, pending the
arrival of official notification from
the national headquarters.
When the local chapter of Sigma Xi is formed, it will probably include the present members of the Faculty Science club, along with a few other scientists. Dr. Baldwin said. He added that the society would supplant the Science club and take over its duties, such as. the monthly Wednesday lecture, which the club sponsors.
The award of a local Sigma Xi chapter to the University of Southern California is given solely as a reward for past successes in the field of science, but it is believed that it will also provide a future stimulus to scientific endeavor on the SC campus through drawing prominent scientific personages to the faculty.
The Scandinavian press, in addition to reporting the start of a new Red army offensive against the Mannerheim line, reported that 26,-000 Russian troops have been cut off and face entrapment on two widely separated battlefronts above the Arctic circle. A force of 16.000 Russians was said to have been cut off on the Salla front near the Finnish-Soviet border while another force was said to have been isolated in the far north at Nikkelby, a nickel mining center near the Norwegian border.
ENGLISH. RUSSIANS BITTER
From London came reports shedding new light on the rapidly-wors-ening state of British-Russian relations. The British ambassador to Moscow, Sir William Seeds, who started back to London Tuesday night on what probably will be an unusually long “vacation.” was said to have been told in a farewell call on Soviet Premier Viacheslav M. Molotov that Britain must halt her “anti-Soviet activities” or those relations will become increasingly worse.
Molotov undoubtedly referred to
to Lake Arrowhead next Sunday	Britain’s aid to Finland, in the form
for a mid-winter snow party, trav-	of guns planes and war eg
eling by automobile to the resort.	and her support of the expulsion of
Students interested in attending	Russia from the League of Nations
are asked by Tony Boland, presi-	The Moscow ambassador of Italy
dent, to be present at the 6 p.m	Where bitterness had been mounting
mass at St. Vincents church. The	over the invasion of Finland and
club will leave directly after mass	purported Soviet threats against the
and will breakfast in San Bemar-	Balkans, also was ordered by his dino.
Baptist Delegate Will Review Convention Plans
The Roger Williams club of Baptist students will meet tomorrow at a luncheon in 322 Student Union at 12:10 o’clock. John Hollo-well. president, will talk on his experiences and impressions received while attending the Eastern Christian Youth conference last month.
The conference had its headquarters at Denison university, Grantville, Ohio. Attending were
Survey Shows Marital Bliss Tradition
Four-Year Study On Family Relations Completed at SC
Happiness among parents usually results in traditional marital bliss for the marriage of their children.
Such was the conclusion of a four-year study recently completed by students of family relations at University College, which began its winter quarter yesterday.
Under the direction oi Dr. Paul Popenoe, the study of 500 families reveals that of the children of happy parents, 67 per cent were found to consider their own marriages successful, while 43 per cent of the children of unhappy parents judged their maritals affairs as happy.
LARGE PERCENTAGE
From interviews with second-generation men and women the percentages were identical. Both husbands and wives were rated as 58 per cent contented, 15 per cent doubtful and 27 per cent definitely dissatisfied with their domestic relations.
In addition tc classes in biology of family relations, approximately 500 subjects varying from astronomy, advertising, and dramatics, navigation, and foreign trade are offered by the SC evening division, according to Dean Ernest W. Tiegs.
MOTION PICTURE CLASSES
Boris Morros and A. E. Freude-man, motion picture directors of art and music, are included among authorities who with regular faculty members will give instruction during the 12-weeks’ period.
Persons who have a yen to Write will find direction in courses for the motion picture scenario, feature articles or short story writing. Secretaries, embryo advertising writers or foreign trade enthusiasts are also provided for among 37 subjects in commerce.
Congress Convenes Today
Roosevelt Outlines Opening Message At Conference
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 —
(U.P.) — Congress meets at noon tomorrow to hear President Roosevelt’s “state of the union” message which is expected to recommend no new controversial legislation bearing on domestic problems and to deal extensively with foreign affairs.
The president outlined the message to congressional leaders at a White house conference today when he met Vice-President John N. Garner for the first time since the Texan announced his candidacy for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination.
BUDGET SLASHED
Although it was generally understood that Mr. Roosevelt will not ask for more taxes at this time, the leaders did not close the door on such a possibility later in the session if March income taxes do not come up to expectations or if the current business upswing falters.
Speaker Bankhead partly confirmed reports that the president had made sharp slashes in the budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1940. He declined to reveal the overall figure of the budget, but said it would be satisfactory to the country.
“Any federal budget is bound to displease some sections of the country and some government of- N.Y.; Chester C. Bolton. R., O.;
Franklin D. Roosevelt
... to address congress
Democrats Enjoy Large HouseMajority
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. (UJ?)— Democrats will enjoy a 3-to-l majority in the senate and approximately a 3-to-2 majority in the house when the third session of the 76th congress convenes tomorrow.
The senate will be composed of 69 Democrats, 23 Republicans, 2 Farmer-Laborites, 1 Progressive and 1 Independent, while the house will be composed of 259 Democrats, 165 Republicans, 2 Progressives, 1 Farmer-Laborite. and 1 American-Laborite.
While no vacancies now exist in the senate, seven vacancies exist in the lower chamber, representing seats held by the late Reps. Thomas M. Eaton, R., Cal.; John A. Martin, D.. Colo.; Carl E. Mapes. R.. Mich.; William L. Sirovich, D.,
ficials,” he said. “I think this one will be satisfatcory.”
FDR TO APPEAR
Mr. Roosevelt will appear in person before a joint session of the two houses to read his state-of-the-union message which will be broadcast over the nationwide facilities of the three major radio chains. His budget message will go up on Thursday and it will be read by clerks in the two houses.
Democratic leaders are hopeful of a short session, but have their fingers crossed.
Harry W. Griswold, R., Wis.; and William A. Ashbrook, D., O.
Frosh Honoraries Plan Joint Lunch
can drive their cars to the party sign up for the number of students they can take. Interested students should sign up in the office of the Student Council on Religion, third une Hepp will be in charge of f^r Student Union The groups •otions and the song service that will have dinner at the home of 1 follow. Winfield Nagiev, pres- Virginia Waters at Lake Arrowhead, int. requests that all students The price of the party will be o Wish to attend may sign up	including transportation and
• the meeting in the office of the dinner, udent Council on Religion, third “
:r Student Union. There will be -cent charge for the supper.
government to return to Rome and __________, - - _________
Officer* request that those who report to Premier Benito Mussolini. 150 representatives from Baptist
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Tomorrow s Organ Program
Prof. Archibald Sessions will r£sent a program of Handel and bussy at his regular organ re-1 in Bovard auditorium at 12 tomorrow.
ond Concetto in B flat....Handel ■his is one of the 12 concertos organ and orchestra which -e published during Handel's e. and here transcribed for an alone. The opening movent. a solemn Largo, leads to a rjted Allegro, sparkling with and joy. The soft expressive iStive which follows is sim-a link jrith the exquisite auc' io of refined delicacy.
de Lime ....................Debussy
minia ure of quiet dignity beauty by the greatest of all ch modernists, this number e third movement of the Bergamasoue” for piano. _ j
Hunt Presides At Banquet
The seventh annual research dinner of the Graduate School will feature a discussion of the “Relationship of Heredity and Environment in Behavior” by Dr. Milton Metfessel, professor of psychology. The semi-formal affair will take place on Thursday, January 11, in j the Foyer of Town and Gown at 6:30 o'clock.
Dr. Rockwell Dennis Hunt, direc-
Waves” and “Traffic as a Social	tor of the School of Research, will
Problem” will be the subjects for	preside at the invitational dinner
discussion in the last two Wednes-	which is open to members of the
day lectures of the semester.	faculty of the Graduate School.
Kneeland Nunan, instructor in	candidates for Ph. D. degrees, and
electrical engineering, will give the	members of the School of Research,:
lecture on sound in Science 159.	a division of the Graduate School.
January 10.	Guests from nearby institutions
Clarence Marsh Case, professor of	have also been invited.
Sociology, will discuss “Traffic as	-
a Social Problem” in the Art and Lecture room of Doheny library.
January 17.
the United States. Hollowell, representing SC. wa.s one of six delegates from youth groups in southern California. Plans were made for the future activities and program of the Baptist youth of the nation.
Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman women’s honorary sorority, will meet for a joint luncheon with Phi Eta Sigma, freshman men’s honorary fraternity, Friday noon in Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall.
Men planning to attend are requested to sign in the office of Francis M. Bacon, counselor of men. Women s^re to sign in the office of Mary Sinclair Crawford, counselor of women.
Final Wednesday Lectures Slated
“Recording and Reproduction of Extremely Low Frequency Sound
HOSSAIN WILL BROADCAST 1939 WORLD NEWS REVIEW
Non-Orgs To Be Guests Of Jewish Council
Christmas Workers Asked for Reports
The Jewish student council is j sponsoring a dinner, dance, and I forum for all non-org students at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Gates All students who worked during hotel. Sixth and Figueroa streets. Christmas vacation are asked to Dinner will be 50 cents. All nonmake out a report and hand it in org students interested are asked to the bureau of employment. 228 to make reservations with Kay Student Union. A full check must Smith in the office of the Student be made of all assignments.	I Council on Religion.
Dr. Syud Hostarn
. . . broadcasts today
Television Program Also To Be Aired
“Highlights of World Affairs in 1939” is the topic that will be reviewed by Dr. Syud Hossain. lec turer in history, over KRKD at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon.
In order to keep his discussions up to the minute, Dr. Hossain writes his scripts just an hour before going on the air.
A television program entitled “SC on Parade,” under the direction of Robert Benson, will be given over the Don Lee television station at 8 o’clock tonight.
“The Success of Best Sellers in 1939” will be the topic discussed by Betty Franklin of the Doheny Memorial library staff over KRKD at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. William Druitt, commentator on the radio television staff, will describe articles appearing in the World Affairs Interpreter over t»h« same station on Pride? afternoon at
Quill Club Holds Initiation
Fourteen students were initiated into the Quill club, national honorary writing fraternity, at a banquet held recently in a Los Angeles restaurant. Joe Comstock, chancellor of the club, officiated at the ceremonies.
Membership in the organization is granted only those who submit original manuscripts. The list of new members includes Alfonso P. Santos, Aurline Osmond, Edward Schoening. Ralph N. Nickerson, Mary Louise Cribbs, Harlan Long, Kenneth Kenyon, Jean Cook. Audrey Rue, Thane Kuhlnan, Michael MacBan, Jesse Tarwater, Bob Sandmeyer, and John Danby.
Following the initiation, Dr. Thomas Clements, associate professor of geology-, spoke to the group cn his recent trip to Colombia and the educational facilities offered there. He also showed slides of the country.
Honored guests at the affair were Doctors Lionel Stevenson, Eleazer Lecky, and Louis Wann, of the English department.
Officers of the club are Ed Sea-ger, treasurer; Dan Force, secretary; and Ruth Simpson, keeper of the parchment. Lynn Clark, assistant professor of English language and literature, is adviser.
Students who turned in manuscripts for the club tryouts may have their works returned by call- | ing for them at the desk in the English office, 304 Bridge.
Knopf Chooses New Year Topic For Meditation
“Let’s Not Resolve” will be the theme of the regular noon meditation today from 12 M. to 12:30 p.m. in the Little Chapel of Silence.
The meeting will be conducted by Chaplain Carl Sumner Knopf. The theme is based on the New Year s tradition of making reslu-tions. Incidental music will be provided by Prof. Archibald Sessions at the organ.
"Which is right?” questions Dr. Knopf. “One psychologist says that resolutions set objectives and are valuable because they give an individual something to work toward. They are a continual reminder.
“Other psychologists maintain ‘ that a broken resolution is a spiritual tragedy. It leaves a moral j scar upon the individual. To avoid j this it is better to make no resolutions at all.”
Dr. Knopf will consider the making of resolutions in relation to religious problems of modern youth. He believes that religion should be continuous and not spasmodic.
President
Leaves For East
Dr. von KleinSmid Will Address College Conferences
Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid left the campus yesterday for a two weeks’ trip in the east where he will take part in four national conferences.
Visiting in the south, he will stop Saturday and Sunday Ik Montgomery, Ala., after a two-day stay in New Orleans. Monday and Tuesday the president will attend in Philadelphia the American university senate, a meeting of university and college presidents of the United States.
In the same city. Dr. von KleinSmid will address the fifth annual national conference of church-related colleges at its two-day convention January 10 and 11. His talk will be “The Church Related College and Democracy.”
In addition to taking part in the 26th annual conference of the association of American colleges in Philadelphia, where he will discuss the theme of “A Free College in a Free State,” Dr. von KleinSmid will speak before the national Methodist college conference on “Improving Our Colleges Financially.”
Following the educational meetings in Philadelphia, he will visit Washington, D.C.. and New York on university business after which I he Will return to the campus.
Musicians Meet With Bruins
The western province convention of Phi Mu Alpha, professional music fratemity, recently took place on the UCLA campus. The program was planned by the SC and UCLA chapters of the fraternity.
During the convention, Capt. Allan Hancock, Lucien Cailliet, SC professor of music, and John Oarth, research associate on Che Hancock project, were made honorary members of Phi Mu Alpha.
SC students initiated a* the same time were Earl Hellmers, Perry Krohn, Howard Bergherm, Allen Hastings, Rodney Kittel, and William Murphy.
“Hail to the Red and Mack," • song written by William Gleich-mann and dedicated to the SO chapter of the fratemity, was in* troduced by an SC quartet during the interfratemity sing, which ma broadcast over KFWB.
Lectures by faculty member* and round-table discussions highlighted the convention meetings.
British Cruiser Allowed Stay
BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 2.
The Argentine government tonight
Weatherman Sees Clouds, Wind
Dark skies which yesterday brought light precipitation in the form of a heavy mist will hover over Los Angeles again today, while the whole of southern California will be partly cloudy with little change in temperature and a light northwest wind off the coast, the government weather bureau reported.
While points in northern and central California were experiencing a general rainstorm. Meteorologist L. H. Daingerfield expressed doubt that it would reach here. The bottom of the rain bucket atop the bureau station here was barely covered yesterday —an amount which experts define as a trace.
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granted the British cruiser Achilles inch of rain fell. Other commu-permission to enter Buenos Aires nities near Santa Barbara report harbor at noon tomorrow for a 24-hour stay.
The Achilles, with the cruisers Ajax and Exeter, participated in the battles against the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the Uruguayan ooost on December IS.
ed slightly less moisture.
Due to slides caused by the rain,
a 30-mile section of the San Sim-eon-Carmel highway, state route No. 1, was ordered closed yesterday by the California Highway oommMsion tot an indefinite period
Speech majors who are now working for their master's degree will have the option of taking a comprehensive examination or (rf writing a thesis, it was announced yesterday. For those who are completing their final requirements this semester, a comprehensive examination will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, January 13, in 126 Old College.
In an examination such as this, the candidate for the degree chooses three topics from a list which has been prepared for the review. The written examination will take one hour for each of the three fields selected.
Registrar's Office Notice
It is very important that a4i changes in addresses be reported promptly at the Registrars office. Important notices will be mis-sent and delayed if correct addresses are not reported.
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The final semester examinations will be three hours in length in accordance with the ruling of the scholarship committee at the first of the year, it was verified last week by university officials.
It was emphasized that the exams would be three hoars long whether they were one, two, or three unit courses.