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Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, May 6, 1941
No. 135
elton Talks Honorary
amma Sigma Initiates 20 Members ommerce Scholastic Fraternity Tonight
E. Shelton, prominent Los Angeles businessman man of the executive committee of the Security-ional bank, will address an initiation banquet of ma Sigma, commerce scholastic honorary, today at in the Chancellor hotel, newly elected mem-
Roosevelt Asks Air Supremacy
President Demands Stimson Speed-Up Plane Production
Creeks to Award Scholarship Keys
Interfraternity Council Introduces Plan to Boost House Averages Above 1.5 Mark
honorary, will speak on lor in College to Fresh-rmocracy.” The speak-ate of Stanford, is an cipant in southern Cal-nce and is now a di-e Los Angeles chamber je.
EAKER
t Stanford, tonight’s student body president, debater, and a star He is a past president Angeles Rotary club time was vice-president fomia Banker’s associa-
a public speaker of na-his address “Courage ' in 1933 attracting na-tention.
Lage McClung. dean of of Commerce, will also e gathering, which hon-initiates to the organi-
HONORS INITIATES
lation will be held at nd will be followed by St. Two per cent of the in commerce are el-membership in Beta gn»a if they have the average.
embers of the honor scholarship students in re invited to attend the ervations. whieh may calling the College of office, are 75 cents.
INDUCTED ior initiates are Sydney Everrett, Robert Nicho-McClean. Mansel Hop-Brien. James Keefe, nberg. Robert Sandison, jtt. Henry Sievers Jr., m W. Lew.
liors. Willa Mae Boone.
Donald Mulit. Beverly Herbert Johnson, and are also scheduled for Graduate student, Sam-and the guest speaker the list of initiates.
James E. Shelton—addresses Beta Gamma Sigma banquet.
Army Officers interview Men
Examiners to Spend Three Days at SC
ni Begin Ity Drive
e slogan, “Let's All Work SC alumni officials is year’s annual loyalty alumni drive yesterday, numbering 2300, scat* r 40 nations of the globe, jive communications from IL. Bjram, general chair-the Alumni foundation L. Bowers, president of eral Alumni association, a new plan.
the new plan, Mr. ys in his letter to the
recent meeting • or the nation and the Loy-administrative boards, it ed to make one general tea'I of the several solic-hich you have received in
"ft to the university this be all-inclusive and you these privileges: rshlp in the General Al-riation, with all • rights eg’s: membership in your al alumni group, mem-vour geographical al-a subscription to the -vi^w, and a gift to the
uate Banquet Announced
for the annual graduate scheduled for Friday y 23. in Town and 2 program tentatively usical selections, the tf distinguished guests dress by Dr. James C. o will speak on the fu-Far East. Doctor Bak-Uy returned from this he spent most of his
tmaster of the evening is head of the English
Members of the U. S. army’s traveling board who interviews aspirants for flying cadets will spend three days of this week on the SC campus.
Prompted b\ the numerous requests of Trojan men who wish to join the air corps on graduation, the examiners will locate themselves in the lounge of the Physical Education buiioing Thursday, Friday, end Saturday.
NEED LETTERS
Students appearing before the board must bring with them three letter* of recommendation, a birth certificate, and a transcript of credits from the registrar showing that they have earned at elast half the credits necessary for a degree in a four-year course.
In addition to this, the applicant must have completed two years of college, although this may be waived by successfully passing a written examination. Applicants must be between 20 and 27 years of age and must be unmarried citizens of the United States. They must also pasr a physical examination.
EXAMINATIONS GIVEN
During the three days complete physical examinations will be given in the lounge, and the board will consider the qualifications of the applicants.
Cadets receive $75 monthly for the nine months in training. Upon successful graduation from the advanced flying school they are com-misisoned as second lieutenants with salaries of $205 monthly plus living quarters.
All SC men may apply this week and will be examined immediately, it was announced by the traveling board, as the air corps plans to have at least 15 000 pilots under training by July 1.
WASHINGTON, May 5. — (U.P.)—President Roosevelt tonight demanded aerial supremacy for the democracies and called upon Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson to increase production of heavy bombers “with all possible speed.”
". . . Command of the air by the democracies must and can be achieved,” Mr. Roosevelt said in a letter to Stimson. “Every month the democracies are gaining in the relative strength of their air forces. We must see to it that the process is hastened and that the democratic superiority in the air be made absolute.”
RATIO NOT REVEALED
The President did not specify by what ratio he was ordering heavy bomber production speeded up. But he left no doubt that the objective he has fixed will strain this country’s production facilities to their utmost.
He gave Samson virtual carte blanche authoiity to take whatever steps necessary to achieve the goal. The President; told Stimson he was ordering the Office of Production Management to provide "appropriate” priority ratings to clear the way for all-out production.
His letter left no doubt that thc Axis aerial challenge must be met in kind and bettered.
ACTION NECESSARY
“The effective defense of this country and the vital defense of other democratic nations requires that there be e substantial increase in heavy bomber production,” he wrote. “To this end will you take whatever action is needed, including the procurement of aircraft, to tion rate which I am indicating to you in a private memorandum.”
The order come less than a week after Mr. Roosevelt directed the Maritime commission to pool 2.000,-000 tons of shipping to aid Britain. It likewise followed extension of the U. S. neutrality patrol far out in the Atlantic.
The Interfraternity council last Thursday approved a message authorizing an interfraternity scholarship award to house members with a scholastic average of 1.5 or better.
-— | This plan is the culmination of
concentrated efforts since last fall ; to stimulate academic interest among fraternity men and has re-j ceived the active support of ad-j ministrative officials.
WINNERS EARN KEYS
Advisory Day Plans Include Talks, Exhibits
High School Freshmen, Junior College Groups to Gather Saturday
Hossain
Describes
Gandhi
Wednesday Lecture to Present Friend of Indian Leader
“No one who has ever looked into Gandhi’s eyes can ever forget him. Those eyes Douglas Bothwell, SAE and certainly the windows of chairman of the scholarship com- his SOUl, showing that he is mittee, announced that 205 men carrying the sorrows and bur-with the required grade point av- dens of humanity, and yet has erage will receive keys indicative retained a spontaneous laugh-of the honor during an assembly ter and serene sense Qf
humor.”
sometime before final examinations begin.
Besides awarding these individual honors, the committee will present a rotating cup to the house boasting the largest proportion of key winners. The fraternity will retain the trophy for the duration of one semester.
Ratings are not based on cumulative averages, but are drawn from the semester’s work preceding the elections. Qualifications for the award include the following stipu-
High school and junior college students throughout southern California will gather on the SC campus Saturday for the university’s 13th annual advisement day.
Originated for the purpose of providing an opportunity to high school and junior college seniors for consultation and advice on lations: their future work, this year's pro- LIST QUALIFICATIONS gram will include discussion groups, assemblies, and exhibits.
OPENING RECEPTION
The annual event, sponsored by the university public relations department, will open with a registration and reception, followed by a general assembly at 9:30 a. m. in Bovard auditorium. Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid will discuss “Youth’s Role in National Defense” ln the assembly which will also include a concert by the orchestra and a cappella choir.
Discussion groups, on such topics as employment, entrance require- average, ments, and planning a university PRORATED PRICE course, will occupy the remainder I Financing the award is to be of the morning.	prorated among the several hous-
A luncheon, scientific exhibits es by determining the number of and demonstrations in the physical eligible men, exclusive of previous education building ,and a - dance winners, and requiring the house will complete the activities in the ^o pay that fraction of the total
1.	The student must carry 12 units, or more.
2.	The winner must be an active member or have been an undergraduate in an active chapter the semester previous to the elections. He may, however, qualify while still a pledge.
3.	All winners must be Undergraduates when they make their qualifying grade average.
4.	A man can receive the award but once. His efforts thereafter will be recognized by adding the dates of all succeeding semesters in which he makes the required
Lancers to Hear Defense Debate
Wallace Frasher and Earl Bolton of the SC debate team, will sever their bonds of unity long enougn to argus the question “What Are We Preparing to Defend?” when they address a Lancer luncheon Thursday at 12:10 p. m. in the University Methodist church.
All students of the university may attend *he debate. Reservation sheets are located on the bulletin boards in the Student Union and Old College and should be signed by tomorrow evening. Per-
Concert Ticket Sale Begins
Seat sales will open today on individual student tickets specially priced at 25 cents each for the eight concerts of the Complete Chamber Music of Brahms, starting at 8:30 p.m. Friday in Bovard auditorium.
The Coolidge string quartet, the Brosa-Evans-Johansen trio, and soloists will offer the concerts under the auspices of the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge foundation and the School of Music.
“These concerts may well be considered the musical high spots of the year,” Dr. Max T. Krone, assistant director of the School of Music, commented.
“The university, moreover, has participated in probably more important musical activities this year than ever before.” he pointed out.
“The musicians who will play the chamber music series are all fine artists, and the music itself represents some of the best that Brahms wrote.” he concluded.
Tickets may be purchased in the cashier's office. Season tickets for students are available for $1. For the general public individual tickets are on sale for 75 cents, while season tickets are $3.
afternoon.
FACULTY CONFERENCES
Individual conferences with faculty members from all departments and schools within the university will be a hign spot ln the all-day program. Students will meet with professors and discuss current problems and prospects in specialized college courses.
Each school and department' will
cost that it beafs in relation to the total fraternity* enrollment.
Bothwell said the initial cost to houses may sound exhorbitant, but succeeding expenses will amount to one-eighth that of the present because of eliminations. The problem of the individual fraternity for paying its fraction of the total cost shall be an individual one, he added.
Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid said
maintain its own exhibit depicting 0f the program* the procedures and subject matter , «j have had the opportunity to in that course.	read with care the proposed plan
All SC students and parents are for scholarship awards. The idea invited to attend in addition to the is splendid, and I am glad to en-expected 1000 to 1200 visitors. 1 dorse the plan.”
Pegler Wins Pulitzer Prize for Attack on Labor Groups
This description of Mahatma Gandhi, the Nationalist leader of India, comes from Syud Hossain, “Mahatma Gandhi as I Know
Him.”
Appearing as the last speaker on the Wednesday lecture series, sponsored by the College of Letters Arts, and Sciences, Hossain will talk in Bowne hall, Mudd Memorial, from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. DESCRIBES FRIEND A personal friend of the Indian leader, Hossain describes the man as being “ethereal and ascetic— almost a walking skeleton weighing less than 100 pounds.”
“The routine of Gandhi’s daily life is unique,” Hossain recalls, “it reveals both his personality and his principles. He rises at 4 a. m., and invariably the first item of the day's schedule is an hour’s prayer and meditation.”
The Indian then devotes 12 hours to methodical work, not resting for even half an hour during this period. He even sees visitors while partaking of his mid-day meal, which consists of milk and fruit. His day ends with another hour of prayer and meditation. HONORS ALL RELIGIONS Gandhi holds that all religions are true, and that they are entitled to the reverence of all. The leader himself is a follower of Hinduism.
“The basic spiritual principles of his life are constant persistant seeking and unflinching service of truth as one may see it and know it;” declares Hossain, “the positive application of love to all of one’s fellow beings at all times, with the oorollary of nonviolence in thought, word, or deed, even when confronted with the gravest provocation of persecution.”
Although he advocates nonviolence, Gandhi is an enemy of cowardice. “Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence,” he has said.
All-U Actors Prepare Show
West Coast Premiere of ‘American Way’
Opens Tomorrow Night at 8:15 in Bovard
“The American Way,” with an all-university cast of 80 will have its West Coast premiere in Bovard auditorium at 8:15 p.m. tomorrow and will continue its run on Thursday and Saturday evenings.
Mort Block, play productions manager, yesterday predicted a sellout for all of the performances, especially, on Saturday night.
ACTIVITY BOOK HONORED
Tickets for the all-U show are 25 cents with activity book or 55 cents to the general public. The price of general admission is 40 cents without the privilege of an activity book.
Whipped into a production in five weeks by Edmund Evans, drama coach, “The American Way” uses more than 80 people ln its 19 scenes. Evans overcame the seeming indifference of a blase student body by begging and haranguing the group into attending the reeharsals.
The Kaufman and Hart story of the German immigrants who seek their fortune in the United States, is an American cavalcade that roots out the worst and the best in a democracy. The plot laughs whiel it speaks of tragedy.
GOOD REPRESENTATION
Almost every group on campus has some representation in the show: Bob Earl and members of the Trojan band several sequences of the show; the speech and drama departments carry the main weight of the production with the radio’ division furnishing the needed equipment for recording and sound effects.
Yesterday the barber shop quartet of the production sang a series of songs from “The American Way,” and every day there will be a new stunt by members of the cast around or near Tommy Trojan.
Make-up kits came out for the first time last night when Evans called the dress rehearsal of the all-U show.
NROTC Honors Chilean Group
NEW YORK. May 5. T.P)—Westbrook Pegler, columnist for the New York World-Telegram, today was awarded a Pulitzer prize of $1000 for “articles on scandals in the ranks of organized labor, which led
“There Shall Be No Night.” The New York drama critics’ circle gave its award to Lillian Heilman’s ‘Watch On the Rhine.”
Other journalism awards went to
to the expulsion and conviction of	Reuben Maury of the New York
George Scalise.’	Daily News, $500 for distinguished
Scalise was sentenced last Dec-	editorial writing and Jacob Burck
ember to a 10 to 20 year term in	specifically for a carton entitled
Sing Sing for stealing funds of his	of the Chicago Times, a like a-
union, the Building Service Em-	mount for distinguished cartooning,
ployes International (AFL). He	specifically for a cartoon entitled
had been convicted of whi^e slav-	“if I Should Die Before I Wake,”
ery in 1913, and Pegler disclosed	published June 2, 1940. that William Gieen, American Fed- j rpjlg gt L^g Post-Dispatch re-
Spanish Croup to Hear Medina
Paul Diaz Medina, counselor in the Bolivian embassy in Washington, will be tht guest speaker today at the weekly meeting of the Spanish literary group under the sons may aL?o leave notice in the direction of Dr. Mendez Pereira, offices of the counselor of men or j visiting professor of Spanish, women.	| The meeting will be held at 12 M.
Instead of the usual plate lunch- in Exposition park. Diaz will dis-eon students will receive boxes, cuss “How Can Latin America Best packed by a dewntown concern for Help the United States in the Pres-30 cents.	[ent Conflict”
Merchandising Contest to Choose Business Girl'
Senior women majoring in commerce, merchandising, and secretarial administration will compete today in the 10th annual Better Business Girl contest to determine potential business ability.
Sponsored- by Alpha Kappa Psi, national professional commerce fraternity, the contest is based upon an application, written in letter form, for a fictitious position as secretary to the dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration. An interview at a later date follows the submitting of the application.
Final judgment will be based on the letter, extra-curricular activities, scholarship, personality, poise, and appearance. Senior girls desir-the year.”	ing to submit letters should be sure
A special citation was given the . to file them not later than Friday "distinguished novel” published New York Times “for the public evening.
during 1940 bv an American author, j educational values of its foreign The winner will be selected by a
j committee composed of Dean Reid Lage McClung. Prof. Park Ewart. William Billig Philip McAllister. Rudy Jones, president of the local chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, Bill Esterline and Jack Kennedy, mem-
eration of Labor president, indorsed his application for a presidential pardon for that crime.
Pegler’s award was in the “distinguished example of a reporter’s work” classification.
The Pulitzer prize trustees made no award in the category of
ceived a $500 gold medal for its “successful campaign against the city’s smoke nuisance,” which was rated “the most distinguished and meritorious public service rendered by an American newspaper during
news reports.’
No explanation was made.
The $1000 prize for the original -
American play performed in New . .	C *
York “which shall represent in Literary jOCiety marked fashioned the educational . . . value and pcwer of th? stage Initiates llVe preferably dealing with American
life” wenC to Robert E. Sherwood's The Athena literary society will
On a tour of American ports, of ficers and men of the Chilean naval boat' Rancagua will visit the campus tomorrow as part of an eight-day sightseeing trip in the southland.
Parading down University avenue at 2:30 p. m., the midshipmen from the Chilean naval academy will draw up their ranks in front of the Administration building for a greeting extended by the local NROTC unit.
Following the military ceremony, the Latins will tour the campus conducted by the Squires. A dance is scheduled for the student lounge at 4 p. m., with ranking Spanish American dignitaries attending. The “middies” have on their program a tour of Hollywood movie stud ios as a part of their Los Angeles visit.
The training boat arrived in the harbor Sunday morning after two-week tie-up in San Francisco With a complement of 16 officers the vessel is manned by the graduating class of Chile’s Escuela Naval a school similar to Annapolis.
“Since America’s front line of defense might be extended to the whole of the Western Hemisphere it is vital that the nations com t>osing the defense sphere be unit ed in greater understanding. That is tbe purpose of this good-will tour,” said John Tanaskovic, pro moter of the visit.
The boat *^11 sail direct to Val paraiso, Chile, after leaving Los Angeles harbor during the last part of the week.
Turkey Offers Nazi, British Mediation Aid
Hostilities in Iraq Add Grave Menace to Moslem Security
ISTANBUL, May 5. (l\E>—1Turkey today offered her services as mediator between Great Britain and the-pro-German Bagdad regime in an effort to end the spreading hostilities in Iraq, which threaten other parts of the Moslem world.
The offer was made by Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu, and it was understood that the Turkish foreign office already was making contacts.
MENACE ADDED
Hostilities in Iraq add a new grave menace to Turkey's own zone of security. Should Germany decide to send military aid to the Iraqis, Turkey might lie on the path of such assistance.
The anti-British premier of Iraq. Rashid Ali Beg Gaiianl. who seized power in a military coup d’etmt a month ago. was expected here to demand that British troops be withdrawn as the prime condition for any negotiated settlement.
DEMAND PROTECTION
The British, it was pointed out. not only insist upon protection of their Iraqi oil supplies but undoubtedly would refuse to lose communications by land with Turkey and Palestine.
Turkish leaders said tonight that it is important that the conflict be settled wihout delay ln order to:
1.	Keep British communications by way of Iraq open.
2.	Prevent ?r.y possible direct Intervention by Germany.
3.	Prevent Turkey from becoming encircled by the Axis.
Scott Announces Series of Films on Present Crisis
Because of the general expressed interest of the student body as a whole in learning more of the background of the present world conflict a series of films on the war and American policy will start tomorrow.
All the fili-is but two are back issues of the March of Time. The two exceptions are Castle films, made up of newsreel shots of events in Europe.
Sponsors of the series, which will consist of 45-minute programs, are the Hancock fcundation, the de-paitment of general studies, and the department of cinema, according to Prof. Warren Scott, head ot the cinema department and director of the cinema workshop.
The five piograms will appear over a period of three weeks, each program to be repeated twice each day for two days. Program No. I will show tomorrow at 10:10 a. m. and again it 12 M.. and program No. 2 on Thursday, at 11 :H) a. m. and 1:15 p. m.
‘Los Otros Americanos’ Tn;LATL‘nL^or~?- Discusses Puerto Rico
Quakers Hear Case
Dr. Clarence Case will speak on “Creative Peacemaking” at' the last meeting of the Quaker club this afternoon in the religious councilor's office. Dr. Case is an ardent supporter of international cooperation withoot the use of force.
initiate five new members in the umnus of Alpha Kappa Psi. Little Chapel of Silence at 6 p. m.	"
today. The ceremony wiii be foi- Nominations Planned lowed by a banquet at Eatons’ on Wilshire. The guest of honor, Mrs Allison Gaw, will speak on the “Poet and the Social Scene.”
New member? include Bess Harris, Hermina Levy, Lyn Norby, Ann Phillips, and Elizabeth Somers.
Lambda Delta Sigma, honorary religious fraternity, will meet tomorrow at 12 M. ln the University Methodist church. Nominations for inter-fraternity officers of the organization will occupy the meeting.
“Los Otros Americanos,” the radio workshop’s series on Latin-American countries, will discuss Puerto Rico from 1:30 to 1:45 p m. today over KRKD.
Betsy Neff, who wrote the program, also will deliver the discussion. She will treat particularly those aspects of Puerto. Rico that relate to national defense.
Registrar's Office Notice
All candidates for first degrees in June, 1941, should report immediately to the office of the registrar if they do not find their names included in the list of candidates posted on the registrar’s bulletin board.
Theron Clark, Registrar
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