SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
I. XXXII
NAS—Z-42
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, November 14, 1940
No. 43
ritish Blast ; Fleet
ched Battles Result in Crippled Ships; rd Nelson Tactics Used in Naval Coup
NDON. Nov. 13—(U.P.)—Britain rejoiced tonight at a Royal navy attack which restored a British balance ral power in the Mediterranean by crippling half of
Italy’s battleships.
Within a 24-hour period, the admiralty announced. 12 Italian warships and supply vessels were sunk.
crippled or damaged by fleet air Joseph Sparks—heads ticket sales,
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boxes decorated in cardi-gold! That these con-will be filled with contri-of food or money from , as admission to the all-ty dig next Monday night to 9 in the women’s gym-is the hope of the YWCA. Tiendship. and Social Serv-sponsors of the event, in of food or a dime, plus vity book, equals an ad-to the dig. Persons not g student body cards will pay twenty-five cents, ibutions received from this n price will be used to sdy families whose names obtained through the In-ial Settlement house ot eles. Workers will fill the baskets with roasts or fruit, vegetables, milk and purchased by Miss Nina head of Elisabeth von :id hall.
srs of the YWCA. World ip, and Social Service ill take the baskets to the Jit house, whose authori-take charge of distribution, g squadrons" cf YWCA will call on sorority ternity houses Monday eve-pick up contributions of who cannot attend the >ut who wish to contribute ss.
i of the Social Service 1 meet in the Y office at ~onday to make final plans dig and to distribute food nev. Committee members t students do not bring soups or pork and beans. ien of the dance are: Millikan of the Social club, and Man Ruth Stagg 'a Gerber of the World ip club. Willa Mae Boone large of publicity.
arm and surface units in two pitched battles.
VESSELS CRIPPLED
When the smoke had cleared, this was the score of Italian losses: two battleships crippled and probably a third, two cruisers crippled, two escort vessels crippled, three supply ships sunk or burned, one supply i ship damanged and one destroyer hit b\ shellfire. In the fighting. Britain lost two fleet planes.
The action was in two engagements — a fleet air attack in force on the main Italian battle fleet at its Taranto base and an attack by British light surface vessels on an escorted Italian convoy, in the straits of Otranto. The most spectacular. and the most damaging to Italy, was at Taranto.
Taranto is inside tht heel of the Italian boot; the narrow straits of Otranto separate Italy and Albania. INSIDE SHORE DEFENSE
Putting the old Nelsonian maxim “go in and get them if they won t come out” into sudden and shocking effect, the navy’s air arm — probably operating from aircraft carriers — on Monday night struck at the main Italian fleet inside its own shore defenses at the Taranto base.
“In the inner harbor two cruisers are listed to starboard, surrounded by fuel oil, and two fleet auxiliaries are lying with their stems under water.
“The total strength of the Italian battle fleet was six battleships, two of the Littorio class which had just been put into service and four of the recently reconstructed Cavour class.”
Mayor Selects Speech Topic
Graduate School Hears SC Alumnus
LAS Plan Working, Says College Dean
Total Effectiveness to be Determined Soon;
Principles and Objectives of Program Listed
Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, dean of the College of Letters, Art^, and Sciences, and head of the faculty committee which farmed the new LAS curriculum two years ago, yesterday maintained that the university is “genuinely encouraged by the results from the program thus far.”
“We have not yet been able j
A Chi 0 Wins Songfest Prize; ADPis Second
Silver Loving Cup Awarded Sorority; Tri-Delts Third
ayed Wampus es Appearance
a few SC students still as to the failure of the campus humor magazine, ar yesterday morning, an ation was conducted. The « facts, gleaned from Edi-~k Mucahy and Business Bob Hemmings, revealed r the following reasons the e wiU not appear until 10 morning: ie ink wasn’t dry on the
ey couldn't bind the maga-ien the ink was wet. ey forgot to censor a couple
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ssistant Editor Bob Reilly his foot and delayed the
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sident's ice Notice
Hancock ensemble lay a complete protoday at 10 a.m. in ancock auditorium, ic appreciation 2 will as a class exercise, other students who the hour free are wel-to attend and are to do so. Parents of juts also are invited.
R. B. von KieinSmid, President.
Radio Group Sets New Drama Series
The first ln a series of new programs dealing with the origin and growth of freedom of the press, speech, worship, and the right of suffrage, an adaptation from ‘Let Freedom Ring" will be dramatized on station KRKD at 1:30 today. The name of the play is ‘ Freedom of the Press.”
The cast includes Bill Jones. William Druitt. Anthony Ricca. Edda Urrea. and Betsy Neff. The play was produced and the adaptation was written by F. Martin Schwartz.
The program is timely since it marks the 500th anniversary of printing. It traces the origin of printing from Gutenberg’s invention to the 18th century in England.
Next week the program will continue the fight for freedom of the press to the new world. It will contain a re-enacement of Gutenberg's invention of the printing press, quotations of the United States Constitution, and Milton’s plea for the right to print.
Addressing the members of the SC Graduate School, Mayor Fletcher Bcwion will speak on the topic, “Administrative Problems Due to Pressure Groups.” The luncheon meeting has been set for Tuesday. November 19, at 13 M. in Elisabeth von KieinSmid hall.
Joseph Sparks, associate professor in the political science department, will be in charge of ticket sales. He is treasurer of the group. Tickets will be on sale in 160 Administration building this weeK. The price of the luncheon is 45 cents, and ticket sales will be unlimited.
Mayor Bowron. Los Angeles administrative head since the recall election in 1938, is a native son of California. He was a superior couri justice in Los Angeles for 12 years. Well-known as a jurist both in the East and in southern j California. Mayor Bowron has since ' carried out a program of judicial ! reform in the city government.
“Irrespective of the fact that he had maintained a position as an outstanding jurist on the supreme court bench for 12 years. Mayor Bowron was still able to carry on an active participation in civic affairs. These affairs culminated in i his election as mayor on a reform j ticket in 1938.” Paul Pauly, presi- | dent of the Associated Graduate Students, pointed out.
A graduate of the University of Califomia at Berkeley, Bowron later attended SC where he graduated from the School of Law.
Pauly invites all graduate students, faculty members, and interested upper division students to attend the luncheon to hear the
to determine the total effectiveness of the plan because until this year of freshmen who entered under the plan have taken upper-division courses for which the curriculum specifically prepares them,” Dr. Raubenheimer said.
ANNOUNCED IN ’37
On October 19. 1937. the new organization plan for the liberal arts college—the result of a years intensive work by a faculty committee chosen for the purpose— was announced to the student body.
The program went into effect at the beginning of the 1938 academic year and is now being followed by the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
The curriculum was established on the principles that the university' should develop social and cultural competence, provide for students with varying quality and degree of preparation, and encourage exceptional scholarship.
OBJECTIVES LISTED
Dr. Raubenheimer stated that the progress of the honors plan, “is not so encouraging because students, even though they fulfill
Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer—
LAS dean.
Alpha Chi Omega captured a silver loving cup songfest victory when the musical notes were cleared away from the 11th annual AWS songfest in Bovard auditorium yesterday.
Singing “The Rose of Alpha Rho Chi” and “My Alpha Chi Sweetheart,” the first place winners were led by Dorothy Patterson with accompaniment on a celeste.
CUPS AWARDED
Following last year’s precedent, second and third place winners, Alpha Delta Pi and Delta Delta Del-
Lancer Dance Set Tomorrow
“We expect about 180 students couples and stags alike, to attend the Lancer’s dance Friday night,” said Robert Moody, general chairman of the non-org group. The affair is ^fcheduled in the student lounge from 8:30 p.m. until 1 a.m.
A brief survey by a reporter yesterday revealed the following opinions of non-orgs who plan to attend the dance: '
STUDENTS QUESTIONED
Q—Why do you plan to attend the non-org dance?
Rolland Vandegrift, freshman student in LAS—Because I’m interested in seeing the non-orgs get a start on campus.
,	, , ___ . ., , . Robert Irwin, junior student ln
the requirements, are reluctant to ta, repeated their 1939 standing, to engineerjng_Because I’ve had no
accept the responsibility of study ing independently of a prescribed program.” This he credited to the “cut and dried lock-step” method by which students pass through elementary and secondary schools. [ an(j joon Gay.
As outlined in the original draft. } Delta Delta Delta, Continued on Page Four
receive permanent cups for second and third place.
Alpha Delta Pi sang “Sigma Nu Girl” and “ADPi Serenade,” written by two of their members, Jeen
winner in *37 and
PE Students Hike Sunday
Alpha Kappa Psi Pledges Tonight
Formal pledging for Alpha Kappa Psi, national commerce fraternity will take place tonight. 7:30 p.m.. at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house. 630 West 28th street.
President Harold Valentine will conduct the rites to induct 10 members into the organization. Faculty adviser of Alpha Kappa Psi is Philip Libby, assistant professor of management.
Asiatic Group Selects Far East Topic
Students of Far Eastern problems will be guests at a dinner given by the Asiatic department at 7 p.m. on November 27. at Scully’s cafe. 4801 Crenshaw boulevard.
The dinner, first one of its kind, will feature a speech on the Far Eastern situation.
Price of the dinner is 75 cents a person. Reservations may be made at the information office or by calling Box 68.
Everyone interested in the problems of the Far East is invited to attend.
Zorich Offers All-U Musical Script Ideas
Twelve college students snowbound after a weekend ski-party were . . .
What happens when a student is discovered cheating while trying to earn a Phi Beta Kappa key . . .
Steve Zorich, chairman of the committee to find a script for the all-University musical show, offered these suggestions yesterday and revealed that he had many more ideas to help students get started on script writing.
Those who are planning to submit manuscripts are required to leave a note with any secretary in the ASSC office stating their names, addresses, and the type of writing they intend to do.
In this way, anyone who wants to work with another student on dialogue or script work may get together and colaborate.
Finished scripts are due the week following Christmas vacation. The musical show wil be given sometime in May.
the third place cup won last year. Their songs were “SAE Friends” and “This Night is a Delta Night.”
JUDGES OFFICIATE
Judges for the event were Mrs. Guy Williams, past-president of Delta Omicron, national music sorority; Mrs. William Dellamore, president of the Los Angeles Mac-Dowoll club; and Mrs. R. H. Pretz-feld. music patron.
Announcement of the awards was made by Mrs. Rufus B. von KieinSmid. AWS president Kay Dodds, whose sorority won the event, presented the cups.
time to join an organization, and I particularly enjoy on-campus activities.
Edward Blixt. sophomore student in comcmrce—I like to dance; I | live close by, and I know most of first place students who are going.
38, will retain -j Alane Ostenson, freshman in
Physical education majors, minors, and guests will den hiking boots and rough clothes this Sunday for the annual PE association hike. Destination this year is Red Box canyon, where hikers will participate in games and recreational activities.
After hiking five and one-half miles off the Angeles Crest high- Pauly Announces Officer way, the party will hike a short
way to the camp. Lunchecn will Paul Pauly, president of the As-be served at the camp by the as- sociated Graduate Students, an-sociation for 25 cents.	j nounced the appointment yester-
Tnose wishing to attend will meet day of Robert Miller as a member Coach Andy Anderson in front of of the student council, represent-the Physical Education building at ing the School of Social Work of 8 a.m. Sunday.	i which Miller is president.
Watt Announces NYA Time Date
“The return date for NYA time cards for the period of October 16 to November 15 has been extended to 10 a.m. tomorrow,” announced Mrs. F. B. Watt, director of the SC project.
Students may drop their cards into the box placed in the information office of the Administration building. • These time cards have been sent to the project directors, according to Mrs. Watt.
Workers are warned that names and addresses must be correct if a prompt delivery of the pay check is to be made.
The exact statement of the hours worked should be reported on exact dates and initialed for each day by the project directors. No student should work more than the hours assigned. Students may not work more than 8 hours a day or 30 hours a week, Mrs. Watt said.
LAS—Because I have attended several of the non-org luncheons and have become interested in their activities.
Refreshments will be included in the price of admission, 50 cents a couple or 25 cents a person.
300 POPULAR RECORDINGS
Charles Anderson, freshman student, will furnish his specially constructed electric sound-recorder and 300 of the most popular recordings.
Moody said the floor of the student lounge is in excellent shape, and that use of the adjoining tea room has been obtained for the purpose of serving cake and punch.
Chaperones for the affair will be Dr. and Mrs. Hampton K. Snell and Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. McAllister. Dr. Snell and Mr. McAllister are professors in the College of Commerce and Business Administration.
Dr. Hunt Releases Theses Rulings
Final dates and regulations for masters’ theses have been released by Dr. Rockwell Dennis Hunt, dean of the graduate school, who announces that they apply in all fields except education. Blank forms may be secured in the graduate school office, 160 Administration building.
Candidates for degrees of A.M. ln February must observe the following final dates:
November 20 — candidates for masters’ degree present preliminary drafts of theses to the thesis com-Continued on Page Pour
Grid Pageant
Idea Adopted
Homecoming Week Features Parade of Floats; Traditional Greek House Decorations Foregone
In recognition of Troy’s 50th year of football, the Homecoming theme this year will center around a “Pageantry of Football,” and will be carried out in a parade of floats, replacing the traditional Greek house decorations.
Homecoming week opens Decem-
ber 2 and is climaxed Saturday night, December 7, with a dance.
The parade of floats will start at 1 p.m. December 7 in the Los Angeles Memorial coliseum.
SLOGAN SUBMITTED
The winning slogan. “Reunite Trojan Might,” was submitted by Alex Troffey, assistant editor of the Daily Trojan. Jack Naye, student chairman of Homecoming parade, stated that the slogan should not be confused with the theme “Pageantry of Football.” and that floats should be constructed with the theme carried out as much as possible.
Examples of ideas that may be used in building decorations are: a tribute to Howard Jones, Troy's many all-Americans. SC-Notre Dame competition. Troy’s Rose Bowl teams, and football in the stone ages.
RULES LISTED
All organizations on campus including social fraternities, sororities, honoraries, dormitories, and clubs are eligible to enter the parade of floats. •
Rules for entry are:
1.	A maximum of fifty dollars may be spent.
2.	Use of gases, explosives, or smoke in the parade is forbidden.
3.	A notice of participation must be in the mail by midnight, November 16.
Naye urges organizations to start Immediately to make plans for participation.
The schedule of events planned for activities concerning the parade is as follows:
CHAIRMEN MEET NOV. 18
November 18: Meeting of chairmen of all participating groups at 2:30 in 305 Administration building.
November 22: Plans submitted for approval.
November 25: Meeting of all chairmen for a discussion of final details and changes.
November 27: Plans must be submitted for final approval.
December 5: Floats must be finished by 2:30 p.m. in order that they may be photographed for publicity.
December 7: Floats must be at the coliseum by 10:30 a.m. Any float not there by 11 a.m. will be automatically disqualified, Floats will line up on South Park avenue.
December 7: The parade will start around the coliseum at 1 pjn. Awards will be made to the winners.
Six awards will be made for the best decorated floats. One grand prize for the best entrant from three divisions, first prize for the college division, first prize for the fraternity division, first prize for the sorority division, second prize for fraternities and sororities, and third prize for fraternities will be given.
Recreational Scheduled in Gymnasium
PE Staff, Students Direct Activities;
La Conga Planned
Trojan students will gather in the Physical Education building tonight for the bi-monthly all-University recreational from 7 to 9 o’clock. Tbe affair is designed to furnish social and recreational activities for the students living on or near the campus.
The entire physical education staff and several students majoring in recreation leadership will be on hand to promote, lead, or teach activities, as the need may develop.
If the number of students desiring to participate in the dancing program increases, as it has in the past, it may be necessary to move this activity into the women’s gymnasium and limit badminton to th* men's gymnasium. The large Halloween group participating in the dance program two weeks ago overcrowded the studio.
Ping-pong, volley t>all, badminton, table games, basketball, and swimming will be played in other recreational centers of the building.
Betty Johnson and Dick Michel will have general charge of the program. Dr. Pauline Frederick will conduct the table games. Miss Lenore C. Smith and Charles W. Graves will direct badminton, while swimming will be supervised by Dick A. Smith and Aksel Neilsen.
Fire Fighters Bemoan Loss of Equipment
Editor's note—Students having the stolen equipment in their possession tire »sked to return the articles to the Daily Trojan office. No questions will be asked.
Bv ROY « MOSER
listening to the radio:
“Hi, fellows.”
With the opening of the door a silence had filled the room with chill—only the soft music from the
With hesitating steps the Daily radio was to be heard. After an Trojan reporter approached the interminable minute a fireman in university fire station doors. Mem- i the corner of the closely-packed ories of last Friday night s 28th little kitchen coughed and the spell street bonfire fracas ran riot was broken.
through his mind and his pace j “Hellos." chorused at the flustered slowed to a crawl as he entered reporter, the building.	I “Is Captain
“We had an axe missing, too.’* From the corner of the kitchen came a contribution:
“Don’t forget that combination
“We like to see the fellows have fun. That’s swell. But it is our duty to put those fires out. We can't refuse to go over to put out
spanner wrench.”	your fires when citizens living “Anything else?” the reporter	nearby report the fires and reventured.	quest that they be destroyed. It’s “Yes, a five-eighths tip off an	our job. We have no argument inch-and-a-half nozzle.”
One of the men stood up and
He began to steel himself for an interview with a hostile fire captain and thought he had his composure trained to a fine degree of stoicism when a voice boomed out from an unseen source:
“Hey, Captain! Here's that paper reporter from SC!”
Visibly shaken by the outburst, the reporter opened the door to the kitchen of the station-house where the entire group of men on duty wax# gathered, talking and
Butler asked the group.
-No. This is his day off,” came back at him from different men.
“Well, did vou have any equipment stolen from you Friday night?”
A man sitting on the edge of the table volunteered:
“A two-and-a-half-inch nozzle.” Someone else broke in:
“Know what that costs? $75.”
A man listening closely to the radio turned his head and said:
stretched:
“We had a helmet stolen too. here?” he b*ut we got it back.”
"Were any of the fellows hurt?" the reported asked.
“No, we were luckier this time than usual.” answered the acting-captain. ' But we can’t go on talcing chances. Captain Butler has requested the chemical wagon for any more bonfires. This will eliminate the use of hoses. And tell the boys that these chemicals not only bum if they get on the skin, but they also eat clothing like nobody’s business.
with the students.
“They should remember
that
citizens must pay for the equipment they steal from the trucks. They must realize that someone is apt to get killed in a collision in the rush to fires. They should think about the loss of time in getting to a more dangerous fire if one should occut while we are on 28th street.”
“Yeah. But could we fight another fire after having been on 28th street? Most of our equipment is gone when we get away,” broke in a kibitzing fireman.
Official Addresses Transport Croup
Charles B. Edmonds of the traf-fice and sales department of Transcontinental and Western Airlines, incorporated, will be guest speaker at the Sigma Beta Chi. professional transportation fraternity, bimonthly meeting. 12 M. today *in 321 Student Union.
Edmonds will discuss the manner ln which planes are scheduled and dispatched, feeder lines to the transcontinental service, facts about organization relative to traffic operations, and details of new equipment.
Those interested in aviation and its operations are invited to attend this meeting.
Hancock Ensemble Presents Varied Request Numbers
With a program of concert selections arranged for student appeal. the Hancock ensemble offers its weekly musicale this morning at 10 o’clock in the Allan Hancock auditorium.
Requested numbers to be played are Haydn’s Trio Number 9, De Falla's “Fire Dance.” and Mozart’s "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.” The last number includes the Allegro. Romanza. and the Minuet.
Other selections are Andante, by Tartini; "Romance Andaluza,’* by Sarasate, played by Violinist Ambrose Russo and the ensemble; “Habanera,” by Ravel; “Prize Song” from "The Meistersinger,” by Wagner; “Bagatelle,” by Dvorak; “The Cuckoo,” by Arensky; “The Old Stage Coach,” by Rhene-Baton; and “Reverie,” by Debussy.
Requested numbers are being played for the benefit of students in music appreciation and form and analysis classes.
Newman Club Schedules Temple Visit Tonight
Members of the Newman club. Catholic student organization, will attend “The Youth Round-table Visitation” tonight at 8 p.m. in the Wilshire Temple of the B'nai B'rith at Wilshire and Hobart avenues.
John Burnside of LACC heads the round-table. The series of visitations is being held to acquaint students of all denominations with the doctrines and procedures involved in various church services.
In the first visitation, Father Bowling of UCLA explained the Roman Catholic mass.
Engineers Hear Deputy Designer
The deputy engineer of desigr. for the city of Los Angeles, Merrill Butler, will address members of the freshman class of the College of Engineering on the construction of the Aliso street bridge today at 11:10 ajn. in 159 Science.
All other students of the college are invited to attend.
Philip Sheridan Giegler, dean of the college, will introduce the speaker. A field trip will follow the lecture by Butler. Ninety tsu-dents will inspect the bridge, with the assistance of guides, tomorrow.
Freshmen Meet Today
Money for ditch night will be the subject under discussion by the Freshman council today.
The members will meet ln the lounge of the Student Union from 3 to 5 p.m.
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