SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, December 3, 1940
No. 54
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sident of SC from 1895 to 1899 s at Home Here at Age of 82
Problems
igious leaders and educators throughout the state to-urned the death of the Rev. George Washington White, { e president of SC and prominent Methodist minister, j ^lite died at his home Sunday at the age of 82.
He came to Southern Califomia | from his native Iowa in 1885 and | after heading several congregations j here was elected a trustee of SC in 1890. He became president of the , I	university five years later, a post j
CUSSed	which he held until 1899.
HELD CHURCH POST
He was made superintendent of the Los Angeles Methodist church j district in 1892 and after his resignation as president of SC, he went to San Francisco where he was pastor of the Central church.
Deeply interested in civic affairs, [ Dr. White was chairman of the I San Francisco councilation committee during the strike and labor j disputes that followed the big earthquake and fire of 1806.
He was a trustee of the College of the Pacific from 1904 to 1924. In 1931 he was elected president of the Methodist Retired Ministers' association of Califomia.
HELD HONORARY DEGREE SC conferred on him an honorary doctorate of law degree in 1930. He retired from active church duty 15 years ago after heading congregations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Alhambra, San Bernardino, and Oakland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Crescent Heights Methodist church. Breese brothers and Gillette mortuary are in charge.
Dr. White leaves his widow. Mrs. Celia Hutchins White, and a son. Warren, professor at College of the Pacific in Stockton.
Conference
giro in National ense Program eynote of Parley
[ors. labor leaders, and civic poth white and Negro, con-the art and lecture room fy library yesterday to dis-present employment prob-the Negro race.
?ynote of the conference, the ts kind in this area, was irtunity for the Negro in defense work. In a state-the purpose and objective Meeting Lieut. Lawrence A. jpervisor of Negro place-vice unit of the social se-ard, Washington. D. C.. ed that Negroes are the rity that has to fight for to defend their country, dition to Lieut. Oxley’s t three other speakers dis-.e topic. They were C. B. chairman, national de-imittee, Los Angeles of commerce; Floyd C. n. executive director, the .ague of Los Angeles; and E. Wood, manager of the eles office. California state ent of employment, conference opened with from representatives of lbert L. Olson and Mayor Bowron. James L. Mat-xwnmissioner of California ?partment of employment, at the meeting.
Beta Kappa s Observance under s Day
obert A. Millikan, head of iifomia Institute of Tech-will give the Founder's day for Phi Beta Kappa over tional Broadcasting system from 6 to 6:15 p.m.. Thurs-cember 5.
ddress will mark the 164th _ary of the founding of Phi ppa. the oldest Greek-let -college honor society in ntry.
’ing to George M. Day, ^-treasurer of the alumni 5on in southern Califomia, .likan will address not only who are observing thc of the society on Decem-'1776 at William and Man’ Williamsburg, Virginia, but 141 college chapters, its 124 associations, and all who the ideals for which Phi appa stands.”
Music School Holds Dinner
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Ells Ronbeck, graduate of Ihe SC School of Music last year, will be feature violin soloist at th*5 School of Music's Homecoming dinner tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. in the social hall of the Student Union building.
The dinner will be one of the first social events of Homecoming week. Many distinguished guests will attend including Mrs. Walter Fisher Skeele. Mrs. Skeele is the wife of the late Dean Skeele, for many years director of the School of Music.
William Murphy, pianist of the SC symphony orchestra, will accompany Ronbeck on the piano.
Ronbeck has already achieved some recognition in the world of music. Last spring he was guest star on Deems Taylor’s Musical Americana program over a coast to coast NBC hook-up.
Members of the faculty who will attend the dinner are: Max van Lewen Swarthout, director; Max T. Krone, assistant director; Ernest Toch, composer; and Albert Coates.
One of the speakers of the evening will be Mrs. Leiland Atherton Irish, vice-president of Symphonies Under the Stars.
Dr. Robert E. Vivian —wil
as chairman.
New Building to Be Opened Wednesday
Annual Engineers Banquet to Climax Dedication Ceremony
The annual engineering dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Town and Gown will slimax the formal dedication of the recently-com-pleted College of Engineering laboratory building.
Dr. Samuel B. Morris, dean of the School of Engineering at Stanford university and -egional adviser for engineering defense training. U. S. office of education, is the speaker at a general conference at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Porter hall. His subject is “Engineering and National Defense.”
VIVIAN HEADS SYMPOSIUM
After the lecture Dr. Robert E. Vivian, acting dean of the College of Engineering, will act as cnalr-man of a symposium.
From 5 to 6:30 p.m. the faculty will hold open house in all laboratories of the new four-story engineering building at 920 West 36th place. The program at this time includes a display and demonstration of the operation of mechanical, civil, petroleum, chemical, and electrical engineering equipment. SPEAKERS NAMED
Max Lee, president of the College of Engineering Alumni association. will introduce the speakers at the dinner in the evening. Scheduled to talk are Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid and Howard Jones, head football coach at SC.
The recently completed structure, the first-of three units planned, became necessary because of a 50 per cent increase in student attendance during the past three years. The $125,000 building is laid out for laboratories, but until the final units are erected it will serve also as classrooms and offices.
Dr. Krone to Talk on Musical Type
‘Handelian Style' Will Be Discussed at Wednesday Lecture in Bowne Hall
Musical illustrations will highlight the lecture of Dr. Max T. Krone, assistant director of the School of Music, when he speaks on “Handelian Styles’' in Bowne hall from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow.
In discussing the various treatments of melody, rhythm, and composition, Dr. Krone has planned to have the Madrigal singers present selections of Handel’s music to illustrate his points.
Four music majors will illustrate the different types of songs composed by Handel. They are: Russell Holliger, tenor; James Morrison, bass; Mary Lou Perry, so-pano; and Eloise Smith, soprano.
The lecture, which is but one in a series of Wednesday talks, will be held in Bowne hall instead of Doheny library. This change was made to facilitate the musical part of Dr. Krone’s talk.
Dr. Krone, who has been assistant director of the music school since he came here in 1939, has taught in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and Idaho.
He was head of the department of music in several schools.
He received his A. B. and his B. S. in musical education from the University of Illinois, and his M. S. from Northwestern university.
Prof. Max T. Krone—will ture on Handel.
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In addition to teaching school Dr. Krone is active in musical circles. As composer, arranger, translator, and editor, he has produced some 200 works. He is coauthor of "Fundamentals of Musicianship,’’ the “A Cappella Chorus Series,” “Strong Class Teaching,” and “Strings from the Start.”
Nine British Ships Hit by Nazi Raiders
AEP Men to Hear Keeney Discuss Air Corps Cadets
nt-Go-Home dents Asked
Stories
you an out-of-town nt who is going to stay a m p u s during the mas vacation? If you e Wampus would like about it. According k Mulcahy. editor, this ation will be the basis eature in the Christ-ue of the Wampus to on campus Wednes-cember 11. Can’t-Go-Home-for-mas” feature will con-student opinion, and ts wishing to con-are asked by the us editor to place donations in one of ily Trojan Letter to tor boxes stationed pus.
Lancers Elect Officers Today
Lancers will elect officers at a meeting in 206 Administration today at 12:30 p.m.
Committeemen, tentative officers, students who have attended Lancer activities, and all non-orgs may participate in the election, Bob Moody, general chairman of the organization, announced.
The group will decide upon a date for the next Lancer dance and will determine the type of internal structure under which the organization will operate in the future.
Moody urges all non-orgs to participate in this formal selection of officers.
Members of the Alpha Eta Rho, flying fraternity, will gather in the social room of the Elisabeth von KieinSmid hall today at 12 M. to listen to Major Douglas Keeney give an address on government procurement of cadets of the army air corps flying school.
Major Keeney was formerly professor of navigation and metero-logv at SC. He is at present stationed at the Grand Central airport. Glendale, in connection with the army flying school.
Problems arising from the procuring of cadets for the army flying corps will form the • body of Major Keeney’s talk.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2—(U.P)—German submarines and bombing planes, possibly assisted by a raiding cruiser, today launched one of the war’s heaviest attacks on Britain’s vital Atlantic supply line, releasing bombs and torpedoes on at least nine ships in the space of a few hours.
Mackay radio heard the relayed distress calls of British ships being attacked by the radiers but other sources were silenced by censorship. CONVOY ATTACKED Most of the vessels apparently were in a convoy 400 miles off the Irish coast, but two others were bombed much closer to Eire, one about 25 miles from land.
One vessel was reported sinking. Fate of the others, including their crews, was unknown.
The first message came at 10:15 p.m., EST last night, picked up by Mackay from England’s PortisHead station. It read:
“SS Lady Glanely torpedoed, latitude 55.20 north, longitude 18.45 West, 3:15 a.m.” (Greenwich Mean Time.)
VICTIMS NAMED
The Lady Glanely is listed in Lloyd’s register as a British ship of 5.497 tons. Two hours later the Valencia, Ireland, station reported: “British ship, call letters GKIF, being attacked by submarine in
Lutherans Will Hear Talk on Religion
The Lutheran club is holding a luncheon meeting tomorrow at 12:10 pjn. in 322 Student Union. Guest speaker will be Dr. James Deasome from Occidental college, who will speak on the subject “Thv Kingdom 'tome.’T
This will be the last meeting before tbe Christmas holidays.
Westminster Club Meets With UCLA
The SC and UCLA Westminster clubs will sponsor a joint Christmas party at 5 p.m. today in the Religious Conference building on the Westwood campus.
Each member will bring a small present which shall be turned over to some welfare agency for Christmas charity purposes. All members of the SC club desiring transportation may meet in ihe religion office, Student Union between 3 and 4 pjn.
This afternoon's party will take j the place of the Thursday meeting i for this week.
Alpha Phi Omega Pledges Tonight
Alpha Phi Omega, national service organization, will hold its first formal pledging of the year in the Pi Kappa Alpha house, 2421 South Figueroa street, at 8 p.m. today.
The pledging ceremonies will be conducted by candlelight in a basement room of the fraternity house. Prior to the ceremonies the chapter will be guests of the Bob Hope show at the NBC studios. Members, rushees, and prospective pledges who are interested in attending the comedy show may sign a list in Dr. Francis M. Bacon’s office.
Immediately following the broadcast, the new men selected by the fraternity will be formally pledged. Initiation for this group will be held in February. A second pledging will be held after the Christmas holiday.
latitude 55.03 north, longitude 18:40 west, 4:53 a.m.” (11:53 p.m. EST.)
This position was northeast of the Lady Glanely. The call letters did not identify the vessel since the British have changed these letters since the war.
Then at 12:45 a.m. EST the Portis Head station reported that the S. S. Goodleigh, listed in Lloyd’s as a 5.338-ton freighter, was “torpedoed in latitude 55.02 north, longitude 18:45 west.”
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Grads to Hear U.S. Attache
Commerce Reunion Set for Tomorrow
Julien Arnold, former U. S. commercial attache in Shanghai, will address the second annual Homecoming assembly of the College of Commerce tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Touchstone theater on “China at War.”
Alumni of the College of Commerce have been notified of the assembly and many of them are expected to attend, according to Frank Swirles, president of the college student body. Commerce students will be dismissed from classes so that they may attend.
The first of the College of Commerce Homecoming assemblies was held last year. Graduates of the college who had been well-known when attending SC took part in the program at that time.
“Julien Arnold ls an extremely vigorous speaker who, because of his actual experience in the Orient, is well qualified to analyze the present situation there,” according to Dr. Clayton D. Carus, professor of the foreign trade, who was instrumental in securing Arnold as speaker.
“The Handbook of China,” written by Arnold, is rated well, according to Dr. Carus, and contains a wealth of information about China.
Dean Reid L. McClung. of the College of Commerce will introduce the speaker.
Building of Floats Rushed
Entries Will Be Shown in Coliseum Before Notre Dame-SC Clash
Brief sketches on paper are slowly being transformed into walls, gates, horses, effigies, football fields, and other tangible articles connected with a Trojan “Pageantry of Football” as campus organizations and groups rush construction on their floats to be entered in the parade which will precede the Notre Dame football game in the coliseum Saturday.
Because the line of floats will enter from the east end and will circulate around the coliseum track in a counter-clockwise direction, from the south side to the north, entrants are cautioned to build their floats so as to be viewed to best advantage by the spectators. This applies, especially, to those constructing “one-sided” floats. TROPHIES DISPLAYED
Student Chairman Jack Naye stressed that floats should be completed by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 6, in order that photographs may be taken for the metropolitan papers.
Cups to be awarded to the winners in the various divisions of this parade are now on display in the Student Union and in the windows of local campus merchants. John Hollingsworth, chairman in charge of decorations, says that special SC Homecoming displays have been arranged for windows in several downtown stores where the trophies will also be shown. JUDGING IN MORNING
Judging of floats will take place about 11 a.m. on South Park avenue where the floats will assemble before the parade. Description of each entry and the winners will be broadcast on the public address system as the floats circulate around the track. Judge Clement D. Nye, general chairman of Homecoming, will present cups to winners on the field across from the SC rooting section before the kick-off.
All floats must have their numbers clearly visible as Judging and awarding of prizes will be by the designated numbers in the following three divisions: A, college and campus organizations, six entries:
B,	social sororities, 13 entries: and
C,	social fraternities, 18 entries. These divisions were given new alphabetical designations to prevent confusion with float numbers.
Icebound' Given Tonight
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Play in Bovard Auditorium Will Start All-University Homecoming Activities
As the first all-university event of Homecoming, the Pulitzer prize play “Icebound” will be presented by the play productions department tonight in Bovard auditorium at
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The principals of the play, which was written by Owen Davis, are Jean Steigerwald and Bruce Roberts. Other members of the cast are Paula Jean, Flora Bannard.
Rumanians Flee
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 2— (U.E)—Frontier reports today said that Rumanian army officers and soldiers, fleeing from Iron Guardists rioting and mutiny, had crossed into Hungary where they surrendered and were disarmed. .
Italian Routed by Greek Army in Key Sector
Main Defense Lines Broken by Greeks in Severe Fighting
ATHENS, Dec. 2—(UP)—A village described as the main point of the Italian defense system safeguarding the whole Albanian coastal sector fell to Greek troops this morning after a three-day artillery and aerial siege, a United Press correspondent on the southen front reported tonight.
This defense point, a white-walled village, formed a bastion in the coastal sector and it was believed its fall might cause a general Italian withdrawal from the area.
NAME NOT DISCLOSED
(Censorship did not permit disclosure of the name of the village. Argyrocastron, under attack for the past few days by Greek artillery and airplanes, and the seacoast town of Porto Edda are in the region indicated by the dispatch.)
The United Press was informed that the Italians were withdrawing heavy artillery from the southern front and well-informed quarters believed that a general withdrawal already had begun.
The Greek advance since the beginning of the battle was said not to have been spectacular but. steady during the past 48 hours in which they moved up more than six miles along the entire 120-mile Albanian front.
ITALIAN CORPS SPLIT
It was reported that the Greeks had succeeded in splitting the eleventh Italian army corps into separate units in the central and southern sectors, using the same technique as in the Koritza battle on the northern front.
The high command said Greek forces were advancing under fire on the road from Porto Edda to Argyrocastron and that new positions had been taken in the central sector near Premeti, where prisoners and war materials were taken.
The total number of Italians taken prisoner since the start of the invasion of Greece now is about 7000. it was stated. This corrected earlier reports that 7000 prisoners had been taken during the weekend.
Ann Burnette, Harry Bennett. John Craig. George Goldberg, Bill Jones, Muriel Lindstrom, and Alice Lonsdale. Prof. Edmund Evans is directing production of the play. PLAY APPROVED
Lewis Gough, executive director of the General Alumni association, announced his approval of incorporating “Icebound” into the Homecoming program.
“Icebound” deals with a young New England girl without home or parents, who inherits the estate of an elderly woman cousin. The plot takes In the struggles of the cousin's children who believe they are the rightful heirs. The subsequent love of the heroine for the prodigal son of the relative forms the climax.
ACTIVITY BOOKS ADMIT
Admittance to both tonight’s and tomorrow night’s performances is free to all students who hold activity books. General admission is 40 cents.
“A Pulitzer prize play produced by Trojans, for Trojans, is a fine feature for Homecoming,” Mr. Gough said yesterday, “in that it rounds out the week, being one type of entertainment we have not had heretofore. In addition, it is come-thing likely to appeal to alumni or all tastes.”
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Tommy's Skeleton' Leers from Closet
Former Debater Given Commission
Maurice E. Atkinson of Long Beach, former SC student and champion varsity debater, was recently appointed the new executive secretary of the state fish and game commission. Atkinson now completing a term in the California assembly, was defeated recently when he ran for election to the house of representatives. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and was active in campus political circles while attending SC.
Religion Council to Hold Party
The monthly meeting of the student council on religion will take the form of a Christmas party at 8 p.m. today in the home of Dick Hartley, 1278 South Lucerne boulevard.
Hartley, president of the Episcopal club on campus, is turning his home over to the religious council for the evening.
Members are requested to bring small gifts costing no more than 25 cents, which will be distributed at the party.
Tommy Trojan has a twin!
Yes, the supposedly inimitable Tommy has a brother with identical features, including the muscled chest, the courageous attitude, the oak-like legs, and the strong, chiseled face.
Tommy’s brother, who has been unofficially christened Timothy, is not made of the same “stuff” as the stalwart Tommy, however, and must be carefully hidden in the deep, dark, mysterious rooms of the Physical Education building to guard against any possibility of damage by our cross-town friends.
For Timothy, you see, is merely a “shell” of his “loyal, courageous, scholarly, skillful, and faithful” brother who stands day and night in front of the Administration building, upholding the honor of SC.
While Tommy’s powerful muscles are made of bronze, Timothy's physique is merely plaster of paris.
And, although some persons will doubtless be downcast at the thought of having this horrible “skeleton” in the family closet made public, we should not be
ashamed, for it was Timothy who preceded his more famous brother in this world—and without Timothy there would have been no Tommy.
In the beginning, Tommy was merely an idea, some 10 odd years ago, of an SC alumnus named Harry Lee Martin. After consulting with famed-sculptor Roge» Noble Burnham, a committee headed by Martin finally decided upon the nature of the proposed shrine.
Sketches were made and, after a preliminary model of clay had been approved, a model of exact proportions was constructed of hardened clay.
From this the plaster of .paris figure (now known as Timothy) was made, and from the latter the bronze figure (known as Tommy) was constructed. Tommy, resplendent in his attire of plumed helmet, sword, shield, et al, was dedicated by the graduating class at 3 p.m. Friday, June 6, 1930.
And so, while beloved Thomas stands nobly on his eight-foot pedestal, his bronzed “identical” brother rests ignobly (but comfortably) in a secluded, cob-webbed cell ln P. E.
Speech Dinner Features Play
Tomorrow night’s performance ot ‘ Icebound” will be the special feature of the School of Speech Homecoming dinner, which will take place in the social hall of Elisabetfi von KieinSmid hall at 8 p.m.
William C. DeMille, director o4 the motion picture, “Icebound,* and Mrs. DeMille, Dr. and Mrs. Rufus B. von KieinSmid. Dr. and Mrs. Albert S. Raubenheimer, and E. N. Currier will be guests or honor of the evening.
Guests will proceed to Bovard auditorium for “Icebound” at 8:15 p.m. for its presentation.
Local NROTC Unit Will Publish Eight-Page Paper
Adopting the practice of Naval ROTC at Yale, Harvard, California, and other universities, the SC naval unit has fostered plans to prepare and publish a newspaper, it was announced yesterday.
Upon the advice of Lieut.-Comm. Dewitt Watson, members are asked to submit their qualifications and individual aspirations for positions on the proposed paper.
The officer said there was a specific need for journalists with previous experience, sketch artists, commentators, and humorists. Although no name has as yet been given the embryo paper, plans include an eight-page mimeographed edition to be published. Participating enrollees said that no agreement had as yet been reached on the publication schedules, but indicated a belief that at least one edition would appear before Christmas vacation.
Enrollees Everett Miner, Bennett Priest, and Edgar Diener have applied for the editorship.
Knights Schedule Christmas Dinner
Men who do not intend to go home for Christmas vacation have been invited as guests of the Trojan Knight Christmas dinner at 6:30 p.m., December 23 at the Sigma Chi house.
The program for the evening will consist of a quartet from the SO School of Music, football pictures, possibly of the Notre Dame-SC ree reels of cartoons alt Disney studios.
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