SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DAILYmTROJAN
L XXXII
NAS—Z-42
Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, December 12, 1940
No. 61
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of Fascist Thrust into Egypt in Drive by English Forces
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ITISH MIDDLE EAST HEADQUARTERS, Cairo. Dec. 11 •)—Britain’s desert blitzkrieg has captured the Italian Sidi Barrani. most advanced point of Premier Benito (ini’s invasion of Egypt, and taken great numbers of rs including three generals, it was stated officially tonight.
(The capture of at least 10.000 Italian prisoners in the desert
h School aters Clash C Today
rney Draws 96 ms to Campus Annual Contest
;cream” of high school ora-clash this afternoon at 'Jc when the annual south -ifornia high school debate ent begins on the campus, red annually by SC. actl-the fifth yearly parley une Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, ig Bridge hall for the tour-be representatives from 20 situated in distant sections state.
ENTER
blue-ribbon event, debate, -s have entered, while con-also be held in oratory. (*1 declamation, and extern -
ing on the question. “Re-that the powers of the fed-vemment should be in-debaters will argue either rong central government or tes' rights, said Harry West, ate manager.
le champions in each event medals and a sweepstakes to the school capturing a y of the titles. This recup for all-round excel-nes the permanent prop-school that wins for three
:rs enrolled here
ers of last year’s debate ohn Baird and George Gro-■e now members of the Tro-rensic squad.
te will be divided into two i. Two teams are allowed ■ division A. while an unnumber may compete in nd section. In all other entrance will be limited to ntestants for each school, ament Judges will be drawn embers of the faculty and debaters.
World Affairs Meet Told That British Must Win War
Riverside, Dec. 11—(U.P.) Dr. Henry F. Grady, assistant secretary of state, said tonight that onlp a British victory can fighting was reported in London assure the stability necessary
where the capture of Sidi Barrani was described as of "great strategic and moral importance" and a victory which probably will have serious effects on Italian morale.)
ATTACK BROKEN The victory, after three days of heavy fighting and virtual encirclement of the important town lving	«*«*'
__f stitute of World Affairs.
along the Mediterranean coast,
broke the spearhead of the Italians' drive 75 miles across Egyptian soil toward Alexandria and the Suez canal.
for a system of properous postwar world trade.
"World prosperity will always be stunted and wars will always be imminent so long as some nations seek to restrict through force the full development of others.” Dr. Grady told the 18th annual Riverside In-
VICTORY WOULD STABILIZE
"Whereas a British victory can give to international relations the stability necessary for a system of
The situation of Italy's divisions	world trade, there is doubt wheth-
around Sidi Barrani is "perilous"	er a dictatorship would bring such
because the British forces have	prospects. The latter, supported by
drawn an arc of entrapment around	force and oppression, might be ex-
the town for a distance of 45 miles. '	pected to breed enemies, rebels and
it was stated.	assassins.
It was admitted, however, that “it is doubted whether nations
some of the 30.000 or more Italian	reduced to vassal states through
troops reported to have been in the	such conquest would ever be per-
area might break through the en-	mitted to grow economically sound, circlement “owing td the extensive area of operations.-’
ITALIANS STALLED
Dr. Grady, a former director of the institute, said that totalitarian conquest would undermine interna-Before tonight's communique re- tional economic consideration and porting the capture of Sidi Barrani would, by opening a way for Eur-—an ancient town where Marshal opean political penetration of the Rodolfo Graziani s Italian offens- western hemisphere, threaten Am-
lve had been stalled for three months— the British middle east command had reported the capture of more than 6.000 Italian prisoners.
Sidi Barrani was taken this afternoon. Swift British mechanized forces immediately pushed westward along the coast toward Bug-bug. Solium, and the Italian Libyan border with “considerable additional captures” of fleeing Italians.
Many Hear Messiah' Sung
ist Students Meet
of the Roger Williams iptist student organization, today at 12 M. In 322 Stu-~nion for their regular weekly
will hear a short address Rev. Fred Rinel. pastor of anuel Baptist church, ation? may be made in udent Council of Religion of-the student lounge.
sident's fice Notice
special Christmas pro-m by the Chorus and Or-:tra of the University be presented today, ne following class sched-will prevail: a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
55 a.m.-9:45 a.m. a.m. - 10:30 a.m. As-
iy.
:35 a.m. - 11.25 a.m.
:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
* * * e Hancock Ensemble play a complete pro-a today at 10:35 a.m. usic appreciation 2 and class in analysis will ;nd as a class exercise, her students who have hour free are welcome ttend and are invited to
arents of students may attend.
R. B. von KieinSmid
President
Approximately 1000 persons attended the university presentation of "The Messiah.” by Handel last night in Bovard auditorium. Dr. Lucien Cailliet directed the orchestra and choral union.
Soloists for the evening were Mary Pou Perry, soprano: Allen Hastings, tenor; Iris Lewis, contralto; and Michiel Marsman. bass-baritone. Dr. Cailliet was assisted by Jacques Collins, student director and manager of the university orchestra.
The Christmas story as told in music by Handel in his “Messiah" included the following selections:
An overture by the orchestra; recitative. “Comfort Ye My People.” by Allen Hastings: chorus. “And the Glory of the Lord;” recitative, “Thus Saith the Lord" by Michiel Marsman; and recitative. “Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive” by Iris Lewis.
Other numbers in the first half of the program were an aria and chorus. “O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion" by Miss Lewis and chorus; "For unto Us a Child is Born” by chorus. During the intermission an offertory was taken.
Op?ning the second half Mary Lou Perry sang recitative "There Were Sheperds Abiding in the Field.” “And Lo! The Angel of the Lord Came upon Them,” “And the Angel said unto them.” "And Suddenly There was with the Angel.” The chorus sang "Glory to God.” aria. "Rejoice Greatly. O Daughter of Zion.” Miss Perry: recitative. “Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind be Opened.” Miss Lewis: aria. "He Shall Feed His Flock.” Miss Lewis; aria, “Come unto Him.” Miss Perry; chorus. "Lift up Your Heads;” "Blessing and Honor. Glory and Power;" and “Hallelujah."
erican national security and defense.
OPPORTUNITY GIVEN
“A British victory will, of course, provide opportunities for directing the postwar economic reconstruction of the world toward a more democratic order, offering possibilities of freedom for world markets and raw materials to all nations on the same terms as to the most unfavored nation.”
Dr. Ben M. Cherrington. University of Denver, said that the good neighbor policy followed in official I relations of the American Republics is not sufficient.
Prof. J. E. Wallace Sterling of the Califomia Institute of Technology said that there can be no doubt of Canada's readiness and capacity to play an important role in hemispheric defense.
Work to Begin on Cates of Troy
Long-Planned Entrance to Be Erected at 34th and University During Holidays
A surprise New Year’s present will greet' Trojans January 2 when they return from Christmas vacations to find under construction at University avenue and 34th street the long-planned entrance gates to Troy.
- First material step in the expansion program sponsored by the greater university committee in cooperation with Harry Silke, director of special foundations, the entrance will probably be completed by that time. Actual building operations will begin next week when students have left the campus.
Blueprint's of the proposed entrance, as prepared by C. Raimond Johnson, supervising architect, call for construction of a brick and sandstone pylon crossing the parkway at the north end of the avenue. The pylon, which will be 16 feet high and extend the width of the parkway, will be fronted on the north side by a tiled fountain.
Another post will be placed on the sidewalk at the east side of the avenue, from which, it is planned, gates will eventually close off the campus from Hoover street traffic.
The class gift of the graduates of 1931 formed the first part of the fund to provide for eventual construction, nine years later, of the campus entrance. That vision Is becoming a reality this year because the class of 1940 joined the graduates of ’38, and ^9 in augmenting the fund to make the plans financially possible.
“Our final goal is to surround the campus completely with the walls of Troy, which will be the next step in the expansion program,” Mr. Silke said last night, “and to eliminate entirely from the campus all automobile traffic. We are pleased to report this first definite step toward realization of that goal.”
Dr. Reid L. McClung — wil
speak at initiation.
Honor Society Initiates 14
Beta Gamma Sigma Will Induct Tonight
Parties, Services Highlight Plans of Wesley Club
The Wesley club, organization for Methodist students, will attend a party tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the University Methodist church.
On Sunday members will hear Hugh Macbeth, consul for Liberia, speak on "Liberia: the United State's Only Friend in Africa” at the regular 6:30 p.m. worship service in the church. Macbeth Is the president of the Inter-Racial society.
The club has scheduled several activities for the Christmas holidays. to which all students remaining on campus during the vacation are invited. First of these will be a Christmas party at 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 20. in the church. Those who attend will bring gifts.
A candle-light service ls planned for Sunday, December 22. at 6:30 p.m. After Christmas, on Friday, December 27. there will be an afternoon outing, starting at the church. Fireside worship is the activity for Sunday. December 29. at 6:30 p.m.
After school re-opens there will be a midwinter moonlight service Friday, January 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the church.
Beta Gamma Sigma, national honorary commerce fraternity, will initiate 14 pledges at a dinner tonight at 5:30 o’clock in the Chancellor hotel, 3191 West Seventh street.
All commerce students with a two-point or better grade average last semester are invited to attend. Initiates are selected from the highest 10 per cent of their class.
Dr. Reid L. McClung, dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration, and Reynolds Blight, certified public accountant, will speak at the dinner. Dean McClung will talk on “The History and Purpose of Beta Gamma Sigma,” and Blight has chosen to discuss the role of the scholar in business.
Those to be inducted:
Yvonne Reynolds, Geraldine Stradhoff, Constance Carrigan, Kafhryn Dodds, Marvin Shapiro, Rene DeLiban, George Bailey, William BuiTell, Daniel Kivel, Jack Bomke. Tom Call, John Patton, Robert Sipple, and Victor Kivel.
Frederick W. Woodbridge, professor of accounting; Dr. Park J. Ewart, assistant professor of banking and finance; H. Dean Campbell, assistant professor of accounting; and Rex Ragan, assistant professor of accounting and taxation, will attend as faculty representatives.
Medical School Dance Set Friday Night
Disregarding superstition, students and members of the faculty of the School of Medicine will sponsor their annual dance tomorrow night. Friday 13. at the Uplifted club in Santa Monica.
Bids are <1.50 per couple and may be obtained from Wilson Mun-ger Stirrett, chairman of the af-tair.
Epsilon Phi Plans Christmas Party
Epsilon Phi, honorary English fraternity, will hold a Christmas party at 8 p.m. Saturday, December 21 in Elisabeth von KieinSmid social hall.
Dr. Frank Baxter, professor of English, will read Dicken’s "Christmas Carol.” There will be a tree and presents. Refreshments will be served.
Members may sign up for the party in the English office, third floor of Bridge hall. Price is 40 cents.
Under-Secretary of Navy Visits Campus Saturday
For a possible 20 minutes SC will be hosts to Lewis Compton, assistant secretary of the navy, declared Capt. Reed M. Fawell yesterday as the NROTC commandant outlined plans for Compton’s visit here Saturday morning.
The commandant said that if time permitted, the assistant secretary would be shown the armory, offices, and the assembly rooms of the naval unit.
Greeting Compton and his party will be Captain Fawell, Lt. Comdr. Dewitt Watson, Lt. Marvin Gray-bill, and four chief petty officers of the unit. Because of the Christmas holiday, no student members will be there for the inspection tour.
Representing Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid, who is in Riverside attending the Institute of World Affairs, will be Harry Silke, director of special foundations.
All-U Convocation and Processional Highlight Ceremonies
Dedicatory exercises for Hancock hall, newly-constructed foundation for scientific research, will be the first item on the university calendar for 1941 when the building is officially opened in a two-day program January 3 and 4.
Invitations have been extended to the representatives of 666 institutions who are members of the Association of American Schools and Colleges. Fifteen university presidents have already signified their intentions to attend.
Four hundred individual invitations to representatives of national and Pacific coast learned societies have also been sent out, according to Harry Silke, director of special foundations.
Dr. Milton Metfessel is chairman of the committee on dedication arrangements.
Highlights of the two-day program will include a processional in academic costume of the attending presidents, dean, and other representatives, an all-university convocation which the entire student body will attend, round tables on scientific affairs, and a concert by the Hancook ensemble, all to 'take place Friday.
A symposium of scientific problems, followed by motion pictures on work of the foundation, will be the main events on the program for Saturday.
Yule Program Given Today
Dr. Cailliet Will Direct Orchestra
Chorus at Christmas Assembly in Bovard
Setting the Christmas atmosphere for the coming holidays, the university orchestra and chorus will present a special program of carols and excerpts from Handel’s “The Messiah,” given last night, at an assembly at 9:50 a.m. today in
Bovard auditorium.
Prof. Lucien Cailliet — directs program today.
WAA Conducts Contest
A university-wide contest, to select a theme for the WAA banquet scheduled for January 9 is being conducted this week by the WAA.
Lancer Guests Will Debate
Because of the change in class schedules, the Lancers will serve luncheons at 12 M. and at 12:20 p.m. today at the debate-lecture in the dining room of Elisabeth von KieinSmid hall.
The first speaker will begin his discussion of “Credit to Britain” while courses are being served. Bob Moody, general chairman of the Lancers, explained.
Dr. Robert B. Pettengill, associate professor of economics, and Robert Waring, secretary of the William Allen White committee to give aid to Great Britain will discuss different sides of the question of financial aid to England.
Dr. Pettengill defends the Johnson act now in effect which prohibits America’s extending credit to nations at war; Waring, maintains that American assistance to Great Britain is an economic necessity.
Moody requests both faculty members and non-orgs to make reservations in the office of Dr. Francis M. Bacon, counselor of men, or in the office of Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford, counselor of women.
The price of admission will be 40 cents.
Westminster Club Convenes Tonight
The Rev. Donald Gordon Stewart will tell the story’ of “The First Christmas Tree” by W. S. Van Dyke, to members of the Westminster club at a dinner meeting of the organization today at 5:30 pm. in the Church of the Redeemer. 36th street and Vermont.
The commissions on stewardship and social action will also meet in the Student Union lounge at 4 p 'n.
Price of the dinner is 35 cents.
Photo Contest Time Extended
Deadline for the photographic contest sponsored by Delta Kappa Alpha, honorary, cinematography fraternity, has been extended to Wednesday, January 8.
, At that time entries will be judged by Elmer Fryer, prominent still-photographer from Warner Brothers studio.
Awards will be a trophy and three medals. The trophy is now on display at the photography counter of the Student Union.
Metfessel Discusses Crime in Democracy'
Block Given Show Post
Script Hunt Renewed for All-U Musical
Members of play productions yesterday took over the responsibility of finding a script for the all-university musical show and for the production of it in mid-April.
Morten Block, chairman, replaces Stexe Zorich as head of the musical show. With this change made Tuesday by the Trojan senate, Block and the play productions committee will be required to report to the SC senate and will take full responsibility for the show.
DEADLINE EXTENDED
The first decision of the new head was to extend the deadline for submitting scripts until the last week in January instead of January 2.
“Because of the final examinations we want to advise authors to do most of the work on their scripts during Christmas vacation. The first two or three weeks in January can be used for polishing,” said Block.
MUSICIANS ENCOURAGED
Students who want to write the musical scores right ln with the script are encouraged to do so. By integrating the story with the music the entire show should last about two and one-half hours.
Faculty and students who will Judge the submitted plays are; Arnold Eddy, general manager of the associated students; Chuck Johnston, ASSC president; Dr. Max T. Krone, assistant director of the School of Music; Wayne Reeves, student president of the music school; Robert Earl, president of the musical organizations; Edmund E. Evans, dramatic coach; and Block.
EVANS WILL DIRECT
Evans will probably direct the production, according to Block. He has had practical experience on Broadway, was former coach at Santa Monica junior college, and directed the play “Icebound.”
The work already done by Zorich will be incorporated in the plans now under way. Contacts with outside organizations for commercial publication of the play and music will be made as announced before.
Owing to the illness of Dr. Max T. Krone, assistant director of the School of Music, Dr. Lucien Cailllet, director of the university symphony orchestra, will direct the program. Several of the numbers offered on the program are especially arranged by Dr. Cailliet.
‘FANT'»SIE’ PRESENTED
An outstanding feature presented la&t year for the first' time. "Christmas Fantaise.” a group of carols arranged by Dr. Cailliet, will be repeated this year. Recitatives from “The Messiah” by the orchestra and soloists; “Glory to God” by the chorus and orchestra, and two .Christmas carols. “Silent Night,” and “Joy to the World,” will be included on the program. The audience will join the chorus and orchestra to sing the two carols. ‘HALLELUJAH’ OFFERED
Concluding the program, the chorus and orchestra will present the famous “Hallelujah” chorus from “The Messiah.” The audience traditionally stands during the performance of this number, following a precedent set by the King and Queen of England when they first heard It performed.
Allen Hastings, tenor, and Mary Lou Perry, soprano, will appear as soloists.
A special schedule of classes haa been arranged to allow for the assembly. Students will follow thi* schedule: 8-8:50 a.m.. 8:55-9:45 a. m„ 9:50-10:30 a.m. assembly. 10:35-11:25 a.m„ 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
“There are two schools of thought on the matter of the treatment of the criminal. The one we shall call the school of severity, and the other, the school of leniency.” Following this statement Dr. Milton F. Metfessel, psychologist, discussed the two schools at a lecture yesterday afternoon on "Crime in the Democracy” in the art and lecture room of Doheny library.
Dr. Metfessel, who is research professor of psychology and director of the psychological laboratory at SC. explained the two opposing points of view of criminal punishment.
He added that it is “a part of the meaning of the democratic way of life, that opposing ideas and principles operate simultaneously.” On the whole, he explained, public treatment of criminals tends to be lenient until the public begins to feel insecure.
“The point at which the public starts to feel insecure at the hands of criminals is called the ‘public tolerance limen’” (limit).
Dr. Metfessel also pointed out that punishments of a physical nature are gradually being supplanted by punishments of a mental nature. He indicated two types of chastisement: physical and mental.
“Many people tend to think of punishment as that of the physical type, particularly involving physi cal pain,” explained the lecturer.
There are, however, mental punishments which include threats humiliations, and ostracism, he added.
His concluding statements illustrated how the long-time swing of the pendulum has been in the direction of leniency toward criminals. He added that such a movement has occurred because the conditions of democracy permit leniency.
Kappa Deltas Win Taxi Prize
Kappa Deltas rode to victory on a hook and ladder yesterday to capture the trophy in the 14th annual Taxi day competition sponsored by the associated women students.
The winning entry was an ancient red fire buggy of unknown vintage with a fog-horn siren. Theme of the taxi was “Hook-on and Ladder-go.”
Thirteen delapidated jaloppies wheezed up and down campus streets during the morning to net approximately $75 to $100 profit for the AWS loan fund to help needy students.
Hermina Levey, Alpha Epsilon Phi, sold the highest number of tickets with a total of 153. Elisabeth von KieinSmid hall won the trophy for the house selling the most tickets.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority won second place in the parade with their stagecoach, which has appeared in many motion pictures (Continued on Page Four)
Free Speech Topic of Radio Program
Free spcech in the United States from the time of Samuel Adams to the present day will be traced in today’s episode of the radio division's “Let Freedom Ring” series, heard over station KRKD at 1:30 p.m.
The drama will recount the first town meetings and other episodes inflential in the development of free speech, including those of the last World war.
H. Spencer Sussan, producer, adapted the script from the original which was obtained from the education office of the department of the interior.
Clayton Garrison. Bill Jones, Martin Schwartz, and others will play parts in the show. Willirjn Ingall ls engineer-
Done Talks on Mormon History at Luncheon
Members of Lambda Delta Sigma, honorary religious fraternity for Latter Day Saints students, wiU hear another of Dr. G. Byron Done's lectures on the history of the Mormon church at the weekly luncheon of the organization today. 12 M., in the University Methodist church.
All pledges and actives are required to be present to vote on the fraternity sweetheart.
Registrar's Office Notice
Every student who expects to receive a degre* from the university will b« held Responsible for checking his own credits and satisfying the requirements for his degree as they are published in the proper university bulletin.
The student should make this review of requirements and credits sufficiently early to allow ample time for the completion of any shortages that may be discovered.
Theron Clark, Registrar.
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