SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DA I LY mTROJAN
XXXII
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Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, February 27, 1941
No. 90
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o, Press Free Censorship, ett Claims
ING TON. Feb. 26— The administration olutely no plans” for ip of the press or rail Mellett. director of 'e of government re-d congress today.
former newspaper editor, :fore the house commit-ecuttve department exin support of a bill that his agency permanency, •as introduced by Com-irman James A. OLean, who read a letter from “sevelt urging its en-
TESTIFIES
only witness before the ittee. set forth his views hip after O'Leary said wspapers had criticized tion and had “fears it g about censorship.” -nsorship is contemplat -administration." Mellett lieve our organization be particularly organized t If any is contemplated be in a position to know ;ow that no censorship lated.”
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hether trfkt also applied e, Mellett said he did any censorship “is con-in wartime not mean.” he added, e will not be a military in certain respects, as ys has been and I pre-alwavs will be. The ar-e navy always have con-e information emanating departments.” asized. however, that this information would “not nd of censorship we see there never has been any that fear, in my opin-
S AGENCY
described the functions of y as purely of an infor-nature—giving the presi-rnment officials, private en. and newspapers coreports on federal activ-
cy. an outgrowth of the ergencv council, became of government reports sidential reorganization r. Roosevelt has alloted „y funds from his emer-ropria tions from year to office has had about nually in recent years.
tion Majors sor Gathering
of the School of Edu-1 start a “get-acquainted" ay, by meeting from 3:30 .m. at a special table in nt Union fountain, of the school will gather y to make and renew over a “cup of friend-large table will be on ianently during the tioned. through arrange -the social committee of tion congress, which is ng.
ttee urges all students uate school of educa-me in any afternoon, or-they want and chat as ey wish.
dent's e Notice
Hancock Ensemble a recital today ary 27 at 1:15 the Allan Hancock The students in El will attend as ercise. All students, embers, and their are invited to at-
von KieinSmid,
President
Trojan Rights Wrong Time for Breakfast
Guests of the annual breakfast for faculty members will meet in the foyer of Town and Gown Saturday morning at 8 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. as announced in yesterday's Trojan.
Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid will be host at the affair and cordially invites all members of the faculty to attend. Following the breakfast, Dr. von KieinSmid will preside at a general faculty meeting.
Acceptance of invitations may be mailed or telephoned to the president’s office today and tomorrow.
Recreational Offers Trojans New Attraction
Dancing, Bridge Highlight Regular Sports Gathering
Several new sports and games will be features of the all-U recreational. which will be cpen to all students from 7 to 9 p.m. today in the Physical Education building.
Bridge will be a new addition to the list of social games, which regularly includes Chinese checkers and other4card games. Swimming is on the evening’s schedule, and there will be dancing in the studio where the games are played.
Badminton, ping pong, and volleyball are other sports offered to those attending and looking for recreation. Strict sports apparel should garb participants and the no-date policy of former recreationals holds good for this evening as well.
No admission is to be charged and no ASSC cards need be shown. Erma Metz, president of the recreation association, and Betty Johnson, vice-president, have Invited all students to attend and avail themselves of the use of equipment.
Throughout the remainder of the school year the recreationals will take the place of the digs, which were formerly on the calendar for intermittent Monday evenings. They will occur every other Thursday at the regular hour—7 pjn. The affairs will be sponsored by the SC recreational association, which was recently formed to take over the organization of extracurricular activties on campus.
Mystery Drama Given Preview
Mystery surrounds the modem radio drama to be presented today by the SC radio division over KRKD from 1:30 to 1:45 p.m.
“Introspection.'’ the plays title, was written and will be produced by Martin Black, president of the SC chapter cf Gamma Beta Alpha, national collegiate broadcasters' fraternity.
Black promises that it will be one of the most unusual broadcasts ever to originate from the studios of the division of radio-television on the SC campus.
“Introspection” is the first student script to reach both coasts by radio. The University of Delaware will soon produce the drama under the sponsorship of Gamma Beta Alpha as part of its extensive national expansion program.
Seniors Prepare for Prom
Tom Call Selects Committee Heads for Annual Event
Senior class-president Tom Call yesterday announced the first plans for the annual senior prom and the appointment of committeemen in charge of Commencement week details.
As general chairman, William Wilson. Kappa Sigma, will direct ticket sales and coordinate activities. Vice-president Donna Lewis and Mary Hensler, Tri Delt, are in charge of arranging for a location.
Last year Trojan seniors attended the prom at the Miramar hotel in Santa Monica where Billy Mozet and his orchestra furnished the music.
SHAPIRO SEEKS ORCHESTRA
Marvin Shapiro. Zeta Beta Tau, will secure an orchestra for this year's dance.
Frank Scott, Sigma Nu. has been assigned the job of puublicity manager and will release future information in regard to develop-, ments.
SC's traditional Ivy day will find a place during the varied activities of Commencement week. ASSC President Charles Johnston and Tom Eddy will arrange the details. Ivy day is devoted to a ceremony purposed to reconcile the differences between the sophomore and junior classes.
IVY DAY PLANNED
Attendants of the ritual on the lawn of Old College smoke a pipe of peace, shake hands, and formally bury the hatchet.
Peggy Price, Pi Phi. and Hayward Wheeler, Phi Sigma Kappa, will take charge of the senior gift to the student body. Ed Fish bein. Kappa Sigma, will present the senior council keys.
As bid sales-manager, Frank Swirles, Phi Kappa Psi. and Charles Falkenhainer. Phi Sigma Kappa, will handle the release of tickets.
Players Found; Trojans Hear Chimes Again
Fatigued students laboring in late-afternoon classes may be reminded of “Home, Sweet, Home” as a result of a policy providing for a chime recital at 1 and 4 p.m. daily—now that two chime players have been found.
Dr. Wilbur Harry Long, professor of philosophy, has been playing the chimes since Monday, following a period during which the chimes were silent while a search went on for a student player.
Beginning today, the 1 o’clock program will be given by Betty Donnegan, music major. An architect, Henry Silvestri, will be at the keyboard for the 4 o’clock recital.
“Lyrical, simple, stately, and cheerful music is most suitable for the instrument. Melodies that jump around cannot be played,” said Dr. Long. Sensitive campus ears may detect that the “A” key sticks, the philosopher reveals.
Amazon Petitions Requested Today
Peggy Price, Service Organization Head, Announces Acceptance of Transfer Credits
Prospective wearers of coveted black and white sweaters must turn in applications for membership in Amazons, senior and junior women’s service organization, before 5 p.m. today, according to Peggy Price, president.
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sidered for membership may submit their petitions to the Amazon office, 234 Student Union. Juniors, junior transfers who have been on campus for the past semester, and high sophomores who have earned a minimum of three activity points a semester, are eligible for membership.
TRANSFERS ACCEPTED
Special encouragement is being offered this year to junior transfers from other colleges or Junior colleges. Those women who have earned service points at other schools may include these points in their petitions provided they the; have been forwarded from their former schools.
A minimum of nine points is required for membership, and must be in at least three different fields of endeavor. One point is equivalent to 25 hours of work. A cumulative grade point average of 1.3 is also necessary.
Miss Price urges all applicants to
Original Ideas Head Contest Qualifications
Preference Given Distictive Entries,
Committee Reveals
Original thinking keynotes t instructions to the judges of the Phi Beta Kappa achievement contest, which is being announced this month by the alumni of the organization in southern Califomia.
The committee will give preference to those entries which are expressed attractively and distinctively as well as adequately, Miss Julia . , .
McCorkle, associate professor of check tlieir activity P°ints 111 the
YWCA Requests Sorority Lists
YWCA Membership Chairman Beth Hartman has requested that all sorority houses submit a list of their members, including pledges, to the YWCA office before noon on March 4.
In checking membership lists it has been found that some of the sorority girls do not have cards in the files, and those whose cards have been found have neglected to Indicate their house.
Eden Propounds Tri-Party Front to Oppose Nazis
ANKARA. Turkey. Feb. 26—d*.P) —British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and General Sir John G. Dill, imperial staff chief, tonight were reported to be urging creation of a Turkish-Greek-Jugo-slav front against Nazi Balkan aggression in their conversations here with Turkish leaders.
Eden and Dill, arriving in Ankara today with a large staff of military advisers, were greeted by high Turkish officials amid the cheering of thousands of Turks whose enthusiasm incurred open displeasure of the Germans there.
Eden's first formal action was to confer with United States Minister Jan Van A. MacMurray while Dill, apparently losing no time in putting afoot the proposal for the anti-Nazi Balkan bloc, talked with the Greek minister to Ankara.
British quarters reported that Eden had come to Ankara armed with a detailed project for close collaboration under the Anglo-Turkish alliance and would attempt to rally both Turkish and Jugoslavia to stand together with Greece and Britain against any German thrust through Bulgaria upon Greece.
Mormons Hear Knopf Today
All student members of the Church of the Latter Day Saints are invited to hear Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf, university chaplain, speak at a luncheon meeting of Lambda Delta Sigma today at 12 M. in the tea-room of the Student Union.
Dr. Knopf will discuss “Yesterday's Heritage and Today's Pay-off': as a highlight of the regular meeting. The sponsor of the group, Dr. Byron Done, will have charge of the meeting and the sale of tickets.
The tickets, which are 40 cents, may be obtained at the Student Council on Religion office on the third floor of the Student Union.
Luncheon Fetes SC Generations
Von KieinSmid Host to Alumni, Students
Thirty-five “generation” students will be the guests of Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid at a luncheon today at 12:10 p.m. in the counselor room in the Student Union.
The honored students are direct descendants of alumni of the university. With the addition of these students, the list of “generation” students enrolled this semester numbers over 400. the special foundations office announced.
Charles Johnston, president of the ASSC, and Donna Lewis, vice-president will be guests at the luncheon. Dwight Hart, chairman of the greater university committee will greet the students.
Harry Silke, director of special foundations, stated that most of the “generation” students are descendants of students who attended SC between 1915 and 1921. when the campus covered 12 acres and had only Old College and “three shacks” for classes.
Robert L. Reeves was the first student to make a reservation for the luncheon. Reeves is the son of Claude Lloyd Reeves who is principal of Huntington Park high school and was student body president here in 1921.
Other students who will attend are: Marjorie Tieman. the daughter of Phillip Tiernan who played tackle on the Trojan football teams of 1922 and 1923; Valerie Stabler, grand-daughter of the late Laird Stabler, founder of the College of Pharmacy and its dean for many years.
English, chairman of the local committee, said yesterday.
Prizes have been awarded in the past for essays only, but this year, although essays are still most important, the contest has been widened to include research papers,
Amazon office before submitting petitions.
ELECTIONS MARCH 12
Candidates for membership will present themselves for interviews in the student senate room. 419 Student Union, from 3 to 5 pjn. on
art objects, original manuscripts. Mar^h 4’ and 6; No appoint-and other tangible evidence o7 ments ln advance * necessary, achievement. Three prizes of $50 Election of new members will each will be awarded.	take Place on March 12. and an-
nouncements of new members will
The contest ls open to any regularly enrolled sophomore or junior in the university. Only three entries may be submitted from any one institution so that entries from SC will be judged first by the local committee. Final awards will be made in May and announced at the annual Phi Beta Kappa luncheon at Pomona college.
Manuscripts must be entered by April 14 and carry fictitious names.
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be made at a special Amazon assembly in Bovard auditorium on March 14. New members will receive their bids from the stage, and Miss Price will explain the numerous activities for which each girl receives her membership.
March 17 is the date set for the formal pledging ceremony in the senate room. The training period will begin March 24. under the direction of Muriel Lindstrom, vice-president of the organization.
Block Defends Action of Script Committee
The target of student criticism over the senate’s decision to present a Broadway show instead of a student-written all-U show, Morton Block, committee chairman, defended the actions of the group yesterday.
Of the five student-written scripts
submitted, two had possibilities, Block admitted, but on technical grounds, neither of the two could have been presented without much alteration. Both shows lacked plot and unity and had only “mediocre music,” he continued.
“The committee didn't set up any hypothetical standards,” Block declared, “but we were looking for a good substantial plot with music that had promise.”
Harry Harmon, president of the Harris College of Architecture and Fine Arts was the chief opponent of the senate's decision to produce
“The American Way,” a recent Broadway hit. Harmon declared that this should be an all-U show even if it was amateurish, and that it was doubtful if college talent could handle a professional show.
Block wished lt to be known that he is only one member of the committee and casts only one vote in senate decisions.
“Any individual or group complaints may be made to the following members of the committee: Arnold Eddy, Edmund Evans, Way-(Continued on Page Four)
'we're in the army now'
U.S. Calls, Ex-Trojans Answer as Defense Program Expands
Peggy Price—requests Amazon petitions. *
Pi Sigma Alpha Essay Contest Opens Today
Political Science Fraternity Sponsors Student Event
Offering a cash prize of $25. Pi Sigma Alpha, national honorary | political science fraternity, announces the opening today of an essay contest for all SC students.
Subjects may be selected from any phase of political science, which includes public opinion and propaganda, public administration, and international relations.
Other fields are public law. comparative grovernment, and political theory. Subjects not clearly within the scope of the topic may be approved at the political science office in Bridge hall.
The board of judges, to be announced later, will represent the various divisions of political science. said Earl Bolton, fraternity president.
Rules adopted by the group on the recommendation of J. Eugene Harley, professor of political science and fraternity adviser, state: |
1. The contest is open to all stu- . dents of SC.
Yale Economist Says World Union Would End War
“Peace can only be obtained by the voluntary union of those nations being attacked by the present aggressors and a permanent world government established,” said Dr. Irving Fisher, professor emeritus of Yale and visiting lecturer in economics, yesterday before a group of approximately 100 Associated Graduate students.
A world government or court needs to be established to have any kind of a permanent peace in the world. Nations must leam to cooperate and forget their selfish natures. In order to make this possible each country will have to give up some of its sovereignty to gain certain other advantages of a peaceful union, the speaker continued.
INTRODUCES SPEAKER
Preceding the 55 minute address. Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt, dean of the Graduate school, introduced Dr. Joy Luthem Leonard, of the SC economics department. Dr. Leonard, a student of Dr. Fisher’s at Yale, in turn introduced the lecturer. The meeting was held in 209 Administration.
The graduate students gathered an hour earlier to the address in the presidential suite to greet Dr. Fisher.
Speaking on the topic “Fundamental Principles for the Establishment of Permanent Peace,” Dr. Fisher set three principles as causes to the present war. These Were superficial factors, such as the (Continued on Page Four)
2.	Manuscripts must show originality and creative material. Source material and references must be listed.
3.	Manuscripts must not exceed 10.000 words in length, but may be shorter. All manuscripts must be in triplicate and typewritten.
4.	A pseudonym must be assumed, and the manuscripts accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the author’s true name.
5.	The closing date upon which essays may be turned in to the political science office is Friday, April 11, at 12 M.
“We're in the army now” is the song being sung by eight former students and graduates of SC who are being trained at Camp Ord, Calif.
The scene of great activity these days. Camp Ord, located near Monterey on the Pacific coast, is swarming with former collegians. The world war famous 53rd infantry has really gone collegiate with nearly a fourth of its men of higher education.
Leading the array of eight Trojans is Grenville Lansdell, known to the football sporting world as “Grenny,” who was conscripted last January for one year's service. Others on the list of former Trojans are Clark Ryder, graduate in commerce in 1939: Edo Boffino, bachelor of science in business administration in 1932; Donald Gars-tang. bachelor of science in mechanical engineering in 1940; William G. Walter, doctor of dental
surgery in 1940; Robert Whyte! Aubrey A. Jones, and Gerald Ross. Each of the above men either
Grenny Lansdell — reports to Camp Ord.
graduated from this university or attended it for a period.
The old conception of a soldier as a hard-boiled and illiterate human being is gradually being
erased from the American mind, say the leaders of the 53rd infantry. The argument now arises on which company has the biggest ‘brain-trust’’ of former college students and graduates in its ranks.
Records from the 53rd infantry in the coastal camp show that, with only two-thirds of its selectees enrolled, 61 American colleges from all comers of the nation have representatives there. The universities of Toronto. Canada; Cologne, France; and Berlin, Germany also have students at Camp Ord.
West coast colleges lead the list for the number of selectees recently Joining the old 53rd, and the eight Trojans are counted on this program. Each is playing his part in the program for the defense of this country.
The new men at Camp Ord in the 53rd company are entering an infantry with an excellent history behind it, says R. A. Carr, first lieutenant of the 53rd Infantry.
Vultee Trainer Crashes, Kills Army Airman
LIVERMORE. Cal.. Feb. 26—T.P) I —A BT-13 Vultee training plane from Moffett field crashed late today near Sunol, killing 2nd Lieut W. S. Rutherford, and critically injuring 2nd Lieut. G. B. Mac- [ Donald. Both were members of the army air corps reserve.
Officials at Moffett field said Rutherford, of Syracuse, N. Y., and MacDonald, of San Francisco, were on a “local instrument flight.” Nor- 1 mally during an instrument flight the man at the controls is under a hood while his companion acts as a “safety observer,” army officials explained.
Witnesses said the plane fell from a considerable height as though it was in a spin. The wreckage caught fire and Rutherford was cremated.
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Orcutt Addresses
Westminster Club
Roy Winder, president of the Westminster club, will introduce Al Orcutt, American representative to the 1939 Amsterdam religious conference at a meeting of the group today at 4 p.m. in the Counselor's room on the third floor of the Student Union.
Orcutt, appearing under the auspices of the social acticn committee, will speak on his experiences at the Amsterdam conference and in Europe for this first of a series of lectures which the group will sponsor.
Supplemental Bill for Defense Cash Sent to House
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26—CF— The house appropriations committee today approved a $1,533,000,000 supplemental defense bill and sent it to the floor where a democratic leader conceded that many of the weapons provided for might be transferred to Britain if the lend-lease bill becomes law.
Funds for completing 55 destroyers and for 189 big navy planes. 40 mine sweepers, many small naval craft, four oilers, four blimps, armament, ammunition and an unspecified number of experimental planes are included in the bill.
The legislation provides $695,-000.000 cash, mostly for building camp quarters for the expending army which will number 1,418.000 men by the end of June. This includes $338,000,000 for completing work on projects on which the army's original estimate was too low.
Rye Rides In, Waggles Tail, Smacks Chops!
Rye, ex-puppy mascot of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, since he disappear-er last Sunday, straggled home in an automobile yesterday just in time to miss his first birthday—Tuesday.
Nevertheless, the fellows were so glad to have Rye again wagging his rubbery tail in their faces they decided to celebrate and feed him some post-birthday ice cream. He may even add weight to the several pounds he gained during his cloudy forage.
Dismay had been rampant at the SAE house, and members were about to draft another mascot. Searching parties, inquiry, and classified advertising were used to no avail, but,
, “if first you don’t succeed a St. Bernard will show up,’* Gil Rinkler, SAE pledge, asserted.