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TROJAN
'olume XXXIII
Los Angeles, Cal., Tuesday, July 14, 1942
No. 7
eading Panel eets Today
lucators Hear Speakers, Discussions Annual Conference Draws to Close
bntinuing for the second day the theme, “Improved ling for Democracy,” SC’s School of Education, sponsor-[he annual reading conference, will hear greetings from listrative officials at 9:30 this morning in Bowne hall, mediately following the welcoming address, Dr. Nila fith, professor of education here, will deliver a lecture •eveloping Pupils1 Ability to Attack Their Reading Vo-iry Independently.” Dr. Smith’s lecture will include a iry of research applied to practical classroom prob-
DR. RALPH TYLER FLEWELLING— philosopher sets intellectual viands before Argonauts.
third place on this morning's program is a demonstra-y Dr. Vivien E. Teubner who will discuss contests, the f analysis of compound words, finding “little words n,M sounding consonants, and blends. Dr. Teubner’s nstration is applicable to both elementary and second-ools.
OON PANELS INCLUDED
e afternoon session, beginning at 2 and lasting until fill include panel discussions on reading problems by ent administrators and teachers from all parts of the ed States.	,
1 210 Old College Miss Lula E. Wright, teacher in Lincoln ol and instructor in curriculum and teaching, Teachers ge, Columbia university, will lead a discussian of “Read-Readiness.” Participants at this meeting have been se-d from all sections of the nation.
rs. Louise Wickersham, supervisor of elementary grades, ar.k, will lead a discussion of “Problems in Primary g” in Bovard auditorium. Participants will be an-ced at the meeting.
LAW SCHEDULES PANEL
l 309 Bridge hall Dr. Reuben D. Law, associate professor chairman of the department of elementary education, ham Young university, will direct the consideration of topic, “Problems in Intermediate Reading.”
'loyd R. Honn, principal of Manual Arte high school, Los ales, will act as chairman for a discussion of “Problems in jnth and Eighth Grades and in Secondary School Read-’ participants of the latter two panels will be announced purpose cited he respective meetings.	! This meeting permits such inter-
he closing of the annual reading conference will be held ested individuals to become ac-Jovard auditorium. This will include a summary of panel Quainted with the founder and head ussions by leaders of the various groups and an analysis .Improved Reading for Democracy” by Dr. Smith.
RENCE PURPOSE EXPLAINED is two-day conference, offered free of charge, has been ored for the purpose of discussing the reading problems the “reading readiness” stage of the elementary schools e reading difficulties encountered by high school stu-is. The conference is open to all students and faculty ibers of the university and to teachers in Los Angeles surrounding communities.
peakers at this conference are oustanding workers in field of education. It is being held under the direction . Smith, one of the nation’s leading authorities on teach-reading. Dr. Smith is the author of several books on ing. Her professional books for teachers and texts for ciri ren are widely used throughout the country.
DAY’S PROGRAM OUTLINED r. Lester Burton Rogers, dean of the School of Educa-and director of the Summer Session, opened the con-ce yesterday in Porter hall of the law building. Dr.
delivered a lecture on “Problems of Ability Groupings Providing Worthwhile Quiet Period Activities in Read-immediately following his address, r. Teubner, supervisor of laboratory work in reading arate from attendance at the lec rs at SC, conducted a demonstration of teachers work- Iture-vith three different ability groupings representative of a lal classroom situation in the elementary grades. (Three rent types of reading lessons and six different types of Ing seat work were shown.)
SC Argonaut Group to Hear Dr. Flewelling
Philosophy Society Arranges Summer Lecture on Campus
The School of Philosophy of the University of Southern California has been establishing a tradition of having an Argonaut dinner meeting during the Summer Session for members of the summer classes and friends.
Each summer there are many students enrolled from far-away places who betray an interest in philosophy.
They are attracted by the building, the outstanding library, and other facilities which the university affords for the study of philosophy.
of the School of Philosophy, Dr. Ralph Flewelling. Dr. Flewelling will deliver an address in Argonaut hall this summer on “The Present Opportunity in Philosophy.”
The lecture will follow a dinner meeting of the Argonauts and will be held Tuesday, July 21, at 7:15 p. m.
The dinner will be served in Mudd Memorial hall of philosophy at 6 p.m., and the price will be 70 cents per plate. All reservations should reach the secretary of the School of Philosophy by Monday,
HELSEL QUOTED
“In past years,” says Dr. Helsel, professor of philosophy, “these meetings have been well attended and are being repeated summer after summer largely on account of the many expressions of appreciation of summer students.”
Attendance at the dinner is sep-
It is hoped that many will make dinner reservations, but those who find this impossible are urged to attend the lecture.
SC Band Concert Set for Tomorrow
Cailliet, Gould, Ohlendorf to Conduct Second Presentation of Summer Series
SC’s Summer Session band, consisting of 70 members, will offer a concert at 8:15 tomorrow night instead of this evening in Bovard auditorium under the direction of Dr. Lucien Cailliet, William Gould, and Fred Ohlendorf.
The program will be the second presentation in a series
planned to provide entertainment
for summer Trojans during the 12-weeks session.
Dr. Lucien Cailliet is on the regular SC faculty and is also conductor of the symphony orchestra. He is taking the place of Ralph Rush who was to have been one of the guest directors for this first concert.
William Gould, director of bands and glee clubs t.l Lewis and Clark high school, Spokane, Wash., and Fred Ohlendorf, Long Beach public schools, are the other two guest conductors.
The program will be divided into three parts and will feature a variety of music from Sousa marches to opera and symphonic selections. On part three of the program will be heard three of Dr. Cailliet’s special symphonic band arrangements.
The membership in the Summer Session band is made up of the regular university students and is being augmented by members of the special high schood clinic band that is also on the campus for the summer, under the direction of Fred Ohlendorf and William Gould.
Tuesday’s band concert in Bovard is open to the public free of charge.
The concerts offered by the SC band and orchestra are part of the university’s cultural program. Dr. Cailliet has devoted a great deal of time since the beginning of the Summer Session in organizing the student band for the series of musical presentations.
The program will Include:
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1	“Star Spangled Banner”
.......................-......... Smith-Key
2	“Freedom Ring” March
.......------!................... Stolz-Bennett
3	Grand Festival Overture
...................................... Zamecnik
Fred Ohlendorf, conducting
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Barth
4	Frat March...............
5	“Victory” (American
Selection) ...........................Yoder
6	“Finale” from New World
Symphony ____«...................Dvorak
William Gould, conducting
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7	“Finlandia” ........Sibelius-Cailliet
8	“Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair”______Foster-Cailliet
9	Prelude to Third Act of
“Logengrin” ....Wagner-Cailliet
10	“King Cotton” March.,.....Sousa
11	“Semper Fidelis”
March .................................Sousa
Dr. Lucien Cailliet, conducting
Audio-Visual Classes Schedule Friday Panel
Under the direction of Mrs. Elizabeth Goudy, director of radio and curriculum assistant in the Los Angeles county schools, and Miss Amber Wilson, assistant in the department of visual education, the audio-visual education classes are of- | many more that wiU undoubtedly arise after the showing of
fering an all-day conference, Friday, July 24. will be held in the Allan Hancock
All meetings
foundation.
The purpose behind the conference is to acquaint the University educational staff and the Summer Session student body with the important role being played by audiovisual education in America’s war effort by the army, the navy, the air force, the defense training classes, and the public schools with particular emphasis on the implications for .the future of education in the United States.
The morning meeting will begin at 9. It wiU consist of a panel presentation by educational experts in the defense fields who are now successfully using audio-visual materials as teaching tools.
Bruce Findlay, director of the visual education department of the Las Angeles city schools, and Doug-
las Wilson, supervisor of national defense in the city school system will be members of the board of experts.
These men will present a picture of the facts in Connection with the succcess of their teaching methods.
Richard McQuiddy, student manager of .the conference, is attempting to foster a" period of audience participation for questions and discussions of the panel talks. McQuiddy stated, “These experts are qualified and are willing to defend or explain all the points which they enthusiastically support.”
Functional exhibits of audiovisual materials will be shown under the direction of trained student guides. These exhibits will live the audience an opportunity to inspect, (Continued on Page Two)
Pickens Harris
to Deliver Lecture in Auditorium Today
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Duties of Educators in Future Democratic World to be Told at All-University Assembly in Bovard
This morning’s assembly in Bovard auditorium at 11:45 will hear Dr. Pickens E. Harris, visiting professor for the second time this summer at SC, deliver a lecture on “Confusions and Challenges in Democratic Education.”
Dr. Harris, on leave from the' University of Pittsburgh, intends to outline for attendants what he believes to be the necessary components of any effective educational program designed to orient the post-war world for a democratic way of life.
During an interview yesterday Dr. Harris mentioned several words that lend more to an understanding of his lecture than volumes of copy. He stressed Work, Cooperation, world-wide Interdependence of economies and peoples, Practical Patriotism in contrast with abstract worship—a characteristic of dictatorship regimes—and Equalities.
Democratic peoples must be made to realize that any attempt to introduce complete democracy must emphasize effort, plain work, on the part of all people. “There is no half-way point in a democratic world,” he said. “We can’t tolerate a democracy in spite
of existent dictatorships.”
“We want world-wide equality,’’ he emphasized.
MEN NEED BELIEFS Dr. Harris, who received hia Ph.D. at Columbia university, went on to point out that every nation needs something to believe in and that democracies should give men and women a practical philosophy.
Dictatorships, he said, demand blind worship from their people^ and the worker is not permitted to see the fruits of his labor.
“Our people are not only entitled to something to believe in,” he said, “they have to have it if the democracies ever expect to fortify themselves with the stamina necessary for the construction of a lasting democratic society.” , POST-WAR ERA CONSIDERED After-the war there will be a Ion? period during which the major efforts of educators will be called upon to teach the world a new philosophy, Dr. Harris said. He stressed the fact that men must have something bigger than themselves to believe in before they can be expected to cooperate. And cooperation, according to today's speaker, will be one of the essential characteristics of tomorrow's program.
“Democracies still believe in equality of opportunity, property, the importance of the individual, justice for all, and broad welfare,” he sta,ted.
EDUCATORS CALLED UPON
The educators must see that men and women are in postfssion of convictions. Today too many persons do not feel deeply their sentiments about matters of social importance. the speaker declared.
One thing the democracies must guard against, he remarked, is the drift toward “Administrative Absolutism.”
Attitude is the important thing, according to Dr. Harris. He said thr* we have an obligation to build a democracy, not an opportunity. Our challenge is to provide the conditions that will enable us to build a workable democratic society, and the educators must see to it that these conditions are provided for, he concluded.
Disney War Films
Shown in Hancock
Method by Which Peacetime Medium Has Converted Itself to Victory Pace Offered
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by H. Spencer Sussan
The inspiring story of a peacetime medium of entertainment that has already completely converted itself into a wartime instrument for civilian and military education will be cinematically told in Hancock auditorium tonight at 8.
In what is to be the first public showing of certain restricted films made for the government and war department by Walt Disney productions, the department of cinema will | afford everyone an opportunity to view these important wartime service films and special experimental reels at this open laboratory session on “The Animation Medium and the War.”
JUDSON QUOTED
Frank Judson, head of the cinema department, revealed, “The films that are to be shown tonight are among the first tangible contributions of Hollywood to the war effort. Although the major film studios potentially represent great war film production centers, Walt Disney is apparently still one of the few producers to gear his studio to almost complete | wartime production.
“His films set an example that the rest of the industry would do well to follow.’’
CARR SPEAKS
Robert S. Carr of the Disney business staff, the juest speaker for the evening, will conduct an open forum between each of the several films.
If you’ve ever wondered how the three-dimensional effect is created in Disney animated films, here is your opportunity to find out.
Or perhaps you would like to know how some of the amazing color and sound effects were created in “Fantasia.” Well, Carr will be on hand to answer these questions and
Real Hay Ride Awaits Trojans
s Vegas Gold Rush called by Writer
by Leslie Collins future years when one recounts the exigencies In Amer-life, July, 1942, he must acknowledge that there was no of colorful figures and exciting movement in the na-big towns. Las Vegas, Nevada’s desert metropolis, cer-attests this truth
building of nearby Boulder a magnificent example of en-ier’s art, and current defense Ivities have swtiled her popu-!>n by the thousands—men and who share their fortunes and ahswered the call gold which is gotten not but by building. And coining in great and greater rs has so utilized every avail-accommodation that the tor's pitched tent and the trailer are u common sight, row of newly construct-ttages are being readied to the congestion.
DESCRIBED
Vegas, melting-pot that it is, ng commercialized on mari-fection and makes a busi-of divorce. This city of the country has been notorious pmbling town. Consequently, n and ladies, much to the of reformers, are patroniz-American Monte Carlo rough quality that is rem-the frontier days
the wild west fictionized by Bret Har,te and Artemus Ward.
HOW THEY CAME By bus and via the Union Pacific railroad the eager seekers of quick riches have come. Mexicans from the Papagc country of Arizona, Caucasians from Utah and California, Negroes from Texas and Oklahoma, and persons of other racial stock from foreign countries. There are the carpenter with his tools, the painter with his brushes, the dowager with her do^s, the prospector and his burro, the cowboy and his horse, the cavalier and his Spanish ballads.
Each takes his bit of Las Vegas’ gold; each leaves something of himself in Las Vegas—and life goes on: A mother suns her baby on the front stoop, a wcjian near tne depot plucks the feathers lrom a chicken, laundry on a clothes-line nutters brilliantly in the heat of a dazzling sun, and a bus unloads another 24 men, &ekers of gold, life goes on in Las Vegas.
Huntington Tour Set Friday
Tickets for the visit to the famous Huntington library this Friday night, the second tour in the series of Summer Session informative visits arranged by Kenneth K. Stonier, tour manager, are now being distributed in the Student Union Book store at the cashier’s window.
Only a limited number of tickets are available, Stonier emphasized, urging that students planning to make the trip obtain their tickets immediately. No charge will be levied for this "trip, but persons must have one of the passes before they will be admitted.
LOCATION CITED
The library is located on the Huntington estate in San Marino, and may be reached by automobile by the following route: north on Figueroa street through the tunnels to the Arroyo Seco freeway; follow freeway to the intersection of Fair Oaks avenue; right on Fair Oaks to Huntington drive; left on Huntington drive to Oxford; left on Oxford to the library.
Guide signs will be posted in the vicinity of the library.
ROUTE EXPLAINED
The library and art gallery may be reached also by interurban trains which pass within three blocks of the estate. Students going via Pacific Electric are cautioned to board the rear car of the two-car Monrovia-Glendora trains which will leave from gate 12 of the
street Faeific Electric station at 12:10 and 1:10 p.m. Friday.
Included among the interesting displays at the library is the new exhibition illustrating the early history of aeronautics. Some 70 rare prints, drawings, and books comprise the exhibit which traces chronologically man’s attempt to conquer
Engineers Meet Friday Noon
The first chemical engineer’s luncheon meeting of the Summer Session will be held in the Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall at 12 p.m. Friday.
All new students in chemical engineering are invited as guests of the society. Both old and new members should make reservations through their class representatives before noon, tomorrow.
The program will include introduction of officers, a short talk by Dr. Herbert Waterman, professor of chemical engineering, on the applications of chemical engineering, and a film taken at a steak bake will be shown.
Dr. Robert E. Vivian will outline th opportunities offered by the army and naval reserves and the latest developments on the government’s fund.
the air from the time of Daedulus and Icarus to the contemplation of an air liner projected, but never built, in 1842.
BOOKS SHOWN
The books shown in the exhibit include an English translation of Roger Bacon's 13th-century writings, in which he speculates on man's flight through the air; Fausto Ver-anzio’s “Machine Novae,” which was published in Venice in 1595; and Lana Terzi’s treatise on a flying boat published at Brescia in 1670.
Many paintings by the world’s foremost masters, rare manuscripts and first editions, as well as numerous art objects are contained in the Huntington library and art gallery. The collection is regarded by critics as one ox the finest private exhibits in the United States.
Even without the attraction of the art, the estate itself is one of the show places of southern California and all visiting Summer Session students will want to avail themselves of this opportunity to visit the library.
tonight’s restricted animation ma-j terial.	• j
HISTORY TRACED The name of Walt Disney is by I now svnonomous with the best in I animated films, for the history of ! this medium’s development during | the past ten years is largely the ; personal story of Walt Disney and ■ his superior production staff, jingle Recipients of numerous special academy awards for their outstanding work in such films as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and the current “Fantasia,” staff members at the Burbank birthplace of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck are now engaged in an entirely different type of production.
According to the latest information available from Hollywood's animation capital, 75 per cent of Disney’s total film output is at present devoted to morale and training films, while the entire Disney animal kingdom has been drafted into these films for war service.
The films to be shown tonight are a few of the best examples of these wartime productions made at cost by Disney for the government.
The following program has been definitely verified by the studio, but may still be subject to change because of the necessarily restricted upect of some of these films.
Ofte of the unrestricted films to be screened is “The New Spirit,” released nationally several months ago as a contribution by Disney productions to encourage the early payment of income tax. Incidental ly, the Gallup Poll disclosed that this “short” actually induced 37 Continued on Page Three)
by Guy Halferty
“I’ve got 50 cents that jangle jingles
So I’ll go hay-ridin’ merrily along . . .”
If you think that’s corny, just wait till you get on that hay wagon at Dupee's Riding stable, Slauson and West Jefferson on Friday night,
July 17, at 7:30. (The idea of a news story is to get all the facts into the lead. How's this for a starter?)
Yep, cousins, there’s gonna be a whing-dilly of a hay ride next Friday night. My information, furthermore, is that the ride will be on a genuine, rickety, no-good, strictly-country hay wagon—NOT an imitation in the form of a truck. A real, by-gosh, Zeke-and Zeb hay wagon, than which there is absolutely nothing cornier or more fun.
TARIFF 50 CENTS
The tariff is 50 cents per set of ears for adults. There will be no charge for kids, because kids will not be tolerated, no matter how quiet they promise to be. But the catch is that the hay burners who have to pull the wagon refuse to consent to a crowd of more than 40 hides. Translated, this simply means that the number of tickets available is strictly 40, with no stretching allowed—so you'd better pad on over to 207, P.E. building, and sign your name on the sheet.
In the Cocoanut Grove this would be tantamount to a reservation.
DO THIS
After you’re on the hay wagon, you’ll relax and gab merrily with your 39 neighbors until you get‘to i the bam—and if you’ve never been! Last ni£ht the Summer -on a hay ride, well let you in on students put aside the.r a secret: this gabbing is the best enjoy the music of Jac an ’ part of the whole thing, because former Trojan. This was tne suit’s a real world-beater for helping ond dig to be held this surn™_j
Greek Pledges Convene Tonight
A meeting of all new pledges and those pledges who will# be initiated into fraternities will be held tonight at 7:15 in Bridge 112 according to Dr. Francis Bacon, faculty adviser for social fraternities.
This is the first meeting to discuss pledge training for fall an« is compulsory. The relationship between the university and the fraternities and the techniques of rushing as well will be discussed.
Pledgemasters and rush chairmen are welcome. It is hoped thero will be a large attendance.
Last Six-Week Dig Completed
Pi Omega Pi Meets
Members of Pi Omega PI, business education teachers fraternity, will convene in the student grill, 11:45 a.m. today, for a luncheon meeting.
to gdt acquainted with those guys and gals you’ve been wanting to meet.
There’s going to be dancing to well-trained records at the barn, too. If you have a fiddle or a squeeze-box, bring it along. You can scrape and saw to your heart’s content. So hurry on over and sign up—and if you don’t have the time of your life, you can knock my head against the whiffle tree.
and as indicated by the increased attendance, the popularity of these informal dances is growing.
Nevertheless, because of the nearness of final examinations, that will bo the last dig to be given during the six-weeks session.
The digs which will come immediately following the first session will be arranged by Charlotte Quinn, vice-president of the student body, and social chairman.
Pan-American League Meets in Lounge
The Pan-American league will hold its meeting tomorruw at 4 p.m. in the student lounge.
Although there will be no guest speaker, several South American students will present their native dances and music.
Coast Guard Reports Need for Graduates
The United States coast guar*! yesterday announced that it has immediate need for graduate civil engineers, mechanical engineers, architects, draftsmen, and marine architects. Commissions are available for those found qualified.
Applicants should go to 406 South Main street, San Fernando building, for complete information.
, The statement was Issued by Lt John D. Roche, procurement officer.