United Press World Wide News Service
SOUTHERN
DAILY
Editor, Sta. l! Bus. Mgr. Sta. 9
Vol. XXIV
Los Angeles, California, Monday, September 26, 1932.
No. 12
Farmers Ask Help In Selling Surplus Wheat
Problem of Shipping Large Quantities to China Unue Discussion
Believe That Move Will Bring Wide Relief To Agriculture
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25—(UP) i —President Hoover. Secretary of \griculture Hyde, and officials ol he Federal Farm board and Re-'onstruction Finance corporation •onsidered today at a White House 'onference the request of Northwestern farmers for aid in dispos ing of about 15,000.000 bushels of surplus wheat to China.
The president advised with reconstruction corporation officials, i headed by Chaircan Atlee Pomer | ^ne. about how the corporation i mlcht finance this transaction,
which would require approximately
.<8,000,04)0.
OFFICIALS CONSULTED
Farm board officials were consulted because of their experience ; in handling the sale of 15,000.000 bushels of farm board wheat to China a year ago. The farm board is not directly involved in this transaction which is of a private nature, as it has dispised of the j surpluses it formerly held.
Those who attended the confer- | enre today said no final decision ( had been reached, the president, they said, wanted to consult with, th^m in view of the requests of | northwestern farmers to the Reconstruction Finance corporationt 'or aid in financing th? transaction, j
It was indicated that the sale! could be w orked out feasibly and ( that there is no obstacle to this! form of relief to the wheat farm- I ens, who are now faced by the prospect of surpluses with few! r^ady foreign markets in which to
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PROBLEM DISCUSSED
The plan considered today was t•» handle the salr* through the > at.ional Stabilization corporation, Hie agency of the Federal Farm board, working in conjunction with the cooperatives throughout the; northwest.
The whole problem was discuss- I
<	d by the president during today’s unexpected conference.
Farm board members who attend-j
<	d were C. R. Denman, acting ; I’hairman and Charles S. Wilson, j Pomerene was accompanied to the' White House by the following di- |
ectors of the Reconstruction Fi- j nance corporation: Jesse Jones, | iardn«r Cowles, Wilson McCarthy .und Harvey C. Couch.
End of Gandhi
Hunger Strike Seen
POONA, India, Sept. 25—(UP)
—	An early termination of the Mahatma Gandhi’s hunger strike in Yerovda prison was foreseen today with indications that the British government is willing to accept a revised settlement of the bitter Hindu electoral question.
Before entering his weekly day of silence the Mahatma seemed to be standing the strain of his ordeal well, and insisted that the agreement reached hy leaders of the high and low castes must be accepted in whole by Prime Minister J. MacDonald before he will take food.
Russian Author To Talk Today
Massainoff to Describe Religious Movements Of Native Land
Present religious conditions in Russia will be described by Alex
is Massainoff. author. traveler, and one time reporter for the royal tamily of Russia, when lie lectures on the subject. "Th*1 Status and Movements of Religion in Russia He became a correspon-School of R°ligion at 3:25 p.m today in 305 Doheny library.
Mr. Massainoff is a native of Russia .He be-aem a correspondent with the Russian rrmy when war broke out in that country, ln order to save his life it became necessary to leave Russia He fled to America, and since then he has been engaged in writing anti traveling extensively in the Society Islands where he lias collected material for his books, most of which deal with life in the south seas.
Daring his experience in Russia Mr. Massainoff became personally acquainted with Kropotkin, the priest whose ideas influenced all Russia. He is also acquainted with Stalin, lhe present hoad of the Bolshevik government.
All-U Greek Smoker To Be Held Tonight
Actives Will Gather at K.A. House; Sigma Nu for Pledges Jim Rickard Guarantees Plenty of Pretzels, Smokes. Drinks
J Actives and pledges of all fra-| ternities on the campus will meet I tonight at 9 o'clock for the first I get acquainted smoker of the fall I semester. Actives will meet at ! the Kappa Alpha house and ' pledges vi ill gather at he Sigma | Nu house.
Due to the success of these j smokers last year the Interfraternity council has determined to ! hold a greater number of similar j events this year.
"The purpose of the smokers is j to bring men of the different or ' ganisations together and form a ! better understanding among the j fraternity men of the campus, states Page Parker, president of j the Interfraternity council.
In order to assure a full at-| tendance ail houses are asked | to hold their meetings early I Members of the committees especially request that pledg1 s of all fraternities be required to at i tend as these smokers give the ; new men on the campus an oppor tunity to get acquant?d with other nevr students.
According to Jim Richard, chairman of the interfr: tcrnity re i lations committee, refreshments ' in the form of beer and pretzels I will be served at both affairs. Cigarettes will also be furnished.
Russians Prefer Engineering To Professions
MOSCOW, Sept. 25.—(UP)— Soviet Russia is faced with a serious shortage of physicians, scientists, teachers, and authors because the Communist youth would rather be an engineer than a profesional man.
A spirited campaign to overcome the situation has been inaugurated by the government, it was learned today, after an official survey disclosed that virtually all students in the schools prefer jobs at which they can work with their hands.
Break In Dry Forces Shown In Primaries
Friendship Group Outlines Program
Members of the world friendship group of the Y.W.C.A. were hostesses to a representative gath- I ^ring of university women who as- | -embled at the noon hour last ; Friday in the garden of the Y.W. ?.A. house, 674 West 36th street, i
o	enjoy a picnic box luncheon j ind to make plans for participa- j ion in the annual women’s event, j li-Jinks, as well as to continue iiscussing means for promoting | nternational good will.
By way of acquainting new mem j oers with the purpose and work I >f the organization lt was agreed ! hat the individual study groups ' should meet jointly this coming j Friday for a general discussion j of the subject, “Methods of Creat- j ing W'orld Friendship.”
Work on a skit, international in character, to be entered in the ' try-outs for Hi-Jinks will com- j mence immediately. A committee j of four was appointed to study the theme of this year’s Hi-Jinks, I which has been announced as “Joan of Arc,” and to offer suggestions for the skit The committee will report to world friendship group at its next meeting.
Ad Club Meeting Wednesday Night
The University Advertising club is holding its first meeting of the year in the New College Inn at 23^4 S. Figueroa, next Wednesday evening at 6:15 p.m.
Virgil Allen, president of the organization, announces that Mr Raymond Tennant, advertising director of the California bank will discuss the relationship between advertising and present day business conditions, especially in regard to the banking business. Also, there will be special entertainment, and dancing afterwards.
Another feature is the reduction in price of the dinner to 60 cents. Students who are interested may register with Miss Huth in the Merchandising office before noon Wednesday.
YOUTH AIDS BRAZIL
LA FAZ. Brazil, Sept. 25.—(UP) —Bolivia’s armed forces reached approximately 80 per cent of war strength today with the influx of thousands of youthful reserves called to arms in defense of the Chaco boundary from a Paraguayan attack.
Cinema League Plans Preview Trip Thursday
Activities ?nd policies for the coming yorr will be plr.nnel by atcive member:; of Cinema league at its first meeting of the year, to be he’d this afternoon at C:15 in Bridge 302.
Established last year for the purpose of furthering student interest in the motion picture and filming pictures on the campus, Cinema league plans as its first activity this season a visit to Paramount studios, Thursday eve ning. for a preview of "Blonde Venus” at vhich Diretcor Josef von Sternberg will speak.
Associate membership in the league according to Dorothy Wiesinger, president, is open to any •student sufficiently interested in the group’s aims and work. Active members are elected annually from among outstanding associate members.
Active members for this year are:
Dorothy Wiesinger, Herb Stats, \\ endell Sether, Audrey Walhaus. Erlin Bartlett, Ted Magee, Beecher Callaghan, Carlos Escudero, Les Koritz, Anne Bartosh, Corinne Currey, Jack Frankish, Marie Drake, Jim Ashbaugh, Al Rosen, Elsie Rothman, Joe Burchman, Bud Testa, Dale Ferguson, and Victor Herter.
Y.W. Freshmen To Meet Today
Campus Activities Will Be Explained to Co-eds By Many Leaders
Mrs. Pearlo Aikin-Smith will be honored guest and speaker at the second meeting of the Freshman club scheduled for 12:15 today at the Y.W.C.A. headquarters, 671 West U6ch street.
All treshman women are urged to attend this meeting at which campus leaders in activities will j be present. tAt this time fresh-I man may learn how they too may j lepome active in campus actvtes.
Mrs. S:ntli will extend a greet ing and expl-.in the significance of tbe Y.W.C.A. on this campus ! Edith Schiller, student adviser of | the group, will explain the pui pose ot lb i Freshman club.
At tbe conclusion of the meet ing there will be g oup singing I in ord r that the freshmen may | become acquainted with the Y.W I C.A. songt.
Hostesses at the meeting will
■	be: Virginia Smith, Y.W.C.A. pre Liucnt; Beth Tibbott, executive I eerel. ry; Regina Ge.arui, presi j Cent of A.W.S.; Christy Welch, vlce-pre: ilent of the Associated Student5; B tty Gildner, secretary ! of the AcrOwir.ted Students; Maiv I Jane Mercer, presiilect of W.A.A.;
I nnd Evelyn Wells, president of ! Panheilenic.
Corruption and Crime, Charges Made by Wet Advocates
Prohibitionists Unable To Determine Which Party to Suoport
WASHINGTON. Sept. 25—(UP) j —Indications that, prohibition is to play an increasingly important part i in the presidential campaign came | tonight with word that the dry forces — once a compact, powerful unit for political action —-: were almost hopelessly split.
From one wing of the prohibi-! tionists — the Ant?-Saloon league ; headed by F. Scott McBride — i came the assertion that primaries have proved that there will he i "no wet landslide” and that the next congress will neither repeol nor modify the 18th amendment.
Canon William She°fe Chase of the- International Reform Federa-t;on mrde sarcastic comment upon th-> actiw’ties ef Dr. Daniel Poling, be-'d of th^ nilied forces for prohibition who is pieced to work for tbe re-election of President Hoover.
Death of Dr. G. F. Bovard,
*
President Emeritus o
f
University, Is Mourned
Rev. Stevens To Talk Today At Assembly
“Life's Courtesies’* I s Bishop’s Topic for Trojan Address
Right Reverend W. Bertrand Stevens, bishop coadjutor of Los Angeles, will be guest of honor and speaker at the student assembly to be held this morning in Bovard auditorium and broadcast over KFAC.
"Life’s Courtesies” is his announced subject. Dr. Frank C.
| Touton, vice-president of the uni-I versity, will introduce the speaker,
•	and organ music before and after I the address will be furnished by
Final Services For Educator Set Tomorrow
Two Morning Classes To Be Dismissed for Funeral Rites
Stdents Will Be Honored at Party
Plans are rapidly being com pleted for the intormal party honoring new students of the College of Music, which will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27. at 7:30 p.m. at Ihe Phi Mu Alpha house.
Calvin Hendricks, baritone, and Pauline Foster, soprano will sing Louise Trammel, will play several violin numbers; while Mildred Cutler will whistle, and Lloyd Stone will present readings.
Margaret Walters, vice-president of the college and general chairman for the party, is assisted by the following committee chairmen: Mary James, invitations; Hazele Targo, entertainment; Pauline Gastrich and Pauline Foster, refreshments; Miriam Ronkin, publicity; Lloyd Stone, posters; Hal McCormac and Bill Leedke, decorations.
Chase rof«rred to Poling as "tho leader dividing the dry forces.”
INCREASED ACTIVITY
Increased activity rniong the wet? was reflected by tb"> publica->:on bv t li — a~ec?>et!on pgainst the nrohib’Von ?r,eP'’QrneTit o" a booklet cr”ed "C2 Rreso,'s For Repeal.” Tt reiterat'd familia.’ charges mad*' bv wets against pre hibit’on, inc’udine::
“CoTreslfon of th° court?, crown-*n*t o'- tv-iron', rovript’on oi5 puV "e of"'1'’rs. ce~t of enforcement,
'ess of fe^rM revenue end revenues rsepel by liquor ring.'.”
“The o'fi'-i-i information.” said Chf"?. ‘ t'i-'t the allied force? have derided to espouse the Republican cau.e .... i.~ moot interest in?. The eneoji’-aging thing is that the Nrtionol Womei’s Chr'-tian Temperance U’’!on refilled to endorse citb°r the RepublVan or the Democratic Twrty or-either o? its candi-de^s";. The administration comm't-te« of the Ant’-Salcon league did the seme. Is it not unfortunate I tl-pt Dr. Poling who has been dur- i ing the last year coonerating with j ; all tb^ dry organisations, should j j now be th^ leader in dividing the I ! dry forces?
DRYS OUT-GENERALED “Up to th? present time the I drys have been out-generaled. The i forces of division have been strong-j er than the forces of unity. It ; i3 unfortunate that no meeting of I the forces supporting the 18th ! amendment h?s yet been held | though there is an organization i whose clvef object is to unify the j dry forces.”
Poling is starting on. a national airplane tour in support of the I Hoover candidacy.
{ Willard G. Smith.
FRIEMD OF UNIVERSITY-
Bishop Stevens has been a close ; 1 i:‘riend of the university for the 12 j I years of his residence in southern ; California, and S. C. bestowed on ; i him in 1921 the degree of Doctor j | of Laws.
Born in Lev. iston. Maine, Bishop :
! Stevens received his bachelor’s degree in 1906 from Bates college, i and then proceeded to New York, where he began his ecclesiastical j career in the Protestant Episcopal church. His appointment as bishop ' coadjutor of Los Angeles came in l?29.
OTHER SPEAKERS
Bishop Stevens will be the second m the series of distinguished guests who will appear before student as-cemblies at least once a week throughout the year. Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin cf Los Angeles appeared last week, and numerous other noted personalities of southern California, as well as visitors from | other parts of the country and the world, are scheduled to appear on Monday programs.
The passing of Dr. (^orge Fia-| ley Bo\ard was mourned today by i faculty and students alike. Th*
■	stalwart, kind president frmeritua,
•	who had seen Tb“ University of J Southern California grow from a I tiny school to a great university,
^lied last Saturday of kidney tron-
1 ble after an illness of more than a month.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. at Dr. George Finley Bovard, pre-|,hp WMMw Methodist Episcopal sident emeritus' of Southern Cali- church’ with Dr- Willsie Martin
fornia passed, away Saturday from °fficiatlnS- »e wi»_a“is^ ^
Pres. R. B. von KleinSmid. and
-i lingering illness. (Cut courtesy Los Angeles Times.)
Frost Lecture Tickets Going
c e 11 e n t Attendance Expected To Hear American Poet
Bruce Baxter, dean of the School of Religion. Active pallbearers will be close personal friends of the late educator, and honorary pallbearers will be members of the board of trustees, the Eoa Angeles city park commission, and the California Agricultural association, of which Dr, Bovard held membership.
CAMPUS SADDENED A shadow of sorrow' hung over the campus today, and Dr. von KleinSmid ordered the flag on the Administration building to fly at half mast. Fitting memorial services will be observed in the assembly program. Uu* morning, at which Bishop Bertrand W. Sterens
Since the announcement last week by Epsilon Phi, honorary English fraternity, of Robert Frost’s lecture, "Poetry and the I will speak.
Size of America, to be given • Seventy-six years old, 18 of Thursday evening, sept. 29 at 8 ^iem spent as president of the in Bovard auditorium, tic- . institution. Dr. Bovard ranked
I	among the foremost educators of
PAYROLL INCREASED
| ... NE WYORK, Sept. 25.—(UP)— j An increase of 50 per cent in fac-I tory payrolls was announced today : by James H. Rand Jr., chairman j of Remington Rand, Inc., typewri-j ter and office equipment manufacturers.
Pitchfork Pitchers Primp Proudly—Push Prom Plans
Alpha Eta Rho Meets T omorrow
Planning a special election to fill the vacancy left by Al Kelso, president, Alpha Eta Rho, aviation fraternity, will hold its first meeting of the year tomorrow noon in the Student Union. The meeting was called by Orv Mohler, vice-president of the organization, who also requests that all old members hand in their names to him aa soon as possible in order tnat a new roll may be made.
t ncle Si and Aunt Mirandy. all togged up in their going-to-meeting finery, will pay a visit to Trojan-land in the near future when stu-j dents of the uni%-ersitv rummage | in their woodsheds and grandpa's hayloft and bring a pitchfork to the annual barn dance of the | College of Commerce to be held | Oct. 7.
Just why the commerce kids j should call their dance the “Pitch-j fork Prom” is doubtful but com-| mittee chairmen promise some-: thing unusual in keeping with the ! name. The location of the affair will be revealed in a few days and in the meantime Pitchfork I Common takes a new lease ou life as zealous dancers, armed with ! pointed hayforks, practice reels and square dances on Old College
lawn.
The committees that have been ! named by Alton Garrett, president
of the College of Commerce to make arrangements for the gala affair are: location and orchestra, Sherman Jensen and Charles Clay; tickets, Bob Dubbell, chairman, Lou Romoff, Art Lynds, Jimmy Clark. Jack Wilder, Elwood Lawless, Bert Bailie, Mac Morganthau, Leslie Hoagland, Roy Pace, Arval Morris, Chan Messinger, Jack Rose, Ed Jones, Bob Lindsay, Rod I Dedeaux, Sam Levine, Vic ; bchw art, and Clarence Stringer
Decorations: Josephine Pelphrey i chairmen, Vivian Stephens. Doro-i thy Edmunds, John Webber and Bob Webber; refreshments: Law-j rence Prtichard, John Isaac; pos-'ters: Jimmy Ashbaugh; programs, Grace Edick and Betty Cranz; publicity, Joe Cook.
One dollar is the depression price ot bids for the dance. Don’t forget the date, Oct. 7.
Engineers Hear U. S* Navy Man
At the engineering assembly last Thursday, Commander D. L. Taylor, repair officers of the U. S.S. Medusa, gave an interesting account of the functions of his ship.
The Medusa, which is the largest of the Navy repair ships, is manned by a crew of more than 600, according to Commander Taylor. "United States repair ships boasts of experts in sound and film apparatus as well as airplane and ship mechanics,” said Commander Taylor.
On Friday afternoon, Sept. 30, engineering students are invited to go to San Pedro where they will be transported by Navy boats to the U.S.S. Medusa.
Meeting Today For Drama Shop
Numerous pressing business de tails incident to it sfirst production, "Streets of New York,” and plans for a theater party will be taken up by members of Drama Shop at a meeting in Touchstone theater at 3 p.m. today.
Final announcement of the pro-! duction staff for the five-act melodrama will be made at that time J by Norman Wright, who is directing ft. Plans for publicizing the production will be discussed.
Enrollment of new members of the little theater organization, begun at its first meeting two weeks ago, will be continued. The large number of plays scheduled will give every member a chance to act at least once, according to W’right.
Board Directors Of Faculty Club Will Meet Today
To lormulate important plans concerning the year’s activities of the m<*n\s faculty club, the new board of directors will hold their first meeting today at 12:15 in 322 Student Union, Dr. Reid L. McClung, men's faculty club president announced today.
Members of the board of directors for 1932-33, which will meet for the first time today, are as follows: Reid L. McClung, president; Ray K. Immel. vice-president; Howard Patmore, secretary-treasurer; C. M. Case, T. T. Eyre, J. G. Hill, A. W. Nye, Lester B. Rogers, Edwin Starbuck, L. E. Ford, and Francis Bacon.
Board members are requested to phone their acceptance to Miss Bernice Rickies, secretary to Dean McClung, Station 280.
Sept. 29 at
I o’clock
I kets have been rapidly selling,
I according to Velma Hayden, wno I is in charge of the tickets in the I English office in Bridge hall.
Further reports of rapid sales ! lead Irma Laemon, well-known past president of Epsilon Phi, to ' predict Mr. Frost’s visit will at-j tract the largest literary audience j ever to gather on the campus.
Acclaimed "the most authentic poet the United States possesses today,” it has long been the hope of Epsilon Phi to bring Robert Frost to S.C. . Mr. Frost, because of his schedule to return this month to Amherst, at first sent word this summer that it would be impossible to come. A change in plans now affords him an opportunity to speak Thursday evening, when he will make his only appearance in California.
Tickets may still be procured in the English office or at the cashier’s window in the Student Union. General admission is 50 cents while reserved seats are 75 cents, i
Although early in the morning, 16 co-eds at the University of Illinois registered the first morning before a single male undergraduate had paid his fees; an indicator, perhaps, of the chivalry of the lllini men.
| the land. He served Troy the long-j est of any of its five presidents, his incumbency lasting from 1903 j to 1921.
The president-emeritus had been a campus figure for almost 50 . years, having been graduated in the i first class of the university ln 1884.
( Of a family which has been associated with the university ever since its founding, Dr. Bovard re-| ceived his degree from S. C. when his brother, Dr. Marion McKinley Bovard, was its first president.
PRESIDENT EULOGIZES
Paying tribute to Dr. Bovard, President von KleinSmid said yesterday:
"For a long time Dr. George Finley Bovard has been connected with The University of Southern California as student, instructor, president, and member of the board of trustees; every interest of univer* ! sity life will miss him sadly j through the coming years.
"It has been given to few men to serve one cause in one insdtu-tion for so long a time. The in* j spiration of his services was his
Advertising Scrority
m/f__great longing to benefit his fellow
Meeting l omorrow men To thl3 end even the colleg#
limited for th#
Gamma Alpha Chi, national advertising sorority, will meet Tuesday evening. Sept. 27, at the home of Ruth Storch, 1310 West 40th place.
Thora Banker, president, urge3
men.
campus was too spread of his influence. He was a strong advocate and acUve servant of the church, and found as well in government and social life hi* opportunity to uphold the highest ideals of manhood.
■ "Clear and firm in purpose.
Mulvey White Announces S. C. Assemblies for KFAC
that all members be there promptly at 7:30, as appointments will | strong and insistent in action, he be made to fill the vacancies of . long stood as an example ot officers not returning to school. . the finest type of American clti-
--- zenship.”
HUNT PAYS TRIBUTE Dr. Rockwell Dennis Hunt, dean (Continued on Page Four) \
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Texas Gets Millions From Oil Royalties
The University of Texas has received $15,560,576.69 in oil royalties during the last 11 years from the State Land office, according to a statement made from that office recently. Receipts ran as high as $260,000 in one month. The receipts are turned over to the permanent fund of the university, the interest of which is applied on the building program.
Hancock to Rally Trojans to G.O.P.
Clifford Hancock, ’30, has been appointed one of the organizers of the Republican club at The University of Southern California, lie will work with the S.C. alumni committee in an effort to poll a majority vote at the university in the November presidential election.
He requested that all loyal Republicans rally to the cause and get on the wagon. While at the university Hancock was a member of the Squires, Trojan Knights, Bachelor club (now Blue Key), and Sigma Nu fraternity.
“This is radio KFAC, the Auburn-Fuller station, Los Angeles. We now- take you by direct wire to Bovard auditorium at The University of Southern California.” And with this announcement, S.C. student assemblies are “on the air.”	__
W’hile the speaker of the day is making a last minute review of his speech or the musicians are waiting for the rise of the curtain, high in the projection booth Mulvey W’hite is telling the radio audience about the program. White, the announcer for the assembly programs, is better known as assistant secretary to the president, and it is under his direction that the student meetings are organized.
The broadcasting system in Bovard auditorium is one of the
latest hookups in remote control | operation. A complete amplifier, microphones, and telephone lines are now maintained by KFAC in i order to broadcast the programs. Two microphones are now in operation, one on the stage for speak-| era, the other suspended in midair to record organ music before and after programs.
The remote control station is j located in the projection booth of the auditorium, and there Mulvey White presides with earphones, j dials, and a microphone.
A portable telephone has been installed so that the announcer, between twisting dials, listening ! to the program, and announcing, can also talk with the technicians
T To Hold Box Lunch Wednesday
That the Y.M.C.A. will hold another informal box luncheon Wednesday noon was the aiw nouncement made Friday by Mal^ colm Alexander, president.
Alexander invites all men on thfl| campus who have no noon engage^ ment Wednesday to reserve a bor lunch at 20 cents today or tomor-i row and join the "Y” men in this second get-together meeting.
He also announced that the flrst meeting of the newly organised cabinet will take place tomorrow; noon. Thesa meetings will be held)
at KFAC. White plans to continue in the reception rooms of the newj as radio announcer until further j Religious Center building, 24th an| plans are made	» University.