( LlKA 20th anniversary initiation banquet ·=- february 1956 ALPHA CHAPTER DELTA KAPPA ALPHA 20th ANNIVERSARY INITIATION BANQUET Saturday, February 11, 1956 Biltmore Hotel - Los Angeles PROGRAM Introduction of Guests Barry Kirk Introduction of Honorary and Associate Members - Chris Seiter Introduction of Alumni and Active Members Welcome from the President Daulat Masuda "25 Years of Cinema at SC" Dr. Robert 0. Hall Message from the National President ('Daulat Masuda Initiation Ceremonies (Chris Seiter (Tom Conrad Presentation of Awards Daulat Masuda Introduction of Mr. Williams Daulat Masuda Acceptance Speech Elmo Williams, A.C.E. Intermission Film Showing of SC Cinema Production, THE FACE of LINCOLN Delta Kappa Alpha N a tiona! Honorary Cinema Fraternity SILVER ANNIVERSARY BANQUET honoring MARY PICKFORD and HAROLD LLOYD January 6, 1963 TOWN and GOWN University of Southern California / PROGRAM I. Opening Dr. Norman Topping, President, USC II. Representing DKA and Cinema Dr. Bernard Kantor III. l\!listress of Ceremonies Bette Davis IV. Harold Lloyd interviewed by Steve Allen Delmer Daves Jack Lemmon V. Film clips of Harold Lloyd VI. Adolph Zukor VII. Mary Pickford interviewed by Bette Davis George Cukor Arthur Knight VIII. Film clips of Mary Pickford Piano-Dave Raksin IX. Leonard Firestone, Chairman of USC Board of Trustees Presentation to Mary Pickford and Harold Lloyd X. In closing Dr. Norman Topping Banquet Committee of USC Friends and Alumni Mrs. George Axelrod Miss Jeanette MacDonald Mrs. Harry Brand Mrs. Robert Stack George Cukor Miss Barbara Stanwyck Bette Davis Mrs. Norman Taurog Y. Frank Freeman Charles Walters Mrs. Beatrice Greenough Miss Ruth Waterbury l\llrs. Leiland Atherton Irish Mrs. Olin Wellborn III Miss Shirley Jones Mrs. Tichi Wilkerson Stanley Kramer Gerald Wunderlich DEPARTMENT OF CINEMA In 1929, the University of Southern California in cooperation with the Academy of l\!Iotion Picture Arts and Sciences offered a course des­ cribed in the Liberal Arts Catalogue as : Introduction to Photoplay: A general introduction to a study of the motion picture art and industry; its mechanical founda­ tion and history; the silent photoplay and the photoplay with sound and voice; the scenario; the actor's art; pictorial effects; commercial requirements; principles of criticism; ethical and educational features; lectures, class discussions, assigned read­ ings and reports. The Dean and instructor was Karl T. Waugh. Special lecturers listed in the catalogue included Douglas Fairbanks, J. Stuart Blackton, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg, Clara Beranger, William Cameron Menzies, Edwin Schallert, and William C. DeMille. In 1932 the Department was the first in the United States to offer the Bachelor of Art's degree with a major in Cinema. In 1935 the Department was the first to offer the Master of Art's degree with a major in Cinema, and was the first . department to offer the Ph.D. in Communications with a major in Cinema in 1958. The Department of Cinema of the University of Southern California is the oldest and the largest in the United States. The University has received an Academy Award, has had six films shown at Edinburgh, and has won eight Screen Producers Guild Awards and numerous other awards from festivals both here and abroad. CINEMA DEPARTMENT STAFF William Allen Glenn McMurry Irwin Blacker Eugene Petersen Douglas Cox Don Perrin Herbert Farmer William Poulson James D. Finn-Head Larry Sherman Bernard Kantor-Associate Head Maynard Smith David W. Johnson Melvin Sloan Arthur Knight Wolfram von Hanwehr Herbert Kosower George Wehbi Russell McGregor Daniel Wiegand Frank Withopf Richard Harber-Faculty Advisor of DKA Distinguished scholarships available to students: The George Cukor Scholarship The Screen Directors Guild Scholarship The Samuel Warner Employment Scholarship donated by lack L. Warner Delta Kappa Alpha, National Honorary Cinema Fraternity, was founded at the University of Southern California in 1936. Its pur­ poses are to provide an opportunity for fellowship among students of Cinema; to maintain a relationship between the motion picture industry and film students; and to promote the phases of film that are symbolized by the initials D K A: Dramatic, Kinematic, Aesthetic. Officers of the National of D KA Herbert Farmer and David Johnson Officers of the Alpha Chapter, Fall semester 1962-63 President Roy L. Lim Vice President Charles S. Swartz Secretary Ramona Lopez Treasurer Fred Heinrich New Associate members of the Alpha Chapter Fall semester 1962-63 Irwin Blacker Russell McGregor Richard Douglas Cox Eugene Petersen New active members of the Alpha Chapter Fall semester 1962-63 James E. Barnum David R. Guilbert Laura Conaton Stanley Kaiser Harvey R. Deneroff Finis E. Schneider Joseph E. English G eorge T. Woods Delta Kappa Alpha National Honorary Cinema Fraternity HONORARY AWARDS BANQUET honoring Gloria Swanson Charles Brackett Jack ·Lemmon Billy Wilder Adolph Zukor February 9, 1964 TOWN and GOWN University of Southern California PROGRAM I. Opening Leonard Firestone, Chairman of USC Board of Trustees II. Representing USC Dr. Tracy E. Strevey, Vice-President, Academic Affairs III. Representing Cinema Dr. Bernard R. Kantor, Chairman, Cinema IV. Representing DKA Harvey R. Deneroff, President DKA V. Master of Ceremonies Dick Van Dyke VI. Tribute to honorary members of DKA VII. Presentation of Awards to Miss Gloria Swanson Mr. Charles Brackett Mr. Jack Lemmon Mr. Billy Wilder :Mr. Adolph Zukor I X. In closing Miss Gloria Swanson Banquet Committee of USC Friends and Alumni Mr. Gene Allen lVIiss Dorothy Sandlin Mrs. Harry Brand N'lrs. Frank Seaver Mr. Y. Frank Freeman Mrs. Robert Stack 1\llrs. Beatrice Greenough Mrs. Daniel Taradash Mr. George Hopkins Mrs. Norman Taurog Mr. Hoyningen-Huene Nliss Ruth Waterbury Mr. Ross Hunter Mr. David Weisbart Mrs. Leiland Atherton Irish Mrs. Olin Wellborn Ill Miss Mary Pickford 'Mrs. Tichi Wilkerson Miss Rosalind Russell DEPARTMENT OF CINEMA In 1929, the University of Southern California in cooperation with the Academy of lVIotion Picture Arts and Sciences offered a course described in the Liberal Arts Catalogue as: Introduction to Photoplay: A general introduction to a study of the motion picture art and industry; its mechanical founda­ tion and history; the silent photoplay and the photoplay with sound and voice; the scenario; the actor's art; pictorial effects; commercial requirements; principles of criticism; ethical and educational features; lectures, class discussions, assigned read­ ings and reports. The Dean and instructor was Karl T. Waugh. Special lecturers listed in the catalogue included Douglas Fairbanks, ]. Stuart Blackton, Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg, Clara Beranger, William Cameron -:\1enzies, Ed win Schallert, and William C. De Mille. In 1932 the Department was the first in the United States to offer the Bachelor of Art's degree with a major in Cinema. In 1935 the Department was the first to offer the Master of Art's degree with a major in Cinema, and was the first department to offer the Ph.D. in Communications with a major in Cinema in 1958. The Department of Cinema of the University of Southern California is the oldest and the largest in the United States. The University has received an Academy Award, has had six films shown at Edinburgh, and has won eight Screen Producers Guild Awards and numerous other awards from festivals both here and abroad. CINEMA DEPARTMENT STAFF William Allen Glenn lVIcMurry Irwin Blacker Eugene Petersen Jarvis Couillard Don Perrin Herbert Farmer William Poulson James D . Finn-Head Larry Sherman Bernard Kantor-Associate Head ::VIaynard Smith David W. Johnson • felvin Sloan Arthur Knight Wolfram von Hanwehr Herbert Kosower George W ehbi Russell McGregor Daniel Wiegand Ken lVIiura Frank Withopf Richard Harber-Faculty Advisor of DKA Distinguished scholarships available to students: The George Cukor Scholarship The Directors Guild of America Scholarship The Samuel Warner Employment Scholarship established by ] ack L. W a m er Delta Kappa Alpha, National Honorary Cinema Fraternity, was founded at the University of Southern California in 1936. Its pur­ poses are to provide an opportunity for fellowship among students of Cinema; to maintain a relationship between the motion picture industry and film students; and to promote the phases of film that are symbolized by the initials D K A: Dramatic; Kinematic, Aesthetic. Officers of the National of DKA Herbert Farmer and David Johnson Officers of the Alpha Chapter, Fall semester 1963-64 President Harvey R. Deneroff Vice-President Roy L. Lim Secretary Laura Conaton Treasurer Dennis Lee Galling New Associate members of the Alpha Chapter Carl Braunger Jack Copeland Elizabeth Franklin New active members of the Alpha Chapter Fall semester 1963-64 Ronald Ascher Edward Coe Howard Kazanjian Laszlo Les Pal Delta Kappa Alpha National Honorary Cinema Fraternity HONORARY AWARDS BA~QUET honoring Rosalind Russell Norman Taurog Robert Wise February 7, 1965 TOWN and GOWN University of Southern California PROGRAM National Anthem Miss Dorothy Sandlin DINNER I. Opening Dr. Norman Topping, President of USC II. Representing Cinema Dr. Bernard R. Kantor, Chairman, Cinema III. Representing DKA Howard Kazanjian, President DKA IV. :Master of Ceremonies Gene Kelly V. Tribute to honorary members of DKA VI. Presentation of Awards to Rosalind Russell Norman Taurog Robert Wise VII. In closing Dr. Norman Topping Banquet Committee of USC Friends and Alumni l\!Ir. Earl Bellamy Miss Vera M·iles Mr. Edward Beloin Mr. Stanley Musgrove Mrs. Harry Brand Miss Mary Pickford Mr. Jackie Coogan Miss Dorothy Sandlin Mr. George Cukor Mr. Leonard Spigelgass Mr. Delmer Daves Mrs. Danid Taradash Miss Irene Dunne M r. Dick Van Dyke lVIr. Anthony Franciosa l\.1r. King V•idor, Chairman Mr. Henry Garson Miss Ruth W a:terbury Mr. Ross Hunter Mr. David W eisbart Mrs. Leiland Atherton Irish Mrs. Olin Wellborn III M r. Gene Kelly Mrs. Tichi Wilkerson Mr. Arthur Knight Mr. Jack Wrather M r. Ernest Lehman Mr. Jerry Wunderlich Miss Frances Marion Slides shown during dinner courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, National Screen Services, and various private collections.