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Forming the men’s coordination board, a group designed to orient all university men’s foundations, representatives of 20 activities met last night in the senate chambers and drew up plans for their organization. Under the leadership of Lee Scott, the meeting was opened with the introduction of the members of the council and the suggestion by Scott that additional members be added as they became nece^ary.
Meetings will be held as the need arises, according to Scott, with the first sessions devoted to the orientation plans. The report of the orientation committee on possible plans will be presented.
“Such a committee has long been needed to aid the men’s organizations,” President Scott said, “and it is our hope that from this group will come such leadership.”
Representatives at the meeting were Nelson, Knights;
The preliminary function of the organization will be to Unbailed hay, Farmer Brown formulate the plans for the freshman men’s orientation, but arecrows, 19th century later the board will serve as an advisory committee in settling Charles Fuller and Bob Thompson. Blue Key; Charles Frank-ances, and apple cider will
sets photo deadline
old sway at the “Haymow op,” sponsored by the stu-ent council of religion and lated for the men’s gym to-orrow night.
Betty Fullerton, president of he religious council, is handing the arrangements for the jnique affair and promises enter-ainment for all.
With all SC students invited to take part in the festivities, surh old-time dances as the Virginia reel, schottlsche, turkey trot, dos-a-dos, Paul Jones, and the popular square dance should have many participants. While the barn dancers are “jiving” to these favorites of the past, Lois Elfeldt. assistant professor of physical education, will serve in the capacity of caller, giving directions to the "hillbillies for a night” in chanting form.
After these uncommon antics have xhausted the city folk, they will nen have an opportunity to swing nd sway to the somewhat smoother trains of the oountry's best orches-*as which will be presented through fie medium of recordings.
Gay decorations will serve to et the couples into the right mood. The floor will be strewn with hay and farm implements, and decorations committee promises that pitchforks, shovels, and even a plow will be placed in different locations.
Those attending the hop are ask-1 to dress in hillbilly style, both len and women in plaid shirts and ans, according to Mrs. Fullerton, he also pointed out that the hill-ill ies will be well fed with plenty r doughnuts and gallons of apple der and coke available.
econdary school rexies to meet
an attempt to discuss and nedy current school problems sing from wartime conditions,
■ southern California high school iVention will meet at the SC npus tomorrow afternoon. The mention will enable the high ool presidents to become ac-jnted with r&ch other and make Tids with the SC campus, residents of 25 Los Angeles city h schools and those of six oth-in the county, as well as their jst.s. have bema invited to spend afternoon and evening at Troy, ber* of the act as hosts.
allowing registration at 3 p. m. the Administration building o. delegates will have a discus-led by Jack Macuch of Fair-in Bowne hall until 5 p. m. that time etch student guest present the current problems ig his school and other mem-will give possible answers.
nights will guide the guests on ur of the Trojan campus and party will complete the after-at the freshman get-together, grid stars as guests of honor. ]elegates will dine at the Delta ma house. ASSC officers will be present.
all problems of men’s groups.	lin, Squires; Bill Camm, interfraternity council; Randazzo
The direction of the orientation will be under the leader- and Tyler MacDonald, Trovets; Art Peters, veterans; Confer, ship of Trojan Knights, traditionally in charge of such work, servicemen’s council; Frank McMahon, Daily Trojan; Ken with the assistance of Blue Key, national honorary service Macleod, civilian men; Frank Crowhurst, senior class; Ells
organization. Placed on the committee to plan the orientation were Bob Thompson, Blue Key, chairman; Art Nelson, Trojan Knights; Ray Randazzo, Trovets; Doyle Confer, servicemen’s council; Walter Vernon, religious council, and Carl Gebhart, Squires.
“El Rodeo publication will be delayed unless graduating seniors and those leaving campus in February make appointments and have their pictures taken this week,” stated Clarice Thurman, editor. Failure to make appoint-
Vernon, council of religion; George Callanan, men’s council, men^ at this time will also
Donnell, junior class; Gebhart, sophomore class; Ed Barthold, freshman class; Bob Tapp, publications.
Jim Hardy, athletic council; Dave Burnight, music council;
Sieg Hesse, Phi Eta Sigma; Walter Mink, foreign students.
Vol. XXXVI
No. 44
Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 11, 1945
Sixth army forces drive into Luzon
Cities, airports seized as Japs rush
reserves
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Leyte, Philippines, Jan. 11 —(U.P)— U. S. sixth army troops drove 10 miles into Luzon yesterday, seizing four towns and an airfield, while warplanes knocked out three key rail and highway bridges in the path of Japanese reinforcements rufhing to the Lingayen gulf front from the Manila area.
Lingayen City, Mangaldan, and San Fabian, all on surfaced highways leading southward irom the invasion front, fell to Lt. Gen.
The secret of the American success In the invasion of Luzon, according to Rear Adm. Daniel C. Barbey commander of the seventh amphibious forces at Luzon, was “good weather, good fortune and plenty of man-made protection.”
Walter Krueger's veteran troops in the first 24 hours in thrusts which carried four miles inland. A late United Press front dispatch said student council that one famous division drove to points 10 miles inland 97 miles from Manila in yesterday's fighting.
Headquarters announced that the Japanese were feverishly rushing men and machines from the south toward the Agno river line, where the first great battle of the campaign was expected to be fought.
SHATTERED BY shells and bombs, the town of Ormoc, one of Leyte island's largest cities, is shown here in ruins following Japanese- American battles for its possession.
pyreaders set nday meeting
ere will be a compulsory meet-,f all copvreaders on the Daily an staff Monday at 2:30 p. m. e senate chambers. Those ex-to attend will include all nts enrolled in copyreading es with the exception of those have worked as desk editors or .rs of special pages. No excuses be accepted.
Tommies capture Ardennes bulge
PARIS. Jan. 10 —(F.P)— British .troops wiped out the 25-square mile western tip of the Ardennes bulge today, capturing eight towns in four-mile advances in the wake
Russ artillery hits Komarno
LONDON. Jan. 10.—<U.P>—Russian tank and artillery forces today advanced to within one and one-quarter miles of Komarno. supply base of the German drive toward Budapest. while inside the encircled Hungarian capital Soviet forces cap- j fense line running across the cen-tured more than 1000 city blocks— the greatest number in the 15-day siege of the city.
As the Russians turned artillery fire on Komarno. 12-way Czechoslovak rail and highway center on the
Blue Key to honor SC foreign students
north bank of the Danube river, the i ^ey	the	French	first	army
jan Ski club
members will meet today at p. m. in 206 Administration ing. Plans will be made for an kating party if the club is unto go skiing due to the weather.
German counter-offensive aimed at the relief on battle-torn Budapest slackened slightly and Berlin admitted that the Red army had counter-attacked violently in one sector.
In the drive on Komarno, Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's second Ukrainian army advanced up to four miles along an 11-mile front north of the Danube and cut the city's direct rail link with German
Blue Key is giving a program tonight in honor of the foreign students, internationally-minded clubs, and other inter-oi the treating Germans while ested students on this,campus at 7;15 p.m. in the Student
Lounge.
This meeting will inaugurate a series of monthly meetings.
sponsored by Blue Key, which aim to further internationalism. The program will consist of a short talk by Carl Dentzell, executive secretary of the southern California council of inter-American Affairs.
Music will be supplied by the student band which played at the recent varsity show, and refreshments will be served.
Walter Mink, program chairman, predicts an interesting talk on Argentina by Dentzell. “Internation-
U.S. forces farther east encircled and began liquidating the strongholds of La Roche and Vielsalm.
(The German DNB agency announced the evacuation of St. Hubert, 15 miles west of Bastogne and western anchor of the German de-
ter of the salient.)
But while the Germans were falling back in the bulge, their drive on the Rhine citadel of Strasbourg from .the Colmar pocket in Alsace took on menacing proportions as
to within 10 miles of the city. Air observers reported that 70 tanks were supporting the drive and that 50 more had moved to the east bank of the Rhine opposite Colmar, ready to cross as reinforcements.
Palmer discusses postwar industry
Finding the right nursery school for Junior, getting shoes for workers, and providing alarm clocks for those not troubled with insomnia will no longer be among the functions of industry after the war, ac- alism starts ao home—that will be
cording to Dwight L. Palmer, man-
the whole theme of our program,”
ager of the industrial research of- said Mink. ‘The war has taught fice of Lockheed Aircraft corpora- us that we must understan or
tion, who addressed the Men's Fac-
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eign countries and get along with them. We can start that here at
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pledges will attend a compul-
“These activities have been car- SC.”
ricd on to obtain the maximum effort from the workers and also to obtain the services of those who would not ordinarily be seeking em-
Silesia and with the Budapest- ; sory meeting today at 12 noon in pioyment. When both the Pacific
Bratislava-Vienna rail line by the the School of Speech office, an-capture of the rail station of Stara r.ounced Mary Ashley, president.
Dala.
[Actives need not attend.
and European wars end, industries will not be required to provide these services,” said Palmer.
“America's best ambassador is ; the foreign student wno returns home with a good opinion of the United States,” he stated. “Students returning to their home countries will represent the United States to the citizens of those countries.”
probably exclude pictures from the yearbook.
This week’s photo appointment* are reserved for seniors and student trainees leaving in February. Other pictures, including the entire student body, are scheduled to begin next week.
All appointments for pictures should be made at the office of the University photographer, located on the corner of 35th place . and LTniversity avenue. A charge of $1.50 covers proofs and the completed picture.
Students are requested to pay particular attention to dress regulations. Uniformity is desired and requires full cooperation of everyone. Trainees must wear full dress uniforms, and civilian men are requested to wear dark suits. Caps and gowns, furnished by the photographer, will be worn by'seniors. -
Women are asked to wear date dresses with an optional single -strand of pearls or a small dark bow for the hair, as desired. Miss Thurman especially stressed simplicity in stating that no flowers or feathers are to be worn.
The 1945 El Rodeo will feature pictures of sororities, fraternities, and residence halls, a.s well as of graduating seniors, announced Bob Tapp, business manager of the El Rodeo. Campus life will be depicted by informal photos of sports rallies, digs, and all-U proms. .
“Students are reminded that publication of the new yearbook will depend on immediate picture appointments,” stated Tapp. It is expected that the release of the El Rodeo will be sometime in June.
Yearlings to mix in Student Lounge
So you want to meet. the new freshmen, so you want to look over the high school gtudent* who will be Trojans next year, here’s all you have to do. The freshmen ar* sponsoring a get-together tomorrow with everyone invited to the affair from 3 to 5 p. m. in the Student Lounge. The appropriate theme . “Joe College” will be featured at the party where high school presidents and vice-presidents will be the honored guests.
Sponsored by the frosh council, the affair will be the climax to a nerve-wracking week of examinations when the studv-weary’ students may enjoy themselves and relax.
The music will he furnished by records with Boh Russo, head of the music committee, promising to obtain the best possible records in town. There will be a variety of records so that everyone from freshmen to seniors will be satisfied.
Ed Barthold, president of the freshman class, stated that it will be the first frosh-sponsored party of tne year, and the support of both the upper division and lower division students is essential for the success in presenting the spirit of Troy to the visiting high school guests.
Squires to host Knights at dance
Scheduled for Saturday night at Greenacres is a dance being given for the Knights, junior and senior men’s honor organization, by the Squires, sophomore service honorary; The Knight-Squire dance is an annual affair, the sophomore organization each term toasting its older counterpart.
Chuck Franklin, Squire prexy, is in general charge of the dance, while Bill Pierson, member of the Knights, is responsible for decorations.