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BY UNITED PRESS [Japanese have occupied the
[an islands between their I ?d base in Rangoon and ; Ceylon and appeared yester- j be set for domination of the Bengal as a preliminary to India’s water communica- j rith Britain and the United j
isolation of India, if it could , )mplished, would be a major j [ward a junction of German ! ppanese forces in the near ! ^d might enable the forma- !
the great Europe-Asia bloc i ?hich Tokyo and Berlin are their hopes to win the war. j ington, however, emphasized j [ness in Japan’s position by ; ig details of the successful I Ihich a task force of the U.
made on Marcus islands, lies southeast of Nippon’s naval base—at Kokosuka, lokyo—on Mar. 4, following |ier attack on Wake island, 'rcm us by the Japanese itely after their sneak at-Pearl Harbor Dec. 7.
ppments in the great stvug-the control of the western ocean and Asia included:
ichli announced the Japan-ire of the Andamans took l Mar. 23 after earlier Nip-lerial attacks on the islands 24-25. British forces were ,rn before the Nipponese I probably to Ceylon, off the [he great Indian peninsula, jponese occupation of the Nicobar islands was ex-ifter which, it was feared >anese would make a great seize Ceylon.
Easter Holiday in New Speed-up
BERKELEY, Mar. 25 — (U.R) — Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul, president of the University of California, today announced cancellation of students’ annual Easter vacation, scheduled for Apr. 2, 3, and 4.
The move, which is designed to advance the dates of final examinations and commencement, was believed to be in line with the recent “speed-up program” by which the college curriculum was revamped to give a regular four year course in three years.
Administration committees are revising schedules for examinations and commencement.
“Classes will meet according to normal schedule, but individual students desiring to participate in religious services which conflict with their course schedules may be excused from class attendance,” Dr. Sproul said.
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Lewis Gough Resigns Post to Join Navy
Alumni Association Appoints Smallwood Executive Director
The appointment of Lewis K. Gough, executive director of the General Alumni association at SC, as a lieutenant in the United States naval reserve was announced by the university yesterday. He will begin his services in the procurement headquarters of the 11th naval district immediately.
Gough will be succeeded in directing the affairs of 30,000 Trojan alumni by Hal Smallwood, former varsity track team member and a participant in the Berlin Olympic ; games.
HONORS RECALLED
Prior to his graduation from SC, Gough was president of the student body and has served as director of the alumni since 1931. He is a member of Chi Phi fraternity, and during his collegiate days was a member of Skull and Dagger, Blue Key, Trojan Knights, and Phi Kappa Phi national all-university scholastic fraternity.
He also served as business manager of the Daily Trojan. Gough was graduated from the College of Commerce and Business Administration.
Smallwood came to SC from Ventura Junior college in 1935. Reaching top running form in 1936, he took third in the NCAA meet and won the 400 me^r AAU title that year.
POSITION ACCEPTED
In the 1936 Olympic tryouts, Smallwood placed second in the 400 meters, and made the Olympic team. Stricken with appendicitis enroute to Berlin, he recovered sufficiently to win his heat and to place second in the quarter-finals, but a second appendicitis attack necessitated an operation, eliminating him from further competition.
On May 23 last year, Gough was appointed by state comptroller Harry B. Riley as state inheritance tax appraiser for the Pasadena area, which position he has held on a part-time basis.
•testing Berkeley Students iand Easter Vacation
inners Keveale by Apolliad Judges
Jeanne Cendow Earns Short Story Award;
‘Gabriel in Willows’ Shares Play Laurel
Judges in the 18th annual Apolliad yesterday revealed the winners in the short story, play, essay, and poetry divisions, selecting Jeanne Cendow’s “Anatomy la” the best short story, Martha Monigle’s “21 Tomorrow,” and “Gabriel in the Willows” by Andre Merritt, the best plays.
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Myrna L. Snow, Herbert Searles, George Burchette, Genevieve Duran, Richard Eshelman, and Jay Randolph contributed the best poetical entries.
ESSAYISTS NAMED
Essay winners are Nora Paredes, Phyllis Newland, and Carolyn Mueller.
The works of these authors make up the list of selections from which the program will be taken.
“In selecting the numbers for the Apolliad program, the judges had to keep the balance of the program in mind and suitability for oral presentation,” Mrs. Tacie Hanna Rew, chairman of the Apolliad committee, explained.
“Many manuscripts were considered sufficiently acceptable from a literary standpoint,” she said, “but not suitable for the Ajjolliad program. These will be given credit on the program,” she added. WORKS RATED HIGH
On the whole, Mrs. Rew declared, the material was outstanding this year. There is nothing appearing on the program that does not have sanction from the committee which read the entries.
“The plays were particularly good,” said Mrs. Rew. “There were a half dozen which could have been used. We are hoping that many of these plans may have public presentation through the Drama Workshop and other groups this spring,” she continued.
If they are not given this spring, the Drama Workshop, with the authors’ permission, could open its program next fall with these accepted Apolliad plays, she said. MATERIAL RETURNED
Students who entered manuscripts may call for them in the office of the School of Speech, Old College. The faculty members who judged the entries have attached criticisms to each manuscript. All authors are urged to make conference appointments with the professors who reviewed their work.
The various faculty committees who judged this year’s Apolliad are Dr. Louis Wann and Dr. Florence Scott, essays; Prof. Lynn Clark and Dr. Lionel Stevenson, short story; Prof. Julia McCorkle and Dr. Garland Greever, poetry; Prof. Cloyde Dalzell, Prof. William DeMille, and Prof. Tacie Hanna Rew, plays.
AUTHORS REPORT
Authors of the winning entries are asked to call in 121 Old College tomorrow and Monday between 12 and 1 p.m. to discuss plans for the program.
In addition to the presentation of plays, short stories, poems, and essays, the Apolliad program will present original dance and musical works to be announced next week. A surprise feature will also be announced later.
The Apolliad presentation program will be given May 9 in Bovard auditorium.
Congressional Medal Awarded MacArthur
WASHINGTON, Mar. 25—(U.P.)—President Roosevelt tonight ordered the congressional medal of honor awarded to Gen. Douglas MacArthur for “conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty” for his heroic defense of the Philippines.
,EY, Mar. 25 — (lT.E) — is of University of Califor-|dents, angered over cancel-)1 Easter vacation, stormed scientific lecture in Wheel-ftorium tonight to demand lation from President Rob-
He ordered the demonstration out of the meeting. They filed out, but continued their demonstration over the entire campus and into the business district of Berkeley.
Later in the evening they gather -
The announcement was made in a special war department communique which said Mr. Roosevelt directed that the presentation be made by the U.S. minister to Australia, Nelson T. Johnson.
ANNOUNCEMENT RADIOED
Announcement of the award was radioed to Major-Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, who is MacArthur’s chief-of-staff. Sutherland accompanied MacArthur on his heroic air-sea dash from the Philippines to take supreme command of the united forces in Australia and the southwest Pacific.
The award is the fourth made by the president during the current war.
In a citation, the war' department called. attention to MacArthur’s “conspicuous leadership” in preparing the Philippines to resist conquest and to his “gallantry and intrepidity” in action against the invading Japanese forces as well as his direction of the defensive and offensive operations in Bataan peninsula.
COMMUNIQUE FOLLOWS
“1. Philippine theater:
“The war department will announce in general orders that the president has awarded, in the name of congress, the Congressional Medal of Honor to Gen. Douglas MacArthur for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, above and beyond the call for duty, in action in the
Philippines against invading Japanese forces. The announcement of the award was made today in a radiogram sent to Major-Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, chief-of-staff, United States army forces in Australia. The president directed that the presentation of .the medal be made, in his name, ,to General MacArthur by the United States Minister to Australia.
CITATION TOLD
“The citation accompanying the award is as follows:
“General Douglas MacArthur, commanding general, United States Army forces in the far east, for conspicuous leadership in preparing the Philippine islands to resist conquest, for gallantry and interpid-ity above and beyond the call of duty in action against invading Japanese forces, and for the heroic conduct of defensive and offensive operations on the Bataan peninsula. He mobilized, trained, and led an army which has received world acclaim for its gallant defense against a tremendous superiority of enemy forces in men and arms. His utter disregard for personal danger under heavy fire and aerial bombardment, his calm judgment in each crisis inspired his troops, galvanized the spirit of resistance of the Filipino people, and confirmed the faith of the American people in their armed forces.’*
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Students Vote to Determine New Officers
Don Frew Receives Eligibility Notice From Commissioner
Votes cast at eight campus polls tomorrow will select student administrators for the SC Associated Students, the various schools and colleges, the senior, junior, and sophomore classes, and the Associated Women Students.
Polls will open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 3:30 p.m., and
will be located on all parts of the campus.
VOTING EXPLAINED
Students in the College of Letters, Arte, and Sciences, the School of Government, and the School of Music will vote at polling booths located in front of the Administration building; students in the
A misinterpretation of elections rules that resulted in Don Frew, nominee for assistant yell leader, being1 declared ineligible was clarified yesterday and Frew’s candidacy was approved by Page Noll, elections commissioner.
Frew’s eligibility was discovered too late for his name to appear on the ballot, however, and those voting- for him tomorrow must write in his name, using ink and the approved rubber stamp.
A freshman in the College of Engineering, Frew is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was nominated by Lael Lee at the nominations assembly.
College of Pharmacy and the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at booths between Bridge hall and the Law building; and architecture students in the patio of Harris hall.
DENTISTS VOTE
Dental students vote at the Dental, clinic and Dental technic polls; engineering students in their own building; commerce and merchandising students at the south entrance of Old College; and medical students at the School of Medicine.
Election commissioners emphasized yesterday that voters must present student cards, not student books, before voting, and the class numerals, university division, signature, and validation must be on the card.
Junior college students will not vote.
Noll Announces Polling Officials
Polling officials for tomorrow’s election were yesterday announced by Page Noll, elections commissioner. Noll requested that all officials meet at the polls at 8 a.m. tomorrow to arrange their hours. Senate members will be in charge.
The list of officials follows: South Entrance of Old College
Dorothea Tilton. Kenneth Gunn. Martha Proudfoot, Charles Peterson, Marjorie Anderson. Barbara Douglas, Bill Beau-dine. and Bill Bledsoe.
Front of Administration
Gerald Bense. Betty Lou Stone, Evelyn Curfman, M. K. Minnick, Patti Powell, Kuth Palmer, Warren Gibbons, Ray Spratt, and Morris Glesby.
Parkway between Bridge and Law
H. D. Topf, Jackie Comerford. Lon Hop-wood. Eli*. Somers, Margaret SaUkov. Willa Mae Boone. Stan Burton, Hugh Shanon, and Bob Brown.
Architecture
Lucille Remy, Maurice Hellner, Bill Henry, Betty Johnson. Claire Laub. Martha Livingston, Milt Charnas, Jim Wagner, and Lael Lee.
Engineering
DWIGHT HART — coordinates tonight's rally.
Trojans Voice Rally Opinions
General Approval Told by Students in Response to Poll
General student approval of one large rally assembly to climax the campaigns of ASSC candidates was tendered the new plan in an informal campus survey yesterday.
This evening's program, proposed by the Daily Trojan and approved by the student senate last week, will replace the individual campaign meetings of former years.
Asked “What do you think of the new combined campaign rally?” the following students replied :
VIEW EXPRESSED
Jane Berger, Zeta Tau Alpha—
I like it. Not only is everyone given an equal chance, but waste of time and money is eliminated.
Phil Tobias, SAE and photographer about campus—This is my first year on the SC campus, but it seems to me that this is the right way to handle it.
Lon Hopwood, president of the College of Commerce — The plan seems to meet the necessity for saving of time and cutting-down on expense.
WHAT RALLY?
Harley Tinkham—Rally?
Leta Galentine, Delta Gamma — It’s super. There’ll be a chance for people not living on 28th street to come, and the entertainers will be sure of a packed house.
Elmer Hinkley, varsity swimmer— It won’t be as much fun for a lot of us, but it’s cheaper and more fair.
Dick: Newton, Sig-Ep—In keeping with the spirit of the times, there’ll be less expense and a saving of time.
Page Noll, elections commissioner —It will help our speed-up program, and we’ll be sure of a big, j successful assembly.
Dwight Hart, assembly coordinator—There’ll be more people out, giving the candidates a chance to get better entertainment.
Pacific Council Reported Facing Transference
LONDON, Thursday, Mar. 26 — (U.R)—Reports that the Pacific council will be moved from London to Washington were circulated here today and it was believed that the British government had accepted the proposal.
Transfer of the council had been expected by most quarters ever since the Japanese conquered Java making Pacific war largely a otrug-gle in which the United States,
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