high command said. The reported
slaughter of 12,000 more nazi troops
raised .the full figure to 16.000, on
the same basis of figuring from the announcement 24 hours earlier.
Thus the total German losses in troops killed or captured in the offensive, now in its fourth day, was approximately 50,000.
The victory-flusned Russian shock I troops advanced 12 miles in the sweep down against the German flank northwest of Stalingrad, and six to 12 miles in the concerted push iup against the salient from the |south, .the late communique said.
They captured the towns of Cher-nyshevskaya. Prelavosk and Pogob-
those of Tungtovo and Asaki on the south, it added.
“The avenging hour has struck at
Stalingrad.” the communist party organ Pravda proclaimed, adding that the new drive has proved the Red army able not only to hold the enemy but ,to “destroy him com-| pletely.”
Military sources said the position of an estimated 375,000 Germans in or behind Stalingrad was fast becoming untenable as the Soviet vise clamped on both nazi flanks. If the Soviet drive below Stalingrad develops, they believed, it may cut off all the enemy armies in the Caucasus.
the Student Union has decided to ration its eating hours.
Though students can still get plenty to eat at the student eating place, new hours have been released by the manager. Breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 a.m. The Union will remain open until 6:45 p.m., and on Saturday until 1:30 p.m. Previously, hours
were from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on week-days and to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
So, turn up your wristwatches, Trojans, or exercise your molars harder and faster. Time waits for no man—or woman, either.
Turk/ Rabbit/ Duck Honored at Men s Homecoming Banquet
“Turk,” “Rabbit,” and “Duck” are a few of the “boys” from the 1917 Trojan football squad who will talk things* over at the annual men’s homecoming football banquet Friday. The dinner, sponsored by the ASSC, will get under way at 6 p.m. in the men’s gymnasium.
Keith C. ‘“Turk” Hunter, Frank “Rabbit” Malette, and Robert S. “Duck” Miller were three of the prospects that greeted Coach Dean Cromwell, present track coach, in the fall of 1917. Malette, quarterback for the team, made the all-
OUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Jrojan
AS—Z-42 Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1942
Night Phone: RI. 5471
No. 47
mmy Trojan Enters Final Rehearsals
ophs to Use ecret Weapon gainst Frosh.
Do the sophomores have a se-weapon?
This question spread through te freshman class like a tornado *sterday, as excitement over the lining frosh-sophomore brawl in le coliseum before the Notre-lame-SC crlsh mounted.
(The sophomores have never ^n defeated in the annual tus-but the size of the present ;hman class has caused no lit-worry in second-year quarters, |d this is one of the reasons for secret weapon rumor.
>oph president, Don Shaw, ildn’t be reached for comment iterday, hut it is believed that secret weapon was devised by feral members of the class who ve been following the current ventures of “Li’l Abner” with a it deal of interest.
>th Shaw and Dick Darby, \sh head, urged all members of th classes to take part in the l^i, which will consist of both fups attempting to push an ^rsized medicine ball across the [er’s goal line.
'articipants are advised to wear ite T-shirts so that they may le their places in the organized [ting section afterward.
V
Philosophy Forum to Hear Rodee Cite Challenges to Democracy
Dr. Carlton C. Rodee, professor of political science, will deliver an address on “Contemporary Challenges to Democracy” at 4:15 this afternoon in Bowne hall. The speech is one of a series sponsored by the Philosophy forum.
“The challenges to democracy said Dr. Rodee in reviewing his speech, “are threefold: the survival of the old autocratic traditions in other countries, particularly In Europe; the difficulty experienced by a democracy in rapidly adjusting itself to the technological changes introduced by an industiial revolution; and the tendency lor members of a democracy to subordinate the good of the commonweal tn to their own interests.”
Dr. Rodee stated that “our excessive optimism through the 19th and 20th centuries in expecting democracy to be universally accepted, and oijr association of governmental principles with the desires of the people have proved to be real challenges ,to democracy.”
“We,” continued Rodee, “have had th^ idea that because democracy was successful in our country, other countries would leap at it, but the authoritarian governments of certain European countries such as Germany and Italy disprove this.
“Remember that although the
DR. CARLTON RODEE * . . disects challenges to democracy.
Hitlerian government in Germany is comparatively recent, it has its basis in the teachings of Treitschke and Nietzsche and has found favor with many of the conservatives of other supposedly democratic countries.” Dr. Rodee added that “we have
rogressive Dinner Save Greek Gas
Ftubber and ration cards will be forgotten by Kappa Alls, Phi Psis, Kappa Sigs, and Sigma Nus tomorrow eve-k when they will progress from house to house for their ners.
rhe dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Phi Psi house (*e fruit cocktail will be served.------------
Spotlight Bands Now Heard Daily
[250 fellows and their dates will proceed to the Kappa Alpha for salad. Spaghetti will be ?d by the Kappa Sigs as the dish of the dinner, and then the Sigma Nu front yard for Jream and cookies, nee Trojans are going to have
A new series of “Spotlight Bands” broadcasts will put forth an effort
not only to appease the nation’s k entertainment close to home j musjcal appetite every night of the n as those little A stickers | week but alsQ ^ provide a jivefest
e effective the social chair- on the scene of army and navy en-of the four fraternities have campments, and war industry to get the jump on every- j Plants, lse and plan an evening of The new series features a special
Share Ride Plan Re-catalogued
With national gasoline rationing scheduled to begin a week from today, Rene Overall, new director of the SC car-sharing plan, announced yesterday that students who have signed in the plan should report to the office of employment, 228 Student Union, today to find out who they are transporting or who they are riding with.
Director Overall, a Kappa Alpha Theta junior, stated that several thousand cards have been re-catalogued and are ready for students to examine. In the office are maps of nearly every district from which students come. By looking over the cards and maps, she said, students will be p*ble to ascertain who they will ride with when the plan goes into effect.
Those who are not signed in the plan may still obtain or provide transportation by filling out a can
.thought that the installation of a democratic form of government in a country, Germany for instance, meant that the people of that country took democracy to tneir hearts. The events of the past decade show this to be untrue.”
“The second challenge,” said Rodee, “is the slowness of a democracy to adjust itself to economic and social changes because of the way in which a demociacy must act, which can be helped only by sincere effort on the part of every citizen of a democracy.”
“The final challenge,’' asserted Rodee, “is the putting of personal gain above democratic gain by certain constituents of our govern^ mental bodies, such as the farm bloc in congress.”
Dr. Rodee concluded that these challenges must be successfully met if we are to continue to advance as a democracy.”
state and all-western football teams.
Kay Kyser, popular band leader, will act as master of ceremonies. Kyser’s entire band will be on hand to furnish musical entertainment along with Carmen Miranda’s five-piece band. Aside from the regular vocalists of these two orchestras, Betty Hutton and Dinah Shore will help in the singing.
Other movieland notables that will attend are Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Mickey Rooney, Pat O’Brien, and Charles Laughton.
Prominent civic leaders will be honored guests at the banquet. Among these will be Mayor Fletcher Bowron, Judge Pierson Hall of the federal court, and Archbishop Cantwell.
Other guests are President Rufus B. von KleinSmid, Jeff Cravath, Lt. Bobby Decker, Santa Ana army air base coach; Major Roscoe Arnett of the marines, Norman Chandler of the Los Angeles Times, Lt. Com. Maurice Sparling of the navy, Coach Bernie Bradley of Loyola, and Frank Bull, sports announcer.
World Affairs Group to Meet
Military Leaders to Join Conclave
Representatives of military, diplomatic, and educational circles will take part in the 20th session of the Institute of World Affairs, to be held at Riverside from Dec. 13 to 16, announced Pres. Rufus B. von KleinSmid who is chancellor of the institute.
Under the general theme of “The World Crisis and Reconstruction” the opening session will feature “The Role of Organized Religion i na Postwar World” to be presented from the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish viewpoints.
Vice Adm. J. W. Greensdale, commander of the western sea frontier and the commandant of the 12th Naval district, will speak at a morning session, Dec. 14, on the subject of “Our War Effort to Date.” Joining in* the same topic will be Brig. Gen. Charles G. Helmick, commander, 35th division artillery,
Dr. Henry F. Grady, president of the American President lines, has been added to the list of 100 participants.
College of Engineerii Will Hear Marsman
Though a few things around changed—no floats or decorations coffee 10 cents in the Union—thaj has characterized Homecomings fl
pre1
Troy, Bruin Navys to Combine Dance
Marking another step toward bettering of intercollegiate relationships, SC and UCLA’s NROTC units will dance to the music of Rudy Friml Jr. and his orchestra at a joint formal in the Fiesta room of the Ambassador hotel on Dec. 5 at 9
p.m.
Guy Miner, president of Fighting Top, SC's NROTC social organization, and Bob Conley, president of Conning Tower, UCLA’s corresponding club, are in charge of the affair.
Naval and sea sets from RKO studios will provide the decoration-al motif of the dance. Ralph Gates of SC is in charge of the'committee on decorations.
Bids are $2 each and may be obtained from Dick Irwin, Bob Mayer, and Carl Sharp.
As Los Angeles is the only city in the nation having two NROTC units, this will be the first time that a two-campus NORTC event has been held.
Theses Due
Deadline for the filing of applications for theses for masters’ degrees to be awarded in June, 1943,
Frosh Whip Up Spirit at Rally
The annual Frosh rally, preceding the freshman-sophomore brawl, will be held today at noon in Bovard auditorium.
Purpose of the rally, as announced by Dick Darby, freshman class president, is to acquaint freshmen with the brawl and whip up enough spirit to win.
Entertainment at the rally will De provided by Doodles Weaver, movie comic who cavorts regularly in front of the Trojan rooting section at football games.
Also on .the program are Chuck McKenzie who will lead some yells, and Don Shaw, sophomore class president, who will speak for his class.
Trojan Alumni to Celebrate in Fiesta Room
Trotter to Provide Rhythm for Final Homecoming Event
With that rolly-polly gentleman of rhythm, John Scott Trotter, providing the music, Trojan students and old grads will gather in the Fiesta room of the Ambassador hotel next Saturday evening between 9 and 1 to take part in the annual Homecoming dance.
Bid sales for this, the last school dance before gas rationing sets in, have been going fast, according to Mickey Heeger, chairman of the Homecoming dance committee, but all bids must be sold by Wednesday.
Fraternities and sororities are competing with each other in the sale of bids, and the winning house will receive a cup donated by Vince Buccola of the Wagon Wheel on which the winner’s name will be engraved. The price of bids is $2.50.
“Many of the houses have come back for more bids, and we sure hope the spirit keeps up,” Heeger declared.
The football squads of both Notre* Dame and SC will attend the dance following the intersectional grid contest in the coliseum.
John Scoto Trotter and his orchestra are featured on Bing Crosby’s radio music hall and have made numerous recordings with Crosby. Maestro Trotter, a former college student at North Carolina where he was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, is one of the “biggest” dance band leaders in the business, weighing over 250 pounds.
The famous musician Spike Jones, whose “Der Fuerher’s Face” is currently one of the hit tunes of the day, was a former drummer in Trotter’s band.
Greek Houses to Fete Kiddies
“We are definitely holding the annual Christmas party for underprivileged children next month,” Bob Gates, chairman of .the committee in charge, announced after yesterday’s meeting of fraternity and sorority representatives in which plans for the program were discussed.
“About 15 houses w&e not represented at yesterday’s meeting,” Gates said, “and we want those 15 representatives to attend a special meeting at 4 p.m. in 321 Student
Union today.”
The date for the party has been set at Dec. 17, and on that day each fraternity and sorority ■will arrange to go to the All Nations club and bring back a predetermined number of children to their respective chapter houses for dinner and entertainment afterward, during which the children will be given Christmas presents.
It is planned that the students will arrange to pool ai' a’, arable gasoline in order that the children may be brought to and from the
party.
Each house must donate 50 cents for each girl it entertains and 75 cents for each boy to cover the cost
of the gifts.
Fraternity and sorori.y presidents
are asked by Gates to inform him by Monday as to the number and age group of the children they would like to invite.
thes« a h alui celel Thi undel the at tl night Thi hold 7.
count Gowi dinnc minii islant the re J A
! fratei the Sigmi | mom will I studei Th 'I the grid night the f( promii of th< corps, tives tions.
Foll< sophoi turf at make ance. flag while raised.
The be clii the
ent sti forget rejoice the syi Scott
NR1 Op,
Openi game Si the NR| coliseun ,tion of band pl< ner,” N] dress bli beginnii universit studentsl Card rooters' army, n| during Bob Mc| conjunct! students read.
Chemil
Celebi
Homed brated bj graduate* restaurai ’19, spok< “Natural Moulton Coline Gi Paul Fi| ed as chs LeRoy S. in .the poJ
Orchl
Musi
Lucien at SC, wi position, Oh Susai Angeles John Barfl Nor. 29.
Cailliet, fessor of with his al