World roundup
By United Press
Russ drive to rail centers
LONDON, Wednesday, Mar. 8—Soviet troops advanced 10 miles on three sectors of the muddy western Ukrainian front yesterday, driving the Germans from more than 200 towns and settlements during continued offensives toward three key railroad junctions controlling Nazi routes from the Dnieper bend.
Moscow’s broadcast communiques announced that German resistance had stiffened at some points along the 220-mile front curving across southeastern Russia and Poland, with the enemy suffering heavy losses in desperate counterattacks against the swift advance of Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov’s first Ukrainian army.
Red Cross fund drive will aid soldiers
SC will do its share toward maintaining the national Red Cross the week of Mar. 20-24, when official fund raising week, on the Trojan campus is held. Every student and faculty member will be asked to donate $1 through sorority, dormitory, barracks, various organizations, and classrooms' stated Sallie Unmack, chairman.
By giving $1 to the national Red Cross fund, each Trojan will secure a year’s membership and at the same time will be providing funds to carry on mercy work throughout
Red Cross fund raising committee is requested to meet with Sallie Unmack, chairman, at 12:30 p.m. today in the AWS office, 232 Student Union.
Rome train yards hit
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, Mar. 8 — American Billy Mitchell and Marauder bombers today blaste'd the Rome rail yards while heavy bombers, in a smashing resumption of the 15th air force’s strategic offensive, attacked the U-boat base at Toulon, rail road targets in Florence and airfields just north of Rome.
The targets of the medium bombers of the 12th air force [were the Littorio and Ostiense yards, respectively, in the'1 northern and southern outskirts of Rome, and preliminary [reports indicated extensive damage was caused to rolling jtock and trackage.
tlfie wortd. “This money is to go not only toward Red Cross activities and relief work in the continental United States,” said Miss Unmack, “but it will provide means for the Red Cross to aid servicemen on the field of battle and prisoners of war.”
Los Angeles has a quota in the nationwide drive extending through the month of March of $5,830,000, and SC has a share of this goal to meet. With a national quota of $200,000,-000 expected at the conclusion of the campaign, wholehearted Trojan support is needed to make the drive a complete success on the SC campus, Miss Unmack stated.
Red Cross workers cover many fields of activity, including relief work during floods, soliciting bloodbank contributions, providing equipment for war hospital service, keeping prisoners of war healthy through relief packages, maintaining contact with men abroad and their families, plus countless other services both on the home front and abroad.
On the SC campus is the first college unit of the Red Cross on the Pacific coast. Since its inauguration last summer, the Trojan campus unit has established headquarters, started a unique mending service for trainees, sponsored two bloodbank campaigns, and sponsored various other drives and services on campus.
imitz reveals Navy coup
(Editors note—Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Pacific fleet commander, disclosed In Washington yesterday that American forces in the Marshalls had seized Majuro Atoll, an excellent base in the eastern Marshalls, from the Japknese. The following dispatch reveals it has been in American hands since early February at least.
ABOARD THE ENIWETOK TASK FORCE FLAGSHIP, Kwajaiein Atoll, Mar. 8—A United States task force has occupied Majuro Atoll in the eastern Marshalls, 155 miles south f Wotje Atoll, without opposition and has been converting it a major Pacific supply point, Rear Adm. Harry W. Hill, ashington, D. C., disclosed today.
Majuro was seized while the main power of the U. S. Pacific fleet was engaged in reducing the Marshalls islands lefenses and supporting the invasion of defended Nipponese oldings.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
Vol. XXXV
Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 8, 1944
No. 90
ushing continues
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“Because of the brevity of the rushing period, many women ound it advisable to wait for the usual informal rushing eriod,” stated Virginia Hage, Panhellenic president, yes-rday. This period will be more organized than usual and fill have greater importance, according to Miss Hage. It will iart tomorrow and continue rough Mar. 17, at which time up pledging will take place.
All invitations are to be handled Barbara Symmes. Panhellenic ministrator, through the dean’s ffice.
Houses will entertain with desserts and luncheons. Truce for rority women and rushees will >ot be observed in university res-nces, the Wooden Horse, the ’heel, or Student Union, but will strictly observed off campus. rith this exception, rules pub-!shed in Monday’s Trojan will re-ain valid, stated Miss Hage. fficial instructions for informal shing issued yesterday by Miss len Hall Moreland, dean of wo-n. are as follows: romen wishing to go through formal rushing must register in dean of women's office before ^on. Friday. Mar. 10. Houses must in lists of guests to the dean women's office by noon of the v preceding the event. Rushees uld report daily from 1-4 p.m. the dean of women’s office to re-ve and answer invitations.
Houses must pick up their ans-irs between 4:30 and 5 p.m. daily, ouses must turn in exchange lists by 8:30 a.m. each day following a social event.
I Rushees will state their prefer-^es on Friday. Mar. 17.’ at 8:30 im. and will pick up bids at 11 Houses will turn in bids at de Rosas on Thursday, Mar. and will pick up acceptances 12 noon Friday. •
Pledging will be held at 4 p.m. riday, Mar. 17.
rojan staff eets tomorrow %
A compulsory meeting of all mbers or prospective members f the Trojan staff will take place nw at 2:30 p.m. in the senate ber. Student Union, accord-to Pat Ebey. editor.
Students in last term’s crew and new in reporting, copy - read-or other upper division jour-eourses are asked to be nt, as well as volunteer stu-ent staff members.
Religion school plans services
A regular chapel service for students and faculty of the Graduate School of Religion has been planned this term for every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning at 10, stated Donald L. Mackay, vice-president in charge of worship.
Dr. Robert J. Taylor, dean of the Graduate School of Religion, has organized courses for the spring term so as to free the 10 a.m. hour three days a week for the graduate students in religion.
With regular services on Mondays, special meetings and assemblies will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays. Following is the schedule for March :
Today—Student day, cabinet in charge.
Monday, Mar. 13—Faculty day, Dr. Walter Muelder.
Monday, Mar. 20—Dr. Robert D. Kerstetter, Hollywood Lutheran church.
Monday, Mar. 27—Student day, K. Morgan Edwards.
Besides these chapel dates, two other meetings have been set for March, a student body meeting on Friday, Mar. 10, to be held in the basement of the church, and an assembly on Friday, Mar. 24.
Coeds needed by War Board for SC survey
Women students are needed to collect and check organization membership lists in the ’all-university survey now being started by the War Board, to determine the condition and membership of campus organizations, according to Patty Wiese, chairman.
Forty women are asked to volunteer for the work which will concern calling on organization heads to secure lists. Dorothy Reed, chairman of the survey, will hold a meeting of all interested women today in the AWS office, 234 Student Union, at 12:30 p.m.
The survey committee will endeavor to determine what activities are available to students and what percentage of students are taking advantage of these opportunities by contacting every organization on campus, according to Miss Wiese.
Through information obtained from the survey, the War Board hopes to reorganize old groups and institute new ones so that a larger number of students will be represented in campus activities, Miss Wiese said. All social, honorary, and professional organizations and interested groups will be asked to cooperate by providing membership lists during the next three weeks.
New chairmen of the War Board committees will be named this week, stated Miss Wiese, including chairman of stamps and bonds, chairman of postwar planning, Red Cross chairman, and servicemen’s relations director.
Canteen bow
party planned
The USS Poopdeck, SC servicemen’s canteen sponsored by Spooks and Spokes, junior women’s honorary, will open its doors for the first time this term Friday, 3 to 5 p.m., with a party honoring trainees new to the Trojan campus.
To assure attendance of new trainees, Beverly Griffiths and Shirley Inlow, Spooks members,
will send written invitations to all halls and barracks.
Women who acted as hostesses last term will entertain at Friday’s party, according to Marnie Hahn, chairman.
“We want all new servicemen to come, whether or not an invitation reaches them,” said Colleen Phipps, president.
The Poopdeck opened in November, 1943, and was built as a lounge for SC servicemen. Since then, under the direction of Mrs. Lois Smick, permanent canteen hostess, 19,200 cups of coffee have been brewed and sold.
Fourteen dozen doughnuts a day. 1120 dozen in all, have been eaten by trainees in the past 16 weeks. The Poopdeck also serves ice cream bars; about 480 a week leave the ice cream freezers, she added.
Navy to curtail liberty of V-12 s
Naval trainees in the V-12 and NROTC units at SC will no longer participate in extra-curricular social activities on Friday evenings, according to Cmdr. P. R. Baker, executive officer of the naval V-12 training unit
The purpose of this plan is to utilize Friday evenings for academic study by trainees and potential officers, said Commander Baker.
Weekend dismissal for trainees begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and terminates Sunday night at 10, he stated.
Band, orchestra seeks members
All interested students, including trainees in the V-12 program who play musical instruments, are asked to come out for band and orchestra by Dr. Lucien Cailliet, director of the university band and orchestra.
Band meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday and orchestra at 3:15 p.m. Monday; both are open to all men and women at SC who play instruments. Music appreciation credit can be obtained by taking two terms of band or orchestra, at the rate of one unit per term.
Book drive starts here
Sponsors of the “Send Your Books to War” campaign request all Trojans to bring copies of mystery stories, old textbooks, and favorite novels for servicemen stationed abroad and place them in boxes distributed on campus for this purpose. The drive ends Wednesday, Mar. 15.
The Graduate School of Library Science, in connection with the statewide campaign of the American Library association, is sponsoring this drive at SC. Students who have no books to donate to servicemen are asked to give money to be used by the librarians for purchasing books.
announces broadcast contest
Wampus to award activity points
Women who wish to earn activity points for cffice work are asked to meet today with Miriam Franz. Wampus office manager, at 12:30 p.m. in the Wampus office, 202 Student Union.
EsDecially asked to attend are Marty Hayd?n, Pat Menzies, Jackie Williams, and Nance Sheldon.
“The advantages of becoming a Wac, Wave, Spar, or Woman Marine” will be the subject considered by entrants in the $500 contest sponsored by Gamma Alpha Chi, national professional advertising fraternity for women, in either a three minute broadcast using one to three characters or an essay no longer than 450 words, announced Miss Lucille Van de Steeg, assistant professor of retailing.
Open to women students enrolled this or last year in college advertising courses, this contest has five prizes of war bonds for winners, $500, $100, $75, $50, and $25. Contestants may write about only one of the women’s services. For information about the services, entrants should write to the nearest recruiting office or Mrs. R. Dean Johnson, national vice-president, 6616 Paseo, Kansas City. Mo.
Originated by Gamma Alpha Chi, the contest is being sponsored by Mademoiselle magazine and the women’s branches of the armed services. A meeting is planned for 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in 318 Student Union at which representatives of the various women’s services .will offer suggestions to
contestants. Speakers will be Lt. Maxine Lee Bourke, Marines; Ens. Dorothy Robinson, Spars; Lt. Jean Waggonseil, Wacs; and Lt. Barbara Brown, Waves.
Contest rules are as follows:
1.	All entries must be typewritten, double spaced on 8% by 11 paper. The original and one carbon must be enclosed.
2.	Contest closes Mar. 31. All entries must be postmarked on or before midnight, Mar. 31.
3.	The contest is open only to women students enrolled this year or last year in college advertising courses.
4.	Address entries to Mrs. R. Dean Johnson, vice-president, Gamma Alpha Chi, 6616 Paseo, Kansas City, Mo.
Editor appoints staff members for El Rodeo
El Rodeo’s staff for the spring term was announced yesterday by Tyler MacDonald, editor.
Assisting MacDonald as associate editor, will be Steve Crosby, Kappa Alpha and V-12 trainee. Business manager for the annual is Bob Tapp, president of Phi Sigma Kappa and NROTC.
A compulsory meeting of all the El Rodeo staff will be held at 12:30 p.m. today according to Tyler MacDonald, editor.
No new pledge pictures will be taken and all appointments for El Rodeo pictures must be made before the end of next week, said MacDonald. .
Editing the military section will be the Pearson twins. Pep and Dick, and Jack Cortwright, Sigma Phi Delta and NROTC.
Activities are under the direction of Marilee Carlson, Alpha Delta Pi, and Colleen Phipps, president of Spooks and Spokes. Editors in charge of classes will be Clarice Therman and Virginia Owens. Delta Gamma, while organizations will be edited by Jo Neal, Alpha Delta Pi Honoraries and professionals are under .the direction of Barbara Postle.
Office manager of El Rodeo n Hank McLean. Miss McLean asks all women who have free hours to assist in the El Rodeo office. Typists are especially needed. Photographers for El Rodeo are Le£ Schulman and Orville Sherman; Margaret Thompson will be photography technician. Photography coordinator will be Pat Sum-merton and copy coordinator Betty Mae Rinehart, Kappa Alpha Theta.
Activity points
. . . are available to women who sign up in 235 Administration for typing and receptionist work in the president’s office, announced Jean Working, ASSC vice-president.
Play tryouts will begin
“Spring Again,” the forthcoming production sponsored by the drama department, will hold tryouts for parts in Touchstone theater, 119 Old College, tomorrow afternoon from 3 to 6, and in the evening from 7 to 9.
Tryouts will continue on Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. Any enrolled student is eligible to enter.
The play is a modem comedy, and was awarded the theater club prize.
Organ recital set Thursday
Archibald Sessions, university organist, will present the first organ recital of the spring term Thursday at 12:30 in Bovard auditorium.
The following is a summary of the program to be presented by Sessions:
Toccata in C major......Bach
This Toccata was written during Bach’s sojourn at the Court of Weimar (1708-1717). A bravura passage for manuals alone introduces the work, and is followed by a solo pedal passage. The remainder o/ the Toccata works up to a climax unsurpassed in organ literature, said Sessions.
Abendlied ........Schumann
Choral in A minor .......
...............Cesar Franck
The “Three Chorals” are usually regarded as Cesar Franck’s best organ essays. They reflect the French school of organ music which has shown brilliance and vitality since its foundation was laid by Franck. The “Three Chorals” are developments of the large variations form of the later Beethoven. The third one, in A minor, has a hymn-like character.