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Bond assembly to show film
War hero to tell of island invasion
SPECIAL TRAINING
46 men to leave for other colleges
Resulting from the screening tests given SC naval trair* ees this fall, 74 V-12 students have been selected by th% bureau of naval personnel for various advanced curricula best suited to their abilities, according to information released from Capt. Reed M. Fawell’s office Friday.
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ASSC sponsors new cookie day
anks win Kwajaiein
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-CJARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Feb. 6 American marines and infantry-Pm have nearly completed the occupation of the entire Kwajaiein kfcoll in the Marshall islands to rin one of the quickest and most ivenvhelming victories of the Pa-ific war, it was announced today. The Seventh Infantry division rought Japanese resistance to the oint of collapse by driving up the kin?es of the Atoll from their butheastem comer and taking jiugegwe, Bigej and Eller islands y storm against moderate resist-nee, in addition to occupying sev-^al undefended islets.
lelsinki pounded
STOCKHOLM. Monday, Feb. 7— Second air raid alarm was sound-in Helsinki, capital of Finland, if-ly today after more than 100 ian bombers pounded the city its heaviest raid of the war last fcht, leaving at least 30 fires lrning and many areas of the Lpital badly damaged.
eds wedge Nazi lines
LONDON, Monday, Feb. 7—Op-iing a new offensive along the wer Dnieper river, the Red army is breached the German lines to ?pths of 37 miles along a wind-g 105-mile front, driven a wedge jtween the enemy held mining Irongholds of Krivol Rog and
It may be Valentine’s day to the rest of the world but Feb. 14 at SC will mark a new kind of celebration—Cookie day at the Canteen.
In response to requests by Trojan trainees, the ASSC is sponsoring the distribution of cookies next Monday. Campus women are asked to bring cookie, the place and time of delivery to be announced later, according to Leta Galentine, acting ASSC president.
Louise Conrad had been appointed chairman of the event.
Initiates named in Fighting Top
The Fighting Top, inaugurated on campus in 1941 to plan and sponsor social affairs for the NROTC, has elected 30 new men to its membership, announced Don Ferguson, president of the organization.
The following men will be initiated into the orfanization at a smoker Friday, Feb. 11, time and place to be announced later:
Bill Barlow, Don Braas, Gordon Brookover, Dick Burdge, George Callanan, Reggie Chambers, Harry Christensen, Ted Cohrt, Norm Davis, John Ferrago, Marsh Gibbs, Jim Hardy, Don Hardy, Bill Herron, Jay Hyun, Hank Krisel, Chuck MacKenzie, Jim Mcloughlin, Lee Millar, Hal Redd, Bill Robinson, Warren kopol, and cut the western roads H'Ose. Bill Catchard, Ben Schlegel,
retreat for more than five Nazi [fantry divisions. Moscow an-punced last night.
Jlies bomb France
LONDON. Feb. G—Hundreds of nerican heavy and medium ►mbers ranged wide over France day for the second constructive ty’s attack on airdromes where e Luftwaffe is gathering its rength to meet the expected Al-W invasion of western Europe.
>mbs set base afire
War hero Paul Woods will describe his experiences and impressions of the Bougainville invasion when he speaks at the bond drive assembly showing of “Task Force” today, 12:30 p.m., in Bovard auditorium.
A seaman first class in the coast guard, Woods is 21 and a resident of Long Beach. He was on the flagship of the first wave of ships attacking Bougainville in the Solomon islands.
The showing of ‘‘Task Force,” the Warner Bros, motion picture in technicolor portraying an American convoy composed of coast guards, navy, and merchant marine vessels, will open the final week of the Fourth War Loan drive. The movie was made during, an actual convoy crossing the Atlantic and shows in detail the trip from embarkation to debarkation.
During the three-week duratibn of the drive, students and faculty members have subscribed a total of $140,000 in bonds and stamps. Casa de Rosas raised $68,000 last week at the Victory Hut of which $30,000 was subscribed by members of the
board of trustees.
Purchasers may continue to buy bonds and stamps at the Hut from Barbara Farley, AWVS representative, each day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to Carroll Brinkerhoff, chairman of the bond and stamp committee.
“Orders for bonds will be taken at the Hut and the bonds will be mailed to the purchasers,” said Miss Brinkerhoff.
The program of student representatives making personal contacts with students and faculty members for the promotion of more bond sales is to continue.
This week’s program includes an all-university recreational to be held in the gym Friday night. Sponsored by the Bond committee, it will feature several sports events besides dancing.
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JVANCED ALLIED H E A D-TARTERS, New Guinea, Monty, Feb. 7 — Liberator bombers
topped 167 tons of bombs on the panese airdrome at Cape Hoskins i New Britain island's northern ast in a heavy attack Saturday,
tiving large fires blazing in the -get area, it was announced to-y-
llavs ruin trains
|LONDON, Feb. 6—Jugoslav par-^an forces have wrecked seven en-ny trains and recaptured the iwns of Kresevo and Fojnica. west Sarajevo, a Jugoslav People's Ar-7 of Liberation communique an-bunced today.
frof to lecture >n plant disease
Russ Smith, Bill Stimmel, George Stone, Bob Tapp, Don Tratt, Duane Whitehead.
Active membership will be a matter of a few days for approximately 20 of the men who are to leave the NROTC for active service this month. This will leave 10 of the newly elected members who are now third classmen.
Heras to discuss American customs
Difficulties in language and cus toms encountered by foreigners first arriving in this country will be described in Spanish by Dr. Antonio Heras, head of the Spanish department, today at the noon meeting of La Tertulia club for Spanish-speaking students.
Members are to meet in 318 Student Union, Dorothy Bickel, president announced.
Dr. Heras, who has been professor of Spanish at SC since 1925, is the author of “De La Vida Nor-teamericana,” in which he writes of his experiences in this country.
Linda Darnell appears at Friday all-U dance
Linda Darnell climaxed Friday night’s ASSC-NROTC sponsored dig by her surprise personal appearance to entertain trainees and women attending the dance at Elisabeth von KleinSmid barracks.
Instead of singing or dancing, Miss Darnell read a comedy letter, supposedly from her bro-
Religious council meets tomorrow
John Kimball, president of the council of religion, has called a meeting of all council executives to Botany majors and other students interview applications for council ^ invited to attend a lecture Wed- 1	J
isday by Dr. George Link, an-)unced F. M. Baldwin, president ’ Sigma Xi. botany honarary sponging the lecture Friday.
Dr. Link, professor of plant path-logy at the University OT Chicago, 111 discuss “plant hormones in re-ition to crowngall, a benign and lalignant tumor of plants,” in 145 Uncock hall at 4:30 p.m.
membership and the discussion of official business. * The meeting is scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, in the religious council offices.
Christian Science
. . . club will meet tomorrow, 7:15 p.m., at the YWCA. All interested students are invited.
ther in the navy.
Next week’s all-U recreational will be sponsored by War Board. Carroll Brinkerhoff and Dorothy Reed are in charge of the affair which is to be connected with the Fourth War Loan campaign. The dig is scheduled for the women’s gym from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Other screen and radio notables on hand to climax one of the more heavily attended Friday night affairs were Sarah Berner of the Jack Carson, Eddie Cantor, and Lux radio theater programs; Arthur Q. Bryan of Fibber McGee and Molly’s show, and Ransome Sherman, radio
comedian.
Arthur Bryan opened the entertainment program Friday with a comedy routine spoken in his radio rabbitt dialect. Miss Berner then took over to imitate Edna Mae Oliver, Bette Davis, Una Merkel, and Katherine Hepburn. Ransome Sherman contributed a running routine built around the idea that he had no routine.
Records provided music for dancing before and after the show. Punch and cookies were served in the recreation hall. Jerry Fox of NROTC served as chairman, while Lee Millar provided the entertainment.
Knights reveal petitions date set for Friday
Petitions for membership in the Trojan Knights, men’s senior honorary service organization, must be turned in at the Trojan Knight office, 218 Student Union, no later than 1 p.m. Wednesday, according to Bob Campbell, president of the organization. Petitions are available at the University Bookstore’s cashier window.
Each petition must be accompanied by a typewritten letter requesting consideration for membership and stating the reasons for desiring membership in the organization. This is to be enclosed in an envelope along with the application form and turned into the Knight office.
Two semesters residence at the university, a 1.0 grade average, and the completion of 60 units by the end of this term are required of men petitioning for membership.
Applicants will be tested on the
history, customs, and traditions of the university Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in the Knight office. A “Know Your University” handbook is available at Doheny library.
Personal interviews will be given to men seeking membership at the Theta Chi fraternity house, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11. Dress blues are to be worn by men in service, and coats and ties by civilians.
Forty-six of the men chosen for specialized training will be trans-fered from the Trojan campus to universities and colleges especially equipped for such training.
Supply corps and deck candidates will be sent to UCLA. Electrical, civil, and radio engineering students will be transfered to UC at Berkeley and to Cal Tech. One aeronautical engineer will be transferred to the University of Colorado.
Twenty-eight men will remain on campus for general NROTC, mechanical engineering, premedical, and predental curricula.
“The greatest factor in this selection was the students’ prefen-ences,” Captain Fawell emphasized. The screening included scholastic standing and recommendations from the students' commanding officer.
Ten men who have been selected for NROTC will receive their train*
-Wampus wimpers-
Magazine requests student manuscripts
Unpublished authors at Troy have until this Friday to submit their written “brain-children” for consideration in the February Wampus short story contest.
Those students who need extra
Members of the Wampus staff are asked to attend a staff meeting in the office at 12:30 p.m. today. Students who have recently been named by the staff are also invited to attend, according to Lynn Cohne, editor.
time to polish their manuscripts will have until Mar. 10 to submit later entries tor the March issue of the magazine, according to Lynn
Cohne, editor.
Manuscripts must be typewritten, double spaced, and should be between 1000 and 1500 words in length. The subject may dwell in humorous, mysterious, or satirical realms.
Stories should be written under a nom-de-plume and accompanied by envelopes which have the nom-de-plume written on the outside with an enclosed slip of paper revealing the author’s true name.
According to the literary editor of the magazine, Wampus is starting the contest with the hope of bringing out dormant or hidden talent among SC students. Stories that merit publication will be illustrated by the art staff.
Last payments due for annual
Final payments on the El Rodeo are due this week, according to Tyler MacDonald, business manager. Students who have paid the first installment should remit the remainder either to the comptroller’s office or the ticket booth in the Student Union.
“This is the last week for honoraries and social fraternities to get histories, payments, and miscellaneous information into the El Rodeo,” MacDonald stated. “Organizations not meeting the requirements will be left out.”
Because of the second classmen who will be leaving Troy this month, the NROTC has been given priority over other students or student groups *o have pictures for the annual taken at the campus photographer, according to official information from the El Rodeo.
Trainee representatives of the navy, marine, and NROTC barracks are requested by Lamar Stewart, editor, to report to the office for lists of men whom they are to contact for payments due. They are Ralph Grahl, Bob Griffiths, Russ Burkett, Jimmy Ingraham, Rupert Davies, and Bob Stevens.
Stewart has called a meeting of the annual editors for 7:30 tonight in the El Rodeo office.
Brother, you're a sailor now
Heard around the bulletin board Friday as reclassifications were posted:
“Supply corps!! But . . . "
“Berkeley! Oh, I know the cutest babe in the world op there, Say, this v ^n’t be m ... *•
* . . . Hey, who’s the Joker? That can’t be supply corps! I asked . . . **
“I can’t get sent away now! I just got a girl here! What do you do on liberty in New Mexico?”
"Tackaberry got sent to Cal Tech! Hooray! Hey Jim, did yo* see that? Tackaberry got ..."
** . . . But I didn’t want to get in the supply corps! How in . V*
“Hey, lemme in, you guys, I think I see my name. Oops, excuse me. Jerpers, there It is! Where’s it to? . . Uh . . Could you move your hand a little? Thanks. Oh . • Unpaid laundry bills___*
“That’s gonna sound funny , • Tight on, for UCLA’
44 ... I distinctly remember telling him that supply corps was the last thing in the world I . . n
ing as general engineers at ths unit of the University of New Mexico, at Albuquerque.
“The vacancies created by ths above transfers will be filled by the detail of additional students to this campus,” said Captain Fawell. “It is expected that ths quota of 45 men for NROTC third-semester general curricu-(Continued on Page Four)
Business society sponsors dinner
Theta Alpha, business education honorary, is sponsoring a dinner at 6 this evening in the University Women’s club, 943 South Hoover street.
Guests will include members of Gamma Rho Tau and Theta Alpha Delta, who are to hear John Davidson speak on “Australia.”
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Dr. Boris X. Morkovin, SC prof sor of cinema and head of ths psychology clinic, was elected president of the Southern California Breakfast club for the hard of hearing.
Primary among his duties will bs assistance in rehabiliating soldiers whose hearing has been affected by war.
Largest organization of its kind in the United States, the club includes the 18 chapters of the American Societies for ths Hard of Hearing in this area.
Dr. Morkovin, who has developed new techniques in treating war wounded, has had many of his methods adopted by the government. During World war I, he was commissioner of rehabilitation and repatriation of the Allied prisoners I in Europe.	( /