TROY TAKES TOP JOURNALISM AWARD
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The Trojan won Pacemaker ranking, highest national onor awarded a college paper, for the past term in the Oth annual all-American critical service, according to word eceived yesterday from the Associated Collegiate press, rganization judging the publications.
Editor of the Trojan during the fall term was Bob Weide; Ed Diener was managing editor and Mary Ann Callan assistant editor. Bill Ryan piloted .the advertising side as Dusi-ness manager.
The Trojan was one of six university papers in the nation chosen aa Pacemaker from 248 similar publications submitted for rating in the competition. Pacemakers are selected as the all around best college papers from the group awarded all-American honor rating. top division in the event. Others winning this distinction are the Daily Cardinal. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.; Lo Angeles Collegian. Los Angeles City college; Mac Weekly, Macalester college, St. Paul, Minn.; Utah
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
loodbank o return
n June 7
Vol. XXXV
Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 10, 1944
Nl*fct	El. MTS
No. 116
The mobile Red Cross blood-ank caravan will visit Troy ednesday, June 7, from 1 to p.m., announced Sallie Un-ack, bloodbank chairman, nd all servicemen are asked donate their plasma on at date. Owing to a lack of me, only a limited number donors can be -taken, so
*ainees are being given preference appointments.
“The reason the bloodbank could ot visit SC sooner,*’ said Miss Un-ack. “ is that the caravan is a usy unit and we could not g*t an ppointment.” The Western avenue loodbank canteen is serving the tire Los Angeles area and its time rationed.
The only reason Troy was a die get the June 7 appointment, according to Miss Unmack. is because the trainees on campus rould have no other opportunity f giving their plasma to the na-‘onwide campaign.
••However,” said Miss Unmack, Te are asking everyone on c.imp-s to wait to give to the bloodbank June 7, in case SC is able to cure two visits.”
Troy has a record to maintain with the Red Cross bloodbank, as It has surpassed »nree previous records held by colleges: more donations were given during the four-hour interval than at any other college in the United States; less people were rejected for head eolds or other minor ailments than any other visit of the plasma ®*ravan. and more donations were en by SC than by any other hool.
The grand total donated by Tro-,ns in two visits of the Red Cross Mobile plasma unit during four aft-irnoons is 1451 pints. Names of Miss nmack’s committee chairman will announced next week, as will me of registration.
R.C. house calls for magazines in Troy's drive
I BOB WEIDE . . « 'Pacemaker' editor.
Chronicle, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah; Williamette Collegian, Williamette university, Salem, Oregon.
Sample issues, consisting of one month’s copies of the Trojan, are submitted each term for analysis and rating by the critical ser\ice. Papers then are graded according to class with papers in the all-American group rated “superior.” Point scores are given for such journalistic divisions as news sources and values; news writing and editing; headlines, typography and makeup; and department pages and special features. The Trojan score was 1050 points, with the lowest all-American value being 825.
In the period during which the Trojans that were submitted were printed, Harley Tinkham and Warren Steinberg were in charge of the sports page, and Kathleen Gelcher and Jane Berger were co-editors of th* ^mans page.
rosby will entertain t annual junior prom
Bob Crosby and his Bob-Cats will entertain at the an-ual Junior-Interfraternity prom instead of Freddy Slack, eports Jo Neal, in charge of arrangements.
It has been announced that all servicemen on campus rho buy bids to the prom will get special liberty Friday night --j and will not have to report back
ears in Peru o flavor talk
“Mag day” has come.
Today is the day to .take all current and back issues of popular magazines to the Red Cross, 648 West 37th street, so that scrapbooks for convalescent servicemen may be prepared by Red Cross staff assistants for distribution to military hospitals throughout the United States, announced Mary Blake, president.
“Mag day” is a one-day campaign sponsored by the Red Cross unit on the Trojan campus. The Red Cross staff assistants under Helenjo Blakely will undertake preparation of the scrapbooks as one of their projects.
Type of material mo6t desirable for scrapbooks includes crossword puzzles, cartoons, jokes, features, illustrations, and short stories. All this material will be Clipped from magazines donated and assembled by staff assistants.
The Red Cross house will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today to receive all current and back issues of popular magazines, particularly those containing pictures, short illustrated stories, and cartoons.
"Magazines for scrapbooks are steps .toward higher morale in army and navy hospitals,” said Miss Blakely, staff assistants’ chairman. “All students who feel the need for patriotic action have the perfect opportunity today—they can bring all .their magazines to the Red Cross house for ‘Mag day.’ ”
‘Hello, Smile’ week nears climax
Canteen party slated Friday for students
AWS candidates nominated today
Candidates for AWS elective offices will be nominated today at 12 p.m. in Bovard auditorium, announced Margaret Ann Hausmann, president. Nominees for the positions of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer will be presented to Trojan women and will make acceptance speeches at this time.
Elections for next year’s officers are to be held Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of Administration building, and balloting is to be carried out in conjunction with the YWCA.
Elections commissioner Mary Oliver Corliss, vice-president of AWS, will supervise the assembly and voting next week. YWCA official will be Jean Holwerda.
Nominations may be made from the floor at the assembly today, and those so nominated must fill out petitions and return them to Dean Helen Hall Moreland’s office by this afternoon. Petitions may be obtained in the AWS office.
. All SC women students are asked to attend the assembly, Miss Hausmann stated. Attendance will enable them to know the candidates better at the formal election, she said.
All women, both graduate and undergraduate, are eligible to vote upon presentation of their identification cards.
All nominees are asked to meet backstage in Bovard with Miss Hausmann before the assembly.
The “Poopdeck” canteen will be the scene of a super party for everyone on campus Friday from 3 to 5 p.m., as one of the features of “Hello and Smile” week, according to Bob Daigh, president of Blue Key, mens honorary service organization.
“The party will give everyone on campus a chance to get acquainted,
Blue Key members are asked to attend a meeting tomorrow aA 12:30 p.m., 418 Student Union, ac-cording to Bob Daigh, president.
Clothes needed for Russians
A two-week clothing drive for Russian war relief will begin Monday and continue tnrough May 26. as SC’s contribution to the 1,000,-000 pound clothing total for the United States, announced Patty Wiese, War Board chairman.
Betty Hoskins, Alpha Gamma Delta, will be in charge of the SC part in the nationwide campaign to
Betty Hoskins requests all sorority, dormitory, barracks, and organization chairmen for the Russian war relief clothing drive meet with her today at 3 p.m. in the AWS office.
Five years experience as director f schools in Peru will provide Dr. erritt M. Thompson, professor of ducation. with material for his lk before the Pan-American club
until muster the next morning. This will enable every serviceman on campus to attend the affair without worrying about the 10 p.m. curfew.
The prom, which is scheduled for Friday, June 2, will be held at the Los Angeles Breakfast club on Los Feliz and Riverside drive. Dancing will continue from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Norm Dahl, in charge of bids, an-
solicit clothes of all types and sizes that can be sent overseas to Russians.
“We want clothes of any kind,” said Miss Hoskins. “The only stipulation is that they be crean.” According to Miss Wiese the Russians are desperately in need of all types of garments, as the war has brought to a standstill manufacturing plants for civilian articles.
Clothes should be left at the YWCA house, and they will be collected everyday during the two-week drive by Miss Hoskins or her committee members, she said. She stressed that all kinds of clothing are acceptable.
Troy plans advice day for visiting students
Annual high school and junior college advisement day will be held for the 16th time on campus Saturday, announced Marc Goodnow, lecturer in journalism, in charge of the event.
After registration an assembly will be held at 9:30 a.m. in Bovard auditorium. President Rufus
morrow at 4 p.m. in the student j nounces that all bids are to be soli
through fraternities, sororities, and selected salesmen for each hall. Names of hall salesmen will be announced in a few days.
The affair is not restricted, but open to the entire university.
“Bids will go on sale in the near future,” said Dahl, “and the price will be $2.85.”
unge.
The club is being reorganized nd a new constitution is oeing rawn up to embody its purposes nd ideals. The Office of Coordina-r of Inter-American Affairs nas fered full services, and consu’s of e various Latin American coun-es will speak to the members.
Sociology club holds lunch meet
All sociology majors and other interested students are invited to bring their lunches to a meeting of the Sociology club at 12 p.m. tomorrow in 318 Student Union, announced Stella Hartman, chairman.
Cecil Larsen and Catherine Wahlstrom, led by Dr. Bessie A. McClenahan, professor of sociology, will discuss the subject “What Does Sociology Contribute to Vocation?”
B. von KleinSmid wil extend the welcome of SC to visiting students. “What Education is Doing to Win the War” is the topic of a talk by Dr. Frarik C. Baxter, professor of English literature; and “What Education Must do to Win the Peace” will be discussed by Dr. William G. Campbell, as feature of the assembly.
A discussion period conducted by Jean Woilring, who will answer questions concerning campus activities, will follow.
At 11 a.m. the group is to watch naval and marine trainees parade on University avenue. Conferences with deans and directors in their offices will be held at 11:30 a.m. j Following this a complimentary box luncheon is to be served at 12:30 p.m. and entertainment will be provided by the university band under the direction of Dr. Lucien
Nurse tells new ruling
To reduce the number of absences on Fridays the health service will not excuse civilians for absences on that day unless the student is present on campus and reports to the health office before leaving, said Miss Margaret McMorrow, R.N., health service nurse.
As many as 500 excuses have been requested on recent Fridays, necessitating .this action, she reported.
This notice does not applv to trainees, as their absences are not handled through the health service, she added.
Cailliet. The luncheon will be held in the garden space between Bovard and the Physical Education building and will conclude the day’s program.	*
Concert stars two artists
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Prof. Anton Maaskoff of the School of Music and Ernst Toch, guest accompanist, will be fealured at the Hancock concert Friday, 8:30 p.m. in Hancock auditorium.
Professor Maaskoff, violinist, will play “Sonata in E Major”; “Concerto in D Major,” by Stravinsky; Mozart’s “G Major Concerto”: ‘Ro-mainia Dances,” by Bartok; “Fountain of Arethuse,” by Szymanowski; and “Perpetuum Mobile,” by Nov-cek.
Mildred Seymour will aid Mr. Toch in accompanying Professor Maaskoff.
There is no admission charge and seats may be reserved by calling the School of Music.
Trojan staff
. . . will meet tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in 418 Student Union for a compulsory meeting. All copyreaders, desk editors, reporters are to J attend.
SC band opens spring concerts
The SC band will dedicate its entire public concert to the armed forces when it plays Sunday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the bandstand in Exposition park.
“Homage to the Navy,” Dr. Cail-liet’s newest arrangement done at the request of the navy for the Navy School of Music in Washington, D. C., will be played for the first time by a band other than the Navy band, announced Dr. Cailliet.
This will be the first in a series of open air concerts scheduled to be given monthly by the band, stated Gloria Arthur, student band manager.
and it is hoped that everyone will
be able to attend sometime during the afternoon,” stated Bill Young, chairman of “Hello” week.
Coffee and cookies will be served and popular recorded music will be played during the afternoon.
Another feature of the week is the placing of blue strips along the walk between campus, 28th street and the Casa de Rosas, so that Trojans may stand on these spots to indicate that they want a ride to and from the “row,” Young said.
“These new traditions have been added to “Hello” week, an age-old custom originated on Troy’s campus in 1930,” stated Young. Since then ‘Hello and Smile” has served as a symbol to make SC known as a friendly campus.”
Raubenheimer to head WCA
Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences and director of the educational program of the university, has been ele<^ed president of the Western College association, it was announced yesterday.
At the 20th anniversary meeting of the association Saturday at Pomona college, representatives of more than 20 western universities and colleges chose Dr. Raubenheimer to succeed Dr. E. Wilson Lyon, president of Pomona college, as head of the WCA.
Other officers are Dr. Tully C. Knoles, president of the College of the Pacific, and or. J. E. Wallace Sterling, California Institute of Technology, vice-president; and Prof. Charles T. Fitts. Pomona College, secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Raubenheimer, who served on the executive committee of the association last year, left for New York today with Capt. Reed M. Fawell, commandant of the SC V-12 unit, to attend a navy college program conference.
A.B. candidates to verify listing
Candidates for bachelors’ degrees In June should check the tentative graduation list on the registrar’s bulletin board to see that their names are Included. Discrepancies should be reported to the registrar’s office by May 15.
H. W. Patmore Associate Registrar.