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Spanish lessons |to 96 senj()rs offered Troy in novel series
by Frank McMahon
Three times a year as regular as an Abbott and Costello ovie, the registrar's office issues an important notice. From he tightly closed doors of the first floor Administration of-ices comes the word which hits the campus like a bolt from uck Roger’s ray gun.	—
This year, dramatically, just like oor Tillie’s Twelfth Husband’s Sec-nd Wife, they’re doing it again, he registrars office is little less han pleased to announce that once ore they have succeeded in bring-g together all the numerous and undry slips with their illegible notions to make, with some degree f accuracy, an accounting of each nd every student’s grade.
Tomorrow, beginning at 9 a.m.,
% bonifide representative from the registrar’s office will appear in ticket window 3 of the Administration arcade to present the slips to qualified students, meaning students who were enrolled in the university last term.
Tor those who want the tabula-ions. they will be presented upon [xhibition of a university identification card, known as the “libe ard.
Students who have unpaid library fines or other annoying obligations shouid be certain to clear them at the comptroller’s office before getting at the end of the line. Grades of financial delinquents will be withheld as usual.
Incidently. the weather forecast r tomorrow is depressing and ightly warmer. Personally, however, there is one consolation; it ouldn’t be any worse than it was st term.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
Vol. XXXV
Los Angeles, Monday, July 24, 1944
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No. 141
Blue Key elects 15 to fill BMOC spots
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A native Latin touch will be provided for students of Spanish and others interested in the language when the first of a series of lectures is held Aug. 1, at which those attending may learn something of the customs and culture of ,South America in the native tongue. Three members of SC’s faculty in the Spanish department will deliver the lectures in order to assist students studying conversational Spanish.
The lectures will be given during three consecutive weeks, according to Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, director of the educational program of the university, on afternoons in order that undergraduates may more conveniently attend. Although they are open to the public, the lectures are especially planned for students in the university in order to help them “get the sound” of the language, said Dr. Raubenheimer.
Academic pomp and ceremony keynoted the graduation of 96 students of the SC College of Dentistry at the 47th annual convocation held Saturday in Bovard auditorium at 10 a.m.
After two years of practice in the clinic, the students received their degrees as doctors of dental surgery. Of those graduating. 28 received navy commissions as lieutenants (j.g.) with Capt. Reed M. Fawell, commandant of the SC naval program, and Capt. Merrill C. Windsor, commandant of the army training unit, officiating.
Creating the unusual, Billyana Ni-and was the sole woman graduate to receive this degree at the hands of President Rufus B. von KleinSmid, who officiated and delivered the commencement address.
Students who had distinguished themselves during their college car-; eers were awarded scholastic honors by the university.
isher to lead ook review
Fourth in the summer series of interpretations in the art and ecture room of Doheny library ill be presented Wednesday by Dr. lllis W. Fisher, professor of bibli-! literature and archeology. Dr. 'sher will review “On Beginning ithin.” by Douglas Steen?.
Wednesday's interpretation will arry out the same theme of individualism as expressed in Lewis umford's “The Condition of Man,” viewed by Dr. Wilbert L. Hind-n, assistant professor of political ience. last week. These reviews -e sponsored jointly by the university library, the faculty religious interests committee and the council f religion.
Steere. in “Beginning from With-is said to write with a Quaker incandescent with “The In-er Light.” He points out the role the individual and reveals how jne may find guidance through life’s odern maze.
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Aug. 1—Final day for applicants submit reports from theses hairmen to dean of the Grad -te School indicating preliminary ork for admission to candidacy satisfactory.
Sept. 15—Final day for candi-for masters’ degrees to pre-t preliminary drafts of theses committee chairmen.
Sept, 25—Final day for candi-to secure preliminary ap-val of theses by faculty and ttee and present approval to of the Graduate School, ned by each member of thesis mittee.
t 9—Final day for candidates present theses in final form faculty committee.
14—Final day for candi-to present theses to dean of Graduate School folly approv-and ready for binding.
forms may be obtained the office of Graduate School In 1^0 Administration building.
These dates apply to candidates |n all fields except education and social work.
R. D. Hunt, Dean of Graduate School.
ASSIGNED the tough task of getting supplies ashore to support the latest invasion of United States amphibious forces on Guam, these American soldiers give supply barrels a final heave to shore. Barrels are pitched overboard from landing craft on coral reef in background and they ride the surf to shore.
Yanks on Guam close pincers on Jap port
ABOARD ADMIRAL RICHARD L. CONOLLY’S INVASION FLAGSHIP OFF GUAM, July 23 (UP)— (via Navy Radio)— Marine veterans of Pacific jungle and attol fighting-supported by elements of the armyrs "statue of liberty division”— are closing the jaws of a huge pincers around the best in tonight, setting
the Marianas tonignt. seuing the stage for seizure of the strategic por-of Apra on the doorstep of the Japanese empire.
As the battle of Guam emerged from an amphibious drive for beachhead footholds into a mounting land offensive, Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, stocky white-haired commander of all ground forces, today told correspondents that progress during the first 48 hours has met his every expectation.
But simultaneously he admitted that the Japanese so far haven’t shown their hand and warned that the full enemy strength was
yet to be encountered.
“Unless the Jap has a joker up his sleeve that we don’t know about, we couldn’t ask for anything better,” Geiger said on his return from an inspection tour of both American beachheads.
He described Japanese resistance on Guam as typical “of that encountered in previous island warfare” and said American casualties had been relatively light considering the difficulty of such large scale landings.
Although our beachheads have not been officially announced as “secure” there was no doubt they now are firmly established.
Hello and Smile' hosts to new men
Selecting from a group of 32 petitions, Blue Key, national honorary service fraternity elected 15 neophytes to its ranks following interviews Friday night. Announcing the names of the new members, Bob Daigh, Sigma Chi and president of the organization, stated that men were chosen on the basis of the number of campus
activities and the personal interview.
Initiations for new members will be held Friday evening at the Theta Xi house, according to Daigh.
Petitioners were asked to file a letter of application as well as the usual petition. The number of men applying was one of the largest in the history of the fraternity which has been active on the SC campus since the early ’20s. Elected to the organization are Doyle Confer, non-org; Jack Cort-wright, Sigma Phi Delta; Jack Don-an, Phi Kappa Tau; Bill Driggs, Phi Sigma Kappa.
Gordon Gray, Sigma Phi Espi-lon; Kenneth Macleod, Sigma Phi Delta; Robert Male, Delta Sigma Phi; Walter Mink, Sigma Nu; Randall Phillips, Kappa Alpha,
Jack Risk, Sigma Chi, Bob Rit-zell, non-org; Bob Thompson, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Homer Sherwood, Phi Delta Theta; Daryl Arnold. Phi Kappa Psi; John Fichter, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Blue Key is known on this campus for the successful annual event, “Hello and Smile” week.
A feature of this affair is the sponsoring of “Hello and Smile” walk from the Doheny library steps to University avenue. The blue stripes along the sidewalk are also a part of Blue Key tradition.
Pedestrians walking from the campus to the 28th street row are urged to stand on the stripes where motorists will pick them up.
Gay nineties' to keynote dig
An outdoor dance with a gay nineties’ theme will be the second in the series of all-U digs planned for the summer by the ASSC social committee, under the chairmanship of Dick and Pep Pearson. The dance, which will be Friday evening from 7:30 to 9:30, will be given at the Casa de Rosas and will be planned by women in the dormitory,
Popular recorded music will be played loud enough for everyone to hear, according to the chairman, in order that students may dance, and the old-fashioned atmosphere will be carried out in the refreshments, root beer and doughnuts.
Carol Netcow, resident of the Casa and dormitory chairman of the dance, announced that additional entertainment has been planned by Casa residents. Several Trojans will present a skit and others will dance.
The dance will be a non-date affair with informality the keynote. It will be the first dance of the summer term, and new trainees as well as other students will hail the opportunity to meet classmates. The patio will be gayly decorated, according to the chairman, to help students “geit the spirit of the dance.”
Navy announces new 45 production goals
Outlining a broad program of expansion, the navy has announced that the last six months of 1944 will show an increase in production of approximately 10 per cent over the first six months of 1944, and the program for the first six months of 1945 will be approximately three per cent greater than the
first six months of the preceding
WAA noon dances open scond year
Dancing at the noon hour to the “latest and best in recorded music” will begin for Trojans today at 12:15 p.m. and will continue throughout the summer every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, according to Betty Fiske, chairman. The dances will be presented in the dance studio of the Physical Education building from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., and all students are welcome to attend.
The dances, which were one of the most popular recreations last summer, according to Miss Fiske, will be sponsored by the WAA. Sororities and dorms will take turns at the dances later in the summer, stated ;he chairman. All women attending will be given WAA credit, and th<; dances will be considered a regular activity.
Many new records have been purchased for the dances, said Miss Fiske, in order that trainees and other students dancing may enjoy the hour as much as possible. Cut-in dances will be permitted in order that all students may dance.
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Emphasized was the fact that ending of the war in Europe will not materially alter ,the production program on the Pacific coast. It was pointed out, however, that the navy is now short 30,000 workers in the west.
“Our battle of production will end only with the defeat of Japan,” said the announcement.
“This means,” the statement continued, “that for the next year the navy must rely upon the civilian employees of its own naval establishments and upon the workers in the private plants and shipyards of navy suppliers throughout the country to keep our Pacific operations at top speed.
“As we drive nearer and nearer to Japan, the tempo will increase and the necessity for more and more supplies available at ,the proper place and time will become more and more vital to our success.
“While our overall demands will show little if any material decrease, there will be. of course, some terminations and here and there cutbacks based upon the changing war conditions. Based upon the program for the year ahead as we now see it, there should be just as many workers employed on the navy production program a yea*’ from now as there are at the present time ”
The announcement wa6 issued by Capt. Reed M. Fawell, commandant.
Hitler reported fleeing German chaotic revolt
LONDON, Monday, July 34 —Adolph Hitler, suffering from severe mental strain as the result of the attempt to assassinate him and fearing possible further attempts on his life, has fled with a few trusted advisers to a heavily guarded estate in the Hinterland.
Even as the frenzied fuehrer waa said to have abandoned his supposedly impregnable mountain retreat at Berchtesgaden and hi* two military headquarters to see* refuge, there were new reports that Berlin was seething with unrest. The Turkish Anatolian agency quoted its correspondent in the German capital as reporting that a 10:10 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. curfew had been imposed in Berlin.
Possibility that a showdown was imminent between Hitler and German generals on the eastern front, who, it was noted, were the only ones not yet to have personally proclaimed their feaity to tho Nasi dictator, was indicated in British press dispatches reporting that Hitler had summoned the commanders in the east to a conference on the rapidly-increasing threat to east Prussia by the Red army.
Meanwhile, other reports In neutral capitals said that the Nad regime had extended to high civilians, as well as army officers In Germany, a ruthless purge aimed at the entire junker class in an attempt to guard against a new—and perhaps successful—betrayal of Hitler.
Men receive gym warning
“Denial of further registration In the university will be the penalty imposed upon men civilian students not enrolled or not maintaining attendance in physical fitness classes,” states Dr. William Ralph LaPorte, head of the physical educa* tion department.
All men carrying 10 units or more are required by the war department to enroll and attend physical fitness classes. Legitimate excuses of illness and physical accidents are accepted. If an absence is anticipated, arrangements can be made with Mrs. Pearl Travis in the physical education office.
Dr. LaPorte further stated it is the complete responsibility of tHe student to make tAese adjustments. The bulletin board, opposite 108 Physical Education, has the list of absences after each rotation of the class. Two classes for each one not attended are the make-up requirements.
Phi Sigma Kappa
. . . will meet at 7 p.m. today in 411 Student Union.
Registrar's office notice
All students desiring te take special examinations to complete courses in which they received a mark of Ie since July 1, 1944, should apply at the office of the Registrar for the necessary authorization and make payment at the Comptroller’s office on of before Friday, July 28.
Applications cannot be ei^paid-ered unless the fee of S3 for each examination has been paid.
The schedule of special examinations to be held this term will be mailed to applicants as soon as possible after the applications are received. These examinations will begin on Aug. 12, 1944.