ap bases Glee clubs present All-U assembly Friday dig
layed by
avy, AAF
DVANCED ALLIED HEAD-ARTERS, Southwest Paci-, May 1 (U.P.)—The Wake nd area, 110 miles west of llandia, new American base Dutch New Guinea, was tered with 126 tons of ex-sives in a combined aerial _ naval attack, Gen. Doug-MacArthur announced to-
ir forces dropped 51 tons of >bs on the Wake airfield, while S. warships pounded the area
EARL HARBOR. Apr. 30 — the 35th time in less than a nth and a half, army Liber-rs attacked Truk atoll in the rt of the Carolines Friday ght with 41 tons of bombs, as er bombers and fighters nded Ponape island and Mar-all island bases, Admiral Ches-Ximltz announced tonight.
h 75 tons, it was announced. Heavy bombers ranging 450 les west of Hollandia dropped tons of bombs on the Mokmer 'rome on Biak island in Geel-nk bar. Biak is 120 miles east Manokwari, former capital of tch New Guinea.
Tedium bombers and fighters pt over the Dutch Bast Indies attack Dilli township on Timor jd. destroying buildings and i ing fires, the communique an- | jioed.
widespread aerial activity, owing American conquest of llandia and the Aitape airdromes miles east of the Dutch New iinea base, included a heavy at-k against Jefman airdrome in Sorong area of the Netherlands ion of New Guinea.
rojan artists' ork exhibited
e annual exhibit of outstand-student art from the College of hitecture and Fine Arts will be-Thursday and continue through y, in the Fisher Gallery of Fine and Harris hall, ature of the show will be an ibit of student paintings, in va-us mediums, judged exceptional faculty members in the college, the dean. A variety of subjects be represented, in oils, pastels .water colors. Portraits will pre-inate in the showing, which will lude also landscapes and still life, o particularly outstanding works, ording to Prof. Robert Lee Esk->, head of the painting depart-nt, are the portrait of a fisher-n. by Ailsa Peterson, and the rait of a woman, by Zuka alev.
enate business
. committee will meet in 115 Old liege at 12:30 p.m. today. Those ted to attend include Meg Ann tusmann. Randy Phillips, John binson. Virginia Hage, Lynn hne, Lynn Norby, and Jackie Order, according to Joe Holt, chair-n.
illel council
. will have a luncheon and mu-cale at 12 p.m. at the council use, 3665 McClintock. All mem-rs are asked to be presen*, ac-rding ,to Maury Nadridge, presi-;nt.
resident's ffice notice
An all - university assembly, resented by the university ?lee lub, will be called Thursday, May 4, at 11:30 a~m. The following hedule will govern class meet-ngs:
8:00-8:50 8:55-9:45 9:50-10:35 10:40-11:25 11:30-12:15 Assembly
R. B. von KleinSmid
President.
The mens and womens glee clubs will combine to present an all-university assembly Thursday at 11:30 a.m., Bovard auditorium.
The mens glee club, comprised mainly of trainees, will sing “A Song of Friendship” by Morgan, “Just a Memory” by Henderson, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,” and j “Rose Marie” by Friml.
John McGowan, marine trainee, is to be featured soloist in the numbers “Just a Memory” and “Rose Marie,” announced Leland &cott, president of the mens group.
As an entre-act the Trojan male quartette consisting of first tenor Burl Smith, second tenor David Burnight, baritone David de Aryan, and bass David Wigadsky will sing “Old Zip Coon” by Krone.
The womens glee club is to sing “The Island” by Rachmaninoff and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” a spiritual by Montague in which Jean Sichi, Dorothy Keller, and Clarice Young, president of the womens organization, will solo.
The womens glee will also sing a Waring-Scott arrangement of “Salangadou” with Jean Sichi as soloist.
From recent talent auditions given by the glee clubs, Norman Lasher, baritone, has been chosen as guest soloist. The number he will present is “The Glory Road.”
The choruses are to combine to sing the Cole Porter num-. ber “Begin the Beguine,” which will also star special Spanish dancers and percussionists.
A second joint number will be “When Day is Done” by Katcher in which Janice Anderson, vibraharpist, will play with the group.
The student body will join in singing the Alma Mater by Wesson.
The glee clubs under the direction of Charles Hirt have been preparing for the program for many weeks as this is the first all-university assembly to be presented by them in many years, stated Mr. Hirt.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
Vol. XXXV
Los Angeles, Monday, May 1, 1944
No. 112
Essay contest opens for frosh
Interfraternity, Junior prom date released
The combined Junior and Interfraternity prom has been announced for Friday, June 2, by Jack • Sorensen, junior class president.
Freddy Slack's orchestra will pro-) vide music for the affair which is to be held at the Los Angeles Breakfast club. Jo Neal, junior council member, is in charge of arrangements.
The dance will be formal and bids are to go on sale only through sororities, fraternities, and halls. They will cost $2.85 and the date sales start is to be announced later, stated Sorenson.
A limited number of navy men attending will get extended Vberty for the evening.
“As this dance represents two formerly separate affairs,, we are plan-ping to make it an exceptional success,” Miss Neal said. “We have obtained a very good orchestra and would like a large number of Trojans to attend.”
Last vaccine shots given tomorrow
Last chance for students to be vaccinated for smallpox will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. in 110 Physical Education, according to Margaret McMorrow, R.N., of the university health service. At that time students vaccinated last week will have the results read.
Winner offered war bond prize
An essay contest for students in freshmen English with a $25 war
bond as prize for the best original essay submitted on the subject
“Democracy on the SC Campus,”
has been announced by the English
department.
Open to those students now enrolled in English la or lb or those who completed English lb or 2 in the winter term with a grade not lower than B, the rules require that in all cases eligibility be checked with the instructor of the class in which the student is now enrolled or with the instructor of the class in which work was completed.
Essays must be more than 1500 wTords and less than 2000 and are ,to be typewritten. Three copies, two of wThich may be carbon, are required. Each essay should bear a fictitious name and be accompanied by a sealed envelope containing tbe true name of the writer and the name of the instructor to whom it was submitted, according to the rules.
Entries must be submitted to the instructor who has checked eligibility by 12 p.m., May 22. They will be judged by an off-campus committee.
Junior council
. . . members will meet in 313 Student Union tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. All members asked to be present to discuss plans for the Junior-inter-fraternity prom.
Muelder talk concludes book lecture series
“One of the greatest histories of American ideas written so far in the United States,” according to Dr. Walter G. Muelder, professor of Christian theology and ethics, will be discussed Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. in the final program of the spring book interpretation series.
Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the university, will preside, and all speakers in the present book interpretation series have been invited, according to Dr. J. Randolph Sasnett, director.
Merle Curti’s book, “The Growth of American Thought,” will be interpreted from the standpoint of religion and education, by Dr. Muelder. This book breaks down all phases of American life, said the speaker, and gives a history of the knowledge and ideas and values in America.
The book, which Muelder considers an important contribution to the social history of America, was discussed in the first lecture of the series from the standpoint of economics by Dr. Reid L. McClung. professor of economics. Muelder will discuss the influence of the book in helping people see various streams of American culture, and will tell of the hope it gives for religion and education in the future.
The talk will be given in the art and lecture room of Doheny library. All students are invited.
Tommy Wamp has face lifted
Hot off the presses, the Wampus will appear on campus tomorrow at 10 a.m. with all the inside facts about “Presents” and other behind the scenes stories, according to Lynn Cohne, editor.
Full coverage of “Presents” was made, including formal and informal shots of pledges, actual shots of the ordeal, and cartoon* of the more unusual incidents.
Of special interest to women
students will be the large fashion
section which is appearing as an
extra feature. “Skullduggery,” a
short story, will tell of the ups
and downs of a typical college romance.
Tommy the Wamp has had his fact lifted and appears with an entirely new make-up. The change in typeface makes the magazine easier to read and allows more material to be handled, said Miss Cohne.
Copies will be sold by Wamp salesgirls in the foyer and in front of Student Union, at the Victory Hut, in front of Bridge hall, and other prominent spots about campus.
Recital features Cuilmant s works
Archibald Sessions, university organist, will present three compositions by Alexander Guilmant at his semi-weekly recital tomorrow i2:30 p.m. in Bovard auditorium.
There will not be a recital on Thursday because of the assembly schedule, it was announced.
World Round-up
By United Press
British planes sink nine Nazi ships
ABOARD A BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER off Norway, Apr. 26—British carrier planes, fighting through blizzardlike snow storms and icy rain squalls, smashed a nine-ship German convoy today off the Norwegian Arctic coast and set fire to an 8000 ton merchantman in a bold attack on Bodo harbor.
Allied tank column cuts Jap road
SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, Apr. 30—A British tank column, driving through dense jungle and around soaring peaks in a 24-hour forced march, has cut the Japanese escape road five miles north of Kohima and united with another force which ran a gauntlet of guns along the road itself, dispatches disclosed tonight.
Bombers continue pre-invasion air blitz
LONDON, May 1 — Great fleets of Allied bombers and fighters blasted airdromes, railroads and other installations in France from dawn to dusk Sunday, and RAF night raiders were reported over the continent last night in the windup of a record month of aerial blitz which cascaded more than 65,000 tons of explosives on pre-invasion targets and destroyed German planes by the hundreds.
Nips start second Chungking drive
CHUNGKING, Apr. 30—Japanese troops have started a second spring drive in Anhwei province, about 200 miles southeast of the Chenghsien fighting zone, along the Hwai river west of the Tientsin-Nanking railroad and south of the east-west Lung-Hai line, a Chinese communique revealed tonight.
Germans exert pressure on “Tito”
LONDON, Apr. 30—An intensified Nazi offensive is exerting heavy pressure on Marshal Josip (Tito) Broz’s troops throughout Yugoslavia, with the greatest threat in Bosnia where the Germans have entrenched themselves within five miles of partisan headquarters, a communique disclosed today.
Italy rail lines bombed out
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, Apr. 30—Allied bombers have kept every longitudinal rail line in Italy severed since Mar. 24 it was disclosed today as strong fleets of RAF heavy bombers pounded the great port of Genoa before dawn to carry into its third day a smashing new offensive against harbors where the Germans are diverting their supply traffic.
features
jamboree
Featuring a variety show in Bovard auditorium and dancing in the. lounge, “Spring Jamboree” will be the theme of the all-university dig Friday night from 7:30 to 9:30.
Student talent is to be featured in an hour show in Bovard auditorium and includes a rhumba band, comedy skits
depicting life around campus, and Harriet Williams, swing pianist. Following the entertainment the dig will proceed to the student lounge for dancing to the music of the V-12 swing band under the baton of Kenny Runyon. Refreshments will be served.
In charge of talent. Betty Wold-stadt and Leland Scott claim to have “found some terrific numbers,” and promise something special in the entertainment line.
Support and 100 per cent attendance has been promised by all dormitories, sororities and navy halls; every student is urged to attend, the ASSC social committee announced.
‘‘The dig is to be a non-date affair and is really a wonderful place to get acquainted. People with dates will be admitted, however,’* Randall Phillips stated.
Among those organizing the show and serving on the layout committee are Burr Anthony, Helen Janet Sims and Pat Parke. The dig it being sponsored by the Student Council of Religion in conjunction with the ASSC social committee.
Industrial meet opens Saturday
Industrial readjustments, pertaining to current and postwar problem* of production, manpower, and wages, will form the theme of % conference, on tthe SC campus Saturday, in which representatives of labor, industry, and government will participate.
Highlights of the all-day conclave include an evening dinner event mt which William Jack, president of the Chicago firm of Jack <fc Heint*, will deliver a speech on "How Jah-co Achieves Production.” President Rufus B. von KleinSmid is to talk on education and the postwar period on the same program.
Dean Reid L. McClung. of the SC College of Commerce, is general chairman of the conference which will feature discussions of the problems of the returning war veteran, manpower, termination of war contracts, and a series of postwar problems of industry.
Lecky tells word usage
Words and their meanings In common usage will be discussed by Dr. Eleazer Lecky, associate professor of English language and literature, at the meeting of the Men’s Faculty club Wednesday noon <n the Student Union tearoom.
Dr. Lecky's topic will be “Semantics : The Wonderland of Word Meanings.”
Prexy vacates office for day
Cinderella has nothing on Sterling Dietz, 17-year-old senior «tu-dent at Black Foxe Military academy, for tomorrow he is to be president of the university for the day.
Selected among outstanding students at his school, President Dietz is assuming this honor as a feature of the annual Boys’ Week in southern California when youth will have a fling at city and county administrative offices as well as filling the chairs of leading educational institutions.
He will be escorted on a tour of the campus by Trojan Knights after being assured that the president’s office will carry on during his absence.