irst All-U dance scheduled Friday Campus coeds
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With the Alpha Delta Pi tennis courts at 814 W. 28th eet as a setting, the first all-university dig of the term 1 be held Friday night with a popular orchestra providing sic for the open air recreational, according to the ASSC fcial committee.
Starting at 7:30 and continuing until 9:30 p.m., the dance II feature special entertainment from students and out-nding personalities. “We are planning to have this dance ual the successes of last summer’s all-university digs,” ted the Pearson twins.
Informality is to be the keynote of the open air recrea-nal, so that trainees and other Trojans will find it easier “get acquainted.’’
Every student on campus is invited to attend the affair, cording to Dick Pearson, including dormitory and sorority men, trainees, and civilians.
The success of future ASSC digs depends on the support of all Trojans at Friday night’s recreational, said Pearson. Planners of the dig who comprise the ASSC social committee are Dick and Pep Pearson, Jean Working, Patty Wiese, Don Paullin, and Pat Summerton.
As the climax of the evening, the six women announced in Friday’s Trojan as the winners of the campus queen contest will be introduced to the recreational gathering. Twenty women are running for this honor which will entitle them to full length portraits in the campus queen section of El Rodeo.
Besides dancing to a popular orchestra, the all-university recreational will feature popular entertainment by campus talent. “Every trainee, woman, and civilian on campus is asked to support this first all-university dig of the spring term,” said Pearson.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
VoL XXXV
Los Angeles, Wednesday, Apr. 26, 1944
No. 110
.S. planes rock fortress Europe
ombers deliver nvasion softening
LONDON, Apr. 25 (U.P.)—More than 2000 American bomb-s and fighters, in a shattering pre-invasion blow, attacked ven Luftwaffe airfields in France and Belgium today, coast-defenses facing the cliffs of Dover and industrial targets southwest Germany after the RAF, in the greatest fire-id in history, dropped more than j .000 incendiaries on the Reich ernight.
Climaxing a 24-hour in which j Allied planes rocked Adolf 'tier's European citadel, the Brit- j ■-based U. S. bombers and fight- j s carried .through its ninth day j e greatest, sustained air bombard- j nt in history in 72 hours ended j 6 p.m. tonight, an estimated 12.- j Allied warcraft have pounded ; ~ope from Britain and Italy.
Tonight, the Budapest radio ent off the air, indicating a new AF blow against Europe from taly.
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Five hundred four-engined Fly-Fortresses and Liberators, es-rted by 750 Mustang. Th under-it and Lightning fighters, naced e daylight assault with raid* on ftwaffe airfields at Nancy, Metz d Dijon in France, and industrial gets in southwest Germany in a ntinuation of their ceaseless war attrition against the luftwaffe d German war industrry.
sychiatric work be reviewed
In the sixth of a series of book terpretations, David D. Eitzen, :iate professor of pastoral serv-le, will review “Release from Nerves Tension” by Dr. David Harold
I ■‘ink today at 2 .30 p.m. in the art nd lecture room of Doheny li-rary.
Dr. Fink, the author and a orac-sing neuro-psychiatrist, has developed a method of treating nerv-bus tension.
From the author's own words his hope is that the book “will help the Reader to find and inherit himself."
!.e Cercle Francais
will meet today at 12 p.m. 200 bridge hall. Members are requested [not to bring their lunches, announced Bob Alcorn, president.
President's
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office notice
An all-university assembly, pretented by the university glee clubs, will be called Tuesday, May f, at 11:30 a.m. The following schedule will govern class meetings:
8:00-8:50 8:55-9:45 10:40-11:25 11:30-12:15 Assembly
R. B. von KleinSmid
President
May Wampus issued Tuesday
May Day is coming—along with birds, bees, flowers, and the Wampus. There's been a slight renovation—new kind of print, different make-up; Wamp will still be the same size, but the changes make room for more information and pictures, announced Lynn Cohne, editor.
There will be a Wampus meeting next Monday in the Wamp habitat, 202 Student Union, at 12:30 p.m. All staff members and students interested in working on the publication are asked to attend.
The forthcoming issue honors new pledges, and will contain all the dope, on who's what, where, and how. There's complete coverage on presents. . . a Wamp's eye view of what went on around 28th street on the fatal Fridays . . . pictures, gossip, stuff for your little black book.
Spring has really hii campus, as Tommy the Wamp oeen mincing delicate slinks into the office with a Cheshire grin, loaded down with pages and pages of me-ow.
“Just come in and call for—the SC Wampus!” A bevy of beauties will be selling ’em next Tuesday, said Miss Cohne.
Faculty club to hear prof
Postwar housing will be the subject of Prof. Clayton M. Baldwin's speech before the Mens Faculty club luncheon today at 12 p.m. in the Student Union tearoom.
Professor Baldwin has been a member of the faculty in the Colle- ; of Architecture and Fine Arts since 1920 and has directed advanced architecture students on city-planning surveys for both Santa Ana and Santa Barbara. He has alro supervised students in research on future types of housing, it was announced.
SAEs pursue lost member
The greatest manhunt in the history of SC is now in full swing on the Trojan campus. Here, among thousands of blue suits and white hats, a lost soul is wandering.
Every effort is being made by the SAEs to locate the stray, purported to be from the University of Washington, in order that he might be welcomed properly into the local fold.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of this worthy character will be properly rewarded for telling him that the SAEs meet every Monday evening in the coliseum and are anxious to have him attend.
Naval aptitude test scheduled
Pre-med tests signup asked
As there is a limited supply of premedical aptitude tests on hand, all students intending to take this examination should sign up immediately with Dr. Bruce M. Harrison, professor of zoology, in 371 Science, he announced.
The test, required of all premedical students, will be given Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. in 305 Administration. ASTI* students will not take the examination, since other arrangements are to be made for them, the announcement said.
Sponsored by the Association for American Medical Colleges, the examination will be of a general nature, according to Dr. Harrison. It is doubtful whether this test will be given again for nine months.
Civilian men interested in becoming naval radio technicians will meet in 206 Administration today at 12:30 p.m., according to Dr. A’bert S. Raubenheimer, Dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
An explanation of procedure for applying the Eddy test, a comprehensive examination for judging aptitude for this course, will be given by a representative from the navy procurement office at this meeting. The test is to be given Friday at 2:15 p.m. in 206 Administration.
Each applicant is notified within six days whether or not he passed the test satisfactorily. Those who pass will start training for work as seaman first class and will first be sent ,to a naval training station for indoctrination, and then to a preradio school where they will study for a period of three months.
Upon successful completion of the primary course, the student Is to be promoted to the rating of radio technician third class and transferred for advanced training at a secondary school. Graduating from this school he will be promoted to active duty afloaA or ashore.
Men in the selective service age group, 18 to 38, may take the test any time between the date of preinduction physical examination and seven days prior to actual induction.
queen places
Six campus queens will be selected Thursday by all-university vote to appear in full length portraits in El Rodeo and the results of the contest will appear in Friday’s Trojan, according to Barbara Postle, yearbook representative.
Voting is set for tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. on j the Administration steps; they will j -
Festival to present
40 bands
be supervised by the Trojan Knights. All students will receive a mimeographed ballot and are allowed six votes.
The six winners will be announced in Friday’s Trojan and will be introduced Friday night at the open air dig, said Miss Postle. Qualifications include upperclass-manship, campus activities, and appearances.
Candidates are Mary Blake, Kappa Alpha Theta; Margery Brinkley, Delta Zeta; Ruth Broxholme. Phi Mu; Marta Elkin, Alpha Ensilon Phi; Elaine Freeman, Manzanita; Jean Glover, Pi Beta Phi; Muriel Gotthold, Alpha Delta Pi.
Virginia Hage, Delta Delta Delta; Marnie Hahn, Kappa Delta; Midge Hoyt, Delta Gamma; Sylvia ones, non-org; Janet Lees, Lagunita; Betty Markowitz, Casa Madrona; Virginia Miller, Zeta Tau Alpha; Pat Miller, Gamma Phi Beta; Corinne O’Brien, Chi Omega; Zuka Omalev, Moreland hall; Colleen Phipps, Phrateres.
Lynn Walker, Alpha Gamma Delta; and Virginia Zerman, Alpha Chi Omega, complete the list whose pic • tures appear on the fourth page of the Trojan. As voters are given ballots tomorrow, their student body cards will be punched by Knights conducting the election.
Each dormitory and sorority was allowed to enter one member and two non-org women filed petitions.
Students
. . . who would like to be proctors are asked to meet in the senate chambers at noon tomorrow, according to Louise Koch, proctoring chairman.
How rambling-
Chen addresses I.R. club today
Dr. Theodore H. Chen, professor of education and Asiatic studies, will be guest speaker today at the International Relations club meeting in 209 Bridge at 3:30 p.m., announced Sallie Unmack. president. Everyone is invited to attend.
Sororities entertain fall rushees with teas
With 14 social sororities on campus acting as hostesses, prospective fall rushees saw the “inside” of 28th street residences yesterday, as the first of two get-acquainted teas was held.
Groups A and B, who saw the east and west ends of the rows yesterday respectively, will alternate procedure for tomorrow with Group B on the east end of the row and Group A on the west, according to Virginia Hage, Panhellenic president.
Miss Hage emphasized the fact that these teas are compulsory and that all rushees will be expected to attend teas of every house on the row.
Houses that Group A will see tomorrow on the west side of the row are Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Zeta, Chi Omega, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Kappa Delta.
Group B’s scheduled visitation to the east end will include Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Epsilon Phi, and Phi Mu.	'
Women attending these teas are those who signed up last week with the Panhellenic administrator. Sports clothes will be the accepted attire at all houses, according to Miss Hage.
Industrialists confer at SC
A “Conference on Industrial Readjustments,” is to be held at SC Saturday, May 6. The College of Commerce will be host to the conference, which is sponsored by the Southern California Management council.
Representing 9C among the speakers will be Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, president of the university; Dr. Reid L. McClung, dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration; and Dr. Ciay-ton D. Carus, professor of foreign trade.
Other speakers will include business and industrial executives, representatives of other colleges and universities, and representatives of governmental bureaus.
A discussion of specific techniques related to wages, manpower, production, accounting, and postwar problems will be held at this, the fifth of a series of semi-annual industrial conferences and the first to be held at SC.
The ninth annual Southern California band and orchestra festival will be held on campus Friday from 12 to 5:30 p.m. and all day Saturday in Bovard auditorium under the auspices of the Southern California Band and Orchestra association.
Competing at the festival
will be 352 soloists and 40 bands and orchestras.
Dr. Lucien Cailliet, director of SC’s band and orchestra, will be official host and members of Sigma Alpha Iota, womens professional music society, will be official hostesses.
A dance will be held Saturday from 5 to 6 p.m. for those participating in the contest.
Open to the public will be a concert given from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday by the Santa Ana Army Air base orchestra.
The concert will present everything from symphony to boogie-woogie,” according to Gloria Arthur, manager of the SC band.
CAR plants trees at SC
Ceremonies will be conducted on campus at 9:30 this morning by the Women’s Relief corps, auxiliary to the GAR, honoring two of the organization’s officials.
Two trees will be planted adjoining Old College on the campus, one in honor of J. W. Smith of Santa Cruz. 103, who is department commander. The other planting is to be for Marguerite Albertson, departmental president, with Miss Dora Ham officiating.
Christian science lecturer to speak
Under the sponsorship of the Christian Science organization on campus Miss Margaret Morrison, member of the board of lectureship of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Mass., will speak tomorrow from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in Porter hall, 302 Law building.
Miss Morrison’s topic will be “Christian Science: the Revelation of Divine Principle.”
All students and faculty are invited to the lecture.
The campus Christian Science organization holds its regular meetings on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the YWCA, it was announced.
Veterans
. . . of World War II are invited to attend a smoker in the basement of Student Union tomorrow, 8 p.m.
All honorably discharged veterans now attending SC are also invited by Maynard Breslau, temporary chairman. Moving pictures of SC football games will be shown with commentary by Coach Jeff Cravath.
5C student plays on radio program
Beatrice Bell, student pianist working with Dean Max van Lewen Swarthout of tne School of Music, was guest soloist over the Young artists of today program Saturday at 9 p.m.
Miss Bell, who was a finalist in a young artist contest held recently, has appeared as soloist with various symphonic groups.
She presented “Symphonic Variations” by Franck, and “Prelude in D Minor” by Rachmaninoff.
Office workers
. . . are asked to report to the Trojan, 424 Student Union, for typing and filing jobs. Activity points will be given.
Women to meet in ASSC office
The following girls are requested to report to Jean Working’s office, 233 Student Union, at 12:45 p.m., today.
Dottie Derby, Mariana Bridge-man, Shirley Conklin, Hank McLean, Claudia Hill, Midge Hoyt* Pat Baker, Marilyn Quaintance, Meribah Johnson, Jackie Williams, Lynn Walker, Carol Seitz, and Colleen Phipps.