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12 RANKS SWELL AS SPRING TERM OPENS
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TROJAN
VoL XXXV
Los Angeles, Monday, March 6, 1944
No. 89
erger, Touton o (ill Trojan taff positions
Jane Berger, last terms Trojan -womens editor, has been ap-inted assistant editor of the SC ewspaper. according tn an an-ouncement by Pat Ebey, editor. Mary Frances Touton will take er place as women’s editor. Replacing Mary Ann Callan, Miss Jerger will serve for the spring rm. She is president of Zeta Tau lpha social sorority, a member of ojan Amazons, and past presi-ent of SC’s chapter of Theta Sig-;a Phi. national journalism honor-ry for women.
Miss Touton is yice-president of and Spokes, editor the jan Owl, University College kly newspaper; and a member f Amazons. Phrateres. Theta Signs Phi, and Alpha Chi Omega social sorority.
Desk editors for this term will * named at the staff meeting hursday. according to Miss Ebey. t that time volunteers as desk al-rnates will be requested.
SC to aid Red Cross
SC’s part in meeting the national $200,-000,000 goal for the annual Red Cross fund drive, from Mar. 20-24 has been designated as the official fund-raising week at Troy, Sallie Unmack, fund drive chairman, announced.
All students and professors will be asked to subscribe to a year’s membership in the national Red Cross; the fee is $1. Various clubs and organizations on the Trojan campus will solicit membership funds through a central committee headed by Miss Unmack.
Barracks, sororities, dormitories, and other groups will be contacted during the drive. A fund raising campaign is to be conducted in classrooms during the week, and non-
organized students may pledge their donations there.
Los Angeles’ Red Cross quota is $5,830,-000, and SC has its share of this goal to meet, said Miss Unmack. The $200,000,000 nationwide fund that is expected to be donated during the March drive will go toward maintaining the Red Cross in war congested areas, both here and abroad, supplying war prisoners, keeping the bloodbank unit in operation, doing relief work on battlefields, as well as promoting the Red Cross at home.
Miss Unmack’s fund-raising committee includes Mary Blake, sororities; Mary Kirschner, classrooms; Mary Sharkley, dormitories; Dorothy Patterson, assistant chairman, and Lois Stephenson, publicity.
Unit hits 1300
With less than 1300 trainees enrolled this term, and civilian enrollment as yet not completely computed, the accelerated spring term at SC has begun, and approximately 250 new men from the fleet and other naval training stations are included in spring registration.
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entral mail ffice starts
All trainee mail is now being dis-buted at a central station, 3518 Jniversity avenue, next to the Tro-ji Horse, in order to insure more fficient service and alleviate per-lonnel shortage of the Post Office epartment, announced Capt. Reed r. Fawell, commandant of the na-1 training program at SC.
All letters, packages, telegrams, nal delivery letters, suitcases, and abags addressed .to SC service men Till be handed out through the T.S. Navy Mail Distribution center the Trojan campus. No stamps, oney orders, or the like will be eluded in the center’s service.
In charge of the navy post office is S. F. Sheridan, yeoman first iass. Anything: sent to any trainee campus will bn distributed. Sheridan stated, and men in sick I bay will have their mail handled by oorpsmen.
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rojan requests ffice workers
Women students are requested by e Trojan to do office work for tivity points, according to Pat y, editor.
“These jobs are open to fresh-journalism majors and all ther interested SC women,” stat-d Miss Ebey. “Applicants should to the Trojan office any af-oon, today through Friday.”
Navy reveals NRO leaders
Battalion commander of NROTC for the spring term is R. W. Sprin-kel, with S. C. Moody filling the post of staff adjutant, according to information from the navy office. Names of the men to head battalions of the general V-12 detachment have not been officially released.
Commander of the first company of the NRO is R. D. Hardy. Jehn Ferraro has been named leader of the first platoon, and George Callanan leader of the second platoon. Both Ferraro and Callanan are stars on the university football varsity.
W. R. Hanson has been announced as commander of the second company, with R. E. Young and G. S. Bogusch leaders of the first and second platoons under him.
The NRO drum and bugle corps, which was formed last July soon after the Navy training program was installed on campus, will be under the command of L. E. Lib-bey.
‘‘Because we still have men c6m-ing into the SC V-12 unit,” said Cmdr. P. R. Baker, “the names of the battalion and company commanders for the rest of the program are not ready for publication at this time.”
The student leaders wili probably be announced this week, Commander Baker added.
Frosh gather for cokes today
“Have a coke, freshman?” That’s the idea of today’s coke party for all entering women students, both freshmen and transfers, according to Peggy Gardner, freshman orientation chairman.
The party will be given at 2:30 p.m. today in the Y house, 36th and Hoover streets.
“All new women students are invited,” stated Miss Gardner. “We hope, however, that they will attend with their advisers.”
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Sessions to give recital Thursday
Archibald .Sessions, university organist, will present the first organ recital of the spring term Thursday afternoon in Bovard auditorium.
Annual offers copies to Frosh
New students are being urged to order copies of the El Rodeo, SC yearbook, immediately as the number to be printed is limited and nearly all possible reservations have been taken, according to Bob Tapp, business manager of the book.
Servicemen stationed at SC will find much of interest in the ’44 El Rodeo, said Tapp, for it will include complete sections of army, navy, and marine photos and news. Also planned are a complete record of campus activities and organizations, a sports section, and many candid camera shots.
Barracks representatives, in charge of collecting El Rodeo money from the trainees, should collect the balance of former payments as well as new orders. This money must be turned in to the El Rodeo office before blue receipts, redeemable for one copy of the annual, can be issued.
Plan disclosed for deferment
Undergraduate students - in the following groups may request certification by the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel for deferment, if they are students in good standing enrolled in a full program, announced Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, officer in charge of student deferments.
The groups eligible for deferment named by Dr. Raubenheimer are the following:
I. Seniors in certain designated scientific and specialized fields who will graduate on or before July 1, 1944.
II. Pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-veterinary, pre-osteopathic, and pre-theological students, who can complete their professional course in 24 months of the date of certification, and who can supply two copies of a statement from the appropriate official of the professional school, certifying that the student is accepted for admission and will be admitted on completion of his pre-professional work.
III. Undergraduate students in good standing in the following specialized fields, who can graduate within 24 months from the date of certification and who can come within the quota allowed: chemistry, engineering, geology, physics.
The V-12 entrance examination is to be given Wednesday, Mar. 15, Dr. R. R. G. Watt, director of the University Junior college announced. Application of civilian men from 17 to 20 years of age who wish to ,take the examination should be made at once by securing forms in Old College 114.
War Board will conduct all-U survey
The condition and membership of campus organizations will be the problem of an all-university survey to be conducted by War Board during the next three weeks, according to Patty Wiese, War Board chairman. Dorothy Reed, Kappa Al- I pha Theta, is to be in charge of the survey, Miss Wiese said.
Contacting every organization on campus, the committee will endeavor to determine what activities are available to students and what percentage of students take advantage of these opportunities.
“By this survey we hope to secure information for the reorganization of old groups and the institution of new ones so that a larger number of student^will be represented in campus activities,” Miss Wiese said.
“All social, honorary, and professional organizations and interested groups will be asked to cooperate by providing membership lists during the next three weeks,” Miss Wiese said.
This week will also see the appointment of new chairmen ' of War Board committees, Miss Wiese stated. Those offices to be filled are chairman of stamps and bonds, chairman of postwar planning, Red Cross chairman, and servicemen’s relations director. Marnie Hahn is to continue as chairman of the servicemen’s canteen. She will be assisted by a new committee of representatives from the servicemen’s relations group, (Continued on Page Three)
other colleges, five from the V-12 unit at SC, and other cadets are still coming or awaiting orders for transfer to the NROTC unit, according to Cmdr. R. E. Kerr. The NROTC total of Friday was 142 There are now more than 800 regular V-12 enrollees, 150 marines, 142 NROTC, 120 medical and dental students, and several more yet to register, NROTC trainees are coming from Kansas State Teachers college, Westminister college in Mississippi, the University of Redlands, the University of Kansas, the University of Oklahoma, Mississippi State Teachers college, xMississippi Valley college, Cal Tech, Carroll college in Montana, the Arizona State Teachers college, and the University of California.
The majority of the fleet men have seen service on battle fronts from the South Pacific to the Aleutians and Italy, stated Cmdr. P. R. Baker. Many wear decoration ribbons and were especially selected for additional schoolir^. Othrrs were petty officers who gave up their rank to become apprentice seamen 'n order to take the V-12 program.
Added to the SC faculty in the new 16 week term is Dr. Donald H. Hyers, assistant professor of mathematics who was graduated from wiie California Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. summa cuni laude honors. Dr." Hyers’ won a three year scholarship from Cal Tech to obtain his doctorate and is credited with research work in the field of applied mathematics.
Registrar plans grade card release
“We expect last term’s grades to be ready by Mar. 11, but we do not wish to release any specific information that they will be ready before that,” said Howard Patmore, assistant registrar, in a statement Friday.
The sign posted in the registrar’s office setting Mar. 11 as the time reports will be ready is as near the correct date as can be computed at this time, h* said. There has been an unusually heavy load on his office which requires more immediate attention.
“We would appreciate students not coming in to inquire until an announcement has been made that they are ready,” Patmore stated.
Singers to make stage appearance
University welcomes new students
rojan staff o hold meet n Thursday
All members or prospective members of the Trojan staff are asked to attend a compulsory meeting Thursday in the senate chambers, student Union, at 2:30 p.m., according to Pat Ebey, editor. '
Students in last term’s crew and those new in reporting, copy-reading or other upper division journalism courses are to be preseat, as well as volunteer student •taff members.
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Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid . . . president speaks.
Your entrance into university life comes at a most auspicious time in the history of civilization. The present world conflict is a struggle of fundamentally opposed social disciplines; on the one hand the discipline of dictatorship, and on the other the discipline of democratic societies.
We welcome you to the University of Southern California, an institution which since 1879 has been dedicated to the search for and the dissemination of truth, to freedom of thought and discussion, and to the development of manhood and womanhood for loyal citizenship.
May you catch the spirit of the discipline of free men and continue in these halls of learning to develop the attributes of courage, honesty, industry, good will, and humility.
Sincerely yours.
Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid, President.
On behalf of the ASSC, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all new students to Troy.
Whether you are a freshman, a transfer student, or a new trainee, SC is now your university. We want you to feel at home here, as this is known as the friendly campus.
Troy’s educational facilities, as well as the campus activity program, are all designed to make your presence here in wartime a useful, informative, and enjoyable experience.
A big all-U dig has been planned Friday evening in your honor. It. will be at the Casa de Rosas, and I would like to invite all new students, as well as old trainees and campus women to attend. We hope you will take this opportunity to get acquainted with other Trojans.
And once again, welcome to SC.
Jean Working, Vice-president * ‘ASSC. ’
JEAN WORKING . . . ASSC welcome.
Preparing for their public appearance at the Philharmonic, Mar 30 and 31, are the SC men anc women’s glee clubs, under the direction of Charles C. Hirt, instructor in the School of Music.
The two glee clubs have been in* vited by Dr. Alfred Wallenstein director of the Los Angeles Symphony orchestra, to combine with the orchestra in the presentation ol William Schuman’s new secular cantata, “A Free Song.”
This work, which won the Pulit-ier prize last year, is set to the texl of a poem by Walt Whitman.
The first appearance, Mar. 30, an evening performance for adults while the Mar. 31 performance i* for children and is scheduled Saturday morning, announced Mr Hirt.
A one-unit course in glee training will be offered here on Tuesday evenings at 7, stated Mr. Hirt.
“The response of the students tc my plea for singers in both gle« clubs has warranted the presentation of this course,” said Mr. Hirt
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. . . will meet at 7 tonight in 4U Student Union.
Navy to receive supplies today in Bridge hall
Navy textbooks and supplies will be issued to V-12 trainees in the basement of Bridge hall beginning today at 8 a.m.
Daniel McNamara, manager of the Student Union bookstore, says an adequate stock has been catalogued and should fulfill the college requirement.
Engineering equipment will also be obtainable at Bridge hall, said McNamara, and supplies will be issued until every trainee is accommodated.