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Plans Include ersonnel
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he army and navy to util-ed training are provisions serves or are not in one of efined by the armed serv-s.
rmy Plan
xcepj. as set forth in Monday's ily Trojan, selection of soldiers the army college training pro-m will be made from enlisted n who have completed or are pleting their basic military ining and who apply for selec-for specialized training.
e selection of enlisted men for h further training will follow general plan for the selection nlisted men for officer’s candi-schools with such additional thods of ascertaining qualifica-is as may be deemed appropri-after consultation with the erican Council on Education.
II	such selections will be under department control.
o enlisted man who has passed 22nd birthday will be eligible for tion under this program, ex-t for an advanced stage of tech-training.
11 selected students will train in grade of private (seventh 'e).
Like many other sororities, the Tri-Delts were having themselves mugged for the annual yearbook. Things were going well. Everyone managed to see the birdie. Merchant managed to get everything from every angle. For once the lighting was perfect. Everyone was holding very still.
Merchant could see the inverted image of the assembled group in the view-finder. Yes, they were all in the picture. No * one had straggled out of camera range, and Merchant could see all the bright, smiling faces of his winsome subjects. He took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, pausing midway to press the trigger on the shutter.
Upon hearing a click, the girls relaxed, the ordeal was over. They had been photographed.
But Merchant was puzzled. Something had gone awry. He examined his camera closely. That click should not have been so loud. Finally he found the trouble. He had taken the photo all right, but the camera had broke in the process.
Merchant tactfully reported that the lense was undamaged.
Vol. XXXIV
NAS—Z-42 Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1943
Night Phone: RI. S471
200 Naval Pre-Flight Cadets Arrive
avy Plan
xcept as *et forth in Monday’s ly Trojan, selection of men for navy college training program be on the following basis: igh school graduates or stu-ts having equivalent formal ed-tion who will have attained r 17th but not their 20th birth -
The navy announced that high ool students who have not ?d their 18th birthday will be pted in the present V-l pro-m until March 15, 1943, pro-ed they have been certified for mission to a university or col-e and expect to attend the next ester.
s at the time of enlistment or ction will be eligible for this y program. Enlisted or inducted with the above educatibnal kifications. who will have reach-jtheir 17th but not their 23rd hdays, and who are recommend-by their commanding officer, eligible to apply for this pro-
ECTED IN HIGH SCHOOL
iudents will be selected normally ng the senior year in high ol on the basis of their officer-qualifications including appear-physical fitness, and high ol scholarship records. No ap-tions will be considered unless are organically sound, without ncal disabilities, have 18-20 In, and evidence potential offi-ualifications.
ocedures for the selection of pnts, in conformity with the ident’s executive order on man-r, dated Dec. 5, 1942, are being ared by the bureau of naval onnel.. Information covering procedures will be made avail -in the future.
fccessful candidates will be per-d to indicate their preference :> colleges to which they wish
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Apolliad Seeks Original Work
Manuscripts Due in Mid-February
War poetry, short-short stories, radio scripts, musical compositions, or anything else original should be submitted by SC students by February to the Apolliad committee which will select those to appear on the Apolliad program in the spring..
The Apolliad, in an effort to stimulate creative ability on the campus, is a contest in which students enter their literary, dramatic, and musical pieces, and qualified critics hear these efforts, criticise them by letter and aid in the selection of ,the prize-winning entries.
A regular program is presented in Bovard auditorium attended by nationally-known critics. Mrs. Tacie Hanna Rew, assistant professor of speech and chairman of the committee said today, that the date of the program will be announced soon.
Mrs. Rew stated, in recounting the 18 years of the program’s existence, that it has become the means through which many SC students have first gained recognition in the various arts.
Among the critics who have participated in the campus event are Rupert Hughes, the late Hamlin Garland, Lee ' Emerson Bassett, Bruno Usher, the late Zane Grey, Harwell Harris, and Henry Hull.
Men May Apply for Signal Corps
Juniors and seniors enrolled in the ERC with majors in electrical engineering, electronics, or physics will be assigned to the signal corps (electronic group) if not otherwise assigned, announced Dean Albert S. Raubenheimer after receiving the information from the chief signal officer in Washington D.C.
Other students who desire assignment in the signal corps enlisted reserve and have the qualifications stated in the ^preceding paragraph should make application to the chief signal officer, Washington, D.C.
Application forms may be obtained from Dr. Raubenheimer’s office.
! Fills Out Questionnaires
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Questionnaires will be circulated to students in all classes ay and tomorrow to determine whether they are return-to school next semester, and if so, the type of program y plan :o take.
Prom the results, the university will formulate its cur-a for the second semester, declared Dr. Albert S. Rau-eimer, director of the educational program at ES. A y of the form follows:
Reds Capture 3 Key Cities in Fast Drive
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Germans Lose 11,000 Troops in Caucusus Since Christmas Eve
MOSCOW, Wednesday, Jan. 6— (U.E)—The red army has captured the key railroad cities of Prokhladnenski and Nalchik in the Caucasus and the Don river stronghold of Tsimlyanskaya, midway between Rostov and Stalingrad, in fast-breaking drives undermining the German position in south Russia, a special communique revealed today.
The high command, announcing a sunburst of triumphs on the deep southern front, disclosed that the Russians were smashing the Germans back through the east central Caucasus and the lower Don valley at a sensational pace.
11,000 GERMANS KILLED
More than 11,000 German troops have been killed in the great red army offensive which has been moving northwestward through the Caucasus from the region of the Grozny oil fields since Christmas eve, the special bulletin said.
Storming 30 miles westward from Mozdok and 35 north from Elkho-tovo, one branch of the Caucasian armies seized Prokhladnenski, junction of the twp branches of the Rostov-Caspian railroad. Nalchik, 39 miles to the southwest, fell before another soviet sweep through the Caucasus foothills.
DON POST RECAPTURED Tsimlynskaya, where the Germans broke across the Don last summer to launch the drive up the Caucasus railway agains.t Stalingrad fell again into Russian hands after fierce fighting, the high command said.
A companion victory 45 miles to the north was the capture of Mor-zovbskaya, 125 miles west of Stalingrad on the railroad running east and west through the Don bend.
For the first time summarizing the results of the Caucasus offensive against the German salient. aimed at the Grozny oil fields and the Caspiajv -the special bulletin said vast stores of nazi supplies and war tools were captured or destroyed.
Baron Elst Speaks on Flemish Artists
"The Message of the Flemish Painters” is the title of an address by Baron van der Elst, consul of the Belgian embassy and authority on Flemish art, to be given in Harris hall, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m.
. The Baron, a former resident of Bruges, during his diplomatic career, has seen service throughout Athens, Budapest, and Luxemborg and has traveled throughout Europe as an art collector in his own right.
During the evening the speaker will illustrate his address with colored photographs and will relate legends of the Flemish masters.
MICKEY HEEGER
. . .no penny pincher he.
Unde Sam Asks for Small Coins
Trojans Exchange Pennies for Stamps
There’ll be pennies from heaven— but they won’t be for Trojans
Instead they will be contributed from the meager wallets of students to the United States government, which is searching thc lining of its pockets for coins in exchange for war stamps.
Pennies, nickels, dimes, in fact all coins are needed by the treasury department to be pu.t into circulation ’because of the shortage of metal for coinage, declared Mickey Heeger, chairman of SC’s war stamp and bond committee, which is a part of the university war board. Heeger announced the members of the group. They are Fred Haffner, Sig Ep, Mary McClung, Theta, and Margaret Ann Hausmann, ADPi and chairman of the Victory hut.
The drive will open today at chapel period. The Victory hut, under the leadership of Miss Hausmann, will be the ofl:eiaJ university station for the collection of funds. The hut is located in front of Bovard auditorium and is open for business during school hours.
The silver, copper, nickel, platinum ,and other alloys which formerly were used for collage, are now being poured into war industries for use as weapons, machine tools, and other instruments vital to the war effort. The government is seeking to put coins which have long been salted away “for a rainy day” back into circulation.
Trainees to Begin 12-Week Program
Two hundred civilian-clad naval aviation cadets will weigh anchors today, and embark on a stiff, well-planned naval ground school training program, which will be supervised by Lt. (j.g.) J. A. McDevitt, and conducted on the SC campus.
Today’s contingent will be made up of 100 cadets from the 11th naval district, and 100 from the ninth naval district. All cadets will begin their period of training immediately. They will be given the title of naval aviation cadets on active duty, and will be given such pay and uniforms as provided for in their program. Because of a shortage of uniforms the cadets will wear civilian clothes until proper uniforms may be obtained from the navy department.
Lt. McDevitt stated that the program offered at SC is not to be confused with those offered at the various pre-flight schools now conducted by the navy. It was brought out that the program offered at SC will include all of the major points covered in pre-flight school, plus all the necessary ground-school work required of naval aviation cadets.
After completion of this 12-week program, graduates will be sent to war training aviation bases to complete their primary flight training. This streamlined training program has been adopted by the navy department to cope with the large number of enlisted cadets who have to remain on inactive duty because there is no place to train them.
While on the campus the cadets will occupy Owens hall, formerly the Sigma Chi house, and Newkirk hall, formerly the men’s dormitory. Owens hall has been named for a former Trojan football player, Jim Owens, who served in the navy as a radio engineer of the famed Torpedo Squadron 8 until he met his death in action off Midway island.
As soon as supplies and equipment can be made available, 400 additional cadets 'Will reside here. It is expected that the quota allotted to SC will be filled by March 1. From that time on SC will become one of the major ground school training headquarters on the Pacific coast.
Navy
Sigma
Bugle Silences Chi Dinner Bell
The t)ld dinner clang which called men from the four corners of Troy to the Sigma Chi house will no longer be heard when pre-flight cadets take over in the near future.
The house, stripped of its banners, athletic trophies, and various evidences of the Joe College atmosphere, is now inhabited by diligent carpenters, who
Amazons
. . . meet today in • the AWS room at 4:30 p.m. Following the meeting they will adjourn to the Student Union fountain for dinner.
Greek Presidents Meet
The Interfraternity council are requested to meet in 225 Student Union at 10 a.m. today according to Dr. Francis M. Bacon, counselor of men.
incidentally paid no attention to a reporter as she climbed over poles and even under ladders in an attempt to * uncover just what the navy was doing to the former fraternity house.
Several of these would-be interior decorators were busily engaged in applying a shiny varnish to the hundreds of bookshelves placed in one of the back rooms, proof that more studying than has ever before ensued in those noble halls will soon commence.
Flourescent lights line the ceiling of one of the rooms; in fact, it is much like the numerous drafting rooms that remain open all night in and around Los Angeles.
The old Sigma Chi house has a new name, Owen hall, and it will serve mainly as a dormitory and study hall for the men. The kitchen will be used as an infirmary.
Cooking headquarters will be situated in Aeneas hall, which is to be completely evacuated and turned over for naval use.
Upstairs at Owen hall are what seem to be hundreds of little cubicles, each with its number painted trimly above the door. Biege of Doheny library.
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drapes preceeded all furniture, and. jap fjgh,t are strewn along the halls as well as other thr hung on the windows. The entire qUe.
aspect is of fresh paint, readiness, -
and cleanliness.
Upon transformation from a rah-rah center to spacious and luxurious barracks Owen hall will accomodate almost double as manj men as previously. In existence on this campus since 1927, the Sigma Chi’s have now abandoned their home and are living temporarily in other houses on 28th street.
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Freshmen Men
wishing to try out for freshman yell leader should see Russ Lindersmith on Thursday at 10:10 am in front of the university photographer on University avenue and 36th place.
Faculty Members
will meet at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in the art and lecture room
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Club to Discuss Minority Croups
Alpha Kappa Delta, honorary sociology fraternity, will meet Fri-
Gremlins Follow Cadets
A daring band of Gremlins has landed on the SC campus and now has the situation well in hand.
The reason given for the sudden infiltration of the little pixies, whose main reason for existence is to bother flyers, is that they have come to make life miserable for the 6Q0 naval pre-flight cadets
who isn’t there who will have fixed
things.
The wee small voice which says, “You don’t want to go to class today, after all you went last week,” will, of course, come from the impish moutlf of a Widget. The student will sip a coke instead.
rrone answers to the question
ine at SC. They have a mysterious way of being pushed around the page to write odd. erratic answers to essay questions.
Happily a11 “ not nu3C where
gremlins are concerned^ The pix.e^ sometimes working on behalf of the student, is able to do a fine job of apple polishing for bewildered
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