World roundup
By United Press
Airforce destroys Jap ships
CHUNGKING, Feb. 15—Dealing new smashing blows on the Japanese, fliers of the 14th U. S. airforce destroyed at least six ships, over the weekend, including a 10,400-ton transport, blasted military installations in Indo-China, and shot down or damaged 15 enemy planes, a communique from Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell’s headquarters said today.
Allies pound 'Atlantic Wall’
LONDON, Wednesday, Feb. 16 — American and British bombers wrapped military targets along the Germans’ “Atlantic wall” in giant columns of smoke Wednesday with one of their heaviest blows against the French invasion coast, and before dusk a large force of RAF heavy bombers was seen crossing the east coast, outward bound.
Residents of east coast villages abandoned their tea tables to watch the passage of a 45-minute procession of bombers which was climbing as it headed out to sea.
Argentine revolutionary regime thwarted
MONTEVIDEO, Feb. 14—Younger officers of the Argentine army have frustrated an attempt to take the revolutionary regime of President Pedro P. Ramirez into war against the Axis, usually reliable diplomatic quarters reported tonight.
Advices said that some members of the government favored a declaration of war in retort to a strong German note demanding the immediate release of one Gen. Frederich Wolfe, former German military attache at Buenos Aires and Santigo, Chile, who was held as a leader of one of the spy rings which forced Argentina’s break in diplomatic relations with the Axis.
Soviets slay 1800 Nazis
LONDON, Wednesday, Feb. 15—Soviet troops killed 1800 more Germans in the battle of the Cherkassy pocket yesterday, making a total of more than 33,000 Nazis slain since the Russians encircled 10 enemy divisions two weeks ago, while on the northern front other Red army units advanced eight miles southward in the drive toward Pskov.
Moscow’s broadcast communiques announced that Russia’s first and second Ukrainian armies, continuing their battle to destroy the remaining Germans inside the 100-square mile trap near the middle Dnieper river, captured a number of unidentified strongholds during night battles.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
Vol. XXXV
NisM phone: ri. 5472 Los Angeles, Wednesday, February 16, 1944
No. 86
Graduation NRO d ance goes nautical
El Rodeo asks trainees to pay full balances
Trainees should pay the balance on their El Rodeos in their barracks, as blue cards redeemable for the yearbook will be obtainable only through barracks representatives, announced Tyler MacDonald, annual business manager.
No blue cards will be issued until all payments have been “	——	made by the barracks, or a per-
Annual assures trainee
to be held in Bovard
In the SC’s 61st annual Commencement Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27, 350 seniors will receive their degrees in Bovard auditorium from President Rufus B. von KleinSmid
The Commencement speaker has not yet been chosen for the exercises, stated Howard W. Patmore, associate registrar, although his name is expected to be announced this week.
Awards of summa cum laude, and cum laude will be bestowed upon deserving seniors at Commencement. The graduation procession will include marshals, col sor bearers, President von Klein Smid, trustees, deans of schools and colleges, faculty member, and seniors, who will be the last group in line..
Musical selections for the exercises are “Song Without Words,” “Mendelssohn,” and “Spanish Dame, Granados, played by Stephen De’ak, cellist and visiting professor of mu sic, and Margaret De'ak, pianist. Prelude is G Major and Prelude in G Minor, 'Rachmaninoff, will be played by the SC orchestra directed by Dr. Lucian Calliett, professor of music.
Seniors may still order graduation announcements from the cashier’s office in the Student Union, announced Marie Poetker, cashier. Announcements will be the same for all schools and colleges of the university, except the College of Dentistry and Medicine, and will cost $1.75 for 25 cards, $2.75 for 50, $3.75 for 75, and $4.50 for 100. Orders are to be taken before graduation and for a short time afterward, Miss Poetker stated.
Navy unit marches Saturday
Company head receives colors
photos
Outgoing V-12 men and marines will receive the same average as previously planned in the ’44 El Rodeo, despite the current accent n the 884 junior and senior men who are unexpectedly eaving at the culmination of this it was pointed out yesterday by the annual's editorial staff. Since the graduation of these men as anticipated, 36 platoons were hotographed; therefore the por-it appointment difficulties en-ed by the leaving NROTC men as been covered.
Due to the curtailed paper regu-tlons now being enforced, it will impossible to photograph each mber of the junior, sophomore, d freshman class individually, leaving before the El Rodeo is back from the printer can make arrangements to have it picked up for them and mailed to their stations, according to the business iff.
erms f inal rojan to hit ampus Monday
The last issue of the tri-weekly Trojan for this term will be issued Monday, and students, organizations, and faculty members who wish announcements in, should turn them in Friday afternoon, Robert Weide, editor, announced yesterday.
Following the custom of previous years, the graduating seniors will be in charge of the final issue. Those graduating include Weide, Ed Diener, Mary Ann Callan, Kathleen Gelcher, Juanita Sayer, and Catherine Lowry.
sonal arrangement or cancellation has been obtained by the trainee. There willbe no refunds until sometime next term, he announced.
“Civilians,” emphasized MacDonald, “will not be issued El Rodeos for a receipt alone.” Oily the official blue cards are redeemable, and receipts bay be exchanged for these cards in the El Rodeo office after 1 p.m. any afternoon this week.
Sororities and dormitories which have paid for their quota of annuals should pick up their receipts in the El Rodeo office this week. Payments must be made at the ticket booth in the Student Union.
The following list is the El Rodeo’s record of the only sororities that have evidenced their desire to be in the yearbook by meeting their obligations: Alpha Epsilon Phi, Chi Omega, Tri-Delt, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu, Zeta Tau Alpha. “Therefore,” stated MacDonald, “these are the only houses that are provided for in the final plans of the book.”
The only fraternities which have fulfiUed their obligations and will be represented in the yearbook are Chi Phi, and Phi Kappa Psi, Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Alpha, and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Therefore, these are the only houses that are provided for in the final plans of the book, MacDonald said.
There are openings on the staff for photographers, copy readers, and other persons wishing to help in the editorial work. Applicants should see the editor in his office, 226 Student Union, this afternoon.
Hostess club
. . . members of the YWCA will meet today, 3:15 p.m., Y house, to discuss the spring project of fixing the Y house yard and porch. Ginny Miller, cabinet adviser, will be in charge of the meeting and all Y hostesses are asked to attend.
Club announces writing contest
Announcement of a contest sponsored by Gamma Alpha Chi, national advertising organization, and by Mademoiselle, fashion magazine, to be held in the near future was announced yesterday by Miss Lucille Van de Steeg, visiting assistant professor of retailing.
Prizes totaling $500 in war bonds will be awarded for the best 3-minute radio broadcast script or composition of 450 words on the subject, “Why I want to join a women’s service group.”
Entrants may write about the WACs, WAVES, SPARS, Women Marines, and similar groups. The contest is open to all college women, Miss Van de Steege stated.
Further information may be obtained from Miss Van de Steeg in 249 Old College.
At a Founders day banquet last night Gamma Alpha Chis honored graduating senior members and entertained 12 rushees.
Feted also were initiates Betty Dexheimer, Betty Markowitz, Nadine Arnold, Celeste Mockenhaupt, Darlene Hubbard, Mary Pike, Bea McConnell, and Birdine Gates.
Presiding was June Chantland, president, who introduced Mary Gist, national president. Guest speaker was Lee Averill, fashion editor of the Los Angeles Daily News, who discussed recent New York fashion showings.
Fighting Top sponsors party
Eighty-five departing members of NROTC will be honored at a formal dance Saturday night at the West-side Tennis club in Cheviot Hills.
Featuring the music of Leon Mojica and his orchestra, the dance will have a nautical theme and is to be the last NRO party for many of the men, according to Harry Masser, dance chairman.
Masser stated that it will be exclusively for members of the unit and is b^ing arranged by Fighting Top, NROTC social planning organization. The committee in charge is headed by Masser and Don Ferguson, president of Fighting Top. It consists of Ralph Gates, Don Hardy, Joe Wolf, and Mel Morrison and Hal Redd.
A special feature oi the party will be entertainment, oy a negro pianist, seen recently in motion pictures. Members of the committee have not disclosed the name of the artist, but they stated tn&t he would play boogie-woogie, blues, and popular numbers.
Naval officers from the SC unit will chaperone the affair.
President awards Dr. Rivas degree
In ceremonies held at SC Friday Dr. Alberto Posse-Rivas, consul from Venezuela, was granted the honorary degree of doctor of foreign service by President Rufus B. von KleinSmid.
Members of the consular corps and other dignitaries were guests at the presentation, which took place in the president’s suite.
Dr. Rivas has served in the dip lomatic service for 25 years, having been charge d’affairs in Venezuela,
France, and at the Vatican. He is president and founder of the Los Angeles Latin-American consular association and co-founder of the Simon Bolivar scholarship for Latin-American students at SC.
He will leave his local position to assume the consulship of the embassy in Mexico City this week.
MILLARD EWING . . . platoon leader.
SC Knights to name men
Names of new members of Trojan Knight’s men’s junior-senior service organization, will be released in Friday’s Trojan, according to Bob Campbell, president.
Selected by personal interview, scholarship, service to the school, and results of the test given to ap plicants on the “Know Your University” handbook, candidates were chosen to serve the coming term.
Requirements for Knights include two semesters residence at the university, a 1. grade average and the completion of 60 units by the end of the term. The men applied for the membership by petition and were interviewed Friday at the Theta Chi fraternity house.
Theta Xi to give farewell dance
A farewell sport dance will be given by Theta Xi members for men leaving for other service schools at the end of this term, announced Gerald Juergens, vice-president. The dance is to be at 8:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at the chapter house, 919 West Adams boulevard.
Race tension lecture set
Dr. Walter G. Muelder, profesor of Christian theology and ethics, will speak on racial tensions in the United States at today’s noon luncheon meeting of the Mens Faculty club in the Student Union tearoom.
Dr. Muelder, who was graduated from Knox college and obtained Ills Ph. D. from the School of Theology at Boston university, has made an intensive study of racial problems in the United States. His lecture will include a discussion of the Japanese issue.
A member of the Wisconsin Conference of the Methodist church, a fellow of the National Council on Religion in higher education, and chairman of the Commission on international justice and goodwill, Dr. Muelder has done much work toward reducing racial intolerance.
ASME
. . . members will hold an election meeting today at 12:30 p.m. in 308 Engineering building.
Fritz to discuss life in Far East
Chester Fritz, a resident in China for more than 30 years, will speak on “The Far East” today at 10 a.m in 305 Administration building. Fritz will take over Dr. Leon H. Ellis’ international relations 50-b class for the hour and all students and faculty members may attend.
Fritz, who recently returned to the United States aboard the exchange ship Gripsholm, was the far east representative of the American Metals company and a member of the brokerage firm of Swan, Culbertson, and Fritz.
Fritz is expected to tell of his experiences and dealings with the Japanese. He was a prisoner of the Japs for 15 months. His speech will be limited so as to afford questions from the audience.
Cookie day proves popular with men
Cookie day was termed a huge success by hostesses of the USS Poopdeck, SC’s canteen for servicemen, and by trainees who visited the canteen Monday to receive their share of the several hundred dozen homemade cookies contributed by Trojan women.
It was impossible for canteen workers to estimate how many cookies were donated by sororities and other organizations, stated Louise Conrad, chairman of Cookie day.
Hostesses remained in the canteen all day to serve cookies free to each serviceman.
Presentation of awards to NROTC members and colors to winning Company 2 will be made when the unit passes in final review Saturday, 10:45 a.m., on Bovard field.
With the traditional kiss, Mari-lou Horn, Delta Delta Delta, will present colors to her fiance, Bill Daniels, commander of the second company, at the close of the ceremonies.
Millard Ewing, the commander of the second platoon, will receive the President von KleinSmid cup, presented by President Rufus B. von r KleinSmid for the placoon winning the annual competition.
Walter Hoffman, second class, will receive the book, “Command at Sea,” from the navy department for proficiency in the manual of arms.
Books on marksmanship will be presented from the navy department to Richard W. Vivian, third class, for receiving the highest score in pistol marksmanship, and Donald Mayer, second class, for the highest seore in rifle marksmanship.
J. D. Ferguson, president of “Fighting Top,” will present a cup to Roelmer D. Turpen, first class, winner of the annual competition in the manual of the sword.
James S. Lawshe will receive a copy of “Bowditch” from the Naval Reserve officers association for high merit In navigation during the past two terms.
For having the highest grades during the first two years, Sharon Moody, third class, will receive a medal from the American Legion Aqueduct Po6t No. 342.
. Charles Stevens, first class, will be presented the University of Southern California award for outstanding qualities of military character and leadership.
To Roelmer Turpen, first class, is to go a leather correspondence case for contribution to the organ-zation and morale of the battalion.
Commerce sorority initiates five
Phi Chi Theta, national commerce sorority, initiated five new members Sunday morning at the Casa de Rosas dormitory.
New actives in the sorority are Ann Casey, Margaret Emme, Pftggy Kalpakian, Joy Martin, and Cecilia Monro.
After initiation initiates were guests at an early afternoon dinner.
Sweetland stars in 'Julius Caesar1 presentation
The festival of 18th century music will close with the performance at 8:30 tonight of Handel’s opera “Julius Caesar’* in Hancock auditorium.
Les Sweetland, baritone, will play the title role, supported by a cast consisting of Mary Lou Per-ry, Caryl Porter, and William Wright.
The performance is to be conducted by Ernst Gebert, who has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony orchestras.
No admission charge will be made. Tickets, which may be obtained at the Hancock Foundation, are required for admission until 8:15, after which time the doors win be open to non-ticket holders.