JIM HARRIS , . chairman.
CARMELITA WHITE . . . contacts faculty.
RAY RAND . Trovet man.
HELEN TAYLOR.
. solicits sororities.
BUZZ FORWARD . covers fraternities.
JEAN WELCH represents Amazons.
Engineers sell dance tickets t Bookstore
Five hundred tickets to the College of Engineering formal Tl-U dance at the Riviera Country club Oct. 7 went on sale "tiday at the cashier’s window in the Student Bookstore.
ds may be also obtained through the following barracks epresentatives:
Late nar news
Charles Clifford. Owens; pete agley. Reynolds; Sharon Mbody, NROTC; Ed Vikupitz, Henderson: >b Taylor, Williams: and George Wilson. Newkirk, president of the Allege of Engineering.
The dance, a traditional Trojan affair, will have a red, white, and blue victory theme. It will be staged the evening of the SC-Cal football tussle, and ift is the only formal prom of the year, climaxing the summer term all-U social events.
Either the freshman or the soph-more class, depending on which >ne wins the annual frosh-sopho-hiore brawl to be fought just before ;he Cal Game, will provide the ueen of the dance, who will be :rowned by the president of the osing class.
Eileen Holland, attended by Daisy Mintier and Lucille Wilde, Is the freshman queen, while the sophomores have picked Dorothy Day as their queen. Miss Day’s attendants are Patricia Len ton, and Maryanna Bridgeman.
Music for the prom will be provided by Stan Meyers and his orchestra. playing from 9 p.m. to 1 Lm. The orchestra has appeared locally at the Beverly-Wilshire hotel, the Clover club, and Victor Jugo’s. It recently played at the Sdcewater hotel in Chicago.
arian Jersild o give recital
The Hancock foundation and the .hool of Music is presenting Ma-
by United Press
LONDON, Oct. 1—Russian troops, widening their bridgehead on the south bank of the Danube river, today drove 22 miles across Yugoslavia from the captured railhead of Negotin to within 49 miles of the big rail hub of Nis, Moscow revealed tonight.
U.S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct. 2—U.S. army and marine forces have secured the strategic island of Peleliu and its three satelite islands with the exception of small groups of fiercely resisting Japanese.
ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, London, Monday, Oct. 2—A host of German tanks and infantry poured out of the Rhineland Sunday in a major counterattack against the tip of the Allied salient through Holland, but last night the British second army, supported by waves of typhoon rocket planes and bombers, had the situation “well in hand.”
Giant SC rally to open War
Chest drive
Today at 11:35 a.m. Troy will break loose with a pretentious rally launching the War Chest drive as SC’s part in the nation-wide campaign.
Hollywood s character detective James Burke is slated to join talents with others in discovering ways of developing
extra generosity in Trojans. Re-
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TROJAN
Vol. XXXV
Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 2, 1944
Night phone: RI. 5472
No. 171
All-U varsity show set for Oct. 13
Crippling blow dealt by Allies in Tiowora raid
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Southwest Pacific, Monday, Oct. 2 —(U.P)—A navy Catalina patrol bomber sank an 8500-ton Japanese freighter-transport in Tiowora strait Friday night, Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported today, as Allied airmen continued harassing vital enemy shipping throughout the southwest Pacific.
In other sweeps against enemy
shipping fighters destroyed two
. . . . . . , .	barges and other small craft in the
an Jersild. pianist and student of	^ u-i * ,
H ,	Sermata islands, while air patrols hn Crown, tonight in Hancock
Variety of talent promised audience
A more imposing talent array has been promised Trojan rooters in the all-U varsity talent show scheduled for Friday night, Oct. 13, according to Ted Smith, in charge for the ASSC social committee, since the show is being postponed a week because of conflicting dates.
Lee Hyde, director of the show, I ■
taditorium at 8:30.
Miss Jersild’s program includes ihromatic Fantasy and Fugue, ich: Sonata in B minor. Op. 58. hopin; and “The White Peacock.” Leaving for Chicago to continue ^r studies in music, Miss Jersild been studying under John jwn. professor of music. She is member of Sigma Alpha Iota, onorary music sorority.
destroyed another barge southeast of Noemfoor.
Medium bombers and fighters struck a motor pool in the Rabaul area on New Britain, the communique reported.
The communique said two Japanese planes attacked Allied shipping in the^ Moluccas at night without effect. ~
is asking for more novelty acts for the Bovard auditorium varsity spectacle Oct. 13. Applicants should contact Smith in the ASSC office early this week.
Master of ceremonies Johnny McEwen announced that this is the second all-U talent show to be presented to the student body under the auspices of the ASSC.
Already billed for the show are Chuck McKenzie, Dusty Rochlin, Clarice Young, and John Dester. Particularly needed is a woman tap dance artist for the dancing team. Good novelty acts are also especially requested.
Under the direction of acting ASSC president Jean Working, the ASSC social committee is comprised of Dick and Pep Pearson, Virginia Owens, Smith. Helen Janet Simms, and Randy Phillips.
Wanted: vocal chords capable of yell leading
Men with strong vocal chords and plenty of pep are needed to try out as yell leaders, for the man who can convert the Trojan rooting section into a thunderous inspiration to the football team will be picked as yell king at the student body election Oct. 12.
Although the deadline for petitions to student body offices is past, candidates may be nominated from the floor at the campaign assembly Oct. 9.
Combined glee clubs present first program
Featuring Russian and Spanish novelty numbers, the combined Men’s and Women’s Glee clubs will present their first program of the term. The presentation will begin at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
According to Bob Littlejohn, in charge of publicity, this will be an informal half-hour of music.
A male quartet from the men’s glee club will present a medley of Negro spirituals.
The two glee clubs are under the direction of Charles Hirt, lecturer in music. Hirt has spent a great deal of time preparing this program, declared the publicity manager, and it promises to be entertaining.
If the students enjoy this performance, a longer and more inclusive program will be given next term. The president of the Women’s Glee club is Betty Reed, and president of the Men’s Glee club is Leland Scott, V-12 trainee.
egistrar's ffice notice
A plan has been approved for the commencement convocations In October, 1944, and February, 1945 which will make unnecessary the anticipation of final examinations by seniors and the filing of early grades by instructors. Details of the commencement plans will be announced later. Seniors will therefore complete their courses and take their final linations in the regular schedule applicable to all stu-ents.
Final examinations for the 16-summer term will be held m Oct. 14 to Oct 20. The ex-mi nation schedule is printed on he back cover of the term sch edit will also be printed in last issues of the Trojan.
Office of Registrar.
SS man polls opinions on candidates
by Super Snooper
If the fraternity and sorority organizations are backing candidates for all major offices in the coming ASSC elections, what chance does a non-org have of winning an office or of even running for one? According to Super Snooper’s popular opinion poll (information gleaned from the campus 400) based on past elections the non-org’s opportunities are very few.
In the last few years non-orgs have barely found it profitable to file petitions for important ASSC offices, for the boys who control campus politics are certain to see that any unaffiliated student is given the so-called word.
The practice of cutting out the non-org is not limited to any one political machine’s policy. It is a quality which Is basic to almost every fraternity and rorority initiation, and the prospective mem-
ber finds himself swearing to “forever protect and guard the sacred honor and privileges of organized students.”
The fact is that the non-org finds himself better qualified, by a slight act of rationalization, not to run for campus offices but instead to satisfy himself with the lesser appointive positons.
The fraternity representatives are not out and out belligerent to unorganized eager-beavers, but they sometimes use less than subtle methods to discourage such students’ ambitions.
Once in a while a non-org appears like some brightly shining star among the thousands of dull sa-telites, and if he is not picked up by an enterprising organization, he may be selected as its representative in case that organization has no qualified candidate.
In the last election Rockwell
Hinchcliffe. a non-org and a well-liked one at that, was chosen to lead the opposition in its bid for the ASSC presidency. He was not elected.
In this election there is a parallel to that situation although it is not an exact one. Jack Collis, a member of Alpha Rho Chi, national architecture professional fraternity, is running for the ASSC presidency. If Jack is able to promise enough prestige and gravy to the political underdogs, he may be able to win their support and thus overcome the loss of backing which he might have obtained had the Wampus, his alma mammy, had courage to s^cp into politics and back him.
The fact remains, however, that no matter how much talent or personality an unorganized student may have, there is generally a fraternity or sorority member who has
more knowledge, more experience, and more concern with the things which go to make a good ASSC officer than the non-org. And in the long run the true fraternity representative is more certain of winning. Indeed, it is conceivable that he might win without the intensive backing which organizations give him merely because he is the better candidate. The voters are usually smart enough to pick him out.
The weekend has not proved fruitless in the development of agreements and two-party pacts. The Sigma Nus, feeling that Lee Scott may have political significance and power because of his widespread popularity, have aligned themselves with Ralph “Phi Alpha-ite” Peters and his SAEs.
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turning from a 31.000-mile USO tour and 7 months of travel on 32 South Pacific islands, Burke appeared in Dr. Gillespie’s picture “Three Men in White” and “Duffy's Tavern.” Carrying out the one-week theme, mascots have been chosen for the individual barracks by representatives.
Flanked on all sides, students will meet solicitors through classrooms, sororities, fraternities, dorms, barracks, and University College. Jackie Williams, Alpha Gam, will collect contributions of those not approached in classroopns in the
Women interested in assisting with classroom solicitations are asked to sign up in the War Board office from 12 to 12:30 p.m. today, according to Midge del Bondio. There will be a meeting of all solicitors Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the War Board office. Activity points will be given to all volunteers.
Victory Hut, assisted by volunteers working from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day throughout the week. Two or three women are desired for each hour.
Classroom contacts will be made through Midge del Bondio, DG, and her helpers, dtetibuting envelopes printed by the War Chest. A classroom will be assigned to each woman, who is to pass the envelopes to students at the beginning of the period and collect them at the end. The solicitors will contact 10 o’clock classes Thursday and Friday.
DG Helen Taylor, chairman oi the sororities, will meet with a representative from each sorority to schedule plans for house collections. Houses are asked to submit checks for those women off campus whe will remit to the house upon returning. All but two houses have pledged 100 per cent to date.
Dormitories will be given pep talks by Carol Netzow, chairman, as representatives from each house are introduced. Helen Kraus takes over the women’s dorm of the old Kappa Sig house, while Helen Fitzgerald holds the upper hand over the old SAE house. Miss Netzow of the Casa de Rosas will be assisted by Phyllis Drake and Carlotta Allen.
Tro-eds, freshman women’s organization, have compiled lists of faculty members to be contacted with personally addressed pledge cards. Typed letters and numbered cards
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President's office notice
There will be a War Chest rally on Monday, Oct. 2, from 11:35 to 12:20 p.m. and the following schedule will govern class meetings on that date:
8:00— 8:45 8:55— 9:40 9:50—10:35 10:45—11:30 11:35—12:20 Assembly.
Dr. R. B. von KleinSmid, President