S O' O.T H ERN CALIFORNIA
ToL XXXVI
72
Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 31, 1945
Night Phono RL (472
No. 190
V-BALL SLATED FOR TONIGHT
Jap sword to carve party cake
Sponsored by all three branches of the service stationed on the SC campus, the Victory ball tonight is not only a social event but an endeavor to weld more firmly the different service units.
Committeemen Gus Guzowsky, Jack Sorensen, Skip McMahon, and Harris Frank expressed the hope that the ball would help to re-establish the espirit-de-corp. It is the first event in which marines, V-12s, and ROs have participated jointly, and is hoped by the sponsoring units that it will become a regular term function along with the separate unit parties.
The 12-piece orchestra of Trojan Raymond Davis will furnish music for the event and requests I for “that song” will be answered. The band, which has played for parties of Shirley Temple and Marion Davies, is “really good” according to Frank.
The dance is informal, but an | air of formality will prevail due to the reception line and one of the main attractions, the cutting of the three tier victory cake. The cake, with the theme “one for all and all for one,” will have the navy and marine emblems emblazoned on the frosting and will be out by (Continued on Page Two)
SC graduate to give concert
Graduate student Betty Robinson will give her Bachelpr of Violin concert on Monday at 8:30 p.m. in Bowne hall. The program will include compositions by Mozart, Lalo, Kreisler. and Hubay.
Miss Robinson received her Bachelor of Music degree /rom SC in June. 1944, and has been playing viola in the Hancock Ensemble this summer. Recently she accepted a position in instrumental teaching at the Lakeside Union school in Bakersfield.
While on campus. Miss Robinson wa* a member of the university band and concertmistress. ghe served as student conductor of the university orchestra and gjgo represented the School of Music on the Religious council.
A student of Anton Maaskoff, Miss Robinson wlli play the following selections:
^onata in F Major, Mozart; Symphonie Espagnole, Lalo; Prae-ludiam and Allegro, Kreisler; Gebesleid (Love’s Sorrow), Kreisler; and Hejre Kati, Hubay.
Miss Robinson, who is known for her flawless performances in the Hancock ensemble when they performed for the university this summer. will be accompanied in Monday’s concert by Georgellen Hill.
Blue Key
. , . will hold s. special meeting today. according to Alden Brown, vice-oresident, in 418 Student Union. The following men are requested to be ere at precisely 12:30: Warren ift, Harris Frank. Dick Nelson, erb Lanuoette, Maurice Schmidt, ohn Mohr, Ken McLeod. John May, ob Tolstad, and Phil Burton.
GUZ GUZOWSKY , . marines will land
HARRIS FRANK “ROs will be there.'
JACK SORENSEN . . . on the V-ball.
Theta Xis set spring in September dance
Spring is going to be a little late this year when Theta Xi fraternity presents the first of three “springtime” digs tomorrow night at 8:30 despite the fact that the month will be September. But whether it be summer or spring, the Theta Xis are going to make a night of it, according to Tink Belfils, Theta Xi president.
Dancing under the stars to the music of Bob McReynald’s AAF orchestra will highlight
the occasion, Belfils said. Penny
Parker will be featured as vocalist, he added.
Stressing the fact that the dig is a pre-war Theta Xi tradition, Norman Hawes, dance committeeman, stated, “Any group, fraternity, or sorority that has made plans for a Saturday night affair is asked to bring their party over here and join in with the rest of us for a big evening of entertainment.”
The same invitation Was offered by Buzz Forward, also dance committeeman. “We are furnishing the music, the refreshments, the place, and the amusement. All you have to do is to come and enjoy yourself,” he said.
The band will feature Skeetz Herfurt, formerly with Alvino Rey and Dave Arrussinx, one of Metronome’s “Big Three Saxmen,” according to Belfils. The dancing will last until midnight.
Decorations are to be of a unique nature. They will be large . photographs of the popular band leaders for whom many of the AAF musicians performed.
“The dig will be a date affair,” Forward asserted, “and women will wear date dresses.” The later digs
are planned along the same style, he added, promising to arrange for “a continued high standard of talent.”
Continuing his enthusiasm over
PENNY PARKER . . . she will sing.
the dig tomorrow night, he said, “This is an all-U dig and the more students that attend, the better we’ll like it. We promise the stars and moonlight along
with the dancing. We’re going to initiate peacetime with a bang.”
“Another thing that students should not forget is that the affair is entirely free,” Belfils stated. “I think everybody will go wild over Penny Parker. She used to sing with Joe Reichman’s orchestra, and she has sung all over the country at army camps.”
The Theta Xi house is located at 919 West Adams boulevard, near Hoover street.
Soviet lend-lease to end V-J day
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 30— (U.P) —All lend-lease to Russia out of the Portland area will end V-J day, George Powell, area director for the war shipping administratidn, announced today.
Two-week contest deadline told
“Only two weeks remain in which SC students may present essays to compete in the Phi Eta Sigma contest,” warned Dick Gilson, president of the freshman men’s honorary, as the closing date, Sept. 14, approaches.
“How Youth in the University of Today Can Prepare for the Practice of Democracy Tomorrow,” is the topic for the 1000 to 1500 word themes, one of which will win the $25 victory bond prize.
“All men and women undergraduates registered in the full summer term at SC, except members of Phi Eta Sigma, are eligible to enter,” Gilson stated.
The aim of the contest is to stimulate original, creative thought toward the responsibility of youth in the postwar world, and how the fulfillment of that responsibility may be realized by consideration of the values of college experiences.
Other rules governing the contest are as follows:
Essays are to be typed or written neatly
in ink on one side only of standard-sized unruled paper.
Manuscripts must be mailed or delivered to the dean of men’s office, 225 Student Union, by Sept. 14, 1945.
Manuscripts must bear fictitious names, the contestant’s name being enclosed in a sealed envelope with the entry.
Essays will be judged by the board of four faculty members, including one from the English department. Judging will be based on originality, value of content, and manner of presentation.
Phi Eta Sigma will reserve the right to print the winning essay, with due credit to the author, in order that its content may be presented to the student body.
Announcement of the winner will be made during the 14th week of the summer term. Presentation of the award is to be made at a special banquet planned for the end of that w^eek, according to Gilson.
Strong forces swarm ashore at Yokohama
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 31.—(U.P.) — Gen. Douglas MacArthur organized his occupation headquarters in this once great port of 1,000,000 people today and worked out his final plans for the formal surrender of Japan Sunday as his airbc^fce troops and United States marines and Bluejackets swarmed over this corner of Honshu island.
MacArthur’s tough 11th airborne division troops arrived in Japanese-driven trucks yesterday, quickly Commandeered the new Grand hotel, the American consulate and office buildings along the main bayside road and linked themselves with the marines and Bluejackets in Yokosuka naval base to the south.
MacArthur followed in mid-afternoon and dined at the hotel while members of his staff started the work of assembling a vast occupation headquar- i-—
WAO to hold
forum on topic of anti-fascism
,ters.
(An ABC correspondent, Frederick Opper, reported that 8000 troops already had landed on Atsugi airdrome and seized control of approximately 200 square miles of territory. He said that the occupation went into its second day smoothly and that MacArthur’s headquarters in Yokohama was guarded by 1500 troops. Patrols already have linked up with the naval and marine corps forces around Yokosuka.)
Strong forces of Adm. William F. Halsey’s giant third fleet steamed majestically past the waterfront and dropped anchor in Tokyo bay as MacArthur arrived, and Halsey and Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, the Pacific commander in chief, visited Yokosuka.
The 27th infantry division is on the way to provide the main occupation force for the Yokohama area.
In Yokosuka, the United States marines of Rear Adm. Oscar C. Badger’s task force 31 pushed out southward and westward to form a strong defense perimeter around the entire naval base.
The occupation proceeded with a smoothness which seemed fantastic.
MacArthur arrived at Atsugi airdrome yesterday from Okinawa to find smiling, bowing Japanese newspaper .men and news reel correspondents waiting to interview him.
They stood in their civilian clothing and identifying white arm bands along the tarmac covering of an airdrome section and (Continued on Page Four)
Troy band asks for volunteers
If the SC band is to march down the Coliseum field to herald musically the opening of the football season Sept. 21, more student musicians must volunteer immediately to play with the famed Trojan aggregation.
Dr. Lucien Cailliet, director of the university band and orchestra, and Ralph Chadwick, student manager of the band, yesterday called for a full band membership of 100 players to help launch the initial grid contest .with UCLA. This would mean an addition of at least 72 new members, the band officials pointed out.
Student musicians who have had experience with any band instrument are asked to report for the next rehearsal, Wednesday evening at 7 in the bandroom of the Cinema, Music and Fine Arts building.
“No special preliminary auditions are necessary,” Chadwick said. He emphasized the fact that students interested in becoming members of the band need only appear at the next practice session.
Band membership is open not only to students of the School of Music but to all Trojans, men and women, who are interested In
gaining further experience In music, and in fostering “dynamic school spirit,” according to Chadwick.
Added advantage in membership is the 50-yard-line seating of band
players at all SC football games, he said.
Smart cardinal and gold uniforms, recently adopted as the official garb of the band, will be furnished new members.
Concert numbers as well as school marches are part of the band’s rep-(Continued from Page Two)
Having recently conducted a survey of the social conditions of the various minority groups in this country for the Haines foundation, Dr. Joseph Weckler, professor of anthropology and head of the American council of race relations, will speak to the We Are One society today on “Combating Native Fas-cistic Forces in the United States” at 12 noon in the Y house.
Mrs. Frances Williams, assistant to Dr. Weckler in his research project, which concerned itself with restrictive covenants, will also be present.
The second part of the meeting will consist of reports of proposals, resolutions, and plans of each of the four panels submitted to last Sunday’s “Mobilization for Democracy” conference at Los Angeles City college.
Bob Peck, last term’s WAO vice-president, will report on the panel, "Ways of Reaching the Public.” The panels “Community Work,” “Housing and Employment,’’ and “Education” will be discussed respectively by Maurice Gould, president, Hy Getoff, executive committeeman, and Sigfried Hesse, vice-president.
The program today will also be devoted to ways of coordinating the WAO society’s activities and program with the general program of otheb organizations in the community working toward civic * unity, according to Gould.
In Atty. Gen. Robert Kenny’s opening address, he pointed out that “the conference will be a success if permanent machinery Is set up through which various educational, religious, industrial, civic, and racial organizations can Jointly act in a well-coordinated program to promote understanding among all groups and to meet and beat the forces of native fascism.”
Polyzoides to visit east
Mr. and Mrs. Adamantios Th. Polyzoides will leave Los Angeles today for a five weeks trip covering the United States from the west to the east coast.
Mr. Polyzoides, who is a lecturer in international relations and journalism at SC, will be in Washington for the opening sessions of congress. He will meet with many leading officials in Washington to discuss foreign and domestic problems, including reconversion.
Some of his stopovers will be in Chicago, New York, and Boston, and he will also visit numerous universities including Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Boston college.
The daily column Mr. Polyzoides writes for the Los Angeles Times will continue, and he will return in time for the fall term here in November.
One purpose of this extensive trip is to keep abreast of latest current events and official happenings for use in his columns and international relation classes.