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Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, Nov. 22, 1946
KUcht Phone:
RI. 5472
No. 50
Voted
Army
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oy, UCLA Fail DeJay Big Nine ose Bowl Contract
or of Athletics Willis ter, back from attend-eeting Tuesday night ific Coast conference estern conference (Big officials concerning a jwl game tie-up, said ay that he and Prof. S. Willett, S.C. faculty ntative, “d i d every-
nthin their power” to make le for Army’s unbeaten team ln the 1947 Pasadena clas-
r expressed deep personal hat the Western conference led to the linking of the erences in the Rose Bowl in game, instead of delaying for a year so that West football team could be the tative in the ’47 Pasadena
GATIVE VOTES
of both SC and UCLA.— two teams in the running 1947 Bose Bowl bid of the st conference—were uniking to delay the arrange-cast the only two nega-when the PCC voted to e Western conference oiler reported.
ttives of the Big Nine j they had no authority to j arrangement effective i for the game of January and that if postponement: it would be necessary for ( return to their conference . er action with considerable I the outcome,” he said as (Continued on Page Three)
Marjorie Houston Reigns as Queen
‘ Helen of Troy’’ — Marjorie Houston, enriched with crown and ermine robe — wks presented to the student body for the first time last night at the “Beat the Bruin” football rally.
Miss Houston, who will reign over the activities of the 1946 Homecoming week, was named by eight student judges in a special ceremony and presentation yesterday noon in Bovard auditorium.
She will be assisted in her reign for the coming weekend by four attendants, selected along with the queen in the festivities yesterday. They are Janet McLain, freshman; Lorelei Sockett, sophomore; Gwen Shaw, junior; and Anne Pearce, senior.
“It’s just wonderful, I can hardly believe it.”
Such was the comment from Queen Houston when the votes were tabulated. The former Pasadena J.C. coed, now a member of Delta Gamma, is adorned with long blond hair and blue eyes. Her majesty is quoted as being “scared to death” at the thought of the competition. She has never entered a beauty contest before.
Typifying the ideal Trojan woman, the queen with her attendants will be presented to the throng in the coliseum before the “Big Game” on Saturday.
Saturday evening the queen and her court will be the guests of honor at the Homecoming dance at the Santa Monica Ambassador hotel.
“I want to thank all the girls, judges, and student body for their cooperation,” stated Okey King, chairman of the Homecoming Queen contest, “the judges were really sweating blood before making their decision — the competition was that close. Beauty was the only principal upon which the contestants were graded, and affiliation did not enter into the matter at all.”
SC JUGGERNAUT SET TO SKIN
‘STORYBOOK’ BRUIN
PUBLISHER JEFFERSON . . . Troy's Jeff Cravath registers odoriferous disapproval of Author Bert LaBrucherie's first Pasadena-bound edition. Cravath has given local backs The Word to rewrite the ending of the Bruin success story.
Burn the Bruin
Toast Westwood
Tank or Taxi?
Rally, Taxi Day Highlight Pregame Adivity
Bonfire to Fire Rooters Spirit
When Homecoming Queen Marjorie Houston lights the huge bonfire at 8:30 tonight at the second half of the pregame rally, crosstown rivalry will reach its inf lama -tory high.
Labeled “Burn the Bruins,” the rally will feature rousing cheers led by Yell King Jack Chaffee, words of encouragement by ASSC President Jim Mitchell, and the usual merriment and songs by the student body.
Place for the rally is a large clear ! area near Dorsey high school at i the interesection of La Brea and1 Rodeo road.
Credit for the huge stack of fire- j wood collected for the fire goes tc organized students who will try
Covered Wagons, Chariots To Parade in Hack Derby
ek Croup, sian Club Charters
ore name was added to ioster of fraternities yester-the announcement by Dr.
’'ann, chairman of the or-ns committee, that offic-gnition has been extended bda Phi. This approval ome official upon the ap-f Chancellor Rufus B. von lid.
~mmittee also gave its of-
proval to the Beta club, a ! ^or a	offered for the most
of Beta Theta Pi, national 8n(* *,est firewood brought in by the
atemity; Delta Chi frater-! 8:30 deadline. The plaque will be contest at future pre-UCLA game dio Amateurs club; and the ' Presented for the first time this , rallies.
club, a language interest: Jear 1}-V James Smith, of the Ham- To prevent any pre-firing of the ; mond Lumber company.	! stack by invaders from ‘‘other
'D SCROLL RECOGNIZED Judges for the contest are Sam schools, J00 men, pledges from SC wagons, chariots, and hay wagons, gnition was extended to Key Caramelli, Tom Cosgrove, and Jack fraternities, will stand guard ready gjgg rumored that yellow cabs
JIM MITCHELL . . talks football
tion this year and will rotate eac!| year to the winner of the bonfire
Everything but a Sherman tank will roll down Univer-! sity avenue today as strange sorority and dormitory hacks appear in the AWS taxi day.	✓
Government red tape foiled one sorority’s plan of hav-! ing a rolling fortress. Seeking information on where to obtain a tank, coeds contacted the chamber of commerce who referred ! them to the war assets adminis-I tration. The usual mixup occurred ! and they were advised to call the I war surplus board.
“We don’t want to buy a tank,”
I answered the coeds in reply to the third degree they received. Assured that the women didn't possess the monetary funds necessary | to purchase a tank, the board transferred their call to the national guard. By the time the wires were straightened they had the state guard, who concluded that no sane person could possibly use a tank.
NOVEL CONVEYANCES
One of the most collegiate days of Homecoming, Taxi day will produce such novelties as covered
•roll, formerly Spooks and j s. and to the AMS. Petitions o national fraternities who hapters at UCLA to organize lonies" were rejected.
Ticellor von KleinSmid's ap- j of the Pi Lambda Phi's pe-will increase the number of an fraternities to 23.
Lambda Phi is the fourth old-ampus fraternity. It was found-ocally in 1921 under the name hi Beta Delta, a national fra-ity. This group’s amalgamation Pi Lambda Phi was effected 941.
NDED AT YALE
Lambda Phi was founded ch 21. 1895 at Yale university non-sectarian organization. It 36 active chapters in the larger ersities of the United States Canada. Two other chapters located in California—at the •ersity of California and UCLA, holarship has been one of the rnity’s chief goals both na-lly and locally. It has long one of the top ranking nation-atemities in scholarship. Prior ts inactivation it consistently tained one of the highest point of the sc fraternities, ns are being formulated, ac-g to President Eph Konigs-to regain the fraternity's po-at Troy. Negotiations are un-ay to purchase a chapter house new members will be added as as approval has been gained the administration.
Gardetto, who is chairman of the to do battle with intruders, rally.	In case of rain, the rally will be
The plaque’ will enter SC tradi- ' called off, Gardette said.
Alumni Banquet Will Honor Class of '96
will provide transportation at their lowest price of the year.
Entries for the Taxi day parade must be made between 9:10 and 10 a.m. today at the judges’ stand opposite Old College in the parkway, said Lois Rau, chairman. Judging will take place 12:30 p.m. with a rotating plague going to the most unusual vehicle. A permanent gift will be presented to the sorority house or dormitory
El Rod Payment Deadline Today
Organizations which did not meet the Nov. 15 deadline ln next year’s El Rodeo must make their payments by 3:30 p.m. today in 326 Student Union.
Complete membership list, write-up of activities, and a list of officers should be brought in when payment is made.
The 1946 El Rodeo may still be obtained in 212 Student Union.
Arendt Named Ideal Rooter At Pep Rally
Thunderous applause rocked the rafters of Bovard auditorium last night as Bill Arendt, junior in the College of Commerce, was acclaimed the winner in the “Ideal Rooter" contest and will represent Troy at the Notre Dame football game on Nov. 30.
“I’m going back to see SC win that game,’’ Arendt said, “and you can be sure that I’ll be there rooting for Troy until the last gun.” As the winner of the rooter contest, Arendt will accompany Arnold Eddy, director of alumni and student activities, and Jim Mitchell, ASSC president, back to South Bend for the gridiron battle. TUCKER PLAYS Previous to the announcing of the winning rooter, the King Sisters and Orrin Tucker’s orchestra put on a show that was applauded vigorously by the packed Bovard audience.
The King Sister?, accompanied by Buddy Cole, husband of one of the vocalists, sang five songs, including the Duke Ellington composition “Squeeze Me’' and a novelty number, “Life Begins at 14.”
Scottie Marsh, feminine singer for Orrin Tucker’s band, came back for encore after encore before the enthusiastic audience would let her leave the stage. “A Little Too Young” and “That Old Peeling” were two of the numbers included in her performance.
‘HELEN OF TROY’
“Helen of Troy,” Marjorie Houston, and her court were presented to the crowd amid the flashing of numerous camera flash bulbs. Gor don Persons, student chairman of Homecoming, made the introductions and crowned the beauty queen. The four attendants were given trophy cups in honor of the occasion.
Presentation of the trophies to the fraternities and sororities winning the Homecoming week house decoration competition were made, and Dominic Barrese was given two tickets to the SC-UCLA game for his winning entry in the slogan contest.
Pat Hillings, Trojan Knight, emceed the rally and was supported by the SC yell leaders, headed by Jack Chaffee, and the SC band.
Troy Triumph Means Finis for UCLA Epic
by LUCIEN GANDOLFO
One of the most important chapters in the Bruin football storybook will be written at the Coliseum tomorrow afternoon when Bert LaBrucherie sends his undefeated UCLA eleven against Jeff Cravath’s once-beaten-in-PCC-play Trojans. The west’s biggest big game is an all-all important one as to the winner goes the con-
A multiplicity of screen talent f comedian, and the Louis De Prom t seiijng the most tickets.
combined with radio broadcast in- ; dancers complete the list of enter-terviews of prominent personalities tainers who will be present tonight, will highlight the mens alumni At 7:30 the regularly scheduled football banquet this evening from sports program over radio station
The parade path starts at the (Continued on Page Seven)
Alumni Considers SC Bolt From PCC
Key members of the General Alumni association yesterday urged that an investigation be made on whether SC should seek realignment of the Pacific Coast Conference or “withdraw therefrom.”
Passed unanimously by the executive board of the association, a resolution requested Su- j-——
6:30 till 9 in the men's gym. Honoring the football team
KLAC will go on the air from the of I gym with announcers Sam Balter
Vets to File Form
1921 and the class of 1896. a gala &nd Frank Bull interviewing Tro- p. |
>lanned for the jan Coach Jeff Cravath and Bert wi LUbc
program has been planned for the Jan event by Eames Bishop, alumni LaBrucherie, Bruin mentor, chairman of the banquet, and Clay- WHO’S GONNA WIN? ton Garrison, student representative for the affair.
SKINNAY ENNIS WILL PLAY Over 700 returning alumni aiv expected to be present at this tradi-
Two traveling microphones will bo used during the broadcast and members of the alumni audience will be asked their opinion of the outcome of tomorrow's crucial SC-
tional send-off for the Homecoming	UCLA football game, week gridiron contest. Skinnay Er.- i Elmer C. Henderson, coach of the
nis and his orchestra of radio and	1921 gridiron aggregation, and
screen fame wrill provide musical	Charles Dean, captain of that team
entertainment for the diners.	which is being honored tonight will
Hollywood will be well represen-	also be present,
ted with such widely known people	HONOR VARSITY FATHERS
Jack Benny. Dennis Morgan,	The class of 1896, another favor-
Janet Blair, Jack Carson. Marilyn	ed group in the evening's festivities.
Maxwell. Kay Kyser. and Ish Kab-	will be represented by Harry Lee
ible scheduled to participate in the	Martin of that class. Fathers of
show,	present varsity football players are
Peter Lind Hayes, famous mimic
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All Trojan veterans going to school under the GI bill, part-time or full-time, at University park. University College or Civic Center, who have NOT filed Form 1961 (Estimate of Compensation from Productive Labor) must do so immediately.
Forma may be obtained on the second floor of the Veterans’ Affairs building. 834 West 3oth street. Failure to fill out Form 1961 may result in cancelation of subsistence checks.
NOTE: This is the same form filed early in October. The above notice is only for those who did not make out this form at that time.
perior Judge Clarence L. Kincaid, president, to appoint a committee to study the situation arising from the PCC tying in w’ith the Big Nine for future Rose Bowl games over the negative votes of SC and UCLA.
Judge Kincaid said he would announce membership of the committee at tonight’s Homecoming football banquet.
Among those attending the ses-ison at which the resolution was passed without dissent were Howard Byram and Elmer Howlett, past-presidents of the alumni association, and Loyd Wright, prominent in southland sports circles.
The text of the resolution:
“Be it resolved, that the General Alumni association of the University of Southern California commend our university for resisting the prevailing vote at the recent Pacific Coast Conference meeting.
“Be it further resolved, that the president of the General Alumni association appoint a committee to study the situation and determine whether the board shall recommend to the university that we either re-appraise our conference alignment or withdraw therefrom.”
Troy to Join Vet Yule Gift Drive
Trojans will join students of other southern California colleges and universities in a drive for Christmas gifts for hospitalized veterans at Sawtelle, Margaret Crawford, vice-chairman of the SC Red Cross unit in charge of the local Christmas drive, said yesterday.
Gifts will be accepted until next Wednesday, according to Miss Craw-tord, and should be smoking equipment not exceeding $2.50.
Individual students giving presents should place them in <he box at 226 Student Union or in the box at the main desk in the University library. Resident students in Chooin Piano Concert fraternities, sororities, and dormi- j
Steuber, distinguished
ference title and the right to represent the west coast in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1 against the champions of the Big Nine.
So far, the Bruin gridders have written eight perfect chapters — Oregon State, Washington. Stanford, California, Santa Clara, St. Mary’s, Oregon and Montana — into the book tentatively titled by Westwooders as “This Bruin Went to the Rose Bowl.”
Although, the Spring street bookmakers figure that this is a good name for LaBrucherie’s first Pasadena pulp venture, Cravath and his Trojans have different ideas. They prefer to keep the Blue and Gold book off the market or to at least force author “Bu-Bu” to chance the title to “This Bruin Stayed Home New Year’s Day.” FINAL DECISION The whole issue wii be decided tomorrow as a packed Coliseum crowd of 103,000 fans look on as the two crosstown rivals battle it out. A Bruin win will guarantee the book a happy ending, while a Trojan triumph would insure a sad finish for all hopes of UCLA's first undefeated and untied season in history and a second shot at their first Pasadena victory.
Troy’s vastly-improved varsity will go into the brawl as seven-point underdogs and will have to win as a tie would still give the fourth-ranked in the nation Westwood powerhouse the Arroyo Seco bid.
COMMON COMPETITION
Reason for El Troy’s longshot role at post time is that experts like the otherside-of-towners better be cause of their showing against common competition. Southern Cal dropped a 6-0 decision to Oregon State at Portland while the Broons bopped the same club 50-7 here in the opener.
Troy fared better against Cal winning 14-0 as the Uclans squeezed by the Bears in the near disaster, 13-6. SC had the better of it with Oregon a 43-0 triumph as compar cd with a 14-0 triumph on a wet field. The Cravaths were eight points better against Washington, while the LaBrucheys beat Stanford by 12 more.
COACHES LIKE BRUINS The coaches whose teams played against both outfits tab the Bruins as the winners. Seems that the mentors and players alike figure that the Uclans have slightly more speed in the backfield, better ball-Landling, and passing, but that the SC line hits harder and is more rugged. If it's a defensive battle a la Army-Notre Dame the experts favor Troy’s power but in a wide-open affair the edge goes to the Broon’s speed.
Possibilities of a muddy field favor the Trojans more than the Bruins as SC operates from both the T and short punt setups, while it’s the tricky T exclusively for the lads from crosstown. LaBrucherie likes a wide-open style of play and a w^t turf would definitely hamper his fast break. However, the locals have not seen combat yet with a damp pigskin on a dewey day, while the Uclans have when they slipped and fumbled their way nt Portland to a win over Oregon a few weeks ago. This wet experience may be enough to offset the seeming El Troy advantage.
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Top Athletic Men Sad About Big Nine Deal
Here’s what SC’s top athleti« names feel about tomorrow's big brawl with the Bruins and the newly-adopted deal with the Big Nine and the Rose Bowl.
Track co? .h Dean Cromwell says—“UCLA in a walk ... it won’t even be a close contest.” Grid Captain Doug Essick has this to say—“We’re going to giv« them a real battle.”
Halfback Art Battle tells us, “The Bruins are going to know that they had a game.
“It’s a shame about the Rose Bowl. For two years local fans have been wanting to get a look at Glenn Davis and his buddy Blanchard. They won’t get Ti now. The conference spoiled the deal.’*
Head Coach Jeff Cravath had this comment—‘‘The Trojans will play their best game of the season. Naturally, the Bruins are favorites. They should be on the basis of their superior record. I haven’t made up my mind yet whether I’ll start Lillywhite or McCardle. As far as the rain is concerned it won’t help either team too much.”
Guard Mike Garzoni says. “I’ve got two good ones left on the 50."
Relief halfback Terry Ragan says “Those .Broons aren’t as tough as the Meglin kiddies.” Athletic News Director Dic?t Nash sizes it up thus, “We’ll lose if we make a mistake defensively.” Quarterback Mickey McCardle says, “Your best bet for slacks Is Desmond’s.’*
KUSC Will Feature
tories should leave their packages at the residence to be picked up later by Red Cross representatives. Miss Crawford stated that the
Lillian
young American pianist, currently apearing in southern California concert circles, will present variations
gifts should include a list giving of Chopin’s finer works over KUSCs the contents of the package.	j Hancock hour, tonight from 7 to 8.
Hotel to Don Troy .Colors
Chosen by the AMS cabinet as the ideal spot for Troy’s 23rd annual Homecoming dance, the Santa Monica Ambassador hotel has been putting on its best bib-and-tucker, figuratively speaking, this week in preparation for tomorrow night’* festivities.
Used during the war as a rest center for airmen, the hotel has recently been lavishly redecorated, with special attention to the main ballroom on the sixth floor. A freshly waxed floor for dancing is promised Trojans who attend the Homecoming dance.
Not only will the main ballroom find itself decorated in gala school colors, but it will contain miniature victory bells and several of the outstanding 28th street decorations moved bodily to the hotel for the occasion.
More than 550 couples are expected to gather after the big gama with UCLA to dance and celebrate in the romantic surroundings ot the Ambassador. Situated at the foot of Pico boulevard, facing the ocean front, the hotel has many attractions, not the least of which is a large veranda just off the main ballroom.
Brawl Canceled Because of Mud
The freshman-sophomore brawl has been canceled due to the muddy conditions of Bovard field, Bill Winn, sophomore president, said yesterday. The event v 111 take place at the earliest date possible, he added.
“The braw., wnrtt it is held, will consist of the same four contests,” Winn said.