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IFC, Unity Party List Campaign Issues
tXXVII!
72
Los Angeles, Cal., Friday, May 9, 1947
Nisht Phone.
RI. 5472
No. 131
0ukt0Run Clever Politics
End Struggle
PI Unity JmtG Over Charter
R President Defeats Unruh; 'nell Chosen for LAS Post
Konigsberg Maneuver Saves Daily Trojan From News Blunder
hn Houk for ASSC president—this was the decision of [attending the Unity party nominations convention yes-afternoon.
the obvious surprise of many attending, the dark-fcandidate defeated Jesse Unruh in a standing vote 64
“You know I will do my best.'’ | stated Houk. who is at present president ol the Los Angeles School of International Relations, “and I
PAUL G. HOFFMAN
. “the next 10 years”
rest Rises
|2300 Sign
Elections
by Jerry Maher
Adroit engineering by Eph Konigsberg, forensics representative, is credited with being the blow that swept the new ASSC constitution through its final preliminary stages Wednesday night ana rescued the Daily Trojan from a news blunder such as the campus has never seen.
For more than five hours, the hope you will trust my judgment senate wrangled over everything Commerce Fete on the basis of my past record.” from the merits oi the Hare pro-
porticnal representation system to Six Ocher candidates were selected implications of sex in the dual at this first meeting of tlie Unity \ ^presentation of the interfratemity party’s nominations convention. , and panheiiemc councils.
| Fred Knell, already indorsed by the j Twice the constitution came up
Blue Key Taps | Ex-Trojans Return
During GI Bill'
Play at Bovard
John Houk last night stated that he does not feel the nomination assembly yesterday was representative of the Unity Party feeling.
“Obviously there were certain people there who voted in the nominations who were not in sympathy with the Unity Party platform and its general program in behalf of the student party," he said.
Houk also stated that he hoped greater unanimity would prevail at today’s assembly. The Unity Party was formed to express the needs and the desires of a vast section of the student body never
pting interest in the forth -all-university elections yes-I forced registrations over the lark as 1038 students stepped [registration booths and pre-|to vote May 15-16. cations are that an all-time Ii more than 6000 may turn brm Galentine. elections cornier. >aid. Registration has Itxended to 3 p.m. Tuesday, jounced.
;rday's tally of 1038 registra-Inarks a sharp upward swing the comparatively luke warm |of Tuesday and Wednesday.
?.sday 640 students registered;
Isday marked a small gain to , previously represented. The party
plan* to carry on a campaign with
an inspired determination in order to place individuals in the positions of student government from which they can provide measures and means to meet the problems existent on th« campus.
grand total of 2353 is now
I
Jitional TjGoths have been set j I handle mounting numbers in j |of the Engineering and Col-Dentistry buildings. Ap-lately 36 clerks are currently I provided per day.
far there have, been no indi-of attempts to pad or m-ce the legist:ation. Galentine jientation of Knell's name ov nom Clerks have been alerted to jnations chairman Paul Riley. The nt fraud. No irregularities have j nomination of Bob Padgett, vice-
president AMS; Dick Ford, presi-
for final vote, and twice it failed i to receive the two-third majority necessary for approval.
I Debate on the document ceased, and in contrast to the atmosphere ! of grim determination that pre-! vailed since the meeting began at 4:30. there was evident now a 1 weary resignation on the face of every senator in the room.
EARLY MANEUVER Konigsberg had already pulled one j sly move when his request that I the majority party could salvage the task that had taken six long months brought a proposal from Anita Norccp. AWS president, that the senate reconsider its disapproval of the Hare proportional representation plan.
Reporters had been sent to write
Honor Banquet
Set for 1000
Surprised Audience Sees 12 Students Pinned by Al Reid
Blue Key, national honorary fraternity, increased its membership by 12 men last night when Al Reid, 5C chapter president, conducted surprise tapping ceremonies at the second presentation of GI Bill in Bovard auditorium.
Pat Hillings introduced the program to the somewhat I startled audience and spoke on the virtues of Blue Key. Milt Dobkin presented the purposes and principles of the organization, after which i Reid read the list of tappees. Bill Bretz, chairman of the ceremony, pinned the candidates as they stepped onto the stage.
NEW MEMBERS
Musical Will Climax Alumni Day Activities
Receiving the pins were Norman ' 1 Hawes, past president of Interfra- | ' ternity council' Walt Wending, , president of the College of Architecture; John Houk. president of
i Commerce students and business-i men will mingle tonight at a ban-i quet in the Physical Education I building honoring the 25th anniver-I sary of the founding of the College -of Commerce. More than 1000 per- [ ^Ttident todvof"tile'll Angeles sons are expected to attend.	university of International Rela-
Paul G. Hoffman, president of tjons; Edsel Curry, AAU broad the Studcbaker Corporation and jump champion; Paul Wildman, principal speaker of the evening, chairman of the Student Union i will speak on “The Next 10 Years.” committee; Fred Knell president of CHANCELLOR TO TALK	the Santa Rosa JC student body
Peter Potter, president of the al'd	deleSate » the NSa
Bill Winn, president of the sopo-more class; Jesse Unruh, ASSC
College of Commerce student body, will make the introductory speech,
•‘Responsibilities of Education.’’ and j Senate veteran’s representative; Guy Chancellor Rufus B. von Klein- . Claire, past president of Trojan the story of the meeting in order j Smid will address the gathering on Knights; Dick Eshleman. associate that the Daily Trojan could make j -Contributions of the College of editor of the Daily Trojan; Hal its deadline. Tlie story was written Commerce.”	Hodges, sports editor of the DT;
! and would have been in the hands . hnnmiet feature is thp nresen- ! Jchnny Davis, past president of of the printers two minutes later, j	awa?d ^ j Squires.
Suddenly from the doer of the gQ tQ Hejen Harutunian, winner of BASIS FOR SELECTION | senate chambers burst Dick E.<h!e- ^ gold key from Phi Chi Theta j Selection of the tappees was made ———— man, associate editor of the DT. ; gjven yeariy to the senior woman with regard to school activities and Interfratemity council, was chosen with a stop-press cry that a third in commerce wh0 ranks highest in ! scholarship standing. The organiza-as candidate for LAS president. : vote was about to be taken.	i character, scholarship, and person- j tion is primarily a leadership hon-
Lusty applause greeted the pre- KONIGSBERG- AGAIN	ality. Winner of the Gamma Alpha orary group with national ties.
ctition* for nomination to 46 -flight campus posts to fill the |ballots for the May 15-16 elec-arr due in the office of the Knights by noon Monday, Galentine. elections com-sionr; said yesterday.
Top officers of Associated Stu-its; the sophomore, junior, and lor classes; AMS, and five col-^es together with senate repre-itatives for the Independent tents and campus veterans are len to petition.
|Grade-point and unit require-lts by the respective posts can gotten from Galentine or from respective groups.
?ared so far. Electioneering in vicinity of the booths, a probin lormer years, has not oc-red sc far, Galentine stated, fa nous devices have been put to by the elections commission to ire a lair vote. Possible corrup-|i in registration clerks lias been ?ely ruled out. Galentine said, [employing clerks from “all rec-^izable factions.'’ Spot checks as-enforcement of the rules.
of the senate who were absent. Three members of the anti-P.R. • dent of the senior class; Joe Flynn, 1 group had proxies on hand when : president of the junior class; John- j the festivities began. A fourth ap-: ny Landau, president of the sopho- peared in the person of Frank Ger-more class, and Robert Philips. ’ shaw. ISA president, whom P.R. president of the College of Com- supporters sent to get the proxy merce completed the first phase of ! of Jack Smith, pres dent of the Col-the convention.	! lege of Music, in a whispering cam-
"We are grieved to find that stu- j dents opposed to our platform attempted to pack the convention,”
All afternoon there was a shuf- chi key for the senior woman rank-fling of proxy votes for members jng highest in the same qualities,
PRETTY WAITRESSES in brief costumes dance with the • customers in Tony Spaghetti's campus eatery in "GI Bill." spring variety show. Shown above, left to right, are Dorothy Eisenberg, Boyd Case, Joan Gleason, Shirley Died-erchsen, and Jeff White. Last two performances of "GI Bill" will be presented this afternoon at 2:30 and at 8:30 p.m.
Audience Acclaims GI Bill Success
by Howard Williams
. , .. , The curtain, broken in the finale, failed to halt repeated to8p^n:enthe°prin- curtain calls following the first performance of “GI Bill." ciples of good citizenship, to study Stefan and Snetsinger s musical comedy about veterans in student problems, and to stimulate college.
Named the most promising teach- j and promote the best interests of Praised by many for their excellent work In the all-stu-
. ,	,	• * i	* 1 tUn mefifiitiAne in U’hirb t,hp ftrPflTli* 1
National purposes of Blue Key are
with business potentiality added, is Marilyn Crane.
PROMISING TEACHER AWARD
M Picnic, Ball o Entertain All
Swimming, dancing, and tree eats are offered to aii students when the journalism stndents put on their annual picnic at the Mountain Oaks lodge in Glendale on Sunday afternoon.
The party will be*in at 1 pjn. and will continue until midnight with all activities and refreshments included in the SI price of admission. .Ml those interested in attending are advised to sign up before noon today on the bulletin board outside the DT office, 420 Student Union, as picnic committee members want to plan for re-
Bob Peck said yesterday.
Another meeting of the Unity party's convention will be held tomorrow alternoon from 12 to 1 in 206 Administration to pass on the rest of the nominations.
Stieg Named New Director
Appointment of Dr. Lewis F. Stieg. University of Illinois administrator. to the directorship of the SC Graduate School of Library Science was announced yesterday by Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid.
He will assume his new position in September, succeeding Dr. Haze! A. Pulling, acting director.
Dr. Stieg for the past four years has been assistant director of the Library school and professor of library science at Illinois.
He is the first president of the division of library education of tlie i American Library association, which he was instrumental in organizing. J
According to SC officials. Dr. Stieg is also well known for his contributions to periodicals in the fields of library administration and education.
In 1930 he was graduated with the degree of A.B. from the University of Buffalo with summa cum laude honors. Dr. Stieg is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and numerous national library associations.
Engineers to Review
er of business education is John J. the institutions in t\hich the organi Hunt, who will get a pin by Gam- | zation is found, ma Rho Tau. To W'llliam Weigle. j
the junior ranking highest in schol- ! a	|	_ | | • ,
paign that left no doubt of their j arship, leadership, and future prom- U I M O T TO lilt 1 intentions.	ise* Alpha Kappa Psi will give a
i Late in the evening Mitchell left • medallion.
to board a plane for Vancouver, Anna Lee will receive the Secre-and it was then a fifth proxy ap- tarial ciub key for scholarship and |
peared. Ralph Townsend, who pro- ; future promise. The Alpha Delta ! Racial prejudice and the battle reeded to exercise Mitchell's vote Sigma service award will be given to squelch it will be described by during the time the senate was in to Ben Becker.	Carey McWilliams, author and social
Alpha Eta Rho will present a , worker, tonight ir his talk. “What's local chapter key to William James, | and a national chapter key to Rob- j ert V. Woodworth: ” •
Chancellor
Native Racism
a quasi-committee cf the whole. He also exercised that right when the senate reconvened to take a vote on the entire constitution.
PROXY ILLEGAL Konigsberg. however, did not resign h’mself to the defeat of tlie document, and the illegality of Townsend's vote suddenly occured to him.
SCHOLARSHIP
For high scholarship. George P. Young will receive a gold key from Beta Alpha Psi. The Pi Omega Pi award tor scholarship, leadership, and service in business education
Basis of Konig.cbergg s object on vvljj o0 ^ Bruce J. Blackstone.
was article IV, section 3. of the present constitution which states in part, “in case of the inability of the president to perform his duties as such, it shall devolve upon the (Answers on Page Four)
B-’ta Gamma Sigma scrolls for highest scholarship in the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes will go to Howard S. Block, Barbara Zickert. and Harvey K. Leland.
for the matinee. Tickets are on sale in the ticket office, 208 Student Union.
Sharing romantic leads are Allan Shero and Margery Knapp, as GI Bill Edwards, and Carol Winters. I Ahead for America,” at 8 in 418 | Bob Sheldon as Rod Hampton, j Student Union.	! causes trouble for the pair when he
A leading authority on racial i forbids pledge Edwards to speak to minorities in this country. McWil- ! any woman on campus. •
' liams believes that no other ques- Verle and Virgil Tubberden, twins, tion so seriously threatens Ameri- stage a split-second change in the can unity as, does racism.	prologue which leaves the audience
i After receiving a law degree from ' confused but ready for mom SC in 1927. Colorado-born McWil- Dances arranged by Marlyn liams took a great interest in labor I Stephens are equal to those seen in and land policy and in collective Broadway shows in the opinion Oi ownership cf farms. This led him ; Harold Helvenston, designer of the to turn to writing, which has largely eclipsed his law practice.
dent show, the cast and staff will j.present the last two performances 1 of the campus satire at 2:30 this afternoon and at 8:30 tonight.
SEATS AVAILABLE	. . . Rufus B. von KleinSmid will
Nearly sold out for the last show speak to foreign-born students at tonight, good seats are available an intercultural club meeting Sunday. 3:30 p.m., in Moreland hall. His topic will be “The American
Way of Life,” according to Sattareh Farman, Intercultural club president. Members are requested to come at 3 o’clock in order that pictures may be taken for the yearbook.
Gen. Eaker To Address Old Students
Climaxing Alumni day activities on campus the Hancock ensemble will perform before ex-Trojans tomorrow afternoon in the Hancock auditorium.
From the group of professional artists, directed by Capt. Allan Hancock, three ensemble members will be soloists. Mildred Seymour and John Crown, will present Concerto in C Minor, Bach, as a piano duet; Anton Maaskoff, Concerto in O; and Vivaldi-Kreisler on violin.
ANTON MAASKOFF SOLOIST Anton Maaskoff has toured extensively ln Europe, South America, and South Africa and has appeared as soloist with many condictors and orchestras. In his possession is tile celebrated “Latent” Guamerius del Gesu violin. In England Maaskoti studied under the Russian violinit Adolph Brodsky.
Following the solos, the ensemble will present Bouree in B Mino. Scarlatti-Cafarella, and Fanta^f No. 1 in F Minor, MbKart. CONCERT HALL The 11-piece ensemble has a concert hall, radio broadcasting studio, and recording rooms in the Hancock building. Each Thursdi.y at 7 p.m. the ensemble can be heard over station KUSC.
Last year, exclusive ot radio, en-semble-program audiences totaled more than 203.000. For several year the ensemble has plajred free public concerts in schools, colleges, military camps, bases, and hospitals The Hancock ensemble has never performed commercially.
GENERAL EAKER TO SPEAK Highlighting the day’s events, Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, deputy commander of the army air forces and former head of the eight air force will address alumni with “Our Military and the Peace,'' in the Foyer of Town and Gown.
After registration in the Hancock auditorium at 10 a.m., Judge Clarence L. Kincaid, alumni president, will preside at an assembly in Bovard auditorium at 10:30. 'Hirer speakers will acquaint alumni with the future plans of SC. Dr. Alber: (Continued on Page Four)
surrealistic sets for the show. MISSING LAMP POST
freshmen ts.
To roach Mountain Oaks lodge New College Charter picnic grounds, go cast on Los Kelii boulevard, turn left on Glendale avenue, turn left at Glendale J. C.. left on Honolulu avenue, proceed to Mills avenue and turn left on New York avenue to the picnic grounds. For further clarification. a map may be found on the DT irulletin board.
The new constitution of the College of Engineering will be introduced to students at a nomination 1 assembly, noon. May 12. said Mike i Catalano, president.
Revised methods of elections will j be explained and nominations made 'for president, vice-president, and ry-treasurer.
McWilliams “Factories in the Field.” 1939, was a documentation on sharecropper’s social problems.
A lamp post caused worry for director Bill Hobin. Missing from j the stage, it could not be located : on campus A mysterious phone call In 1940 he became president of informed Des Wedberg, producer, the committee for the protection of the foreign born. The following year he recived the Guggenheim award for his outstanding social
Know Your Government
Five New Constitution Articles Interpreted
by Jerry Maher	lege or the University Junior col-
»rif« of four lege.
(Tlli* is thp first In art i<l<"> explaining and interpreting new A>s< ron*titut*«ui>.
work in the Hawaiian islands and for his study of the land-ownership practice there.
“Ill Fares the Land” and Brothers Under the Skin’ are two books McWilliams has written in recent years. The former deals with a study of migrant workers, and the latter is an appeal for honesty in facing race prob ems.
The Hillel club, sponsor of the talk, extends an invitation to all students and faculty members to attend.
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that it would be found in Exposi-
th*‘ SENATE GOVERNING BODY *
Article IV establishes the senate
Six long months of bickering, J as the supreme governing body of tion park aTs p!m.^ jus^before^dress compromise, and genuine hard work the ASSC and grants it power to rehearsal. The prop was found as culminated Wednesday night m pas-| approve the constitutions of all
promised, but the caller is still un-known.
Gebhart Cancels Bovard Debate
BETTER BUSE'ZSS Girls of 1817 are Doral lee Beinett, above left, and Ke‘-n Kctru.urLan, right. U3C.V.3 io c.ucse between ihe two oui^ianding entries the av/crcs committee named belli. The award is given to the senior woman who disDlays the mosc character, personality, leadership, scholarship, and premise of business |uccess. Judges for the annual Alpha Kappa Psi award were Dean Reid L. McClung, Dr. Park J. Ewart. Peter Potter, Manual Real, and two members of Alpha Kappa Psi.
Knights
...applicants will be interviewed according to the folio.,:;:g . c!:ecule: Gibson. C. R. through Jones, C. H.. tonight. 6, Chi Phi house.
Jones. C. E. through Reed. W. C.. Monday. 8. Sigma Chi house.
Richardson, R. L. through Wvlde, ' R. W.. Tuesday. 6:30. Pi Kappa i Alpha house.
Lack o' an audience resulted in the cancellation of the scheduled debate, on the question “Should the ASSC senate be based on proportional representation?” in Bovard auditorium yesterday neon.
Shortly b?fore noon yesterday Je :.se Unruh. one of the sch?duled speakers, anticipated that lack of s!cd? t i ;t rest in the d'Vte would fa 1 to bring in a la*-ge enou' h : urjience to make it worthwhil .
Cari Gebhart. president of LAS council, waited until 12:15 p.m. There were stilj no more than 40 students present, and he announced that the debate was cancelled.
culminated Wednesday night in pas- j approve
sage of the new ASSC constitution i subordinate bodies such as colleges, upon which the student body will j classes, and activity groups. It
_; vote in the general elections. May I further provides for the continuance
- 15 and 16.	] of AWS and AMS.
I11 order that the electorate may j None of the above articles evoked better understand the provisions of debate from the floor of the senaw the new document in relation to ! nor did Article VI outlining the predecessor, this series of articles : membership, voting and has been initiated. It is planned to ! present an interpretation of a num-; ber of articles each day until the i election, outlining arguments evoked by both sides 011 the tloor of the 1 senate.
UK>T TW O ARTICLES
The first two articles name the 1 A... eciated Students and define the purpo oi the student body as the cr anizai... .1 and direction of the ! .airs ot the tudents and. through it.' officers, to .enresent the stu-; clents in relations with administration. faculty, and community.
of the senate, its duties and powers. STUDENT FINANCES
Article VI. however, does contain the provision for a committee on student finance which wUl be charged with the duty of preparing, under the advisement and guidance of the general manager, the annual budget of the ASSC. The measure is unusual in that it is the first time the student body has been represented in policy determination as it relates to ASSC finances.
An interpretation oi the controversial article V which provides for the manner of representation 011 the
The third article defines as mem- j senate will be presented Monday.
bers of the ASSC all ' regular'’ stu- 1 It was on this article that Wednes-dents as determined by the office j day night’s senate battle was fought of the registrar. It does not include and which contains the most radica’ students enrolled in University col- 1 change over the constitution of 1936.