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C Movie
roposed Council
Would Portray raditions, Activities; Orient New Students
posa! for a 20-minute ie to portray the activi-of the SC campus was ught forth in yesterday’s eting of the Letters, Arte, Sciences council, which d unanimously to present plan in the next senate ion.
e film, as recommended
council, heeded by Presi -Oarl Gebhart, is to include ent and faculty activities, tra-of the campus, information :>ls and colleges of the uni-and buildings on campus. "ITT PUBLICITY
chairman Jim Mc-author of the plan, stated the campus movie will serve dual purpose of orienting presand prospective students and ng as a publicity organ for the erslty.
bhart revealed that the only ->n might be the estimated of $1280, which would come the ASSC funds.
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movie, a 1« mm, sound, me film, can, it Is believ the group, be produced by In collaboration with cln-music, art, and drama faculty
purpose* of the proposal ven in the plan are:
To encourage a well-balanced of scholastic, athletic, and effort on the part of each during hi* college life, stimulate enrollment of new -ts.
> furnish valuable informa-students. faculty and other sted persons concerning the rsity.
5 serve as an instrument of c relations between the unity and the general public.
LAS council meeting, which |d a quorum, recommended the planned LAS student kjook of fraternity information He both honorary and profes-UL fraternity groups. The Let-| Arts, and Sciences dance, Iduled for next semester, was Jiged from a masquerade theme straight dance with no em-|sis on costumes.
Christmas
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WHILE CALIFORNIANS gripe about fogs, easterners are facing a white Christmas. Typical scene above shows an Ice covered fishing boat plying into Boston Harbor.
lanker Talks n Bilbo Case
kTASHINGTON. Dec. BMBD — Earvin Quin, Mississippi banker, a senate war investigating sub-"ttee today that Edward P. , former secretary to Ser.. There G. Bilbo, D., Miss., maintain-two bank, accounts whose known its totalled more than $26,000. -rry, who previously avoided poena service on the grounds that lives of his wife, daughter, and -If were threatened if he testi-against Bilbo, has been portray -by other witnesses as trying to w money from various people, e will appear tomorrow morning JI his own story, which he has •>may have some bearing on future.” The committee is ing into charges that Bilbo regratuities from war contrac-for whom he had interceded on contracts in Mississippi.
Trojans Hear Baxter Read Yuletide Poetry
by Hank Kavanagh Drawing about him the mantle of his favorite role, that of the “only sentimentalist left in the United States.” Dr. Prank C. Baxter, professor of English, ushered in the Christmas season at SC for an overflow crowd of admirers who packed the art and lecture room of University library yesterday to hear him in his annual -
ritual of reading his favorite Christmas poems.
“Not begging your pardon,” Dr. Baxter began, “and quite shamelessly, I am going to read some of my favorites. Many of you have heard them often and probably read them yourselves, but I am in love with the old Christmas and its poetical recording as found in these poems." SOME SURPRISES
True to his word, as quoted in Tuesday's Daily Trojan, his selections bore some surprises. Beginning with a medieval folksong, author or authors lost in the shades of antiquity. Dr. Baxter pointed out that it represented a different approach to a divine holiday.
Walter de la Mare, “always able to touch your nerve ends with something strange and magical, “contributed “Three Ghosts Came Riding By" while Robert Frost's perennial “Christmas Circular Letter” gave the quaint wish of the New England farmer who wanted to slip one of his fine Christmas trees into an envelope and ship it to his friend. •CHRISTMAS EVE’
Recalling the despondent Thomas
Foreign Educator Visits University
Hardy. Dr. Baxter observed how that even a sad and disillusioned man could feel the magic of thc season and offered as evidence Hardy's “Christmas Eve.”
Withholding the author of his next reading. Dr. Baxter allowed that his audience would express | surprise when he gave it. The offering turned out to be a little known but none the less poignant composition of the famous satirist. Dorothy Parker. Entitled “Tlie Maidservant at the Inn.” the poem deals witTi the recollections of the maid at the inn where Christ was bom 30 years after the nativity. Dr. Baxter’s dramatic treatment of the final line, “I pray that all be well with them.” l?ft the crowd in thoughtful quiet reflection.
EIGHTH ARMY POETS
Two poems from "Poems from the Eighth Army.’’ written at the darkest hour of Tobruk. Christmas 1942, followed a vivid reconstruction of the setting and portents of that ominous Christmas.
Three Ogden Nash poems, “Merry Christmas, Nearly Everybody,” “Epstein Spare that Yule Log.” and “Carol for Children” helped show the kindred feeling between Nash and Dr. Baxter for the Christmases of less commercial years.
A reading of the late Robert Benchley's “A Christmas Eve Entertainment” concluded the program. Dr. Baxter read it with such
Dean Explains Real Meaning Of Christmas
“The Christmas story, as in the gospel, represents a particular people at a particular time, but the story has a far deeper meaning which is universal, touching a’.l people in all times. It is the coming of this spirit of good will for all men into the world a? a principal for building a new society,” said Irl G. Whitchurch, dean of the Graduate School of Religion, concerning a narrative on the birth of Jesus, which he will present today at noon chapel service in Bovard auditorium. The chapel service, according to Dean Whitchurch, represents a united expression of all campus religious groups.
“It is through leaven of this spirit of righteous love expressed at Christmas that God really works, in human society and cur personal lives, for the building of the kind of world we want to live in,” he concluded.
Byrnes Seeks Solons Return
RO Marksmen match Bruins
from their victory over LA Saturday. NROTO riflemen attempt to repeat on Jan. 11. ji they tackle the Bruins on the -r range at Weswood. her matches on a full sched-include the fleet reserve match, tively set for Jan. 18; the Wil-Randolph Hearst ROTC rifle petition, due to be fired on the range before Feb. 10; and the ual NRO rifle match in which 52 NROTC units in the United compete for the champion-
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Touring this country to familiarize himself with American methods in education. Dr. Arne Halvorsen, secretary of the faculties of the University of Oslo, yesterday paid a ! a remarkable ken for the faultless \isit to this university.	^ timing of the practiced comedian,
Comparing the organization of od- that the crowd was in convulsions ucation in this country to that of | at the recitation of practically every Norway, Dr. Halvorsen said that j phrase.
with the exception of a few requir- |___
ed courses, class attendance ir. a uni versity in Norway is strictly voluntary. Students are given a general outline of the requirements of study, and at the end of a t'vo-year period are given an examination covering the whole subject.
“Examinations may last from morning until night,” he said, “and students have to write a complete thesis on their subjeqt.”
Before coming to this country 18 months ago. Dr. Halvorsen spent three months in England and another three months in France to study the educational methods of those countries.
KUSC Airs Night Extra/ News Interpretation Show
Hawes Calls in Bids
House presidents must turn in all extra bids and money for the in-ter-fratemity dance to Norman Hawes in dean of men's office between 11 and 12 today.
CThis Is the second of a series of articles on the stars, writers, staff personnel, and programs of KL'SC. SCs privately owned and student-operated FM radio station.)
by Bob Hager
Augmenting its primary objectives of better programming in southern California. KUSC offers its radio listening audieYice Ray Lieberman’s radio production of Night Extra as a regular feature.
Night Extra presents a roundup of the day’s United Press wire news releases with the aid of colloq- ;al voice interpretations by several announcers and the “background story” of important international news as interpreted by Don Pris-mon, commentator and master stu-
Troy Jubilant As Christmas Brings Holiday
Seeking relief from the severe strain of spending three straight months a t their books, 12,000 Trojans will celebrate the Yuletide by taking off in all directions tomorrow to cover the country from Walla Walla to Schenectady. visiting their homes to rest, work, escape the smog, and to gambol in the snow.
Trojans from the east are expected to give the mountain resorts a busy holiday season in their search for a white Christmas, which to Californians is something seen only in the movies.
While Trojans pl&y, SC will remain open for business. Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid’s office announced that administrative offices will stay open throughout the holidays except for Christmas and New Year's day. Little business is expected, and they will spend the time catching up with back work and preparing foi; the next semester.
DEAN TO WORK Dr. Albert S. Raubenheimer, executive dean, will spend the vaca tion in his office making plans for the second semester. He hopes to get away some time in January to make a trip to Boston and New York.
“I am sincerely happy that we are able to return to the practice of an extended break at Christmas, so that students can return home ior the Christmas season,” said Dean Raubenheimer. “This is the first time since 1942 that we have been able to do so. I extend my gieetings and wishes for a happy reunion of students with their families and friends during the holidays,” he said.
Dean Emery Evans Olson, of the School of Public Administration, will work right through until December 31, when he plans to leave for New York and Washington,
D. C.
There he will attend a meeting ol the ■ advisery committee on administrative personnel, of which he is the chairman. In Chicago, he will interview prospective faculty •members.
HANCEY WILL MOVE
Dr. Carl Hancey, newly appointed head <jf University College, will: cooperation with the secretary, told
reporters he expected to retire as a UN delegate, but added that he would remain ready for any further “personal labor” deemed necessary by President Truman or Byrnes.
“I consider it vital to our national interest,” he said.
Connally's hopes for retirement as an adviser to Byrnes, which he likewise denied were based on differences over polic, were voiced to reporters yesterday.
“DRAFT” MOVEMENT Both Senators now have opened themselves to a “draft” movement, which Byrnes gave every indication of adopting before leaving for Moscow.
Connally conferred with the president today but said his continuance on the United States delegation was not involved. “I am not deciding something to which I have not been invited.” he added.
Byrnes’ optimism about the state of Big Four relations is shared by other members of the Big Four. Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov and British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin left New York Saturday in high spirits, expressing belief that a lot of misunderstanding among them had been cleared away and that the prospects for peace were brighter than in more than a year.
Dobkin Attacks ASSC
Constitution Proposal
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17— (U.E> —
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, optimistic over Big Four relations at the recently-concluded United Nations Assembly, sought today to bring Sens. Arthur H. Vandenberg,
R„ Mich., and Tom Connally, D.,
Tex., back into the important international peace negotiations.
Connally. outgoing chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, and Vandenberg, who is scheduled to succeed him when Republicans take over congressional control in January, told press conferences they* wished to relinquish their posts as advisers to Byrnes on foreign policy.
MOSCOW CONFERENCE
At his own press conference, the first in more than six weeks. Byrnes ; international
Three Orators Win Trophies In TKA Finals
Alexander Googooian, Eph Konigsberg, and Bill Stevens captured the three bronze cups offered by Tau Kappa Alpha in the finals of the all-university impromptu speech contest yesterday.
The trophies will be presented at the TKA initiation banquet Jan. 9. according to Sorrell Trope, president of the SC chapter of the national speech honorary.
Other finalists competing in the contest were Gerald Nordland, Jack Otero, and Edwin Stegman.
FIRST OF SERIES
This contest is the first in a series to be held annually on campus by TKA, a new tradition encouraged by Trope to promote student interest in speech activities.
“Has the United Nations Organization Proved that it Can Work?” was the topic on which Googooian spoke. Googooian, a junior in political science, is a member of the varsity debate squad for the first time this year.
PICKS TOPIC
Konigsberg, president of the SC debate squad, spoke on the subject, “Are We Hcad-ng for a Nc.; emphasis of Laissez-faire Under GOP Auspices?” Konigsberg is a ve„eran of the debate team, having captured several championships in forensic tourneys.
Stevens topic was, “Is Communism a Real American Danger or a Political Red Herring?” A senior in relations, he is a
Junior Class President Hits Plurality Method of Election
Charging constitutional committee members broke faith on promises previously made, Milt Dobkin, junior class president, yesterday declared his intention of filing a minority report on committee recommendations to provide for election of representatives-at-large with the manner of election to be decided by the colleges. Dobkin characterized the measure as “absolutely ridiculous.”
With committee members rushing through debate in order to prepare a final draft of the new ASSC constitution for presentation when the senate convenes after the holi-days, Alf Harrison, committee chairman, joined Dobkin’* protest of the measure. Harrison, however, did not participate in Dobkin’s charge of “broken promises.”
With proportional representation long raising furious
debate among campus politicos, a compromise was reached last week, when Dobkin was absent, which provided that each college shall have representatives-at-large on the senate in addition to its president. Representatives would be selected on the basis of enrollment, and each college would be required to amend its constitution to provide for the method of election. Committee passage of the measure was legal since under existing constitutional procedure a quorum was present.
Dobkin also announced his opposition to the retention of the plurality in ASSC elections when a provision was discussed which would have made it possible to recall incompetent senators by 2-3 majority of those voting.	"
Anita Norcop, AWS president, then pointed out the necessity for instituting the use of the preferential ballot if the plurality were abandoned and a majority vote required, but debate was effectively (Continued on Page Two)
Y Play Boosts Building Fund^
said it would be most unfortunate if Connally or Vandenberg refused to accompany him to the next Big Four conference in Moscow to conclude the German peace treaty major stumbling block to a quick solution of east - west differences in Europe.
Byrnes said he would ask both senators to make the journey, just as they accompanied him to the Paris peace conference and to the New York UN Assembly. VANDENBERG WAITS
Vandenberg. denying any break with Byrnes and pledging continued
spend his vacation cleaning up his affairs as Dean of Men. and in moving into his ne<v office. If he finishes in time, he “may sneak out for a couple of days of duck hunting.”
Checking into the proposed activities of students revealed that most are staying home, though many plan to work or go to the mountains for the snow.
Doral Bennett, ASSC vice-president. will visit Lake Arrowhead and enjoy herself in tne snow by “making an image of Jim Reid and!
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member of the varsity debate group and former president of international relations.
El Rod Proofs Called in Today
Today is the final day for turning in El Rodeo proofs. Students who wish to have their selected proofs printed in the yearbook must turn them in today to the University photographer or lose the privilege of having their choice printed.
Student appointments with the University photographer must be kept as new ones will not be granted.
Making the cash register jingle merrily in the climax to a two-week drive. Y-tunes. inter-YWCA organ ization. helped boost the Y fund over the $1000 mark with its college play at the Bliss Hayden theater last night.
“Although the proposed student fund goal of $5000 wasn’t met.” said Julia Millikan, chairman of the student buildin fund,” I wish to thank the members of my committee and all other individuals and group organizations for their wonderful cooperation and support in the drive PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
“Any personal contributions.” she continued, brought to the Y house before Jan. 1 will be included in the building fund. Contributions made after this date will go toward buying of new furniture for the house
Contributions to the fund include proceeds from such campus sales as the Troed apple sale, AWS Taxi day, and sophomore-junior club hot dog sale.
Construction on “ Hospitality House,” as the project has been named, is expected to begin in the early part of next year. Ground was broken on 36th and Hoover streets last March.	^
NEW’ Y FACILITIES
On completion, the new Y building will house a large assembly room with accommodations for 300 persons; dining and dancing space, two small meeting rooms, and small tearoom for 50 persons. Plans also account for a spacious patio with barbeque facilities and adjoin ing kitchen; and a chapel for worship groups, installation ceremonies, and weddings.
Wampus
. . .still available. Candy counter. Student Union. 25 cents. Today.
Salesgirls. Still needed. 403 Stu dent Union. Activity points. This morning.
dent in the University of International Relations, seeking his Ph. D. “It is in this manner,” said Lieberman, “that we present to our audience the news and the benefits of an educational research interpretation of international news.” Lieberman, chief of the KUSC news bureau, gathers, edits, assembles scripts into a program format, types the scripts, and mimeographs said scripts of all wire news used on his 8 p.m. show.
FROM I.R. TO RADIO Born in Adrian, Michigan, in 1S23. Lieberman attended the public schools there until graduated from Adrian Senior High school in 1941.
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Behavior Breakdown?
Dean Lauds Postwar Student Moral Values
Wesley Club to Meet Over Holiday Period
Regular Sunday and Friday evening meetings will be held by the Wesley club during Christmas vacation. The group will go caroling Sunday, and the following Friday, Dec. 27, tlfte club’s regular bi-month-ly dance will be held.
All students remaining on campus during the holidays are invited, according to Bob Unruhe, president.
by Ed Adler
Students today are no different than those of any previous college generation, Dean Albert S. Raubenheimer flatly stated yesterday in answering a recent newspaper ar* tide s charge of “serious postwar disintegration of moral standards in colleges.”
The article featured a warning on “laxity” in student integrity.
OK’S STUDENT HONESTY
A leading educator’s claim that student honesty in and out of the classroom has become a critical problem was rebuked by Dean Raubenheimer who stated that in a broad sense he cannot find any basis for that charge.
He explained that veterans especially have been a “very wholesome ’ factor in the general approach to scholarship and achievement.
“I know that there is a definite problem on the part of the university to protect the integrity of work done,” the dean said, “but students themselves are most seriously aware of that fact and very willing to help.”
VETS EXCEED EXPECTATIONS
“It is natural that within a population of thousands of students there will be a great variety of behavior
and intent, but as far as the veterans are concerned, our experience here has proven much better than anticipated,” he added.
Denying that moral standards such as drinking and sex approach corruption. Dr. Frank C. Baxter, professor of English language and literature, drew a comparison between the present period and that of the postwar years after the first World War.
STUDENTS ‘SALNTS’
“Compared to the college generation of 1919, my students seem very much like saints,” he said.
“There is more seriousness, more questioning, and more realism in (Continued on Page Four)
Make Out Chemistry Cards, Students Told
All students intending to enroll in chemistry labL. 2abL, 50abL, 50xyL, 122abL, and 5L next semester are urged to report to 106 Science hall to fill out information cards.
One card is sufficient for each course desired. Students failing to fill out these cards before registration will not get a priority during pre-registration.
Orchid Bids General Sale Set for Noon
Bids for the junior class Orchid ball, to be held in the flower-bedecked Riviera country club on Jan. 11, will remain on sale to junior class students only until noon today in the Student Union, according to Milt Dobkin, class president. After noon, general sale of the bids to students of the other classes will begin.
The novel bid* for the prom, priced at $6.25, are more than mer« admission to the dance. When bids are presented at the door, each escort will receive an orchid corsag* for his date.
The orchid motif is to be carried cut in decorations of the Riviera club. The ballroom ceiling and walls are to be studded with orchid designs in the traditional maroon and gray of the SC junior class.
Skitch Henderson’s band, which is to play at the dance, has been compared with the pre-war group of Claude Thornhill in style and arrangements.
Formal dress is the order of tha evening for the Orchid ball, with tuxedos or dark suits worn by men, said Dobkin.
Hucksters of the coveted bids to the affair, identified by maroon-and-gray ribbons on their sweaters, are Al Reid, Keith Jones, and Johnny Davis. Bids may also be obtained in the Blue Key office, and the Student Union ticket office.
Religious Croup To Fete Kiddies
Newman club members will treat children of the Little Flower day nursery to a Christmas party this afternoon at 2:45. Each member who attends will bring a gift for a child, the name of whom may be obtained fro mBetty Ann Hebert at club headquarters.
The Newman council meets after the party at 6.
Also on the club’s curriculum of pre-holiday activities is a semi-formal Christmas dance next Sunday evening at 8:30. The dance will be at the home of Betty Ann and Yvonne Hebert, 6974 Los Tilos road, Hollywood.