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1XXXIX	^►72	Los Angeles, Calif. Thursday, Oct. 9, 1947	fttrbt PhMt; RL 5472 i *1
			
No. 19
ala Homecoming Events Planned
moker Quarterbacks all Signals Tonight
Locking-chair quarterbacks who attend the second YMCA weekly football smoker in jtudenl Union lounge at 8 this evening will find two of SC's past gridiron greats, Gren-[Lansdell and Roy ' Bullet’’ Baker, on the guest list, announced Y President Dave E, AH men students and friends are invited to attend the affair.
)ean Cromwell, SC head track coach, will delve into the past years of Trojan football,
rRENNY LANSDELL ... coming home
ebiter As Mascot?
ihomore class President Bill recent senate proposal to te George Tirebiter an official }t of SC received the unani-backing of the sophomore council, at its first meeting in senate chambers yesterday af-loon.
peorpe Tirebiter has been a be-
mascot of this university for three years," Colt told the “and it would be only ?r of the school to officially ■lize him while he lives.”
[>lt's proposal was opposed in the (tc by Yell Leader Chrys Chrys offered an alternate suggestion ike a Palomino horse the Tro-lascot..
jussion at the meeting brought fact that Tirebiter is an un-|al mascot of the university and was even referred to as | Trojan mascot at Saturday's game with Rice in the coli-
Iher business transacted at the Lcil meeting included the ap-[tment ol Tom Perry to head [committee in charge of the an-freshman-sophomore brawl, fracas will be held Oct. 31. Bob Wn. council member and last r's freshman president, will have krfte of the freshman part of the iwl.
reminiscing and highlighting the five Ohio State games.
As students sip coffee and dunk doughnuts “on the house,” they will be shown a number of football shorts. The 1938 victory of Notre Dame in which Lansdell played will be the feature short.
"Grenny Lansdell was a terrific ball player, and triple-threat quarterback,-’ said Gaius Shaver. 1931 all-American of Troy who happened to stroll into the alumni office yesterday afternoon. Hearing that “Grenny" would be at the Y smoker tonight, Shaver voiced that he'd try to be there too.
STILL FLYING Lansdell is presently employed by TWA as a pilot. He served in the army air force In the same status, j He was a popular Sigma Nu while at SC, and plans have been arranged by his fraternity to make him feel at home while visiting the ; SC campus.
Lansdell’s most notable fame : dates back to the 1938 Ohio State game, when he scooped up the opening kick chi his own 4-yard line 8nd weaved 96 yards for a touchdown. Tli at marked the second game which Troy took from Ohio State, having lost to the Buckeyes since.
“Grenny was one of Howard Jones' boys.” Shaver further commented. “H e saw action in two Rose Bowl games. The game of 1939 when we edged out Duke, and the following year when we polished off Tennessee 14 to 0.” MAYBE YOU WIN Included in the smoker will be the weekly football scoreboard, in which all persons present may try and pick the coming week’s gridiron victories, according to Evans. Anyone who can pick 40 winners will win a Philco portable radio. Also among the prizes will be a Desmond award and a Siherwood award of $10 merchandise orders.
Last week's smoker proved to be a “great success,” according to Evans, with some 230 men students present. It is his suggestion that (Continued on Pape Four)
Night Scream Arouses KDs
Screeching brakes, a woman’s scream, and the sight of police brought the Row out of a deep sleep last week-end, just before a 2 a.m. lockout.
Pajama-clad Kappa Delts ran into the street to aid their sister, Pat Patterson, after she had narrowly escaped serious injury after being hit by a car driven by Jim Moore, Delta Tau Delta. She was running to beat the Row curfew. Police cars rushed to the scene, surveyed the victim, soothed her, bid a sweet good night, and just before leaving presented her a ticket for jay wralking. Jim Moore was given a ticket for speeding —28 miles per hour, that is.
Use 50 Bucks?
DEAN CROMWELL . . . spins wheel
tiers to Get Word Latest in Skidding
Students and faculty members iring instruction in skiing are t'ited to attend a preskiing class evening to be conducted by kgve Ahlm. intramural recreation partment member.
'he class, to be conducted each |iursday during the school year.
be held from 7 to 8 p.m. in 202 fysicaJ Education building.
ilm said. “This instruction lid supplement the fine work ^ng done by the Trojan Ski club anyone wishing further infor-(ition should contact members of intramural recreation associa-in 107 or 108 Physical Bduca-building ”
Garrett Wins Party Post
Lattimer W. Garrett edged out Jesse Unruh by a one vote margin as the new chairman of the Unity party steering committee in a meeting held yesterday. Garrett was elected and took over from John Houk, out-going steering committee chairman.
Garrett was active in the elections last spring when he acted as campaign manager for Houk. w'ho ran for the office of student body president.
Members of the senate who are also members of the Unity party are to be automatic members of the steering committee, according to a motion that was passed during yesterday's meeting. Those elected to the steering committee were Herb Rily. Jim Macree. D. D. Drum, Jesse Unruh, Lee Dowell and Jim Mayes.
A meeting in the near future will be called by the steering committee to form the Unity party's program for the coming year and to discuss membership and candidates.
Today at a Glance
By United Press
ducation
Notice
Those planning to enroll in dieted teaching in the spring «e-r should procure application from the secretary in Room Administration building, in to have time to complete the preliminaries before the ot the fall tenn.
Charge Two Stole Atom Secrets
SANTA FE, N. M., Oct. 8—U. S. Attorney Everett Grantham disclosed today that two former GIs had been arrested and arraigned on federal charges of theft of highly secret photographic data from the nearby Los Alamos atomic bomb project.
State Filling Up
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 8—Population estimates Indicate there will be over 10,000,000 persons in California by the first of next year, the state department of finance said today.
Pointing to current U. S. census bureau figures placing the state’s population in excess of 9.5 million, the department said in a budget memo to state department heads that Chilian populaion should hit a new high of 9.950.000 by Jan. 1. An estimated 100.000 military personnel should swell the total to 10,050.000, the department said.
Balkan Patrol Voted
LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y., Oct. 8—The United Nations political committee voted tonight to establish a permanent UN commission to patrol the Balkans.
The vote—34 to 6 with 9 abstentions—came on tlie key section of an American resolution. The committee, however, decided to delay temporarily the vote on another section which would blame Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria for aggression against Greece.
Rocket Plane Passes Sound
ST. EVAL. CORNWALL, England, Oct. 8—A midget, rocket-propelled robot plane, launched from a parent Royal air force Mosquito 37,000 feet above the Atlantic, was believed to have cracked the barrier of sound today and may have hit 1000 miles an hour before it plunged Into the sea.
Varsity Show Offers Award For Top Script
Extending a vigorous request for script-writers for the 1948 All-U varsity show, John Langdon, recently named producer of the show, has announced an award of $50 for the script used in the final production.
All those interested in writing scripts for the show', also those who have completed scripts ready to be submitted, are asked to attend a meeting at 4 p.m. tomorrow in 318 Student Union, at which Langdon will preside.
ATTENDANCE IMPORTANT Very eagerly stressing the importance of attendance at this first meeting of writers, Langdon said, “Attendance is essential at this meeting because information gained there may save much needed time, time which would otherwise be wasted in rewriting.’’
“Our purpose is not to limit or restrict the writers; only to acquaint them vpth the type of material desired and with the general policy of the show.” he added.
WIDE EXPERIENCE Langdon, who was approved as producer of the 1948 show at the Tuesday meeting of the advisory committee of the All-U show, has worked with previous varsity shows in the capacities of writer, director, and actor. The advisory committee is composed of Dr. James Butler, professor of drama; Professor William C. de Mille. head of the drama aepartment; Arnold Eddy, director of Alumni; Dr. Max T. Krone, dilector of the Institute of Arts; Helen Moreland, dean of women; Clarence Sawhill, professor of music; and Neil Warren, dean of men.
A major in radio production, Langdon acted as master of ceremonies at the last “Carousel” dance, at a recent College of Commerce banquet, and at the Phil Harris basket weaving award show-on campus.
According to Langdon, the 1948 varsity show will be sponsored by the Cleff’ n Caper organization, which consists of cast members from past varsity shows.
Davis Offers Classic Ducats In Ditty Contest
Now is the time for all1 slogan writei* to sharpen their pencils and wits and come to the aid of the homecoming committee. Today is the long awaited kick-off of the annual homecoming slogan contest. Fame and fortune await the winner. Two tickets to the Notre Dame-SC grid classic and pages of publicity are the prize.
The 25tn annual SC homecoming scheduled for the wreek of tlie Notre Dame game will feature the winning slogan. Winners will be announced on Oct. 21.
The slogan field is wide open this year. Since homecoming does not feature a conference game, the slogan committee passes the word that the sky is the limit for slogan ideas.
Number of entries is unlimited. Completed entries may be turned in at 235 Student Union or brought to the Daily Trojan city room. 420 Student Union. A separate sheet of paper must be used for each individual entry. Name and address of contestant should be included with entry.
Judges of the contest are a joint aiumni-student committee. Johnny Davis, chairman of the greater university committee, has been selected as slogan contest chairman.
“Troy-ditionally Yours” last years winning slogan earned a pair of tickets to the SC-UCLA game for Dominic Barrese, SC night school student. The slogan contest for the ’46 homecoming centered around the SC-UCLA game. Over 250 slogans were submitted.
Imaginations of contestants last year were not limited by the traditional atmosphere. The runner-up submitted “Greeting Homecoming Throng from 15.000 Trojans Strong.” One Bruin hater turned in “A Bruin Pelt for our Victory Belt.”
Popular music and international relations were combined in the slogan of one contestant who submitted “There Goes Kilroy, Here Comes Troy.” The slogan did not win; it was only mentioned.
The winner of this homecoming will have his talents and history written up in the general Alumni Review.
Innovations Mark Week's Festivities
For the first time in the more than 20 years that SC ha3 had an annual football banquet during homecoming week, scheduled this year from Nov. 30 through Dec. 6. women will be invited to this heretofore masculine affair. Bill Winn, student homecoming chairman, announced yesterday.
JOHNNY DA 'IS . . . wants i’^it
Dutch Mulician
Purism Halts Word Coinage, Says Bolinger
J Another first for this years homecoming ceremonies will be a : float on which the homecoming queen will ride around the coliseum ! before the SC-Notre Dame game on | Dec. 6, according to Winn.
Homecoming week will begin ! with the decoration of dormitories j and sorority and fraternity houses i on Nov. 30 and will continue
Speaking on contemporary music in the Netherlands a>,c{, Scandinavian countries, Dr. Ser. Dresden, director of the Netheland: ftoyal Conservatory of Music, u. a illustrate his lecture on the pian :> * this after-noon at 4:15 in Bowne *hall, Eleanor Henshaw, secretary tv the dean of the Institute of ti r* Arts, announced yesterday. J
As composer, conductor, writer, and teacher, Mr. Drt .d* n has for many years occupied a fading position in the musical jfe of the Netherlands. He was cUr^tor of the Amsterdam Conservator^ from 1924 to 1937, of the Royal -Conservatory in the Hague until 1945 fte founded the Netherlands section *>f the International Society for- Contemporary Music in 1931. In he made a short visit to the Utiijed States, lecturing at several coUrgfs and universities.	«.
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Some of his compos* ti&ns during the recent war years a*,-•?«, concerto for piano and orchesuji.ja chorale and fugue for organ, fcfond Violin concerto, “Toto;” an 'operetta in three acts, and several >mgs.
There is no admitt*: je fee for the lecture, which is ."^nsored by the Institute of Arts. *
AAUW Sponsors Chinese Student
Tsai-wei O-Yang. graduate of the National Tsing Hua university, Peiping, China, arrived on campus this week from Asia to study under the auspices of the American Association of University Women.
Miss Tsai-wei, who is one of 54 international students attending American universities through the association's scholarships, will major in English while at SC. She expects to teach English in the university at Peiping when she returns to China next year.
Foreign students now studying in the United States on grants by the university women's association represent 15 war-ravaged countries of Europe and Asia in a program for educational rehabilitation.
Dance Bids Sale Starts Tomorrow
A limited number of bids for the All-U “Autumn Serenade” Oct. 17 will go on sale tomorrow in 208 Student Union, Marvin “Bud” Brooks, chairman of the ASSC social committee, said yesterday.
According to Brooks, the question has been put to him frequently whether bids are going for $3 per person or per couple. “We feel that the price of $3 a couple is a fair one, considering the caliber of the band and the club which we have contracted,”1 Brooks said.
The dance, scheduled at the Bel Air Bay club for a week from this Friday, will substitute for the usual pre-game rally before the SC-Ore-gon State grid encounter. Bobby Sherwood's band will furnish dance music, while Lynne Stevens wil supply the vocals.
Theme of the “Autumn Serenade” will be a simulated, large, red maple leaf. Indirect lighting effects will illuminate eucalyptus trees and com shocks arranged around the walls of the club.
“Speaking for the dance commit tee.” Brooks said, “we are very well pleased with the selection of the Bel Air Bay club, as wTe believe it pre sents the most refreshing and pleasant atmosphere of any place on the sea-coast.”
Farman Named President Of Intercultural Club
The Intercultural club elected Sattareh P’arman president at its organizational meeting Sunday afternoon in Moreland'hall.
Other officers selected were Idar Johannessen. vice-president; Ann Wells, secretary; Eusebio Lee. corresponding secretary; and Shizuko Nagao, treasurer.
Blue Key
, . . manual of goverjn^ent committee will meet today & 10 a.m. in the E>aily Trojan editor's office, 424 Student Union. Mer:il;^rc: Norm Hawes. Guy Claire, Milt! Dobkin.
The powerful influence of Purism in the English language has resulted in stifling the use of new words, according to Dr, Dwight L. Bolinger, chairman of the department of Spanish, who lectured on the subject of “Linguistic Dictators” in the art and lecture room of the University library yesterday.
Purism is the dictatorial prescriptive movement wliich makes all new terms comply with hard and fast rules. The more favorable view is presented by the normative authority which accepts a word by the approval of the people who use it. Other controlling groups in the field of language have been few and ineffective. Dr. Bolinger cited the government-supported academies in the renaissance period in this latter category.
“The prescriptive* materialize ‘don’ts’ into a herd of scapegoats which are memorized.” said Dr. Bolinger. Lists of errors are compiled and students are told to memorize them to know what to avoid. That these rules cannot always apply was emphasized by the speaker as he explained five “scapegoats" of the rules. They are misspelling, mispronunciation, unwanted forms, unwanted words, and syntax. Uniformity has been thwarted by the overuse of these forms by the linguistic authorities in the prescriptives.
The College of Letters. Arts, and Sciences will have lectures on a variety of subjects during the next two months. Next Wednesday, Harris C. Moore will speak on the subject, “The Motion Picture as a Means of Expression.”
Mrs. Fagjg to Greet Coeds at Autumn Tea
The first opportui i|;y for SC women to meet Mrs. Fred D. Fagg Jr., wife of the} university president, will be extended today at an informa: lea from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall, announced Lois Rau Alberts, AWS president.
Acting in the cap t^ity of official hostess is Penny Caras, president of Mortar Bca$i. Assist-)	—
ing her will be member:; r>f Mortar Amazons, Key a|d Scroll,
SPECIAL TNVITA I
"We would like to see £:ry wom-
Board,
and the AWS cabinet.
an student who is able i t turn out for the affair to be present. We are extending a specie invitation to non-organized womei fvho have not been contacted 'feviously,” stated Mrs. Alberts. }
The theme of the tea tf autumn and will be carried out iu*he floral j I arrangements contribute^!|by worn- > m en’s campus organizatic J	' f
Proper dress for the ii'fair will | be sport clothes. This I lggestion was made. Mrs. Alberts? said, so that women with aftenyfn classes could eliminate the convenience of having to change befoij’ attending.	I
SPURS CONTRIF.l JjlON Refreshments, under th direction | of Spurs, will consist of j[ea, cake, candy, and nuts.	|
Greetings will be otter ! by Mrs. Helen Hall Moreland, dean of wom-Alberts and Jea Morf, a:|‘3C rice- ' en; and Mrs, Alberts, president, who will spe;i| on be-' California is not new to Mrs. half of the entire stud-at body. Fs\ g as she attended Redlands high Guests will then go tlu* ugh the | school and the University of Red-receiving line formed by Tjlrs. Fagg; ' lands.
through Dec. 6 with the homecoming dance, tentatively scheduled at the Riviera country club.
ALUMNI CHAIRMAN NAMED Lloyd Wright, president of the General Alumni association, has named Col. William J. Fox, class of 1937, alumni homecoming chairman. Colonel Fox is chief engineer of the Los Angeles county regional planning commission.
Alumni chosen to work with Colonel Fox are Cecile Carle, alumni homecoming banquet chairman; Franklin Skeele, director of the University news bureau; and Arnold Eddy, director of alumni and student activities.
. YEAR’S ONLY QUEEN Homecoming queen will be chosen at the beginning of the week. She will preside over the festivities of the entire week, including the Bob Hope show Tuesday, Dec. 2, and the student rally Friday, Dec. 5. Selection of the queen and her four attendants will be by student judges chosen at the last moment in order to avoid any prejudices, said Winn. Helen of Troy will be her title and she will be the only queen chosen for the entire year.
This year’s mammoth rally will be hetd in the Shrine auditorium after the banquet and all alumni are invited to attend.
Open houses will be maintained by sorority and fraternity houses on Monday night. Dee. 1, to entertain the alumni.
APPEAL TO ALUMNI "We are doing everything to make this the very best homecoming week that SC has ever seen.” said Winn. “We want to offer our alumni encouragement to reactivate their interest in SC ”
Winn announced the chairmen for the various committees. He said that all of his appointments were people who had “proven themselves leaders in the past and are capable of successfully completing then-designated tasks."
Committee chairmen are Manuel Real, homecoming dance; John Davis, slogan contest; Al Kotler. men’s alumni football banquet; Barbara Thompson, women’s alumni football banquet; Frank De Marco, queen contest; Howard Wagner. Bob Hope show; Bill Hullinger, general decoration.
Ted Naftzger, fraternity decorations; Betty Jo Le Sieur, sorority decorations; Bud Brooks, dormitory decorations; Tom Cosgrove, awards; Bill Randall, college banquets; Ernie Wilson, rally; Lois Alberts, taxi day; Dick O’Leary, open houses; and Windy Harbach, float.
PENNY CARAS . . welcome mat
Official
Notice
Parking space for the faculty attending tonight’s reception by Chancellor von KleinSmid honoring President and Mrs. Fred D. Fagg Jr.. will be reserved for the occasion. The lots west of Science building and behind the northwest corner of 35th Place and University avenue will be deserved.