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ol. XXXIX
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Los Angeles, Cal., Wednesday, Mar. 3, 1948
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No. 91
ope Show Satirizes raditions, Institutions
by Claire Lorenz
Last night in Bovard auditorium 3000 footsore students iemed to forget their long wait (some had waited since k30), when Bob Hope went on the air with, ‘‘This is Bob. 5C, where-housemothers-broadcast-the-f r o s t-w arning’ --I Hope.” .
Classrooms Hit Avid Chest id Solicitors
^room soliciting of funds this for the Trojan Chest cam-lark the acceleration of an drive for charity contribu-tn a thorough canvass of the Chest workers are pushing
Iject with personal appeals to student contributions, two-week campaign that |four causes under one ban-Trojan Chest drive opened under the direction of Herb president of the Trojan . The money raised will be among the campus YWCA fund, the World Student fund, the March of Dimes. Community Chest. tOLUttT MUMiY rwCA fund will be used to building which is to be used Jocial center for SC organiza-|and stu dent groups. The Ls engaged in a national jgn to collect money for use labilitating European univer-and for financing exchange its from Europe.
>ugh the March of Dimes on a national scale in Janu-10 specific effort has been made because it was planned as a >f the present solicitation. The >us funds will go into the fight ist infantile paralysis to aug-the national drive.
EVENTS SPONSORED |r Community Chest allotment be used in local charitable (.tions by the city's division of lational organization, according larbara Okerlund of the Tro-Jhest staff.
iny special events are being j )red by the Chest to inspire j ributors to give.
rman-lnterest ib Reorganizes
tr Akademische Festverein. for-|y called the German club, will j its second meeting of the se- j ?r in the basement of Bridge | at 3:15 this afternoon, his will be the last open meet-from which permanent mem-■n Will be ChOWS .Others wno h to join at a later date will be ject to a vote of acceptance by active members, fcblembership in the club is open
Ia:.:. person interested in the Ger-m language and to students en-led in German courses.
Hope continued his opening monologue with witty remarks about such Trojan institutions as the Wheel, the Student Union, the Daily TVojan, the Nine-O-One, and the naive freshman class.
After the opening commercial sung by Sue Little and the Mirium gitrnp, Les Brown and his orchestra played “Carmen But Not Lombardo” in swing tempo. Les Brown is helping to write music for the forthcoming Varsity show.
Louella Parsons seemed a little out of place on the Hope show at first but seemed to get more into the spirit of things later, and the audience became less conscious of her main handicap—her voice.
Jerry “Woo Woo” Sullivan’s torchy rendition of “Manana” was not excellent singing but had some good leg work in it.
DT SPOTLIGHTED The high spot of the broadcast was the Hope version of the Daily Troian, in which the entire cast participated. Colonna was the star reporter, with Hope the editor, and Jerry Sullivan as Miss Jones, his knee-perching secretary Vera Vague was the dean of women.
The after show featured the entire cast in special sets. The Mirium group sang “Stanley Steamer,” and “You Don’t Have to Know the Language.” Jerry Colonna sang “It Might as Well Be Spring” and "Juanit Lopez.” which proved that he had an excellent voice.
SOME JOKES FLAT On the whole the after show was good, but it fell a little flat in the Hope-Colonna skit with such tired old jokes as Mr. Pepsi meeting Mr. Coke and burping.
When interviewed after the show Hope and Colonna both said their show travels only to those places which are holding charity drives.
BILL STEVENS . . . hopeful
Varsity Show Plans Publicity
Selection of a committee to handle publicity for the all-U varsity show was announced yesterday by Johnny Langdon, production manager of the show.
Jack Lindquist was named chairman of the committee. Other committee members include Frances Gantz. Dave Wolper, Neil Blumenthal, and Deidre Broughton. '
The group will take care of all public relations, both on and off campus, from now until the musical comedy is staged in mid-April.
Chairman Lindquist will hold a committee meeting in 212 Student Union at 3 this afternoon.
CAI Planning Atomic Energy Week for SC
Plans for dedicating a week at SC to show students how the world will be affected by atomic energy were discussed at a special meeting of the council on atomic implications yesterday.
During “Atomic Energy Week” which will be held from Mar. 29 to Apr. 2, the council plans to bring to SC exhibits, movies, and speakers to illustrate how atomic energy may be converted to peace-time use and how it will make the world of tomorrow.
As part of the council meeting, new officers were elected. They are Bill Stevens, chairman; Elizabeth Lang, coordinating secretary; Otto Hirr, financial secretary; Jim Roberts, personnel chairman; and Bob Unruhe. program cnairman.
In an effort to bring before SC students the latest in atomic developments, the council has arranged to show the movie “God of The Atom” today, tomorrow and Friday at 12:30 and again at 1:30 in Bridge 309. Stevens recommends this picture as “the best one to date and well worth seeing.”
Stevens also invites all students to attend the council’s seminars held every Tuesday at 3 pjn. in Bridge 309.
Capacity House To Hear Band Play in Bovard
Safohill’s First Concert Since Assuming Band Directorial Position
Under the direction of Clarence E. Sawhill, director of bands and the men’s glee club, the university symphonic band presents its annual spring concert tomorrow night at 8:30 in Bovard auditorium.
The program, which is Mr. Sawhill’s first since his arrival at SC last September, is cpen to the public, admission free, The 75 musicians of the band played some of the concert numbers last Saturday at a band clinic for Southern California directors.
NUMBERS BORROWED Mr. Sawhill, who was assistant director of bands at the University of Illinois for 12 years before com ing to SC at the beginning of football season last fall, has borrowed two numbers, “Camaval” and “A Hero’s Life,” from the property files of the University of Illinois.
“Carnava!” is an original tune by Guirhaud, a Canadian composer, and was loaned to Mr. Sawhill by Alfred A. Harding, director of bands at Illinois. “A Hero’s Life,” by Richard Strauss, was originally written for orchestra but was transcribed for band by Mr. Harding.
SOLOISTS SPOTLIGHTED Two soloists will appear in tomorrow night’s concert. Sid Lazar presents a trumpet concerto, “Kon-cerstuck,” by Brandt, and Robert Hunter performs the first movement of Edvard Grieg’s “Piano Concerto in A Minor.”
Other selections on the program are “March” for band by Serge Pro-kofieff; Symphony No. 2, Opus 4, second movement, by Khrennikoff; “Petite Suite” by Debussy; and “Joyous Interlude” by Dai-'Keong Lee.
Voting for Mr. Trojanality Contest Starts at Bovard
Trophy Coes To Favorite
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HERE THEY ARE GIRLS, take your pick. Pictured above are 13 of the 19 contestants for the Trojanality contest. Voting on these men, who have been nominated on basis of personality, good looks, and leadership, opens in front of Bovard this morning and will continue until 4 p.m. tomorrow. Reading from left to right, the contestants are, standing group. Shelly Schocnberg, Jim Thornburg, Bill Colt, Peter Clower, Herb Hynson, George Murphy, and Edsel Curry. Seated group. Bob Hart, Da ve Griesel, Wally Flanagan, Bill Mayes, Jerry Haynes, and Bob Woods.
This is election day for the Trojanality man of the year. Candidates are running on platforms of personality, good looks, and leadership as balloting gets under way this morning in front of Bovard.
One ballot box for each of the contestants is set up with a girl from the sponsoring organization standing guard over the box. Each vote costs 10 cents. Poll raxes derived in this manner will be given to the Trojan Chest drive.
Plural voting is permissible. Lois Bunker, chairman of the Trojanality contest, pointed out yesterday. Girls will be allowed to vote for their favorite campus man as often as they like.
TROPHY DONATED Stan Hall's clothing store will donate a trophy to be awarded the winner of the contest. The winner's name and the name of the organization which sponsors him will be engraved on the trophy.
Contestants modeled their charms on the stage of Bovard auditorium before members of the student body yesterday noon. Each contestant has been chosen by a different sorority or girl's dormitory.
Campus wheels from every major —dt photo by Dave Wolper activity have been nominated for
Delta Phi Epsilon
. . . national foreign service professional fraternity, is now accepting applications for membership. Petitions are in the office of Dr. Carus and Dr. Berkes and must be returned to the IR or foreign trade office by Mar. 12.
'His Stretch Is High—
Today s Headlines
by United Press
eavy Arab Losses Reported
| JERUSALEM, Mar. 2—Arab forces attempted to seize two fwish colonies in the Samarian hills of northern Palestine lay but were beaten off with heavy losses, the Jewish iganah defense agency said tonight.
Haganah described the attack as an attempt to break trough to Kfar Saba and Magdiel, cutting the narrow cor-[dor that links two parts of the future Jewish state.
andenberg Can t Say 'No'
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2—Senate President Arthur H. Van-»nberg left the door open today for the Republican party draft him as its 1948 presidential nominee.
aft Chastises Top Steel'
WASHINGTON. Mar. 2—Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O.. told iree of the top steel executives today that their recent lcrease in steel prices stiffened labor’s demand for third->und wage hikes and heightened appeals for price control.
iall Urges UN Strengthening
WASHINGTON. Mar. 2—Sen. Joseph H. Ball called on the linistration tonight to halt the “rolling avalanche” of ussian communism by strengthening the United Nations curbing the bi£-power veto over its decisions.
First Clue Revealed In Mr. Chest Contest
“His stretch is high above the throng, flashing brown where it will do no wrong.”	•
This is the first of the clues to the identity of Mr. Chest, who will be revealed Friday, Mar. 12, at the' Squire talent show in Bovard auditorium. Similar clues will be .disclosed
in the Daily Trojan each day until
Friday of next week.
Merchandise prizes are being offered to the Trojan who can deduce the name of the fabulous mystery man; these prizes will be an-
Expert to Discuss Bunco Case Files
‘•My Favorite Racketeer” is the title of the address that Mr. Robert Bauer, general manager of the Los Angeles Better Business Bureau, will give at the Faculty club meeting at noon today, Student Union tearoom. A story of a famous bunco expert is the heart of the message.
Mr. Bauer has chosen the true stcry of a cunning financial trickster with whom the local bureau has clashed in the past. The criminal has organized such phoney schemes as taxpayer’s organizations, federal trust groups, citrus cooperatives, and many other companies that filled his pockets. He has been imprisoned many times but is now at large. The account will show many of the angles used to deceive businessmen.
If time permits, Mr. Bauer will describe the present medical rebate case which the Bureau ls investigating
nounced day by day along with the new clue. Today a red leather compact has been presented by Balfour's jewelry store.
STANDS SET UP
Balloting will begin Monday at the ballot boxes located at the Trojan chest stands that have been set up on campus.
Contest rules stipulate that all entrants must be registered students of the university and that each ballot must be accompanied by a donation to the chest drive. Balloting will close Friday noon. Mar. 12. The winner will be selected at the Squire talent show a week from Friday and will be the first ballot containing the correct answer drawn from a box. The merchandise prizes which will have been accumulating during the week will be awarded to the winner. All Squires are disqualified.
AUDITIONS HELD Although auditions for the show have been completed, the nature of the talent to be presented a week from Friday night is being withheld by the Squires as a surprise.
Bob Reis, co-chairman of the show and originator of the Mr. Chest idea, stated confidentially that “not even the Squires know the identity of Mr. Chest.”
Life Rugged for Students In War-Ravaged Colleges
by Pete Boughn
Four years with the Student Relief committee in China has given Miss Edith Lerrigo, on campus in conjunction with the current WSSF campaign, an opportunity to see American student donations in direct and valuable action.
Miss Lerrigo, whose committee works under the WSSF, pictured the economic life of the Chinese student studying in universities ravaged by the war as dangerous. She explained that most students subsist on rice and vegetables, supplemented by soybeans, milk and peanut butter provided by her committee. The combination of inflation, separation from families, and lack of governmental support, have resulted in barely adequate clothing for students, extremely limited housing facilities, and a shortage of books, she added.
The Student Relief Committee has concentrated on solving the more pressing needs of the student such as food ancfc clothing, but it
has also tackled other problems of education.
In one university, Miss Lerrigo related, living quarters were without bathing facilities until her committee financed the construction of a shower. “Needless to say,” she said, “the shower became the most popular spot on campus.” The SRC was also responsible for installation of a lighting system in one university library, where before, studying at night was impossible.
The organization followed the
Squires
. . . talent show meeting today at 3 in Bovard auditorium. The following people are required to attend: Trudy O’Brien, Leonard Mal-lano, Oscar Goodheil, Ollie Mitchell, Tom McChristy, Fay Mogul, Beth Aspen, John Kalmbach, Tom Burrows, Edy Strick, Joanne Porter, Red Robinson, Bill Warfield, Dorothy Lee, Art Astor, Jimmy McEwen, the Lamp Lighters, Macelyn Tuttle, El-lie Jayne, Dale Carpenter, and Bob Thuv.
! the contest. Politicians include Herb Hynson. Knight president; Wally Flanagan. AMS president; Bill Colt, j sophomore class president; Art Ferry. past president of Squires: Dave Saunders, senator-at-large; and Dave Griesel. junior council member.
TRACKMEN RUN
Trackmen Edsel Curry. Lou Fut-trell. Bob Hart, and Bill Mayes are in the running. Football playen George Murphy and Art Battle are driving hard.
Peter Clower, El Rodeo’s managing editor; Manuel Real, last semester’s chairman of the homecoming dance; Shelly Schoenberg, assistant yell leader; Jim Thornburg, Squire; Bob Woods, and Jerry Haynes have all been selected to
Social Worker To Lead Talk
publicized migration of students into the interior of China and carried on operations there, when the run by their respective sponsoring
Japanese occupied most of the im- organ^zatIons-_• .
portant coastal university centers.
Work scholarships offered by i Miss Lerrigo’s organization have al- i leviated financial difficulties in I some cases. Deserving students re- \ ceive part time work generally in the fields of social significance. An example is the mass education program conducted in classes held by
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students for the large percentage of illiterates among th adult population.
According to Miss Lerrigo, the Chinese government since the civil war reopened has channeled most of the money formerly designated for education into military needs.
Professors, as a result, are poorly paid.
In the face of all these hardships.
Miss Lerrigo explained, the Chinese student remains persistent in his pursuit of knowledge, and though critical of American foreign policy, is grateful for the aid offered by such organizations as the WSSF.
The importance of Community Chest funds in carrying on church welfare work is the topic of today’s discussion in Bowne hall at 2:15. The Council ol Religion ls sponsor of the meeting.
Mrs. Marguerite Tandowsky. case work director of the church welfare bureau of the Church Federation of Los Angeles, will lead the discussion which will begin with a brief lecture. Mrs. Tandowsky is known throughout the city as one of the best informed women on present-day social case work methods.
The program will include “The Red Feather,” a short film on the Community Chest, which stars Mel-vyn Douglas and Peggy Cummins.
The discussion is open to all who wish to attend.
Skiers Conquer
by Bernard Hoffman
Swishing down the snow-covered hills of Angeles Crest National forest, SC skiers outclassed all competitors in the intercollegiate ski union meet held last Sunday.
Gaining a conclusive score of 200 points, members of the SC ski team also took the lead in all main events. Trojans filled six out of eight possible top positions.
The triangular meet was held between SC, John Muir junior college, and the California Institute of Technology. This was the’ first organized competition for the university ski team which is directed by Coach F. Yngve Ahlm instructor in physical education.
In the giant slalom, main event of the day, Trojan Fred Pinkham led
the race with a time of 49.6. Runners-up were Sen Milette (SC;, 52.8; Leo Miller (SC), 55.7; and John Schurneiere (CIT), 58.4. The giant slalom is an event in which skiers are required to change position while racing down the ski-run, maneuvering between flags set up for the race.
The Slalom, half the distance of the Giant Slalom, found Pinkham again winning top honors with a time of 25.4. Runners-up were Ken Milette (SC>, 27.7; Fred Carus (CIT) 29.8; and Dick Atkinson (SC), 30.05.
The ski club is composed of more than 200 members of the student body. Approximately 50 women are included in the group.
The ski team, different from the
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club, is a group sponsored by the physical education department as an official organization of the university. Team captain is Ken Milette who placed second in both of the main events last Sunday.
The Southern California intercOi-legiate ski union is composed of 15 schools in the West Coast area. The union utilizes United States government land in the Angeles Crest National forest for their ski meets.
The ski club meets every Wednesday in 100 annex at 4:15. Dues lor the group are set at $2 for old
To help relieve California’s critical power shortage caused by sparse rainfall, SC’s College of Aeronautics at Santa Maria today will put its own power generating equipment on its Hancock field base into service.
Engine-powered generators capable of producing all the power load needed for educational and training purposes were connected as stand-by equipment on Pacific Gas and Electric company feeder lines.
“This equipment was purchased
members and $3 for new members from the war assets administration per semester.	as emergency stand-by units,”
Saturday afternoon the ski team James B. Stone, airport manager will again meet with ski union com- and chief of operations, said. “Since
petition when it vies with Pomona and Long Beach junior college.
an emergency exists, put it into use.”
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