lussell Plans ^afomar Talk
Professor to Give LAS Lecture On Ciant Telescope s Possibilities
)ur sun is losing weight at the rate of 44 million tons j second/' said Dr. John A. Russell in previewing his talk! ‘The Potentialities of Palomar.” The lecture, eighth in LAS series, is to be presented at 3:15 this afternoon in art and lecture room in the University library.
■■¥ “Astronomers have some idea as to the source of ou£ sun's energy, but the energy source of other stars j remains largely a mystery. The new:
200-inch telescope at Mt. Palomar j observatory will make it possible toi obtain much more information | about this astronomical question, j Dr. Russell said.
“At present the theory is that the sun’s energy is derived from a process of the transmutation of elements. That is, that heavier elements are being manufactured from Lighter elements in a chemical process.” Dr. Russell explained. BELIEVES SUN MAKES HELIUM “We have reason to believe that helium is being manufactured out of hydrogen on the sun in a process in which carbon acts as a catalytic agent. The sun is probably composed of about one-third hydrogen,” he said.
The Palomar telescope will give astronomers a chance to discover much about the makeup of distant stars. Dr. Russell said.
Three major astronomical problems may be solved when the 200-inch telescope is .officially ready for ! use about June or July of this year. These problems will be outlined in this afternoon’s talk.
Dr. Russell will discuss the lines on Mars which have been reported often by astronomers although they have never been photographed. These lines were referred to as canals by their discoverer. G. V. Schiaparelli.
OBSERVERS AGREE “The canals have been reported by astronomers using instruments
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Vol. XXXIX	'i
Los Angeles, Cal., Wednesday, Apr. 29, 1948
No .A&lrf
Winn Loses All-Row Presidential Primary
Johnny Davis carries the ASSC presidential hopes of the Interfraternity council into the May student elections as a result of an historic all-Row primary victory over opponent Bill Winn, it was announced last night at a special council meeting.
Applicants' Test Date Announced
Knight, Squire Exam Subjects to Include Troy History, Songs
pnt, stated that the IPC has the Unity campaign against | 35 smi*n ^ a 6-inch telescope. Var-registration procedure since
?ption. The party has main-that only student body cards sts should be used; IPC has tly opposed the measure. I said.
tor their own election Mon-he asserted, “they required lards. Such a policy is ludicr-lid ridiculous.”
SUGGESTION MADE
also stated that prior to Dobkin’s entering the ASSC bential race he suggested they it to a nonpartisan primary student panel to cnoose be-them for independent candi-for the oil ice.
>kin refused," stated Flynn. Il challenge him to submit to |a contest.”
)by Garrett, Unity chairman recently resigned Jack Gariss a statement in which
| have been grossly dissatisfied the recent action of my suc-
Ir. It seems to me a reflection is leadership to have accepted [type of position without prior stigation.
HIMOR INVOKED? wonder if Gariss was invok-I humor into his criticism when recently said. ‘I feel that inde-ent students are actually dis-inehised when UP nominates a amity candidate for the same e as an IFC man.’ should like to remind him that pendent students may accept or ct any student who desires to 1 for an oftice. and Unity is the j instrument he may use.
In short. I repudiate Mr. Gariss’ idia'ion. and think the Unity v has not lost the prestige that pendents have built up within organization during the past two s.”
ious observers have made drawings of them simultaneously from different points and these drawings have generally agreed,” said Dr. Russell.
Astronomers who have seen the canals report that it is possible to see them only when the earth’s atmosphere is extraordinarily clear. On rare nights the conditions may be good enough at four or five short intervals during the night to see the canals, he said.
EXCEPT MR. BARNARD “E. E. Barnard, called the greatest astronomic observer, said that he had never seen the canals and did not believe that they existed,” said Dr. Russell. “This announcement probably did much to create doubt that there are such lines.” Photographs which have been taken of Mars show large polar caps. The southern polar cap all but disappears during the Martian summer and during the winter extends al-he | most to the equator, he said.
“As the stars evolve, so evolves the universe, at least, that is the present assumption in the study of universe evolution. The 200-inch telescope will make it possible to determine a great deal more about just what is taking place in the universe.” the astronomer said.
Subjects to be covered in the forthcoming examination for prospective Knights and Squires were announced yesterday by Herb Hynson, Knight president.
Tomorrow afternoon has been set as the day for the exam which will be given only once between 2:15 and 4 in 113 Barracks Q.
Emphasizing the importance of the written test, Hynson again warned the 370 applicants for the 90 positions open in the two service organizations that they must make satisfactory scores in order to qualify for admission.
Topics included in the examination are (1) Dates of the founding of important campus organizations, <2> General history of the founding and organization of the university, (3) Location of traditional sites on campus. (4) General history and accomplishments of Trojan athletic teams. (5) Location of university buildings and important rooms within the buildings, (6) Past and present SC athletic coaches of prominence. <7) Presidents of student offices and ASSC officers, (8) Traditional songs and phrases of the university, (9) General information on the various service and honorary7 organizations on campus, and (10> Campus theatrical productions.
Applicants also are to be graded on the basis of personal interviews and interest in campus activities, as shown on petitions for appointment.
Graduate
Noticc
THE ROWING CLUB at SC is training for its two races on Saturday with UCLA, Stanford, and San Diego state college on the 2000-meter course at Ballona Creek. "The Pioneer," the shell being sculled by the SC varsity on the left, will be on display today in front of Bovard auditorium, and members of the club will be on hand to tell about it.
Landlubbers Ahoy! Offers Educational
Racing Crew Ship Display
The election, first of its kind in local student politics, found Davis compiling 787 votes against 716 for Winn. Seventeen hundred fraternity men were eligible to cast ballots.
Davis, joining Joe Flynn, Unity party, and Milt Dobkin, independent, in the three-way race for SC’s highest student office, had this to say concerning his nomination and backing by the IFC:
“I am greatly honored to have been chosen by the fraternity men to be their candidate for ASSC
Election Commissioner Names Filing Deadline
Deadline for filing: petitions for all student body offices is at 5 this afternoon in 235 Student Union, according to Jerry Jones, election commissioner.
BILL WINN rowboat scuttled
Want More Books—Evans
Landlubbers at SC may learn about the finer points of shell racing today when they view a racing boat on display in front of Bovard auditorium. Members of the Trojan shell team will be on hand until evening to explain the rudiments of rowing the trim sliver The shell will be returned to the Ballona creek boathouse after its display today.
Although ‘‘The Pioneer” is the property of UCLA, the two crews of the SC team will
--—-+use it in the big, four-race regatta*
this Saturday at Ballona creek when they meet UCLA. Stanford, and San Diego State college. Because the sport is not a regular part of intercollegiate athletics at Stanford and SC, the shells are furnished
Results of the French and German examinations for the Ph.D. degree are available in the Graduate School office, 160 Administration.
Get Tough’ Policy Aimed at Drivers
The fire that characterized the start of the Trojan memorial book by alumni groups and manned by drive seems to have disintegrated , students in school clubs.
to dying embers, according to information received from Dave Evans, YMCA president and chairman of the book drive.
“Only 3500 books have been contributed. The goal is 10,000,” Evans said. He noted that “despite the fact that a $65 trophy will be
BIG HIPS NOT NEEDED
Statistics about the shell may surprise those who have never seen one. “The Pioneer’’ is 63 feet long, 20 inches wide at its widest span, wrhere the No. 5 man sits, and it weighs 400 pounds. It is made of Spanish cedar, three-sixteenths of
ASSC President Paul Wildman yesterday warned SC students violating traffic and parking regulations on ‘ Murder Alley” that "severe police crack-down measures” might be forthcoming if they do not cooperate with law enforcement officers. “The university police divi-
Today s Headlines
by United Press
>mmittee Vote Scraps UMT
WASHINGTON. Apr. 27—The senate armed forces com-tee today voted to scrap universal military training in or of an 18-through-25 draft that would induct 351,000 ;ths annually for one to two year service.
rusalem Approaches Chaos
ERUSALEM, Apr. 27—Jerusalem approached a state of os tonight. Mail and long distance telephone services have n suspended. Little city government remains. There is no son between Jewish and Arab quarters.
/e Nations Mass for Attack
AIRO. Apr. 27—Arab troops of Transjordania, Iraq, Syria, anon, and Egypt massed tonight for an invasion of Pales-from north, east, and south.
itish to 'Resist' Invasion
ONDON, Apr. 27—British forces will resist any invasion Palestine by organized Arab forces before the British ndate ends May 15, a government spokesman said today.
sion has been more than lenient in dealing with illegal parkerStend traffic violators along University avenue and in the entire vicinity of the campus,” Wildman said.
“If students do not cooperate with the police in keeping “Murder Alley” clear, except for loading and unloading of passengers, the police probably will really get tough with them,” the student leader commented.
POOR BRUINS
He pointed out that UCLA’s campus police force, enforcing parking and traffic regulations in the vicinity of the Westwood campus, has been extremely rough in dealing with Bruin motorists.
“It could happen here too,” Wildman emphasized.
Meanwhile, a survey by the Daily Trojan revealed that pedestrians crossing “Murder Alley” are as great a menace as speeding automobiles.
SEZ THE MOTORIST
Many motorists questioned thought that pedestrians were more dangerous than automobiles on campus streets.
“Everytime I drive on University avenue I almost hit a pedestrian who isn't looking where he is going.” Miss Helen Hoyle, secretary to the director of the Delinquency Control institute, told the DT yesterday.
Motorists generally agreed that cars parked along the streets especially along University avenue where parking is prohibited by municipal ordinance, were hazards to pedestrians.
awarded the fraternity contributing \811 inch thick> has sliding rowers’
.. , | seats, and draws eight inches of the most books, in proportion to j water when loaded xhe	cost
their number, nonorganized stu- ^ $igoo, while the eight 12-foot oars dents have made the largest con- are priced at $25 each, tribution of 2013 books, as com- The Trojans will compete in two
pared with a combined fraternity «J *e four races on Saturday. In ^	.	iaoh” ithe big event of the day, the second
and sorority donation o . [race, the Trojan first team will “Unless organized groups realize match strokes with the UCLA and the importance of this project and stanford
crews and the San
increase their contributions the DiegQ gtate varsity_ Then the sec_ first and only SC memorial to our j ^ ^ ^^ meets ^ UCLA third own war dead will end m failure tgam in the third
race. The other
and disgrace to the unn ersi y, j contests feature the UCLA and
Evans wTarned.	_ Stanford frosh crews in the first
The book collection depot, at 857 , ^ at 4 p m ^ ^ varsity
West 36th place, will remam open	Qf each wm cJash in the
Saturday and Sunday, 10 to 4. The f.nale at g p m
drive ends Monday at 4.
Track Trophies Go Into Display
Three SC track awards are on display in the trophy window near the east entrance to the Student Union today.
The awards represent past achievements of the highest order for Dean Cromwell’s men, and serve as an incentive to this year's aggregation in its drive toward the national championships.
The awards signify victories in the National Track and Field Championships for the years 1931, 1935, and 1940.
Booths set up in the lobbies of the Law and Engineering buildings, entrance to the Student Union cafeteria, main hallway of I Old College, and adjoining the main desk of University library.
Election Official Calls in Petitions
Petitions for YWCA executive offices must be completed and returned to the Y house by 3 this afternoon, according to Elections Commissioner Shirley Johnon.
Petitions have been available for the offices of president, vice-presl-dent, secretary, and treasurer. Re-
SAN DIEGO BEST BET
Favored in the four-team race is San Diego because of the practice the Aztecs have had on their excellent water facilities. SC has been handicapped by having to borrow boats from UCLA, but the Trojans made an impressive showing Apr. 20 when the varsity (first crew) defeated the UCLA freshman oarsmen by four boat lengths on the 2000-meter Ballona creek course. Stanford and UCLA are also strong because they have been training since fall.
COACH HOPEFUL Coach Julian Wolf has great faith in his Trojan crews despite their late training start. They have improved rapidly, and the average sizes in each of the two boats are ideal. The varsity averages 175
quirements for president are a 1.5 grade average .both cumulative and pounds per man and 6 feet 1 inch ior last semester, and one year’s tall, while the second boat averages
service on the Y cabinet.
Other executive officers require a 1.3 grade average and a year's experience on the cabinet. YWCA
172 and 6 feet 1% inches.
Spectators will have ample opportunities to support their teams on Saturday. There are many good
nominations will be in conjunction j viewing places along the course, and with AWS nominations at Monday’s. parking facilities are available. Ad-assembly. Elections are May 10. mission is free.
No Love Atoll’
. . . producer Johnny Langdon has called a meeting for all persons who participated in the show in any capacity. The meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. tomorrow in 30 Old College.
president. If I am ultimately elected to the presidency. I shall carry on a vigorous campaign for constructive student government, and I shall be fair and impartial in all my actions. I shall now turn to the job of formulating my ideas Into a strong, sincere platform for the ensuing campaign.”
OFFICE BOY A senior in industrial management, Davis’ record at SC consists of chairmanships of the greater university committee and Winter Carnival dance; membership in Blue Key, Knights, past president of Squires, twice president of Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Trojanality man.
Winn, PIKA, runnerup to Davis, said that “he would not seek to run for any other office or for any other party."
Need of an all-Row vote was precipitated- when both the Davis and Winn backers were deadlocked at last Thursday’s council nominations.
TECHNICALITIES IFC backing for sophomore class president and assistant yell leaders, held over as a result of technicalities .was fi^allv given to Bill Dineen over Don Killian and Cal Schmidt for sophomore prexy. Killian won the nod over Schmidt for sophomore vice-president. Assistant yell leaders receiving IPC endorsement last night were Art Astor, Pete Hallock, Lee Lerner, John McEwen, and Don Williams.
Following is the completed list of IFC-backed candidates for the May 13 elections: John Davis, ASSC president; Grafton Tanquary, AMS president; Herb Dibbem, AMS vice-president; Herb Sauerman, AMS secretary; Bob Russo, AMS treasurer; Bob Bilon, Larry Bubb. George Burke, Lennie Karpel, Bob Dickey. Hugh Greenup, Pat Mc-Griff, Tom McNlsh. and Don Robertson. senators-at-large.
WILLIAMS FOR LAS Art Williams, LAS president; Jack Silverstein, vice-president; Joe Dunwoodie. secretary: and Gene Burger, treasurer; Cedric Gerson, commerce president; Eleanor Enz. commerce vice-president; Wayne Chiappe. engineering president; Herb Brown, vice-president; and Chuck Hesson. secretary; Don Gill, architecture president; Jim Royer, international relations president; George Moore, IR vice-president; and Bob McKelland, secretary.
Ben Keeler, college of music president: Dave Saunders, senior president; Harry Cook, junior president; Jim Hodges, junior vice-president; Mike Banta, veteran representative; and Jack Rogers, yell king.
Best Y Booths To Get Prizes Carnival Night
Prizes for the best sorority and dormitory concession at the Y carnival Friday night have been obtained. Award Chairman Cay Almquist announced yesterday.
Donated by local business concerns, awards are given for the most original, most beautiful, and most profitable concessions, and to individuals selling the most tickets. The sweepstakes prize, given for the most beautiful booth, is an engraved cup.
JUDGES ANNOUNCED
Judges will be Mrs. Eunice Messent, assistant to the dean of women, and Dr. Elwood C. Davis, prolessor of physical education.
Tickets for the affair are available now at the Y house and at a booth set up today in fiont of the Student Union. Tickets have been selling fast, but there are plenty left. Ducats are 25 cents, 10 cents for admission plus 15 cents to be used at the concessions.
Proceeds from the annual affair go to the YWCA operating fund. In addition to the concessions, dancing and entertainment are planned.
FOOD. GAMES, SHOWS
Among the concessions are booths selling food and drinks, and others offering games, skits, and shows. Following the international theme, Alpha Epsilon Phi will sell Eskimo pies from an igloo. Alpha Gamma Delta’s enterprise is a French cafe.
Vital statistics on the Y carnival are time. Friday night from 7 to 11; place, Casa de Rosas Adams and Hoover; tickets, 25 cents, obtainable at the YWCA, in front of the Student Union, or Friday night, at the door of the Casa.
Gamma Phi Beta is presenting a Swiss scene, and Kappa Kappa Gamma has arranged for a fortune teller to “Tell all.”
Moreland hall will operate a “telegraph” booth, making it possible to send telegrams to anyone at the carnival. Pi Beta Phis plan a skit, “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.”
Students Annihilated
Faculty Wins Ball Came
Experience proved its merit yesterday when, with a few “ringers from the physical education department to help them, the faculty 10 pounded out an 11-6 softball victory over a “badly outclassed” student aggregation.
The “badly outclassed” characterization was given by Fred “Geh-ringer” Coonradt who cavorted at second base for the instructors. He attributed the strong showing of his team to “clean living,” at the same time pointing out the students’ most noticeable lack of condition.
KUBBY DRVEN OFF
Dan Kubby, pitching for the luckless students, was driven from the mound In the second inning by the bat of shortstop Albert Zech. The faculty amassed 6 runs in the first two frames and from there coasted to victory. Fred Knell replaced Kubby on the mound and finished out the game, allowing, according to Fred Knell, only two earned runs.
The battery of Vance Basler and F. Yngyve Ahlm, both recruits from the P.E building, provided the smoothest performance of the day for the faculty. Basler scattered numerous opposition hits to where they were, for the most part, ineffective.
VOTES LOST
Umpire Joe Flynn reportedly lost 11 votes for his presidential candidacy, as well as several grade points In the process of arbitration. Chief thorn in Flynn’s side was “Wild Bill” Sanders, who earned on his operations from first base. Flynn reasoned that he “should have stood at home.”
Coach Kubby demanded, and got, a rematch with the faculty, to be played next Tuesday at noon on the archery field, scene of yesterday’s fracas. In a statement he charged: “We have good reason to believe that certain members of the faculty put grease in our fielders’ gloves.
Also, during that disastrous four-run sixth inning when the faculty was batting, I strongly believe someone slipped in a “rabbit” balL With this incriminating evidence, I charge a foul.”
RUSS KEEPS DRY
Foul Tips ... the faculty’s Russell Caldwell chased a hard-hit ball to the sprinklers in deep center field during the game, then coyly refused to retrive it... Herb Hynson seemed to be having more trouble keeping track of fly balls than he has with Tommy’s sword . . . Constituting a one-man rooting section for the faculty, rabid Russell Hammer, gren, erstwhile journalism whip-cracker, claimed credit for the victory, calling It a triumph of moral support ... it was reported that Bill Winn was busily stuffing ballot boxes while his IFC primary rival, Johnny Davis, was diligently toiling at first base for his constituents.