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Sports Sen be Chicles Deke Houlgate
XXXIX
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Los Angeles, Cal., Thursday, Nov. 13, 1947
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No. 43
Al-Blue Key Show Opens Tonight
|d allow voters to cast ballots he basis of official lists com-by the registrar’s office and le presentation of student body at the time of the election, nquarv's proposal was similar (lynn's b ?t would not take effect after next semester’s elections. ?r the new senator's proposal, would register at the time cademic registration on cards |h would bo held by the regis-until election time.
in support or his proposal. | the senate members of several »nts which took place at the ?lection for the new senators-rge. Fl”nn alleged that several elected senators had told him
Reintroduces No Registration'
Mumbles Plans Comics Scoop At Troy Dance
Dime Donors Jump To Request Music;
Try for Door Prize
!ynn
anquary Proposal acks New Move
Flynn and Grafton Tanquary joined forces at the ASSC ite meeting last night in a renewed attempt to abolish Istration of voters, which, in Flynn’s words, would “take crookedness out of student body elections.” lynn’s proposal took the form of a by-law to Article VIII
ie constitution and. if adopted.
udent Dimes ip Loan Fund
they had seen several people vote three or four times, an obvious infraction and a weakness, Flynn said. Of thc present system of voting.
WHAT HAPPENED
Flynn also supported his proposal by telling what happened to one of the more prominent members of the student body when that “dignitary." Johnny Davis, tried to vote.
“This dignitary first had his name on the list incorrectly; then, when that small matter had been settled, he was asked to produce his identi- ; fication card. He produced not this semester’s, but last semester's.! card,” Flynn declared.
-Furthermore, after finally producing this semester's card, that card was not punched as it should j have been at the time of his regis-; tratiun. thereby leaving me with i two assumptions,’' the senator con- I tinued.
Tnese assumptions, Flynn said, j were that the “dignitary” had not registered at all, but had been “pre- ’ sented” with his slip, or that he i had registered with last semester’s i card.
JOHN ROSETTO . set to tangle .
BOB BASTIAN with sports scribe
^Imes rolled in yesterday as the bitute of Arts and College of Mu-Istudents contributed to the Eiis-Ith von KieinSmid memorial loan	1943 VOTE TOLD	1 ou^ what we believe will be a top-
d during II » classes.	Unruh also supported Flynn j ?°tch f?™” f°r 80 footb*11 «*;
Lnother opportunity to swell the by reading excerpts of the Daily slas Dave Evans, president of Id occurs at 11 a.m. today when, Trojan written during the much- Ithe	sa* •
|	d representatives I discussed elections of 1943. These NON-MEMBERS BRING TEXT
“pass the hat' in Institute Oi excerpts told of fraud and dishonest I Admission to the smoker for nonclasses.	practices used in voting. The two members of the Y will bf» a used hm Simpson, president of the proposals, whicL received very little textbook, which will be sent to help Jllege of Music and student chair- . opposition, Wlll be voted upon at; in re-establishing an overseas uni-
the next session.	j versity in the state department’s
Flynn also made reference to Dick I foreign-a:d program.
Eshleman. DT editor, who was omit- | Warburton rose to fame on the ted from the voting lists altogether. I SC gridiron while playing quarter-HOW ABOUT IT?	' back for the Trojans from 1932-34
“If the prominent persons are be- j He scored two of the touchdowns ing treated fchusly, how are the hoi- in the 1933 Rose Bowl route, 35-0,
Smoker Will Feature Ex-Grid Star, Editor
Irvine “Cotton” Warburton, choice for all-American backfield in 1933, and George Davis, sports editor of the Los Angeles Herald-Express, will join the panel discussion group of the weekly YMCA smoker tonight at 8 in the student lounge. Five Trojan varsity footballers will also take part in the activities.	i
‘ Movies of this season’s SC-Cali- | fornia grid clash in Berkeley have finally been obtained and will be shown following the panel to round
Ln of the loan drive, expressed {•prise at the first day’s response said. “If Institute of Arts stu-lts come through today, we wili |w a lund that should perform a Ich needed service." rganized by faculty members year, the fund was opened to lde.it contributions this year. The lid. available to any full-time Ident ot the Institute of Arts, }.nts up to S50 a student during a ool year. The amount is repay-s, without interest, one year from date of the loan.
fund is administered by a littee composed of one repre-Itative from each department > Ihin the Institute of Arts, with En Max T. Krone an additional iber. Awards are made upon tnimous committee consent. Reg-k>an fund application forms used, and the forms can be ob-led from the university business ^ce. Faculty members within the titute are urged to bring to com-Ltee attention any needy cases.
list of recipients is kept con-?ntal.
palloi being treated?” Flynn concluded.
Eshleman seconded his motion. Bill Stevens introduced a motion
of the University of Pittsburgh.
The all- American footballer originally came to SC as a star quarter-miler from San Diego high
that the ticket situation for the	school, but soon proved his run-
Notre Dame and UCLA games be	ning value with the football squad
investigated He made reference to	instead of the track team,
the unannounced sale of UCLA	PANEL DISCUSSION PLANNED
‘ory Towers' 'ork Overtime
Iniiht oil and typewriter ribbon it«ck advanced several points on Che market yesterday with the announcement of the arrival in the DT office of two short stories. Literary critics and publishers have been alerted for thc appearance of the DT special literary page In the Der. 19 edition.
Local literary wheels expressed amazement and bent back in their chairs to howl “Unfair” when Editor Dick Eshleman revealed
tickets. wHch took place through the ticket office.
Wally Flanagan renewed his efforts to have those persons “es-
Explosives Rock Arizona Campus
by United Press Six Phoenix College students recently blew up Arizona State college’s big letter “A’’ on Tempe Butte, and were promptly turned over to Tempe students for punishment.
Five explosions rocked the town about 2:30 a.m., and police at first thought safecrackers were at work, but investigation disclosed the culprits, one of them a girl.
“We figured maybe what they needed were haircuts, and Tempe students were the ones to give them,” said patrolman W. V. Findher, “so we got some of the local students up and left the job to them.”
George Davis, Herald sports chief, will act as moderator of the panel discussion group, composed of Warburton. and varsitymen Paul Sala-
pousing creeds vio! ?ntly opposed to, ta Ernie Tolman, Bob Bastian, the best interest of the United; John Rossetto, and Jack Kirby.
States,” and adjudged by federal courts, be excluded from the Bill of
Football prognosticators will have their weekly chance to tab winners
R’ghts. His proposal was tabled un- ’ of coming grid contests and win til the next session.	j the Silverwood award.
French Club
... is scheduled for its initial meeting at 3:15 this afternoon, 14 Bridge hall. On the agenda of Le Cercle Francais is an election of officers and a discussion of activities for the current semester.
Axle-Grease Melts Over Queen
Will Mumble abduct Kiss before Dick Tracy’s very eyes?
Or, will Kiss risk the acid-death in an attempt to expose Mumbles?
The expenditure of one dime tomorrow for “Troidanza,” which is Italian for Troy dance, will enable anyone and everyone to scoop the Sunday comics by interviewing Mumbles himself. In addition to the personal appearance of Mumbles, those present will dance and relax from 3:15 to 5 to the all-request music of Tommy Dorsey, Tex Den-eke, Harry James, and other big namers—via wax—in the Student Union.
TICKETS AT DOOR
Admission tickets, sold at the door, will entitle every dancer to a chance at an undisclosed door prize. Cokes will be on sale at the revolutionary. non-profit price of five cents per bottle, and cookie refreshments will be furnished free to all.
“All ideas and plans for this dance are the work of a very small group working within the Independent council.” said Joe Verdin, dance chairman. “What we need for a successful dance are more suggestions from the student body, as the Independent council represents nothing more than the SC student body in general. Tihe committee is planning three more dances for the year; our meetings are open to anyone interested, and we are certainly looking forward to more well-aimed criticism and suggestions from the students.”
INFORMAL ATMOSPHERE
Verdin hopes that the informal atmosphere which will prevail at the dance will “not only encourage the attendance of a greater num« ber of students but will create goodwill for future get-togethers.”
Student amateur entertainers are asked to contact Verdin, who is planning the programs for future dances at which entertainers will be used. He may be reached at any Independent council meeting. The dance committee is also formulating plans for an all-student amateur show early next semester.
Scientist Will Speak if Jalopy Holds Up'
Tonight’s CAI-Blue Key stage presentation gets under way promptly at 7:30, if, in the words of the featured speaker, “my ’36 Ford holds up under the drive from Berkeley.”
That was the way Dr. Richard L. Meier expressed himself to Dr. Robert B. Pettengill, faculty adviser to the Council on
Atomic Implications, in a letter he
by Rupert Matthews
An irate reporter, after standing in a sugar line for an hour and a half yesterday, stormed into the flutter and vibration department of the Trojan Knights’ # office and pounded on Ernie Wilson's desk.
“What's going on here?” he bellowed. "Why do I have to stand in line with the rest of the girls to get an interview about SC homecoming week?”
Wilson, a wheel on the campus, greased his left axle and spoke. NYLON LINE “There must be some mistake.” he said. ‘One of the Kn ghts must have speared you—in the wrong place.”
“Mistake?” the reporter scream-both of the early entries were j a5 he rubbed himself. ‘Tdght
I from the pen of a single campus [genius.
Anything goes In this unique contest (keep It clean, fairly). 50 line limit on poets. Short stories and sketches also should be short. Entries mast be typewritten, doable spaced, with margins set mi li and M.
Deadline Is Dee. S In 424 Strident Union.
place. Wilson, but the wrong line. I don’t like it, Wilson. I haven’t smelled like this since I got in a nylon line during the war.”
Wilson sniffed. “Which war?” he asked, noticing that the reporter was weak and exhausted, his face pallid, and his lips cyanotic from shock.
“Look. Wilson.” the reporter shouted. “I didn't come here to write a short story of the war, nor
do I intend to do a brochure on perfumes and powder. I represent 21.000 students who want to hear about the activities planned for SC’s homecoming week.”
“Wait a minute,” Wilson said. “You’ve been steered to the wrong guy . . .”
TMMM. GOOD’
“Listen, Wilson,” the reporter said. “I’ve been steered, speared, jeered, and now. even if I must take the name of George Tirebiter in vain, I’m going to be he’erd.”
At this point the reporter, to show he meant it, took the name of George Tirebiter in vain, but what he said was not George Tirebiter.
‘‘Take a gander at me. Wilson end sniff hard,” he continued. “I not only smell like the Tournament of Roses, but I've been insulted, cat-called, clawed, and whistled at. One chin-whiskered, old geezer even came up, pinched my arm. and said in a Campbells-soup voice. “Ummm, good! I like the mannish type!” Wilson reached in his desk drawer for the spare can of axle grease he keeps on hand.
“Ijisten. fella,” he d r a -“You’ve made a mistake. I ket
ing you’ve made a mistake. You want to see—”
“Mistake!” cried the reporter. “Americans, 140,000.000 of them, want to know about SC’s homecoming jestivities before and after we beat the Irish. All of America is wondering if Helen of Troy’s date dress will be above the patela, below the patela, or at the patela.”
Wilson finally got the can of axle grease open.
FLUTTER AND VIBRATION “L:sten, fella,” he said. “Homecoming is going to be terrific. We are not only going to take Notre Dame, but we plan to give her aid and refreshments after the game. But this does not come under tht flutter and vibration department of the Trojan Knights. Bill Winn, homecoming chainnan. is the man $ou want to see.”
The reporter was apologetic.
“I am sorry I made such a mistake. I am sorry I was so noisy,” he said. “Just answer one more question, Wilson .and then I’ll go.” Wilson put the lid back on the can of axle grease.
“Tell me.” the reporter asked. “Why are all of those campus darl-(Continued on Page Four)
Bed Capacity Cut At Vet Hospitals
The number of beds available for patients in the nine veterans administration hospitals in California is being reduced by a total of 1887, according to an American Legion representative at a conference recently conducted by the state department of veterans affairs.
Lewis S. Sloneker, director of rehabilitation for the California department of the 'American Legion, told the conference that “the capacities of these hospitals total 11,-922 beds, but a curtailment has been ordered in the number of patients which can be accommodated to a total of 10,035.”
“It is even more strange,” Mr. Sloneker continued, “that in the face of this curtailment, there was no request for a slash in the budget for the medical services of the Veterans Administration in the last session of congress. I have not been able to obtain an adequate explanation for the reduction except that it was ordered by the VA .headquarters in Washington.”
“As far as I have been able to find out.” Mr. Sloneker asserted, “these hospitals either are not being given enough money to accommodate patients to their full bed capacities, or the money is being taken away from California to be used somewhere else.”
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Helen Forrest To Give Prpe
The “surprise” celebrity who will present the SC blanket to he winner of the AMS-AWS sponsored art contest “Trojan Sites ar % Traditions” has been named :,.-s Helen ♦
Forrest, former singer	Harry
James. The winner will ti revealed at a pregame rally danci jn Nov. 21, the day before the jf.Q-UCLA football game. Miss Forresl vill sing at the dance as well as p^j orm the presentation chore.
Response to the “Troj in Sites and Traditions” art contes; ? as been excellent, according to * Gabby” Garrett, co-chairman of ine pre-game activities. Art work ii not the sole object of the contest, skid Gar-
rett. Either serious or | morous material is permissible : Awards will be made on the basis: 5 rf ideas, not skill.
The call has been sou^ ied Ior campus talent to appear on *kll three of the events; local taler ^ should see Herb Hynson or Betty Jou Miller in the AWS office. J The main idea that s , uid be plugged in art contest er.’^ es is a combination of sites and t suitions. As an aid to artists wit/ talent but minus ideas, Garret! offers several ideas for free. Th-- ^ of his ideas which have not been uied are: Tirebiter atop a pylon, clocii falling out of Mudd hall atop sor | Bruin, and Tommy Trojan asleep Ion the Knight bench	\
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Slant Parking Refused byCity
Diagonal street parking around campus is definitely out, according to Jack Shaffer, independent senator and chairman of the parking committee.
“Efforts to obtain diagonal parking privileges have been made before but have only met with disapproval from the city,” Shaffer asserted yesterday.
At present the parking committee, composed of Shaffer, Bill Truitt, council of religion president, and Rea Rawnns, IFC president, is looking nto the possibility of utilizing the’ Shrine auditorium lot.
KEEP TRYING
“Our policy is to take different prospects one at a time and investigate each thoroughly, rather than take five or six possible solutions to the problem and muddle them all,” Shaffer remarked.
“The situation at the science parking lot has cleared considerably since installation of the diagonal parking system there,” he said. “We have not been able to get more than 350 cars in the available space, but that is approximately what it held before.”
Volunteers from the Independent council have acted as parking attendants this week. No provision.*, have been made for procurement of subsequent attendants.
THREE SCHEMES
Three suggstions were made by committee members to help attendants with their task:
Bn ter only the aisles that are marked off.
Ark as closely to the next car as possible.
Keep the same angle of parking as the car next to you.
It is admitted that there are still some flaws in the system, but new techniques are being tried constantly and committee members feel that the solution to some of the problems can be found only through actual application of new ideas.
“With few exceptions, students have been cooperating with us wholeheartedly. Constructive suggestions are always welcome.” Shaffer declared.
CAI Will Present ‘Seeds of Destiny’
Council on atomic implications will show the movie “Seeds of Destiny” at the council of religion meeting today at 2:15. 318 Student Union.
Bryan Steavens will speak on “The Aftermath of the Last War* explaining the destruction wrought, and the disease, pestilence, famine, and economic and political chaos that followed. The program Is under the direction of Tom Massingill.
Today* at a Glance
British, Jews ( lash
JERUSALEM, Palestine, Nov. 12—British troops and Irgun Zvai Leumi Jewish urirr ground trainees fought a one-hour battle with machine i^ms, rifles and hand grenades in a forest midway betwee*-? Haifa and Tel Aviv today, and five Jews, including three ' ?en-age girls, were killed.
Several hundred tro$ )s assisted by Palestine police surprised hundreds of trainees during an instruction period after extremists killed a British constable and seriously wounded three in a H /fa cafe.
Chinese Reds Cain
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SHANGHAI, Nov. li: .-Communists stormed into the besieged north China raU - tub of Shihchiachuang in force today, but isolated Nationall y units still were holding out behind improvised barricades [ and were burning the city in “scorched earth” poli^j! -
While some detachii: nts of government defenders fought their way to safety tl ough the Communist cordon, other Nationalist soldiers erisaged the Reds in last-ditch house-to-house fighting throug;ii the downtown area of Shihchiachuang.	J
Atom Race C - cried
An atomic armamei race is only two years away unless nations abolish their |;anarchy of national sovereignties, Chancellor Robert W. I|itchins, of the University of Chicago warned yesterday in Lf; Angeles.
The educator said h< did not believe Russia has an atomic bomD now but should |oe able to complete one within two more years.	U
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wrote after talking before Cal students early this week.
The executive secretary of th> Federation of American Scientist* left Berkeley yesterday aftemoo* after spending four days fulfillinf speaking engagements in the bay area. The scientist left Rocheste* N. Y., Oct. 31 and has been on thi road making speeches throughoul the east, and middle west be fora arriving on the west coast on his FAS-sponsored tour.
HAS HOUSING TROUBLE In one of his letters to Dr. Pet-tengilL the scientist revealed one of his many troubles while fulfilling speaking dates—housing.
‘I’ll have a wife and baby with me and no assurance of lodging in
Los Angeles. Is there anyone around in your group who could put us up for Thursday and Friday evening?’" Dr. Meier wrote.
Dr. Pettengill assured the scientist that the housing situation in Los Angeles was not beyond solution.
FAVORABLE REPORTS
The nation-wide recognition CAI has received since its formation ln February, 1946, was evidenced by Dr. Meier's remark that he had heard reports of the CAI and its work from half a dozen sources over the nation.
Blue Key President Milt Dobkin, whose organization is co-sponsoring
For editorial comment on the atomic situation, readers are referred to page two.
the assembly, said last night after the ASSC senate meeting that if Dr. Meier lived up to advance notices, the program would certainly be worth the time of all Troians. * ‘WORTHWHILE PROGRAM* “This Ls one of the biggest programs CAI and Blue Key have yet presented and I feel sure that every Trojan will find it worth his time to attend,” Dobkin said.
Other program attractions include an original radio production written by Ed Penney. SC orator and Hearst contest winner. KUSC, campus FM station, will carry the program.
Remainder of the assembly will be devoted to the premiere of W. Bradford Shank's new documentary film “Where Will You Hide?” Program admission is free. Bovard doors will open at 7 p.m.
Film Star Expects Irish Loss at SC
Dennis Morgan. Warner Brother’s actor, who is completing final sequences for a forthcoming film at the Los Angeles county museum this week, expressed optimism yesterday over Troy’s chances against Notre Dame in'the coliseum Dec. 8
‘1 think the Trojans have an excellent chance to defeat Notre Dame,” Mr. Morgan declared.
Morgan, who will donate one of the Homecoming queen trophies this month, has attended every Troy home game.
The film in which he is working “To the Victor,” takes place in France and tells tlie story of a United States soldier who stays to operate in the black market.