SOUTHERN
EDITORIAL
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CALIFORNIA
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il. XXXIX
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Los Angeles, Cal., Thursday, Feb. 26, 1948
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No. 87
tudents Scan tassen Aims
Ex-6 overnor Likes UMT; Favors Mass Housing Aid
Editorial
Are Squatters' Rights Wrong? Winter Carnival Bids
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Trojans Snapping Up
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by Dick Eshleman and Jerry Maher
Stassen came booming into the room so fast he solicitous escort far behind.
pleasant suite in the Biltmore hotel was still mussy of smoke from the downtown pressmen’s conference id preceded our own college session. We rose to greet
the ex-governor of Minnesota. As he ran through the individual introductions, Stassen repeated each name to himself, indicative of his famed ability to remember names and faces long after first contacts.
He made some general statements about the trip he had been taking throughout the west and asked us if our colleges were as crowded as those in his own bailiwick. He had flown down from the north that afternoon after having made speech at Oregon state college the previous night. He was ready for the barrage of questions we had prepared for him.
STASSEN READY The former governor and current candidate for the Republican presi dential nomination is a big man bigger than you would imagine from his pictures. He settled his massive frame down into a soft chair, and eased forward to catch whatever we might throw his way.
No, he had not heard that UCLA had a rule barring political speeches and activities -on its campus. In Minnesota things were different There were no rules there like California's ruie 17, long a source of assigned to work as i controversy on the eight campuses
YOUNG PEOPLE FOR HIM The young lady from Occidental wanted to know what attack the Republican party would make on the collegiate-level voters. She said she understood that, according to polls, most students were inclined to favor the Democrats. Stassen said he thought she must be mistaken, that the latest figures showed a swing in favor of a Republican choice.
Then came the * $64 question “Will your name be entered in the California primary, governor?” DECISION LATER That decision has still not been made, Stassen parried, although some announcement would be forthcoming in the next few days. At present, he is entered in five state primaries. New Hampshire. Wisconsin, Nebraska, Ohio, and Oregon.
No. said Stassen, he had not asked for limitations on European aid under the Marshall nlan to shut out nations now embarked on a course i>f nationalization of their basic in-
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ers Listed ain Help
the Freedom Train ex-liy will report to station front of the train at the ted:
fjlby Thompson. Davis; Llin. Palmer: 9-12—Horne, 10-11—Walt Brown. Aven. 10-12—Winn, Kraemer; -Antonelli, Thornburg. Abbott -12—-Libby, Elder, Pippert. Jiey. Addis: 1-3 Boemer. Alex-Ann Wells: 1-4—Read; 1-5— 2-3—Ryan, Lovin, Ross. Met-■f; 2-4—Healey. Hanner, Wil-in, Gavlt, Walker. McAley, tison. Hirshom. Coombs. Aven. pens. Garlinkil; 2-5—Hubscher; -Home; 3-4—Burnham. Bre-3:30-4:30—Wilson, Saulsbery; 3hu; 4-6—Brewer. Bannister; 5-7—Vernon Blake.
-7—Woodin. Bedole; 6-10—Saur-, Ann Wells. Tuttle; 7-10— M. Henery, Dickinson. Grow. >scher; 8-9—Wright; and 9-10— *’kan.
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Joe Flynn and 1-3—Enz.
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Today s Headlines
by United Press
tudents Protest Benes Fold
PRAGUE, Feb. 25—Police fired on protesting students in mtral Prague shortly after President Eduard Benes, giving to leftist pressure, accepted a new cabinet dictated by wnmunist Premier Klement Gottwald. Gottwald completed lightning coup by forcing Benes to accept his new cabinet face a paralyzing general strike.
nti-Lynching Bill Approved
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25—A Republican-controlled house idiciary sub-committee today poured salt on the wounds southern Democrats by approving an anti-lynching bill ie bill, which would establish federal penalties for lynch lobs and local officials who fail to stop them, is one of the rincipal points of difference between President Truman and mthern Democrats.
:gypt Warns of Arab 'Fury'
LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 25—Egypt warned the United Na-ons security council today that the Arab world will fight rery UN attempt to enforce the partition of Palestine. ?ypt told the council that Palestine Arabs will turn their fury" on any international army which UN might form.
1 Killed in Palestine Violence
JERUSALEM, Feb. 25—At least 11 persons were killed and ive seriously wounded in countrywide violence which in-luded a fire bomb raid on the heavily guarded Jerusalem niUtotfr oourt building.
Dr. Wu Fong, recent visitor to SC from the Middle Flowery Kingdom, wandered into the Student Union cafeteria for a cup of coffee and a rice cake the other day. What happened to the celestial visitor shouldn’t have happened to a Pekingese.
Dr. Wu’s appetite turned out to be larger than his good sense, and he ended up with a tray loaded to the gunwales with edibles. He then set out on his pilgrimage to find a table.
Three hours and eight minutes later, Dr. Wu was still searching, although hope had now given way to black despair. Everywhere he looked he saw a desolation of tables and people—all apparently full. The tables, that is, were full of people and the people were full of conversation. No one seemed to be eating anything, although Dr. Wu had seen one youngster rush in and drink down a cup of coffee while standing up.
“Oh,” ohed Dr. Wu to a passing scholarly gentleman, “is sad situation. Was under apprehensive delusion that this was cafeteria, but seems to be library. Could you maybe holding tray please for while to give my poor arm rest? Thank you. Now, tell me, where should I have gone?”
The friend, a loyal Trojan, was covered with embarrassment. What could he tell Dr. Wu about the Student Union Squatters, that peculiar gang of leeches on the body politic who seem to have staked a claim to the chairs and tables and who defy all authority attempting to oust them. How could he say anything about the people who come in for a cup of coffee and stay till dinnertime? Could he tell Dr. Wu about the
young lady who had never been known to budge from her table (third one on the right as you go in) and who was reputed to sleep on the floor in a kapok sleeping bag which she kept concealed in the folds of her New Look skirt?
Could Dr. Wu have understood that in America nobody has any rights except the man who talks loudest and longest, that courtesy and decency seem to have flown out the window in Troy’s busy eatery? Could anyone except a man from Mars have understood the psychology* of people who hold on to a table and a chair without so much as a soiled coffee cup to give them priority? Could he have understood the callousness of folk who, sitting and gabbing about Mkrx or politics or women or the mistreatment of puppies, could look straight in the face of someone who had been wandering around with a heavily loaded tray for most of the morning? Could he have understood the utter viciousness of the little groups who went right on talking while eaters stood?
Maybe, under different circumstances, he could have done it, but this did not seem to be the day. At least, the last we saw of him, Dr. Wu, a mild little scholar who formerly contemplated Buddha’s works for a minimum of two hours daily, had gone be-serk and was breaking up the furniture and the crockery. Two of the Squatters were sauntering over to the telephone to call for the little white wagon.
We beat them to the phone and quietly clipped the wire in two. Our sympathies had been with Dr. Wu all the way.
BOB HOPE . next Tuesday
Pepsodent Kid
Peggy Lee Announced As Engineers' Queen
by Sol London
Peggy Lee, the blonde vocalist who’s been singing out the reasons for letting work go till manana, has been chosen to reign as queen during the forthcoming Engineering week it was announced yesterday.
Engineering week, Mar. 14-19, will be the signal for the sliae-rule technicians to delay shav^
ing until manana—in fact, for the entire period of Mar. 1 to Mar. 19.
On the afternoon of the 19th, in front of cleanshaven Tommy Trojan, Miss Lee will select the engineer with the classiest set of whiskers and award him a kiss—if she can get through the bristles.
STANDARDS UNKNOWN She did not reveal her standards in judging beards, but it is assumed that the luxuriance of the face growth will be a major factor.
The owner of the prize-winning beard will have his name engraved
Presidents of all professional and honorary engineering societies are requested to attend a meeting today in Engineering “F” 142. 4:15.
Final plans for engineering week and the dance will be discussed.
on the plaque beneath the “Golden Beaver.” The “Golden Beaver,” an eight-inch-high statuette, makes its home in the dean's office in the College of Engineering.
FEATURED WITH DURANTE
The celebration will be climaxed with a dance at the Lakewood country club on the final evening of Engineering week. Mar. 19. This will .give engineers who have not become too attached to their beards about eight hours to take off their chin decorations. Miss Lee will preside over the dance.
The songstress, who collaborated in the writing of “Manana” and whose vocalizing of it has weighed down the jukeboxes with nickels, was formerly a singer with Benny Goodman’s band. At the present time she is featured on the Jimmy Durante radio show.
SC Sailorboys Planning Cruise
NROTC students at SC will take a cruise in Pacific waters this summer, according to Lt. Cmdr. W. W. South, NROTC instructor. Three phases of the cruise are being planned for the different classes of students.
Junior and sophomore students wiU embark on the USS Iowa, USS Springfield, USS Astoria, or the USS Pasadena at San Francisco, June 26. After cruising as far north as Seattle, the ships will return to Long Beach before leaving for Pearl Harbor, July 12. The cadets will return to San Francisco Aug. 21 on completion of the cruise. Other juniors will embark on the USS Boxer or the USS Princeton, June 26 and proceed directly to Pearl Harbor.
Contract students will board the USS Duluth, with Capt. B. K. Culver, commanding the contract midshipmen detachment, and visit Victoria, B. C. They will disembark in San Francisco, July 16.
Pres. Fred D. Fagg Jr. has been invited by the navy department to accompany the students on the cruise.
Original Etchings To Sell Monday
Students will have an opportunity to purchase original 18th century etchings and lithographs at a 25 per cent discount next Monday in 126 Harris hall.
Mrs. Herbert Palmer will sell originals by two,18th century satirists, Daumier and Hogarth, from 10:30 ajn. to 4 p.m. She will also have some full color reproductions of famous paintings for sale.
Club Desires SC Members
Opportunity for membership in the SC Investment club is offered to all students who are interested in the investment field and who have a scholastic average of not less than 1.5.
The purpose of the organization is to provide students with experience in the investment business and to give them contact with men who are prominent in the field. In keeping with this program. Dean E. Christy, downtown investment counselor, will discuss matters rela-tite to present-day investments at a lecture-luncheon Saturday.
Record Poll Takes Place Next Monday
Another checkup on SC’s platter pulse is slated to begin Monday with balloting to determine the favorite records at Troy for *use on Disc Jockey Peter Potter’s “Campus Corner” program.
Tunes emerging from the ballot boxes as tops with Trojans are to be aired by the Mutual-Don Lee platter spinner Mar. 10
The Potter program, a regular Wednesday night broadcast devoted to discs selected as top favorites by Pacific coast college students, will feature the campus record choices and interviews with several prominent SC students from 10:30 to 11. SC musical preference was last given attention by Potter on Oct. 9, at which time “Near Y o u” and “Black and Blue” were acclaimed as current choices of Trojans.
Votirg for favorite selections begins Monday at the Student Union cigarette counter, the Wheel and Horse cafes, the SC drug store, and Phelps-Terkel. Votes are to be registered on post cards available at these places.
Bob Hope, Cast To Give Show
Bob Hope, “the Pepsodent kid,” is coming to Troyville. The well-known comedian of radio, stage, and screen, whose nose is described as the newest thing in portable coat hooks, is going to broadcast his program, Tuesday, Mar. 2, from Bovard auditorium, and will follow up with a 30-minute show after leaving the air lanes.
Brought here through arrangements made by the Trojan commu-nity-chest committee, Hope will have his regular all-star cast of Miss Barbara Jo Allen, better known as Vera Vague, Jerry Col-ona, Les Brown and his orchestra, and even Mirriam.
“No tickets are being printed for this show,” said Herb Hynson, chairman of the chest drive. “Students will be admitted upon presentation of yellow tags showing that they have contributed to the community chest. It will be first come, first serve,” continued Hynson, “and this seems the only fair way to do it since the seating capacity is so restricted.”
Bovard auditorium holds 2500, and pians are being made to add at least 100 seats to accommodate as many Trojans as possible. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7.
1100 Tickets
As Deadline
Sold
Nears
WSSC Letters Stress Needs In Alien Lands
“No Admittance” signs will greet all but SC students at the Hollywood Palladium Friday night when the Trojan social spotlight is thrown on the all-university Winter Carnival.
Featuring the music of Woody Herman and the Herman Herd and the rhumba rhythms of Nestor Amaral, the immense ballroom, with its two soft-drink bars, food service, and other refreshment facilities; has been designated as the exclusive property of SC dancers from 6:30 p.m. until closing.
BIDS SNAPPED UP To date more than 1100 bids for the dance have been snapped up by eager Trojans both at the SC ticket office and at the special ticket booth on the comer of University avenue and 36th street.
Fewer than 400 tickets remain to be sold to fulfill the contract made by the dance committee with Palladium officials. Though 3000 bids were printed in order to accommodate all students wishing to attend the gala affair, the committee guaranteed to sell only 1500 of the ducats.
The possibility that fewer than 3000 couples are planning to attend was taken as an indication today that the huge dance floor of the ballroom will provide more than ample space for dancing. In addition, the Palladium boasts of spacious lounges surrounding the dance floor and upstairs where students may take their ease between numbers.
ADDED ATTRACTION As an added attraction for Trojans, officials of the famous dine-and-dance spot have announced that Nestor Amaral and his Latin-American rhythm group will introduce a modernized version of an ancient Mexican folk dance to augment the evening’s festivities. TTie dance, known as “La Raspa.” originated in Mexico City more than a century ago and has since become a national institution.
Attending as guests of the student body, the 1947 Trojan football team and members of the administration will come to the dance following a banquet at the Hollywood Athletic club at which annual awards are to be presented.
Winners may obtain their cigarettes by presenting the bid or its stub in the ASSC vice-president’s office, 230 Student Union.
Fencers
. may obtain information on the SC fencing team meetings from Anthony Greco, fencing master and temporary fencing instructor, Tuesday or Thursday, 9-11 a.m., in 202 Physical Education building.
Dial 660 Airs ★ ★ Campus Skit
“Anything Goes,” radio expose of behind-the-scenes activity on college campuses, will have its second broadcast tonight over KTRO from 8:30 to 8:45.
The show, a weekly feature sponsored by the LAS council, was given its first performance last Thursday. It is written and produced by George Woolery, radio production major.
The main character in the show
'Anything Goes ★ ★ Has Rebilling
is Clarence Bigwheel. played by Dick Crenna, who is also the plaintive-voiced Oogie Pringle of the “Date With Judy” show.
Other characters are Max Gridiron and Roger Krump, both played by Ed Penney, national oratorical champion, and Pat Kay, played by Pat Haggarty.
KTRO is at 660 on the radio dial and can be heard anywhere near campus.
Freedom Train Leaves Troy
Without fanfare or parade, the red, white, and blue train loaded with historic documents will leave Los Angeles tonight for Pasadena where it will remain on exhibit for one day.
Heralding the lasv day of the Freedom Train’s four-day stay, a squadron of P-80s from the Fourth air force will perform in the vicinity of the train.
Tonight, a grand finale utilizing the Loyola university band and representatives of the army, navy, marines, and Boy Scouts will end the celebration. Participating units include all local posts of the United Spanish war veterans, Grand Army of the Republic, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Military Order of the Purple Heart, Jewish war veterans, and Disabled American veterans.
Women’s organizations participating in today’s celebration are the Gold Star Mothers, Gold Star Wives. American War Mothers and the Veterans Organizations’ Coordinating council and women’s auxiliaries.
Today’s celebration ends a week of patriotic activities and climaxes American Brotherhood week.
Awed by the train used to house such documents as the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln’s draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, thei battle logbook of the USS Constitution, and the original covenant of the League of Nations, milling crowds waited In line.
Music of Stephen Foster and other American composers were piped through loudspeakers as spectators filed through document laden coaches.
Inside, train visitors walked down
a corridor with bullet-proof glass exhibition cases on both sides. The cases are labeled “Freedom of the Press,” “Freedom of Religion,” and “World War II.” Down the train further is another case labeled the “Glorious, News From Yorktown.”
Copies of John Peter Zenger’s New York Weekly Journal are shown in connection with the struggle for freedom of the press. One of the copies gives the background of his trial, another celebrates his release from jail, and victory in the fight for a free press.
Also on display are historic flags including General Eisenhower’s five-star flag, the original 31-star flag flown by Com. Matthew C. Perry from his flagship at the time Japan was opened to the western world in 1854, and the Iwo Jima flag.
As final plans for the Trojan Chest drive were being completed yesterday, chairman Herb Hynson received several letters from members of the World Student Service fund organization, to which of the Chest funds will be sent
after completion of the drive which begins Mar. 1.
Letters from the various rield workers pleaded for aid in the struggle of the students of the world in the almost-futile effort to obtain an education. In a letter from Peiping, China, the plight of students was presented as a “dark and challenging picture” to American students.
STUDENTS LACK FOOD The letter, sent by a field worker of the Student Relief committee, described the students as having only “corn bread and the same little bowl of vegetables and a few beans three meals a day, seven days a week. Occasionally, they have white bread . . . for festivals only.” “Because of the limited funds,” the letter reveals, “the work relief can only help 300 students per month. The nutrition aid program is better, but the suspension of medical relief is a disaster to many students. We have to inform patients lying in the hospitals that we can no longer support them. It is cruel, yet. what else can we do?” SUBSIDIZING DISCONTINUED The tragedy of Greek students was told by a field worker who writes “Subsidizing the student canteens has been discontinued because the government has no food. This means that over 60G0 students will have no food to eat. Some will give up their studies and return home to their villages where they will struggle to live on approximately $20 per month.
'Some will beg . . . others will steal, yet still determined, undaunted they will study on empty stomachs . . . ultimately they will get tuberculosis. Those who survive will become crooked, and they will live in a warped world. These will be the future leaders of Greece.”
VISIT DESCRIBED In a letter of praise for the work being done by American students, Otto Borch, a Danish law student, returned from a 6-month visit to the United State*. He writes “I have been asking myself over and ever, what was it actually whicn made this visit so unforgettable that I consider it the ‘best year of my life.’ Was it the intelligence and looks of the American girl? Was it the hospitality and friendliness which at times made me feel that the chairman was introducing Churchill and not a young law student?”
SC contributions to the WSSP will be handled through a student allocation board with the advice of the student executive council and members of the faculty.
Education
Notice
All applicants for teaching or administration credentials who expect to complete requirements for tne university recommendation for the credential in June or during the Summer Session must make application for the credential at once. Blanks may be obtained from the credential secretary 357 Administration building.