1000 Demand Referendum Vote
Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, May 13, 1949
No. 139
riadne on Noxos t Opera on Campus
Strauss Composition Readied For Monday Night Premiere
ror the first time in the history of SC the strains of an Ira will resound from Bovard auditorium.
[The presentation of Richard Strauss’s opera, ‘‘Ariadne on ps,” Monday evening at 8:30 is not only the premiere of I opera on the West Coast, but it is the first time a com-
Senate to Check Petition Names
by Phil Adamsak
Referendum action on the validity of the ASSC presidential election was virtually assured yesterday after Unity party men had collected 4000 signatures on petitions to be submitted to the student Senate.
Barbara Potter, ASSC vice-president, has agreed to ap-
* point a Senate committee to verify signatures. If 1800 of t.he names are valid, a special Senate meeting wiil be called. Monday.
Senate action on the petitions is a mere rubberstamp approval, but it must slso set a date for submitting the referendum to student voters.
According to petitions, voting would start Tuesday, but Miss Pot-
reign Policy (fleeting Will |f People Told
here must be a two-way channel Information between the US De-bnent of State and the American Iple ir. order that our foreign ley reflect the people's will, Dr. [bert Hindman, head of tlie sclent of political science, em-isised last night in Bowne hall.
title of his talk was •‘Public linion and the Foreign Policy of United States.'’
[t lias become increasingly ,m-IJtant that the public not cnly j>w ?nd understand the basic poi-of our State department, but It they also be given a real voice (the lormatien of these policies.-’ Hindman said.
®ading organizations m labor, liculture and other special organ-lions should be in a position to jise the State department on rjects falling in their fields.” he
* plete opera has been produced at ! SC, according to Carl Ebert, head of the department of opera.
• From the way Bovard is constructed, its designers never dreamed that it would be used for 2:1 opera production,” said Prof. Ebert. “Tlie stage is much too small, and the orchestra pit has to be enlarged for this production,’’ he added.
Prof. Ebert would like to prodace two more operas next year, and he' hopes that Los Angeles or SC w ill soon have a good opera house.
The opera's set rests on a large revolving disk. On one half of the ■ circular disk is the apartment of a wealthy Viennese nobleman, and 011 the other half for act two is the scene lor the opera-within-the-: opera.
The production will also be gi\’.2n j Wednesday. Friday, and Saturday evening. Holders of activity tickets may get seats for tlie first balcony of any performance.
Reserved tickets are S2.40; $1.80; and $1.20; and general admission is 60 cents. They are available in tlie ticket office, second floor of the SU.
DT photo by Dick Nelson
REGISTRATION CARD files yawn vacantly in mute testimony of premature riiling. Election commissioner Bill McGurty carried the files from the print shop vault and discarded the cards even though he had promised not to destroy election records until further investigation of the protested election was made. Discarded records were discovered by a DT man.
Guthrie Says Prom Possible
H. Jones Award To Qimax Y Bail
Highlight of the Y “Sportsman’s Ball” tonight will be the award of the Howard Jones Memorial trophy to the “senior male student who has proved the greatest inspiration to others to exemplify the sterling qualities of Christian character” of the late Headman.
Cultural exchange and the ex-ige of students and professors , een the various nations as pro-;d lor under th# Fullbright act
Juld be stepped up."	The off-again on-again Senior
rhat the Voice of America has Prom could be held if those who a great deal of effect in Russia signed pledge bids wiU support it,
I evident by the concerted effort said Guthrie Miller, senior religion !
le Soviet government has made to Im its broadcast.'’
After three and a half hours of discussion, the YMCA council was unable to decide between two outstanding candidates for the award. Therefore, an identical honor will be given each man, Dave Evans, president of the Y, announced yes
terday. The trophy, inscribed with When the powers that be called winners’ names, will be placed
peech Contest inners Told
David Borum. first place winner the “A" division of the thud hnual interclass public speaking |>ntest. collected a $15 prize. He will ive his name engraved 011 a perm-►ient plaque in the speech department for his speech, “Racial Intol-pance,” last night in the auditorium \ Harris hall.
(Winner of a similar prize in tlie B ’ division was Byron Reynolds, jho spoke on “Modern House Plan-(ing in the Postwar Era.”
in Coach Jones’ old office in the Student Union.
At the sports-dccorated ball,
j off the prom because they did not get the 300 pledge bids needed to keep the prom out of the red. I decided to do some checking on my.	.	, ,	. ; own. I found that with 200 bids at equating seniors who have earned
, S3 each we could break even. We i now have 180 pledges and I nave reason to believe that we would get j at least 50 more if the prom was j
definitely scheduled,” he said.
Miller said he was not acting in any official capacity and was not underwriting the prom.
YWCA Holds Lost, Found Sale
The opportunity has come to get back those lost lountain pens and missing books—but there will be a Others triumphant in tlie tour- j slight charge.
|?y s “A” division were Julianna The YWCA is holding a lost-and-jwman, second; and Laurie Lar- j found sale today in front of the fen. third.	*	Y house, 36th and Hoover streets.
|“B” division second and third Sponsored by the Y Sophomore-place winners were Tom Mulligan j Junior club, the sale will last from Lnd Edward Mmasian.	9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
athletic letters in any of the four major sports will be the honor guests of the evening. Sport murals and pictures of famous athletes and athletic contests will decorate the club.
Denny Gless. president-elect of the Troy club, will present a gold wristwatch to the football player “most inspirational'’ during the spring practice session.
Ivan Scott's band and other topflight talent will entertain at the semi-formal event.
Stressing good attendance, Mercer Barnes, ticket chairman, said proceeds of the dance are to be divided between the YMCA scholarship and the Boys’ club fund.
Bids at S2 are on sale in the Y office and available from any varsity letterman or at the door. Although the ball has been billed as
semi-formal, women may wear either formal gowns or date dresses.
The ball will be held at the Santa Monica Uplifters club, located a mile west of the Riviera Country club on Rustic Canon drive.
Football player George Murphy, general dance chairman, is being assisted by Tom Hall, Doug Morgan, Bill Sharman. Ralph Pucci, JJames Holden, Richard Brooks, and Chips O'Weeden.
High Schoolers to Swarm SC
Approximately 350 high school in Mudd hall at 9:30 a.m. and will Delta fraternity, with ASSC com-;
Itudents will swarm onto c ampus tomorrow to take part in SC's annual romotion drive, High School day. Student representatives from more ban 60 Southland high schools and p many faculty counselors will reg-ster, tour the campus, and nave inch, said Bob Reis, Greater U
Iommittee member and chairman ol he High School day committee. Primary purpose of the event is promote SC as the place to go [•hen high school students oonsicer liversities.
‘•This year, however, we have tried get all student leaders regardless whether or not they can attend liege,” Reis said.
Spurs, Knights, and Squires will on hand to register the students
day s pigments. Chief speaker will be Dr. Russell L. Caldwell, assistant professor of history.
Faculty counselors w7ill have
direct them through the events.
AMS President Grafton Tanquary i will emcee an assembly in Hancock auditorium at 10. Speakers are Wells j DeLoach, Knight's president; Bar-; luncheon at the Phi Kappa Psi bara Potter, ASSC vice-president; house at 12 noon. Dr. Osman R. and Don Doll, outstanding Trojan Hull, dean of the School ot Educa-footballman.	: tion, and Dr. Emery Stoops, assist-
A moving picture of last year's! a-nt to the LA county superintend-SC-Notre Dame football game will I ent of schools, will speak, be shown following speeches by ath- Tour of the campus will be con-letic coaches.	tinued at 1 p.m. The Allan Hancock
Hosts will conduct a tour of the Foundation for Scientific Research
ter explained that the date must be set by the Senate. The election is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday. Thursday, Friday, and the following Tuesday.
If a majority of voters support the petition, the presidential election must be held again. If the petition is rejected, the election stands.
Unity party men are trying to get names of presidential candidates on the same ballot with the referendum question in order to make a third election unnecessary.
On the supposition that the referendum will be held, election plans are being worked out. Grafton Tanquary, AMS president, is making arrangements for ballots that cannot be duplicated. Unity party men are getting 50 booths which will be available for voters on Tuesday.
Petitions were being readied yesterday for submission to the Senate committee for verfication. Unity party representatives reported tn.it there were many duplications and several forged signatures, but said there were enough legal signers to support the referendum.
Circulation of petitions was decided upon Wednesday when it was discovered that records of the ASSC election were destroyed. Tlie Unity party had contested the legality oi the voting and were promised that records would be saved pending authorization of an investigation.
DT editor Gerald Maher was threatened yesterday w'hen Row With the premiering of “Pray for j representatives came to his office to
DT photo by Dick Nelson
CHUCK DENTON, Daily Trojan news editor, discovers voters registration cards buried in trash behind Student Union. The cards were sliced in half and thrown away by the orders of Election Commissioner Bill McGurty.
Vote Fraud Denied; Discrepancy Admitted
A denial of fraud but an admission of “a discrepancy between cards punched and ballots cast” was made yesterday by Election Commissioner Bill McGurty.
Senater-at-Large Bill Bretz and McGurty yesterday denied all charges of underhanded dealing and said the registration
* carcls founcj jn a trash can yesterday were destroyed in “good faith.”
Pray for Me'
Theater to Run Rory Guy Play
Me,” Stop Gap theater will show for the first time the wrork of Rory Guy, seenior drama student, Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.
Depicting life in the Ozarks, the play is based on religious prejudice and tells about a community’s reaction to one of its ostracized members. After the outcast dies, the people pray his soul into hell, hoping to thereby rid their community of his evil spirit.
Under the direction of Dick Lauf, the play will feature Phyllis Shumway and Pat Haggerty, and introduces Arthur Dau in his first important role. Lauf has directed such plays as “Leper's Bell.” “Anna Christie,” and “Christopher Bean.” All seats are free but must be reserved. Tickets may be obtained from the drama office, 3709 South Hoover street.
protest the paper’s handling of the controversy.
“Try to get a job,” Election Commissioner Bill McGurty told Maher during a long discussion.
George Wood, Squire president, also had a few words of advice for the aging editor.
“Try to make some money,” Wood said. As the delegation left, he said. “Some day it will be you and I —alone.”
SC Men Invited To UN Meeting
Drs. John Pfiffner and Henry Reining, professors of public administration at SC, have received invitations to attend the United Nations conferences at Lake Success in June.
Choral Groups Pian Recital
SC madrigal singers and the A capclla choir under the direction of Dr. Charles Hirt will present their spring concert in Hancock auditorium at 8:30 tonight.
The madrigal singers will per- j form such numbers as “O Lady j LONDON, May 12—(UP)—Commons tonight ratified the Fair.” di Lasso; “Fa, La La, I Can- Atlantic pact by an overwhelming vote of 333 to 6 after not Conceal It,” Certon; “Shepherds j Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said that ‘.‘aggressive” Russian Had An Angel,” Besley; and “Echo policies like the Berlin blockade would “inevitably have led to
House of Commons Ratifies Atlantic Pact
campus at 11. The Fisher Gallery ot Fine Arts and architectural exhinits will be shown the students and their counselors.
Luncheon will be served the students at 11:30 in the Delta Tau
and KUSC will be the mam points visited.
At 2:15, students and their advisers wall be given the choice of attending the SC-Stanford baseball game or the SC-UCLA swim meet.
Song.” di Lasso.
In Sacramento recently the group performed at the Music Educators National conference. Dr. Max T. Krone, dean of the Institute of the Arts, founded the madrigal singers in 1939.
Benjamin Bhitten's recent composition, “Festival Te Deum,” will be sung by the choir. Other numbers include “K y r i e Eleison, Victoria; “Hallelujah, Amen,” Handei; and “Festival to Deum,” Britten, which will feature Dolores Peterson, soprano, and Ray Henderson, organ.
The A cappella choir, which was organized in 1945 by Dr. Hirt. participates annually in the Easter Sunrise service at Forest Lawn Memorial park.
Dr. Hirt did his Ph.D. dissertation on the history of Russian church music. With his help the School of Music developed a department of sacred music.
At the First Presbyterian church of Hollywood he is minister of music and directs six choirs.
war” had there been no pact. *
Bevin, opening debate on the pact, said the Soviet reversal suffered when the blockade was lifted yesterday “has set the stage for a possible final settlement” of East-West differences.
Conservative leader Winston
Veterans'
Notice
Trovets
.. . nominations for officers must be in by noon today, 418 Student Union. Ballots will be mailed
Public Law' 16 veterans, S-Z inclusive, must be interviewed tomorrow at the Veterans Administration office, 834 West 36th street.
The veteran must present the interview form, properly filled in, to his training officer at the time of the interview. The training ot-ficer will inform him whether Summer Session attendance or interruption of training will be authorized.
PL 16 veterans who have not secured the interview form, must secure one at once.
Thillip A. Libby,
Director of Veterans Affairs.
Churchill agreed with Bevin but was less optimistic. He warned against “premature rejoicing on mere wotds and gestures . . . incalculable factors leave the future shrouded in obscurity.”
Had it not been for the Marshall plan and the signing ot the pact, Russia’s “aggressive policies would have inevitably led to war—for there would have been a moment when the rest of the world would have reacted violently to the tactics pursued.” Bevin said.
Foreseeing leftwing charges that the Atlantic pact would bring war, he said the “absence of the pact did not stop war in 1914 or 1939.”
“If a pact like this had existed and a potential aggressor had known what he would have had to face, these wars might have been avoided,” he said. "The real purpose of this pact is a deterrent ... we can no longer be treated as a number of weak, divided nations, and the new situation may well lead to a recognition of this fact and to a final settlement.
‘•Things are looking better now, owing to the steps we have taken, and the extreme and violent actions of the Soviets are now on the wane.”
Reasons Given For Card Use
by Don Wright
Which hand do you punch your card with?
The discovery of holes punched in the identification cards used in the ASSC elections, and the cards later found in the trash box of the Student Union, started some people thinking about the old TNE password. “Which hand do you drink your beer with?”
The answer tc this question was “the left.”
This year marked the first time that the duplicate yellow cards which students filled out during registration time were used to supplant previous forms of election registration.
At the request of ihe ASSC Senate. the card was included in Registration Book No. 2. filled out during registration period in February.
The cards were designed for use in all student body elections on campus, and not specially for the presidential balloting.
After the cards had been filled out they were collected by the business office, which in turn gave them to the ASSC elections committee. headed by Bill McGurty.
The yellow cards, exact duplicates of the identification cards issued to students; were retained by the committee until election time, when they were punched by polling officials as the students voted. The card in the election file and the student's identification card were punched before the ballots were given out.
This method was adopted because of its simplicity, and because it could be foolproof. The elections committee has on file a copy of the student’s signature, which it can compare with the signature on the identification card.
However, several cards that had been punched more than once were discovered early this week by elections committeemen.
Elections committeemen Grafton Tanquary and Bob Flower agreed that the cards should not have been destroyed by Elections Commissioner Bill McGurty. Tanquary and Flower said they believe the cards were to be retained for the entire semester, and would be available for any special election that should come up during that time.
However, McGurty removed the yellow cards from the vault in the basement of the Student Union Wednesday afternoon, and had them cut in half. They were later found in the trash box behind the Union.
DUNCAN CALLS
Bretz asserted that Johnny Davis had told him Sydney F. Duncan, professor of mechanical engineering, was anxious for a 'meeting with him and three other senators who had voted for ratification of the election. Davis and President-elect Ed Vierheilig are now in Sun Valley, Idaho, representing tht university at a meeting of the Pacific Student Body President's association.
Before leaving, Davis instructed that if the committee decided to take action on the election, it should put the cards in the vault under bond. If no investigation was to be held. Davis saw.* no reason why the cards should be kept, Bretz said.
FACULTY DROPPED IT
At 1 p.m. Bretz and three others met the Faculty committte which decided that "no action would be taken but that they would let the students handle their own problems,” Bretz said.
"I found McGurty about 1:45 at the cigar counter in the Student Union and told him I saw no reason for keeping the records any longer.” Bretz said. “McGurty had the cards disposed of about 15 minutes later.”
A half hour later McGurty told Dr. Albert Zech, counselor of men, that both the cards and ballots had been destroyed. But Bretz said that the man instructed to dispose of the ballots had not done so, and that they were still in the vault.
SC Doctor Wins Award
Dr. Howard W. Bosworth, clinical professor of medicine in chest diseases at SC. has been awarded the Trudeau medal of the National Tuberculosis association for outstanding achievement in tuberculosis research, treatment, and prevention.
The medal was presented Dr. Bosworth at the 45th annual meet-in of the association in Detroit.
Three Men Given Architect Awards
Three SC architecture seniors were given awards this week for leadership and scholarship.
Jack Campbell was awarded the American Institute of Architects medal for scholarship, and William Krisel was given second place award.
Richard Poper was chosen by the faculty as the student demonstrating the greatest amount of leadership. Poper was presented a medal
by Alpha Rho Chi. professional architectural fraternity.