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Vol XL	72 Los AngeSes, Calif., Friday, Dec. 17, 1948 No. 67
Navy Vet to Give Principal Sermon
Christmas church services for the student body will be conducted today at 12:15 in Bowne hall under the sponsorship of the Council of Religion.
The Rev. Clinton Neyman, university chaplain, will deliver the principal message, “Renowned But Nameless.” The ser-
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OLD COLLEGE, which for 64 years has stood the test of California's climate and college students, will undergo the first phase of its dismantling Monday. Workmen will attack the building which is expected to offer a challsnge with its thick concrete walls. The building is being tom down to make way for ihe building program scheduled by the university.
recking Brigades Razing Old College
to Begin Monday
The SC-Notre Dame film will be shown a gain at 12 today in Bovard by the Trovets, sponsors of the Living War Memorial.
Contributors to the drive jammed Bovard yesterday to watch the film of the 14-14 game, and the Trovets said that because of st udent response to the drive and limited seating in Bovard they would give a repeat showing.
Admission will be the same as +---———---———-
yesterday: Living War Memorial re- j ceipts and student body ID cards. ;
Members of organizations who have j contributed 100 per cent will be admitted on presentation of iden- i tification cards from those organizations. Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, one of the first I 100 per cent contributors to the ! drive, will usher. Assistant Coach !
Roy Engle will narrate the film.
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The Living War Memorial drive j was to have ended today, but Trovet spokesmen said contributions would be accepted during the first ! week after the holidays.
“Because so many persons have !
by Reid Bundy
Old College has been tried, found guilty o f being old and no longer earthquake-proof, j and relegated to that special Valhalla reserv ed for memorable buildings.
Monday morning, crews of executioners will attack the 64-year-old structure with ham- s mers and bars in the first phase of its disman tling.
Death will not come quickly to the venerable old building, however. It is still strong, j
--* and its thick concrete walls will re-**--!
sist all but the heaviest blows cf those bent on its destruction.
The building is ready for the j workmen who will invade it next j week. Classrooms have been vacated. offices relocated, and most of the equipment has been moved.
LAST TO MOVE
TEL AVIV. Dec. 16—'IP* Israel ; Accounting classes, among the
last to evacuate OC, moved into
Trovets ask persons with individual collection books for Living War Memorial drive to turn them in today at Trovet office. 405 Student Union, between 9 and 11.
Supporters Praised For Memorial Work
Officials of Trovets yesterday expressed satisfaction of the 100 per cent support they had received from some groups and organizations during the last week of the Trovet Living Memorial campaign.
Many others are nearing the 100 per cent mark, they said, I
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! to report their progress to the | j Tiovet office today so their i amounts may be added in the grand j total.
REPORTS WANTED
i The drive may be extended an j ether week, but today will be the : final day before Christmas vacation,
I mon will contain Christmas* thoughts drawn from the deeds of i nameless shepherds who gained re- ! nown in the discovery of the ; Christ child, he said.
The Rev. Frederick J. Schenk. ' i university pastor, National Luther- I | an council, will read the Scripture, j ! and the Rev. Roy Fairchild. West- j minster foundation, will offer the j ; prayer.
FIRST CHAPEL PROGRAM Today’s service marks the first ! appearance of Chaplain Neyman on ; a student chapel program since his j recent appointment to the newly j created post of university chaplain. | Chaplain Neyman is a veteran of j 30 years' naval service, coming to j SC last month from the 11th Naval
Papers Reveal 1938 Stilwell China Message
Blessed Event?
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PLANE DOWNED
nan was asked about a Brit-tement that a British Mos-plane had been shot down Israeli Air force. In answer-“ Israeli spokesman produced i release dated Nov. 21. stat-t: ' An enemy Mosquito plane tographic reconnaissance was over Lsraeli territory yes-An Israeli fighter plane went intercepted the enemy plane, iterception took place at an ? of 28.000 feet. The mosquito ot down and crashed in the jth of Tel Aviv.”
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their new building on 35th street this week, and the Testing bureau has been moved into space in the Administration building vacated by I the information office.
The offices of Dr. Reid Lage Me- j Clung, dean of the College of Com- ■ merce. have been moved above the I over-the-counter ticket offices on ; University avenue.
GOODBYE TOUCHSTONE
Touchstone theater, long the scene of drama department productions. has been replaced by a ware- I house near Harris plaza. William C. ; DeMille. professor of drama, appro-! priately named the new theater i "Stop Gap." As the name implies, members of the department hope ! the move will be only a stop-gap j measure.
Drama department oITices will be I moved tomorrow and Sunday to a j bungalow on Hoover street, and the j (Continued on Page 6)
All classes now meeting in the ; following Old College rooms will j move to the T.O.M. building.
Classes from 226 OC meet in 100 ! T.O.M.
Classes from 251 OC meet in 101 j T.O.M.
Classes from 252 OC meet in 102 | T.O.M.
Classes from 122 OC meet in 103 , T.O.M.
Classes from 124 OC meet in 104 j T.O.M.
Classes from 125 OC meet in 105 j T.O.M.
Classes frcm 225 OC meet in 106 i T.O.M.
Classes from 335 OC meet in 107 j T.O.M.
Classes from 332 OC meet in 108 T.O.M.
After Dec. 17, drama classes now meeting in Old College will move as follows:
Drama 226a (2553) 9 TTh move to Adm. 350.
Diama 228a <2554; 10 TTh move to Annex 99.
Drama 230a <2555) 1:15-3:05 M move to DM 306.
Drama 113 '2501) 11 TTh move to Annex 113.
All drama classes meeting in OC 119 (Touchstone' will move to Stop Gap theater, 3733 South Hoover street.
| expressed a desire to contribute, but j have been unable to do so at this ! time, we will accept contributions i after the holidays,’’ Norm Evans, j drive chairman, said.
FUND FILLS Yesterday, designated Living War , Memorial day by ASSC President : Johnny Davis, $973.98 was collected j for the fund which- now by un-' i official total is $3205.
] The Dick Kane trio and vocalist Doris Drew entertained prior to ' yesterday’s film shewing which As- j sistant Coach Winslow narrated, i Trovet President Bob Padgett j j thanked organizations, who helped : in administration of the drive, in | a speech preceding the film. Those j who helped in the collection were j th AWS, Amazons, Harris Plaza,
| Phrateres, Spurs, Troeds, and the i YWCA.
Yearbook Baby Still Gestating
Virgil Lubberden expects his baby sometime in May. The baby in this case happens to be El Rodeo, the SC yearbook.
Realizing its conception back in July. Lubberden. editor of the Associated Students annual publication, developed complications when the photography shop closed for a remodeling job.
Pan' to Sell Hoop Ducats
PCC-Big 10 basketball game tickets not sold today will be available at the Pan-Pacific auditorium next week.
Although the box office sale will give last-minute buyers a chance to see the game frcm the rooter's section, the best seats are being sold first and may he purchased at the ticket office, second floor, Student Union.
SC meets Wisconsin Tuesday night and Northwestern Wednesday night. UCLA plays the Wildcats Tuesday and the Badgers Wednesday.
Student tickets are $1.00. Reserved seats are $1.60 and $2.00.
and Trovet Vice-President Paul Russell asked for all dormitories, clubs, fraternity and sorority houses, councils, and service and social organizations to report their progress to either him or Trovet President Bob Padgett in the Trovet office before the reshowing of the SC-Notre Dame film today.
To Harris plaza went the honor of being the first group to. report in 100 per cent to the drive. Chairmen Jean Hirshhom and Gretchen Buck turned in the ICC per cent donation earlier this week, the only dormitory to file 'a perfect report to date.
OVER THE TOP
Aipha Phi Omega, honorary Boy Scout fraternity, was the first service organization to turn in 100 per cent returns. This fraternity, incidentally. will also usher at today’s film reshowing.
Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Omega Pi were the first fraternity and sorority to become 100 per cent supporters.
Others which have reached the
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CLINTON NEYMAN . first appearance
district at San Diego where he served as senior chaplain for a year and a half.
OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP
Early in t.he war he was the officer in charge of the chaplain school at Norfolk. Va. For this work he was cited for outstanding leadership, receiving recognition from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, William and Mary college, and other organizations.
In addition to his official title, he has been appointed professor of religion at SC.
It is the desire of Chaplain Neyman and members of the Council of Religion to establish a regular weekly chapel service on campus open to students of all faiths.
Francis H. Baxter will direct the
, c.hoi’al group, and William F. Rey-top mark since then are Phi Sigma j nQlds wm accompany on the piano
! for today's worship in Bowne hall.
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Veterans
Notice
All Public Law 16 veterans cur-ren.1v enrolled who are securing California teachers' credentials upon completion of this semester's work direc Jy from th? Sla.? Department of Education must report to the Veterans Administration Training Officer al 834 West 36th street, second floor, immediately.
Court Gets Aidr on Jap Case
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16—The Supreme court today was bombarded with arguments for and against its intervention in the case of seven Japanese leaders convicted of war crimes by a Far East military tribunal.
The immediate issue was the court’s authority to review the convictions.
Brazil Flood Takes 100 Lives
RIO DE JANEIRO. Dec. 16—Approximately 100 persons were reported dead today as the result of floods in the Leo-poldina area of Minas Geraes state. •
Torrential rains in the past few days caused a sudden rise of the rivers flooding wide areas and disrupting communications. First reports estimated the casualties at 100 dead and said many more were missing.
Reds Open New China Front
NANKING, Friday, Dec. 17—Communist troops opened a third major front against the staggering forces of President Chiang Kai-shek today, as developments on fche other fronts turned the civil war into a Chinese puzzle.
VIRGIL LUBBERDEN . . . expecting
A headache still persists, however, in that he is having trouble getting his pictures of campus organizations. Having run out of aspirin. his only relief, he feels, will be the use of those snapshots made for the '43 edition.
The central theme of next year’s El Rodeo is the gold rush of the 49ers, around which is built every phase of campus life. Some of the features, Lubberden said, include a spread on the recent Olympic games with the stress on track, a larger coverage of homecoming antics, and one never done before, a spread on campus queens.
Sigma, Delta Beta Tau.
Two others, according to Russell, are close to the 100 per cent mark. Delta Sigma Phi and Alpha Kappa Psi. honorary commerce professional fraternity, have already pledged certain amounts to the Trovets and will probably reach the ICO per cent mark today.
The pledge class of AKP has al-leady hit the top, however, beating the actives by two days.
Advising Office To Remain Open
The LAS advisement office. 207 Administration, will be open during the holiday recess ro help lower division students arrange their programs.
The office will be open from 11 to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 23 to 22 ajid Dec. 27 to 29.
The service will last 30 minutes.
What the Hail, Let It Snow!
Snow and rain are expected to greet vacation bound Trojans. According to the Weather Bureau the rain storm which soaked Northern California for the last 24 hours is expected to move into the Los Angeles regions today.
Light snow Is predicted for Nevada tonight and Utah and Northern Arizona tomorrow.
The weatherman a'so forecasts clearing weather with occasional light showers near the mountains -for tomorrow for all of California.
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i WASHINGTON. Dec. 16—(L\P>— The late Gen. Joseph Stilwell reported in 1938 that the Chinese | Communists had the only "definite” plan for fighting the Japanese, the third batch of pumpkin spy paper* disclosed today.
Stilwell. then a colonel serving as military attache in Hankow, sent a confidential message to Washing-| ton saying Chiang Kai-shek was i not pushing the plan ‘‘because its success will mean the passing of power to the Reds.”
The House Un-American activities committee said the Stilwell message was among several hundred top-secret State department document* allegedly handed to Chambers in 1937-38 for delivery to a Russian agent.
The second set. made public earlier today, indicated State department officials sought to hush up 1938 trade talks with Adolf Hitler to spare the Democratic administration political “embarrassment” in the congressional elections.
The committee announced that a fourth and fifth set of documents will be made public for Saturday morning and Sunday morning newspapers respectively.
The chief importance of Stilwell's message as far as the spy case is concerned is that part of it was sent in one of the government'* most confidential codes.
If the alleged Communist espionage ring had access to the original coded message as well as the decoded documents allegedly slipped i to Chambers, it would have been j a simple matter to “break” the code. That would have ruined its i future usefullness.
At the time Stilwell sent his mes-■ sage, the Chinese-Japanese fighting was stalemated. The Chinese were aware they could not win a knockdown, drag-out fight and the Jap-. anese could not figure out a decisive j military blow.
Innocent Plea Filed by Hiss
NEW YORK. Dec. 16—'U.P1—Former State Department Official Al-j ger Hiss today pleaded innocent to I a two-count perjury indictment which charged that he stole gov-J emment papers for delivery to Rus-i sia.
A few minutes later, a new Federal grand jury began investigating \ Communist espionage. It took up . where the old jury left cff last night and will continue under law until June 15. 1950. The new body started to work at once delving : deeper into Communist spying In the government.
Hiss, a state department adviser to President Roosevelt at the Yalta | conference, was released on $5000 ! bail. His trial was set tentatively for Jan. 24. The arraignment before : Federal Judge John W. Clancy fol-j lowed his indictment late yesterday ; by the old grand jury.
The new grand jury went to work immediately.
The first witnesses to testify before the new jury tomorrow will be Chambers and Henry Julian Wad-leigh. a former State Department official charged by Chambers with supplying restricted government papers to a Red spy ring.
by Pat Connor	>, j to me—I couldn't see how they
I am exhausted. For two after- Icould accomplish the chin high
fence vault, much less the 100-yard
! noons I've been cut on Bovard field, up in the men's apparatus
room and basketball gym, and over at the university pool, watching five fellows runn ng, jumping, j throwing and kicking balls, doing handstands, climbing ropes, swimming, and generally knocking themselves cut.
I am exhausted, but the fellows look as fresh as the day they started. They are allround athletes who are trying out for Delta Sigma Psi. national honorary physical education fraternity.
Naturally everything looked hard
swim—but the men sa d actually the events individually weren’t so hard; it was the w de variety of skills and techniques involved that was proving more a insult than they had previously supposed.
There are 15 events and Qualifications to be accomplished, somewhat like a decathlon, except that the contestants hare several days in which to complete the track, field, swimming, and gymnastic events. Those completing all requirements in the allotted time wiil be installed in the fraternity and prseented awards by Ralph LaPorte,
professor of physical education and an alumnus of the fraternity.
Last year five members were added to the SC chapter, which was organized in 1912. The fraternity is associated with the Un'versity Recreation association.
But back to the new contestants. The five mer. who are still in tne running for membership are Frank [ Bates, Chips O'Weeden. Pat Cald- i well, John Rowan, and Salvador j Castaneda.
Vance Basler, assistant physical education instructor, or ‘ Coach” to the boys, is judging all events for these men, who he seems to think will pass all of the qualifications.
Official
Notice
All offices of the University will be closed for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays from Thursday noon until Monday morning (December 23 through 26), and from Thursday noon until Monday morning (December 30 through January Z).
A. S. Raubenheimer, Educational Vice-President.