AS Bldg. Spade Work Starts
lynn May Be nity's Choice
Last Year s Candidate Says . .He'll Run If Padgett Won t
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Vol XL
President Fagg Breaks Sod Today
Ground wiir be broken for the new LAS building by President Fred D. Fagg Jr. at 10:30 today in an informal ceremony. An $880,490 contract for the construction of the 4-story
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Double Feature Planned for Film Series
Forerunner ot all psychological
Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Apr. 20, 1949 No. 122 tetters: Arts and Sciences building was awarded yesterday to	££
3	'' r '	the J. A. McNeil Company Inc.. general contractors.	1 ’	wm snare iww mu
by John Eccleston
Icatior.s that a tight political
I elections were confirmed yes-bv the announcement tha*. lynn, former Unity party
Book Drive [r Philippines rts Monday
annual Howard Haxding Memorial YMCA book drive legin next Monday, Chairman Krueger said yesterday, drive, ending May €, will
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CHUCK KRUEGER . . . heads drive
Ish book' lor the Trn.ia librsrv in the Philippine is-The YMCA lias promised to |y books Tor a special win5 now built in the library in honor ro.ian war dead, i'ing groups. roimnK club.-, and |ce proupje on campu'- will com-for a trophy to be ba.sed on MriMT of books donated per >n in the organization.
book suitable for the Uni-hty library will br given mutest lit. Textbooks are preferred, but Jon hooks are acceptable. Those suitable for the Trojan Mem-library will br sent to second-schools in the Philippines, lhe Y is working: in cooperation Y. R. Ababukar. vice-consulate the Philippines.
Committee heads for the drive Al Wiggins, publicity: Bob Ni-jker. contacts; Jack Omens, cam-i Bob Buchanan. Row.
presidential candidate, may toss Ills hat into the political ring agam.
"II Padgett doesn't run. I will.” Flynn said. "I'm eligible."
Main question before local strate-, gists, however, concerned the one-i time independent political v heel's eligibility. Doubts were expressed ! as to whether Flynn could meet the ASSC qualification of ••undergraduate' student. Flynn cu»rently is a student in the School of Law.
RlMORS FLY
With a “draft Padgett" movement 1 gaming momentum and rumors of a Row dark horse candidate ticket prepping for the general election, despite the unified single-candidate ticket planned by the EPC. the race for ASSC president assumed proportions of a wide-open affair.
Observers saw a chance ol political history repeating itsel: on the SC campus.
Last year's campaign ended in a \ictory for Johnny Davis when Joe Flynn and Milt Dobkin split ! the independent vote.
PAST PERFORM ANCE
Early in the 19^8 campaign. Flynn : < hslleneed Dobkin 1o a runoff election to pi ave indroenacnt voterr j behind one candidate. Dobkin de-j ehned. ^nd the final vote was Davis 1554. Flynn 870. and Dobkin 769
Dp-pite the fact that only one (Continued on Page 4i
EPC Plans (Row Runoff
Final stag'' 111 lhe selection of ; the Row single-candidat0 ticket was set in an Elections Primary com-mittee meeting yesterday afternoon in the Delta Sic house.
Senato/-at-laree elections, combined with a three-post runoff, j , were scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. Apr. 25. 26.
"Nominations lor the scnator-at- 1 large -eats on the ASSC senate must hr handed to a member of the EPC executive committee before tomorrow noon,” Chuck Jones. EPC chairman, said.
If the numbei of nominations for i senator-3t-large is not more than the number of vacancies, no balloting will be necessary.
However, the runoff election will bp held in any event to decide what candidates will rrpresenl the Row for three offices. Still in the running after last week's initial primary were Tack Crawford and Gale Peck for scohomore class president. Bob Beaudry and Jim Thorn berg for School of Commerce president, and Bill Bird and Ted Switzer for , AMS president.
June Louin Selected For Political Forum
June Louin. activc campus junior.1 has been selected as SC's represen- 1 tative to Mademoiselle magazine's annual political forum in New York j
1 city.
One of 50 women chosen from j j colleges throughout the United States. Miss Louin has also been |
terviewed with several other women leaders from other departments by a Mademoiselle representative. Each candidate was also required to write a criticism of the forums proposed agenda, to be sent to New York.
Notified of her selection, Miss
selected one of three student speak- ' Louin was also told of the added ers for the forum May 30 at the ; honor of being chosen a student
Commodore hotel.
She will give an eight-minute speech entitled “Whpt the Undergraduate Can Do About Civil Lib-erties"’ as part of the forum on “Freedom and Security.”
Miss Louin was recommended by the political science department, in which she is a major, and was in-
speaker to appear on a forum with | Christian Gauss, dean emeritus of
Debaters Miss West Point Bid
Troian debaters failed to qualify > for tlie annual West Point invi-! tatjonal debate tournament this I year because they concentrated on the wrong subject. Milt Dobkin. j i graduate manager of the debate < squad, said yesterday.
SC orators, who were invited to < the tournament in 1947 and 1948. 1 were concentrating on the national j topic, which dealt with Federal aid to education, rather than the West j Point topic. “Resolved, that the j federal government should adopt a ; policy of prepaid medical care.”
Qualifying California colleges and I universities include Stanford, San ;
Dipgo State, and Peppeidine.
Dobkin said the record of SC ; debaters in the qualifying tourna- j ment was rot too good and that |
SC had only one alternate team on j hand in case one of the qualifying j
regional teams could not make the | both Spurs and Alpha Lambda Del- J New York trip.	. j ta, freshmen women's scholarship i
------- -------| society, and a member of the var- I
i sity debate squad. She recently took | first place in extemporaneous speak-
Talk to Trace Govt. Changes
Patterns of governmental reorganization since 1887 will be the topic of a lecture given by Dr. Hen-| ry Reining, professor of public administration and political science, at 3:15 p.m. today, art and lecture room. University library.
With emphasis 011 the Truman-Hoover reorganization agreement, Dr. Reining will discuss t.he age-old administrative problem from an academic viewpoint. Outlining the history of governmental reorganization attempts and the proposals 1 of the Hoover commission, Reining } will base most of his talk on the ; future of administrative revamping. ;
Co-author of “Elements of Public Administration.” and “Regulatory Administration.” Reining wras for- j merly educational director of the j National Institute of Public Affairs : in Washington.
He received his A.B. degree from | the University of Akron, and his j Ph.D. from Princeton. Aside from | teaching at the present time, he al- j so sen es as a management consul- j tant for several national and for- \ eign government agencies.
* The company plans to begin preliminary work Thursday, with completion of the building scheduled for Jan. 10. 1950.
FIGHT BIDS MADE
Council Gives Race Support
The Student Council of Religion Monday passed a resolution finding the “nico and descent” information on applications for admission “not relevant” and pledged itself to act for the removal of thp clause.
The council was acting as a subordinate body of the ASSC Senate.
which la-st week instructed it to discuss the proposal originally in- j humorous, and light medium.
troduced by Bob Padgett, veterans representative. The council was empowered to work out a solution
ing and tied with her partner for fir£t place in women's debate at a recent Redland's tournament.
orn to Midnight' Loaded * ★ ★ ★ ual Roles Required of Cast
Medical Men Attend Meet
A paper titled “An Attempt to Systematize the Actions of Epinephrine Substitutes on Smooth Muscle Organs" by Jack Lanley. Walter Mattison. and Clifford H. Thienes of the SC School of Medicine, was read yesterday by Dr. Thienes at the meeting of the American Soci- tions led tyy Dr. Robert B. Petten-ety for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics in Detroit.
Dr. Thienes will also act as chairman of the section on Autonomic agents that will begin today.
Dr. Thienes and Dr. Ernest Geiger of the department of Pharm-
JUNE LOUIN , . . wins trip
Princeton university; Harold Taylor. president of Sarah Lawrence college: William L. Shirer, radio commentator and author; Walter Gellhorn. professor of law and political scienc° at Columbia university; and James P. Warburg, banker. economist, and author of t.he forthcoming ‘ Last Call for Common Sense.”
Miss Louin is a member of Key | with Prof. Hugh Carey Willett, di-and Scroll, past vice-president of j rector of admissions.
COUNCIL'S TEXT Text of the council’s resolution follows: "Moved that, whereas the ‘race and descent’ clause on the application for admission is not relevant, therefore, we the Council of Religion, act for its removal, and, if it is necessary for other purposes, that we find some way to obtain said information.”
The question was debated by the council for more than two hours I before an acceptable resolution.
proposed by Gershon Lewis, was I passed.
Tom Massingill) president of the J council, read the administration's | reasons why it considers the information essential.
INFORMATION NEEDED Admission blanks are the only I student records that are retained,
! it was said. The information is
VINCENT PRICE
. . . for art's sake
Vincent Price To Talk Art
Debonair, smooth-talking, movie villain Vincent Price will assume his favorite role this afternoon when he discusses ' Art. What. Happened?” in 101 Harris hail at 4 p.m.
Price, who in his latest movie, "The Bribe,” played the part of a scoundrel art importer, reverses the position off the screen. One of the leading patrons of art and a crusader for establishing a. permanent community art gallery, Price is also an official of the Beverly Hills Modern Institute of Art. He was one of the judges of the Art Director? club's annual exhibit last year in the public library.
He will trace the relationship of art in the world cultural pattern showing that it can be a whimsical.
I ing with “The Golem” at the film classics series tomorrow night at 8:30 in Hancock auditorium.
“Dr. Caligari” was one of the first
expressionistic films. It used unusual costumes, sharp contrasting
President Fred D. Fagg and Fi- ' bl^ck and white photography, and nancial \ ice-president Robert D. scenic distortions to emphasize the Fisher awarded the contract after mood of the photoplay, studying eight bids which were sub- “The picture is extremely lmpor-mitted by contractors last week. taru in regards to the innovations, Each bid included 12 alternate pro- technical and aesthetic, that have po'ai'	been achiever.” said Stanley Bloom.
Although McNeil was the appar- graduate student in charge of the ent lowr bidder when proposals were I program.
; opened, the time element and op- Several out-of-continuity scenes tional construction of certain sec- are all that is to be shown from tions of the building also had to be ! ‘The Golem.” Only a few complete considered.	prints of the film exist. The story
REPLACES OC	: is based on a Jewish folk legend.
With a classroom capacity of Robert Trotter, graduate music 3500 student: . the structure will be [ student and brother of orchestra built on the site o? Old College, leader Raymond Scott Trotter, will which was torn down recently after play the original piano accompani-serving the University for 64 years, ment for both of the films.
Furnishings and fixtures for the !---
new building will cost an additional $100,000.
Plans for the brick and concrete structure were drawn by C. Rai-mond Johnson, university architect, and the firm of Marsh, Smith, and Powell.
Bids will be called soon for the construction cf five other
Squire
. . . interview applicants, initials I through O. are expected to be at rhe Delta Chi house todav. 3:15 p.m., and P through Z. KA house tomorrow. 3:15. Those who fail to appear on appointed days will b® new ] interviewed Friday at the Fiji
buildings on the SC campus year, it was announced.
this
house, 3:15. Coats and ties should be worn.
Women Lead Men Buying Catalina Island Day Bids
CAI Discusses A-Bomb Book
The Council on Atomic Impliea-
“The program is part of a drive to sustain interest in the art exhibits which have been inaugurated during the past year.” said Boo Ray, president of the Art ciub.
At the conclusion of the speech. Art club member Delmore Scott will give a report on the progress of recent petitions circulated for the support of the Beverly Hills Modern Institute of Art.
gill, attempted yesterday to reconcile statements in P.M.S. Blackett's book. "Fear, War, and the Bomb.”
In an inlormal seminar, it wcs brought out that the author was not j needed in advance of registration
he drama oepartment has all exhausted its supply of man |d womanpower in the casting of rom Morn to Midnight.”
To fill the 30 parts in the expres-Imstic drama some of the cast Uble 1 n brass by taking dual Even the technical crew is frded on stage to fill out the mob ?nes.
None of the characters in the eorge Kaiser play have names. So |uch the better, express lomsti cal-speaking, to identify them with |e ideas they represent.
|The play, which opens a timely run at Bo\ard tomorrow night 8:30. deals with man's frustra->n and his search for a meaning-goal.
[The protagonist, a bank cashier iho lecls lie is losing hiis identity |i his pointless existence, is played Don Stoutenborough. This is [ie graduate drama student's first idmg role in a full-length promotion. He previously hs*d leads in |e-acte:s Ana di Capo" and
certain Glory.** He al
low " and "Years Ago. Jetn Beatty, senior d plays t.he Italian >uses the cashier to
lerr he embezzles ha
fe played the lemsl*’ ir* leg and the Lion" an iiera She was stude '‘Dance Hall” ai
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Leper * Beii'
and is now Directing the first act of Bird of Darkness."
Other members of the cast of nameless characters are Rory Guy, the son of the Italian lady: Cor-rinne Chermn, cashier's wife; Louise White, mother and Salvation Army officer; and Lee Greenberg and Charlene Hardey. daughters of the cashier.
The bank manager is played by Bob Homan: a stout gentleman, Dick Lauf; a muffled gentleman. Don Elson; messenger boy, Bruce Savan: porter. Collier Landress; bank clerk. Al Rudoff.
Stewards at a bicycle race are played by Grady Galloway, Jeff Whitten. John Alarimo. Shel Stuart. and Bruce Savan.
Masked cabaret hostesses are played by Dorothy McKenna. Barbara Schick. Lee Greenberg, and Charlene Hardey. Dick Lauf ana Buddy Wilson are waiters.
A mob scene at a Salvation Army hall has as a Salvation Army lass. Phyllis Shumway; policeman. Buddy Wilson: heckler. Wally Richards: penitents and soldiers. Grady Galloway. Don Elson. Pat Corrigan. Beth Beatty. Collier Landress. Rory Guy. and Bob Homan.
Art Dau is stage manager. The plav is produced and directed by Philip Goodman.
Admission is by activity book or
SO cents at the door on production night*.
informed 011 all of his subject matter. It was also pointed out that acology and Toxicology recently re- people in many cases assume Black- ancj as a SOurce of reference for turned from San Francisco w'here ett, is defending Russian policy	pj3j_ jf necessary.
in the university for scholarships, housing, teacher ana job placement.
they were on the program of the American Chemical society meeting. THIENES SPOKE Dr. Thienes participated in a symposium on Toxicity and Public Health Relations of Economic Pois-
when actually he is merely stating view's on the efficacy of the bomb. His views generally discredit its potency.
Americans, it was said, generally think in terms of a coming w-ar1
ons speaking on “The Toxicity of I also- but t0 a much less deSree than Parathion Residues on Fruit: A Pre- the Russians. It was agreed that
America, in prepanng for war, is actually trying to preserve the — — —- | _____
of Agricultural
liminary Report.”
Dr. Geiger spoke before the Di	, , ,
and Food i Peace- Russia, on the other hand, |
vision
Chemistry on “The Physiological Availability of Amino Acids Available in Zein.”
Other members of the SC SchooJ of Medicine attending the meeting ] were Doctors George A. Feigen and Paul R. Saunders.
ELECTIONS HELD Dr. Thienes was also reelected | secretary-treasurer of the Medical Research Society of Southern California and Dean Burrel O. Raulston was reelected to the executive committee.
Dr. Saunders recently addressed the Western division of the American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers association 011 ‘ Recent Research on the Influence of Drugs on the Metabolism of the Heart."
A grant of SI050 from the Amer- j ican Heart association has been j awarded to the Department of Pharmacology ond Toxicology to assist in the research program on the effects of drugs on metabolism of, the heart.
prepares according to Marxist doctrine of inevitable conflict.
Blackett, a British Nobel prize winning physicist, was prominent in military circles during the war. He has never been known to support Soviet policy directly, according to Dr. Pettengill.
Education
Chet Carter, senator-at-large, represented the Senate at the meeting.
“The administration has registered an opinion that the application blanks will be changed if it can be done without too much expense of labor,” he said. “It is the council's job to .find v/ays of making the changes possible.”
Professor Willett has said he will consider making a change if it can be done without too much expense and labor. He has not, however, said the blanks will be changed.
Further discussion of the issue by the council is scheduled for this afternoon. It iias been suggested that a con inittee meet with Professor Willett.
Harley to Attend
UN Consultant To Talk Today
Dr. T. Z. Koo. consultant ud the Chinese delegation at the San Francisco United Nations conference and honorary secrctarv of the World Student Christian Fellow- I fbip, will speak today at C-: 13 in j Bowne hall under the •'.ponsorship j of the SC Council of Religion.
Dr. Kco will discuss Chinese poli- I tics, the United Nations, and Christianity in China. All students are j invited to attend.
Recognized internationally as one | of the great contemporary Christian leaders. Dr. Koo has a distinguished record in the fields of government, education, religion, and humanitarian service. He graduated from St. John's university in Shanghai aid bay, where the contest swill be and for many years was a key 1 held.
figure on the national staff of the Tickets for the all-day outing
More women have purchased bids for the all-U Catalina Isalnd day picnic than men. according to Howard Lipstone. in charge of the out-1 ing ticket sale.
“It's too early to have a clear indication of how the fin^1 sale will be. but it is surprising that in j lhe first few days the greatest re- j sponse has been from the women," said Lipstone.
He explained that the weather- . man's dampening forecasts for rain prevented the LAS promotion com- j mittee from setting up a booth in ( front of Bovard. All of the $4.89 bids have been sold through the ticket office.
BRING DATES “Although this is a stag ■affair I we'd like to inform the students I that they may bring dates.” said i Fat Suskin, member cf the promotion committee.
Jack Silverstein, LAS pres;dent. ! announced that • beauteous Pat j Daniels will act as hostess May 1. | Pat will throw the first ball in the faculty-student baseball game, and ' award the prizes to the winners ! of the swimming meet scheduled that afternoon.
The student-faculty nines will | meet 011 the Wrigley field diamond j at 2:30 o.rrw Al Holloway, athletic! c hairman. said that the faculty team does not desire to reveal ; their identities yet.
“To protect the student baseball ; volunteers from extra homework, j which the professors might inflict j to gain a psychological advantage, j we are not disclosing their names either." added Holloway.
TRANSPORTATION Arrangements have been com- I pleted to transport the swimmers ! and the race enthusiasts to Emer- 1
office. Booths will be up later ! this week.
Those wishing to flv over to the 'sland may telpphone Bob Dickey, j air-transportation chairman. PRospect, 6.9267 and 79008. or United Air-! iines special Catalina agent, Mlchi-ean 0931.
The round-trip fare for flying Trojans will be S6.33. not including dinner. The water-taxi bid includes dinner at Amo's Seafood grotto. Avalon.
YMCA Plans Variety Show
Blues singer Herb Jeffries and tenor Arthur Lee Simpkins join the cast of professional entertainers who will appear at the Y’MCA sponsored all-Negro variety show Monday noon.
The headliners who will participate in the scholarship fund show are Sarah Vaughn, the Trenier Twins, Bixie Crawford. Eddie Green, Leonard Reed. Buddy Banks orchestra and Joe Lutcher's band.
Leonard Reed, close friend of Joe Louis, will be master of ceremonies. Bixie Crawford is the former Louis Jordan vocalist. Eddie Green is currently featured on the radio program “Duffy's Tavern.'”
Admission to the assembly is by “Y” membership card, which may be secured at the Y"MCA office. The membership card costs one dollar.
“Men can bring a date.” Miles said.
The proceeds collected from the membership fees are to be used for the memorial scholarship fund. The award will be given to an outstanding youth, regardless of race, color.
YMCA of China.
may be purchased at tfie ticket r or creed.
Muscle Fiber Theory Disproved
Notice IR Club Confab
A new concept of the structure I of skeletal muscles, which may have far-reaching medical effects in the understanding of muscular diseases. w7as announced ye.-cerday by two nrofcssors in the Scnctol of Medicine.
Dr. Daniel C. Pease, assistant proiessor of anatomy, and Dr. Rich-
for the American Journal of Anatomy.
The constrictions correspond to bands of material tying the fibrils together.
Photographs showed that the fibers are cemented together by a
Those eligible to enroll for directed teaching in the fall semester should procure application forms in 353 Administration not later than May 6, 1949, so that the required preliminaries can be completed before the end of the current semester.
O. R. Hull, Dean School of Education
Representing SC ’at the North American Conference of International Relations clubs in Denve: tomorrow will be J. Eugene Harley, piofessor of political science and faculty adviser of the SC club, and Charles E. Parker, club member.
Scheduled fo.* the conference is a series of roundtable discussions for the student delegates and a workshop discussion for the attending faculty advisers.
thick and magnified «hem VD.000 Uoies for examination.
Tissue was first frozen in liquid air and dried in a vacuum at 72 degrees below zero Centigrade. The material was frozen so rapidly that glass ice instead of crystalline ice
was formed. The glass ice w^s then thin layer of some unknown subevaporated wi.hout damaging the stance and that there is no room ard F. Baker, assistant professor j specimen. Cross-section photographs between the fibers for any fluid of experimental medicine, peered i then proved that a muscle s tiny : as was previously thought, inside muscles with an electron contractile fibers, called myofibrils, i It was also observed that certain microscope and found that they are hollow.	j substances were mixed together
were filled with tiny water-filled It was also proved by air some- when a muscle contracted. At least tubes. Anatomists formerly believed , ’.'mes trapped m the tubts. Wher | one of these substances, known as muscle libers were solid and that specimens were plunged into gly- adenosine triphosphate, seemed to the water was outside them.	cerine. the solvent penetrated slow- : be used up as it supplied the en-
Using the same thin-slicing tech- ly and air was often caught with : ergy for contraction, nique which recently enabled them the fibers.	As a result of the discovery, an-
to become the first scientists to "The column of air was indented atcmists are going to have to re-photograph genes, the tiny carriers regularly in such a manner that it I vise most of their ideas of how of heredity. Drs. Pease and Baker looked like a string of beads,” Drs. j skeletal muscles are put together, ent alloes 1 /250,000ths of an inch Pease and Baker said in an article 1 Drs. Pease and Baker aakL