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Vol. XLIV
Los Angelesf Calif., Monday, Dec. 8, 1952
No. 58
Black Flag Not Sign Of Lament
Curious DT Snoops Find Gloomy Banner Is ‘Darkness’ Stunt
Black flags are usually flown Pat the time of death. Sometimes they signify disaster.
Many students concluded that the black flag seen waving in the wind on top of Bovard auditorium Thursday and Friday was a symbol of the defeat given Troy by Notre Dame on the previous weekend.
This banner, however, does not signify disaster, defeat, or death It is a publicity gag for the forthcoming drama department attraction. “Darkness at Noon” to be held Dec. 11, 12 , 13, and 16 at 8:30 p.m. in Bovard auditorium. “Black represents the darkness,” said Publicity man Whit Sponsler, “and since the flag was flown at | noon the rest is self-explanatory.” Will Continue Waving The banner will wave in the breeze every day at noon until it is replaced with a flag advertising the production.
The real darkness in the play is the communist Iron Curtain and its influence on the Russian culture.
With this as its theme, the play shows the innermost workings of communism in a dramatic and documentary way. according to Director William C. DeMille.
Cast Listed Members of the “Darkness at Noon” cast include:
Donald Davis. Rubashov; Don Ramos and Charles Perchesky, guards; Lee O’Malley, 402; Willard Booth, 302: William Felber, 202; Denison Niles, young soldier; Dorothy Bromiley, Luba: William I Owen, Gletkin; Donald Summers,
1 storm trooper; Louis Pollay, Richard.
LINGUIST MARILYN MONROE offered the best figure, SI335, to out-vie both UCLA and SC representatives. Miss Monroe, because of her high bid at the auction block, is now owner of the 178 coveted Max Reinhardt manuscripts. Written in French and German, they will be used for her literary research.
Gone Cultural; Monroe Buys Up Manuscripts
I Author Lauds His Teacher
The School of Philosophy has received a book written by one of its past students.
Dr. Hakan Tomebohm, of the University of Goteborg, Sweden, studied as a post-doctoral research student of the American-Scandina-vian foundation at the School of Philosophy during 1948-49.
His booki entitled, A Logical Analysis of the Theory of Relativity,” was accompanied by a letter which expressed Dr. Torne-bohm’s gratitude to Dr. Daniel S. Robinson, director of the School of Philosophy, under whom he studied.
Like the rest of the male population. it now looks like the “Genteel officials of the Southland's two largest universities, SC and UCLA, will be keeping their eyes glued on actress Marilyn Monroe.
Miss Monroe last week stepped off her calendars into the higher literary circles when she acquired 178 rare manuscripts from a Beverly Hills auction house.
The manuscripts were used by the late Max Reinhardt, former director of the Deuthcess Theater in Berlin and it seems that SC owns a complete collection of Reinhardt’s theatrical material with the exception of the 178 items now in Miss Monroe’s possession.
Her figure (the one which she paid for the books) of $1335., reportedly exceeded the bidding efforts of an SC frfend who recognized the importance of having the items to complete SC’s collection.
Drama Students Value
UCLA’s newly acquired interest in Miss Monroe—and her books— stems from the fact that Reinhardt’s manuscripts were used by the director in preparation for stage productions. The marginal notes are regarded as being of considerable value to drama students and other Reinhardt admirers.
Harvard authorities are also
reported to have a strong desire for Miss Monroe’s manuscripts.
SC Librarian Lewis F. Stieg, has commented that since this campus already has an extensive collection of Reinhardt works, UCLA would probably defer their interest.
She May Donate
“It is the expressed desire of this university that Miss Monroe will some day see fit to donate the manuscripts to the SC library,” he said.
Twentieth Century Fox, Miss Monroe’s studio, explained that she had no immediate plans for the volumes.
“Rather than see the valuable collection broken up and sold individually, she purchased them as a unit,” a publicity department spokesman said.
Read and Reserve
“Miss Monroe plans to read and preserve them, and it may be several years before they are given away,” he said.
A campus spokesman summed up the situation this way:
“SC should be more than happy to wait for Marilyn to brush up on her French and German as this addition to her cultural experiences should complete her already well-rounded. . . background.”
DGs Feted as Sweetheart, Maid of Cotton
Delta Gamma sorority came in for double honors over the weekend. Sisters Mary Jane Mutchler. was chosen the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi and Bobette Bentley California’s Maid of Cotton.
Miss Mutchler’s selection was announced Saturday night at a formal dance at the Ambassador hotel when President Tom Whitelock asked her to dance with him to the tune of the “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.”
At the same time Saturday night in Fresno, Miss Bentley was being chosen as Maid of Cotton at the annual contest Sponsored by the Valley Empire association.
The statuesque blue-eyed blonde competed with 20 coeds from UCLA, California, Redlands, College of Pacific, Stockton, Fresno State, and Southern California. Joan Vasseur, Alpha Delta Pi, and Joyce Newcomer, Kappa Alpha Theta, also represented Troy.
Miss Bentley will carry California’s hopes for the national Maid of Cotton title to Memphis shortly after Christmas. The winner gets a complete cotton wardrobe -and a tour of the United States and Europe. Losers get a tour of Mexico.
Before leaving for the national tourney, she will tour Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada to model all-cotton wardrobes made by the leading designers and manufacturers of each state.
Miss Bentley is a sophomore, majoring in television arts. Her alternates are Paula Heyward of Stockton college and Virginia Boyle of California. Both are from Burlingame.
One of the seven judges was Willis S. Duniway, press relations manager of the SC department of development.
Music at Noon May Get Juke Box Competition
A new wrinkle to Music at Noon is still hanging in the balance. A rumor has been going around the campus to the effect that a “juke box” would soon be installed in the Trojan Grill.
This rumor was given an authentic status when it reached the Wednesday night meeting of the ASSC in the form of a proposal. That is as far as it got. The ASSC, not having the authority to give an OK, turned the matter over to the administration for approval.
The administration has not acted at this writing.
SC ’NIGHTINGALES' COMPETE
Wallbank to Kick-off LAS Lecture Series Wednesday
“Report From the Middle East,” a talk by Dr. T. Walter Wallbank. will initiate the LAS lecture series at 3:15 pjn. Wednesday in the lecture room of Doheny library building.
The talk will be the first of five monthly public lectures by faculty members on reports from around the world.
Dr. Wallbank. professor of his-I tory, has recently returned from a year's teaching in Egypt. He has written numerous articles in
MARILOU MOEHLIN
_ , , , heads committee
journals on international relations and history. He is also a co-author of “Man Through the Ages,” a text used in many universities.
African Travels As a fellow of the American Social Science Research council, Dr. Wallbank was sent to carry on investigations for British Colonial office and traveled extensively through tropical Africa from 1935 to 1937 .
Prior to coming to the United States, he studied at the University of London and Oxford, later earning his A.B. degree and A.M. from the University of California.
He was granted sabbatical leave from SC for two semesters in 1947 and did research in England on British problems of government administration.
Program Listed Marilou Moehlin, chairman of the student committee in charge Of the lectures, listed the remainder of the series as follows;
January 14—“Report on Communist China,” by Dr. Theodore H. E. Chen, head of the department of asiatic studies.
February 18—“Report on Latin America,’’ by Dr. HenVy Reining, professor of public administration, who will return the first of the year from teaching in Brazil.
Reports on England March 25—"Report on England,” by Dr. Bruce R. McElderry, professor of English, who was in England this fall; and “Report on
Italy" by Dr. Robert E. Vivian, dean of the School of Engineering, who was in that country last year.
April 22—“Report on Thailand,” by Dr. Frances Lander Spain, assistant diecrtor of the School of Library'Science, who was in Siam last year; and “Report on Japan,” by Dr. Rodger Swearingen, assistant professor of international relations, who has just published a book. “Red Flag in Japan,” concerning the Communist movement.
DR. ROBERT E. VIVIAN . . . coming speaker
Star-Studded Varieties Nears
Trovet’s Living War Memorial Variety show featuring Hollywood Stars, Los Angeles Postmaster Michael D. Fanning, and the comedy dance team of Frank and Joe Martin is scheduled for Wednesday noon in Bovard auditorium according to Show Chairman Mel Shestak.
“Arrangements for the 45-minute show are almost complete,” Shestak said, “and we’re really lining up a top bunch of entertainers.”
The Living War Memorial is a scholarship fund which is designed to offer paid tuitions to the sons or daughters of veterans who were killed in combat service of the United,States.
Band in Hand
“The Trojan band will be on hand to offer musical accompaniment,’ ’he said, “As a special feature, the winner of the LWM poster contest will be presented with the poster chosen to-represent the 1952-53 campaign.”
Hundreds of these posters will be printed up for display on campus and in local store windows. They will also be shown on television program spot announcements, Shestak explained.
Fanning, who was named honorary chairman of the LWM drive, has promised a short speech.
The Trojan Knights have volunteered to take student collections during the show.
A 15-minute Trojan band concert to be held on the grass between Bovard and Founders hall is scheduled immediately following the show. The Amazons will take collections at this time.
Los Angeles Hi Captures Forensic Cup
Top team honors in the annual Forsenic tournament —the largest in its 17 year history—were won Saturday by defending champions from Los Angeles High school.
More than 300 students from 25 southern California high schools participated in the record breaking tournament held in Founders hall. In past years the attendance had averaged 200 students.
Second place went to Excelsior High school of Norwalk. Marshall and Bakersfield High school tied for third place. Outstanding schools in the tournament for the past six years have been Marshall, Los Angeles, and Alhambra.
Individual winners included Jimye Duffle of Excelsior, who was first in the girls’ extemporaneous speaking diivsion, and Jack Adler of Los Angeles, first in the boys’ division.
Contestants participated in debate, oratorical declamation, after-dinner speaking, extemporaneous, original oratory, and dramatic interpretation.
Awards were given to the outstanding speaker in each division, and the school accumulating the most points in over-all competition won the grand prize.
Approximately 75 judges officiated the tournament
Women Sing Tonight In Annual Songfest
Troy’s Mary Martins will take over the Bovard auditorium spotlight this evening when the Associated Women Students present their 25th annual Songfest competition at 6:45. Fourteen women’s social groups entered in the singing contest are ready to serenade the audience with numbers ranging from Christmas songs to showtunes.
Songfest Chairman Alberta Slater said the coeds will be judged on group appearance, diction, arrangement, and tonal
quality.
“Costuming will not be counted,” Miss Slater said, “it is only an added touch for the audience.” Doors Open Early She said Bovard auditorium would be open at 6:10 so participants would have a chance to be seated before the show started.
Participating houses and the numbers they will sing are:
Alpha Chi Omega, “The Cobbler’s Jig”; Alpha Delta Pi, “Gloustershire Wassail”; Alpha Gamma Delta, “Frosty the Snowman”; Alpha Omicron Pi, “Beyond the Blue Horizon.”
Alpha Phi, “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair”; Chi Omega, “O Holy Night”; Delta Delta Delta, “Syncopated Clock"; Delta Gamma, “South Pacific Medley”; Delta Zeta, “Remember”; Gamma Phi Beta, “Hymn.” Kappa Alpha Theta, “Theta Land”; Kappa Delta, “In the Still of the Night”; Kappa Kappa Gamma, “I’ve Got Rhytmn”; and Town and Gown, “Holiday for Strings.”
Special Plaque
In addition to the first, second, and third place trophies, a special plaque will be presented to the sorority thought to be best by Phi Mu Alpha, women’s music sorority. Winners of last year’s Songfest were Kappa Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, and Alpha Gamma Delta in that order.
Miss Slater said most of the groups had not turned in a Songfest expenditure report and that the deadline is today.
She said reports should be placed in the AWS treasurer’s box showing a statement of the money spent on the Songfest. She added that jf no money was used, a report to that effect should be
ALBERTA SLATER . . . songfest chairman
handed in.
Judging Tonight
Judges, who will not be announced until tonight, will grade on a comparative system,
“In other words,” said Miss Slater, “we believe it is more fair to grade on comparison than on a point basis because the point system is sometimes effected un justifiably by those sororities appearing toward the close of the program.
Committee Listed Members of the AWS Songfest Committee include:
Patti Tremellen, assistant as sembly chairman; Dixie Hix, decorations and posters; Jean McNeil and Freshmen Women’s Council invitations; Margaret Mee, judges and trophies; Pat Salisbury, program cover; Joanne Kirman, publicity; and Virginia Lee and Troeds, ushers.
DT, DC Exchange Reports
Students of SC and the University of Wisconsin will learn more about each other through a series of exchange articles on the two universities which will appear in the Daily Trojan and Wisconsin Daily Cardinal.
“The Wisconsin Story,” a series about the Badgers, will start soon in the DT. The Wisconson newspaper, in turn, will print stories about SC written by DT staff members.
Sports editors of the two pa-
Richard Roseman, city editor of the Daily Cardinal, has asked for information on SC’s Student Union, location of the campus in relation to Union Station, Downtown Los Angeles, the Rose Bowl, and the size of the university.
Wisconsin students are also in-tesested in speical points of interest on campus, the kind of weather to expect Jan. 1, and the plans SC has made for the game and the Tournament of Roses, Rose
pers will exchange columns also, man said.
YM Starts Drive To Collect Food For Destitute
SC’s YMCA will bring the Yule-tide hom of plenty into many needy homes this Christmas. To do this, it is asking the support of SC students in obtaining canned goods and other non-perishable products.
The food drive starts today and will continue until the beginning of Christmas vacation, Dec. 18.
“Students are encouraged to do their part for this worthy cause,” said Clark Rogers, president of the YMCA. Collection of the food will be handled in two ways:
1. Campus representatives will pick up the food from various organizations.
Colored Slides Show Mexico's Many Cacti
Colored slides of cacti resembl-in rose bushes, dead trees, and thirty-foot telephone poles, are among the slides that Dr. E. Yale Dawson, associate professor of biology, will show during his natural science lecture tomorrow night at 8 in Hancock hall.
Speaking on “Cacti and Other Natural Succulents of Mexico,” Dr. Dawson will attempt to give a representative breakdown of the several thousand types of cacti found there. He will also talk about succulent-type flowers and their habitats.
Dr. Dawson is employed by the Alan Hancock foundation to do research on marine botany, and his talk is being sponsored by the foundation. Collecting cacti has been his hobby since he was in junior high school, he said Friday.
Fleshy Tissues
"Succulents are a type of plant that contains fleshy tissues which store water and most cacti are succulents,” Dr. Dawson said.
Most of the films that he will show were taken by the biologist himself. Altogether he has made 24 trips to Mexico to collect specimens. His expeditions have taken him through 20*of Mexico’s states, from northernmost one, Sonora, to Chiapas, the state farthest south on the Pacific ocean side.
Cal Graduate
Dr. Dawson made his first trip
for the foundation while he wa^ working for his doctor’s degree at Cal. This was in 1940 when the foundation sponsored a trip to collect specimens in Baja California and on the islands in the Gulf of California. While collecting various kinds of seaweed, Dr. Dawson gathered many samples of cactus.
During his service in the Air Force he did research in oceanography at Scripps college. He joined the Hancock staff in 1945.
Latest Trip
The botanists’ latest collecting trip was made in May and June of this year, when he accompanied Howard Gates, owner of the world's largest cactus nursery, on a expedition to Mexico. Gates, who claims his nursery in Coronado has nearly 3-million cactus plants, and Dawson brought back approximately 5-million cacti seeds.
Tomorrow evening's lecture will be a return engagement for the marine botanists. Three years ago he gave a natural science lecture here on Cuba.
Busy Author Author of several books and approximately 50 scientific-re-search papers on cacti and seaweeds, Dr. Dawson is currently writing a book on the red. brown and green marine algae found in the water* of Pacific Mexico.
Show Tryouts To Start Soon
Cast tryouts for the 1953 Varsi ty Show will be held Wednesday through Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Student Lounge, third floor of the Student Union, Director Edward Earle, has announced.
“Singers, dancers, and actors are needed to fill 14 major and minor roles and 40 chorus positions,” Earle said.
Enthusiasm Great
“Last year,” he continued, “over 200 tried out for parts and we hope enthusiasm is as great this year.”
Persons participating in the Varsity Show must be officially enrolled at SC. It is an all-student function.
Producer Dick Porter also put in a call for a stage manager, art, set, and costume designers, typists, lighting and sound technicians, rehearsal pianists, and choreographers.
Earle directed last year’s Varsity Show. “Wide Horizons,” and has also been associated .with more than 40 SC drama productions. He is currently directing at the Player's Ring and rehearsing for a part in Christopher Fry’s “A Sleep of Prisoners."
■’8 Numbers
This season's show calls for 28 musical numbers including “The Perils of Pauline Ballet” and “The History of Drama.”
Author Tom Pflimlin said the show would begin in the era of vaudeville and show progress to present time and television.
Members of the production staff are Chris Eaton, assistant director; Henry Levin, music director; Dave Drielsma, Dick Allen, and Pete Daniels, composers; and Palmer Van Dyke and Ted Donaldson, lyricists.
The Varsity Show is scheduled for the latter part of March as part of Trojan Chest Week, according to Chest Chairman Bill Rosensweig.
3700 Remain As Ticket Sale Goes on Today
Rose Bowl ticket! which went on sale Thursday morning to holders of activity books are going fast, according to Ticket Manager John Morley.
By late Friday afternoon 2000 had been sold, and holders of the remaining activity books, almost 3700 in number, will have only until Wednesday to pick their tickets up, Morely said.
Today, applications will be taken for 2500 tickets which have been set aside for persons who do not have activity books but who do have $5.50 in hand and the time to wait in line.
The applications will go on sale on the northeast corner of 35th street and University avenue at 9 a.m.
2500 For PCC
Each school in the Pacific Coast conference is entitled, by contract, to receive 250 tickets. This represents a block of 2500.
Another 17,000 tickets afe expected to be picked up by the alumni and those who hold season tickets to the SC games. In addition, the faculty has 2000 season ticket holders not included in the above figures.
1500 for Disabled Vets Public sale of tickets at the Rose Bowl, also by contract, will dispose of 3500 more and hospitalized veterans will receive 1500.
These figures total 34,681 but it has not been determined yet what SC’s share of the nearly 90,000 seats will be, nor has the Big Ten’s share been decided upon. The figuers should be ready for release soon.
A block of seats will be held for A-Book holders, but seats within the section will not be reserve, Morley said.
Rooter’s tickets will bear the usual seat and aisle number but this New Year's day will see the 'earliest bird on the finest perch” regardless of what his ticket reads, according to Morley.
All activity books wall be checked at the gate and any person holding a book which is not his, will not gain admittance to the game Morley said. The book will also be confiscated at the ticket office.
Blood Drive Trophies to 3e Presented
Final and official results of SCs Blood drive have been announced and the winning trophies will be presented to the NRO TC, Acacia fraternity, and the Pi Beta Phi sorority Thursday afternoon on Bovard field, according to Drive co-chairman Shirley Merriam and Jack Cashin.
With the final tall yof 765 pints contributed, SC students and faculty shattered the previous record by 153 pints, they said.
Trophies are awarded to the organizations having the greatest perecntage of their group donating.
In the division for organizations with membership exceeding 200, the NROTC won with 189 pints—66 per cent of its membership.
The Air Force ROTC finished second with 202 pints, or 31 per cent donations.
Acacia and Pi Beta Phi won in the campus living group class with a total of 53 pints and 33 pints respectively.
Runners-up were the Phi Delta Thetas with 35 pints and the Sigma Phi Deltas with 28 pints. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Delta sororities finished in th second and third spots with 15 and 15 pints contributed.