Administration Delays Bovard Field Plans
Dugouts, Grandstand, Diamond Included in Month-Old Proposal
^____— by Cliff Dektar
Despite a year-old Pacific Coast conference ruling that no league baseball games may be played on the Inadequate facilities of Bovard field, a plan to provide improved playing facilities for SC’s NCAA championship nine has lain dormant on the desks of university officials for nearly a month, the
*	--—-♦Daily Trojan learned yesterday.
j The PCC ruling requires that
Proposed Plan Would Abolish Senior Finals
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Senate Accepts New Election Siqnup Plan
Vol XL Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 9, 1948
Senior	s and those who hope to be
6emors ?	omeday will wish Bob Me-
Clymond	ls and his Greater Uni-
versity c	ommittee good luck on this
one.	
Yester	day tiie committee propos-
ed a pla	n which would excuse scn-
iors fron	i taking final examinations
just be	fore graduation. Seniors
would t£	ike their 10-week class av-
crages 1<	or grades and thus be re-
lieved ol	the final two-week grind.
But if	you are to be graduated
this Fet	>ruary, don’t let up. It is
only a	plan and will have to be
approvec	1 by the university.
The p	osition of the flagpole in
lront of	Bovard also came in for ,
considers	ition by the committee. An i
attempt	will be made to have the
pole moi	red from its present site to
j», more	prominent position.
Committee members will confer	
with Cc	ipt. Burtnett K. Culver, I
tommani	ling officer of the univer-
Kity Nav	al reserve officers training
corps ui	nit, on the possibility of
having	the corps perform a flag
raising c	eremony every morning at'
Vets Anticipate Delayed Cash
The long-awaited rustle of legal tender will tittilate the aud.tory appendages of 176 hitherto checkless 6C vets before the Christmas holi-iys, the Veteran's administration promised yesterday.
Woodrow L. Wessel and George O'Neill, counselors from the VA's registration and research unit, promised top priority to the 176 vets who applied for delayed sub-jsi.stance yesterday and Tuesday.
“Checks should arrive before Christmas, and will be in one lump sum covering the period of Sept. 13 to Nov. 30,” Wessel said. "Decem-ter checks will arrive on schedule."
Those who were not interviewed at the campus VA office may apply at the downtown office, 1041 South Broadway.
Blood Drive Falls Short
R	esults (	)f the Red	Cross blood
driv	•e Tues	day were	disappointing.
C£j r	1 Mavis	Myre, cha	irman of the
SC	unn.		
	he rep<	)rted yester	day that the
pon	table i	init, opera	ting in the
bas.	pment	of Elisabetl	ti von Klein-
Sim	id hall	received	88 pints of
b’Of	>d. The	number wa	s far short of
the	240-pir		
	[iss My	re expresse	d her disap-
po I		at the noor	turnout. “We
exp	ected to get it les		ist a hundred
pim	is,'’ she	said.	
1	he loca	1 unit is	going ahead
wit!	i plans	to try again next semes-	
ter.			
! diamonds on which conference ; games are played must be provided • with dugouts. There are no dug-outs on Bovard field.
Included in the proposal is the construction of dugouts, the erection of a permanent grandstand to ! replace the rickety bleachers, the j laying out of a new baseball dia-! mond with 315-foot foul lines, and '< the construction of two full foot-; ball fields at the north end of the field.
OBSTACLE REMOVED
One of the major obstacles to ! adoption of the plan was removed : yesterday with the announcement by Willis O. Hunter, director of intercollegiate athletics, that the track team would hold its 1949 practice | sessions on the Coliseum track instead of on Bovard.
The plan calls for the removal of the track from Bovard field. If it cannot be removed, a substitute I plan for dugouts, bleachers, and I the construction of stands for the fans is ready.
One major sport would then be played an campus. In the past. SC has had to rent Gilmore and Wrigley fields for baseball games. Other league coaches have refused to play on Bovard because of the poor condition of the facilities.
UNFAVORABLE COMMENT
Major teams, including the B team of the world championship Cleveland Indians, have played on Bovard in the past, and most have
commented unfavorably on the fa-
; cilities.
Baseball Coach Sam Barry said that the plan "is exactly what SC needs.''
"People have come up to me," Barry said, “and asked how we ever won any championships—much less the NCAA title this year—with the practice facilities we have. i
“The need is obviously great for j
at least one intercollegiate sport to i
be played on campus where the ! students can witness it without: driving miles through the thick Los ] Angeles traffic to Gilmore field.
“I want the students to get a 1 break and see the Trojans play on I Bovard. but the conference says no I until we get dugouts.”
Asked what chance tne plan has j of being accepted. Barry replied, "I don't know.”
EXPENSES ELIMINATED
Elimination of between $9000 and * $10,000 per year in added expenses ! now necessitated by the rental of i ball parks, transportation, and re- j building the football field and base- j ball diamond at the end of each : season, could also be accomplished. ; the DT learned.
The football field would also be ! in better condition at the begin- | ning of each season because the field would not have to be plowed I up each year.
Spectators would receive more protection under the proposal. At present they have no protection | from foul balls.
Chances of injuries to players would also be lowered. Many times players have tripped over the track curb attempting to catch a ball or have fallen into the center field sawdust pits.
Life, Writings Of Andre Gide Told by Belle
Verbal Sketches On Life of Frenchman Ends LAS Series
by Warren McClain
Conflict is the main characteristic of Andre Gide’s life and of his writings, Dr. Rene Belle, director of the French department, said yesterday in ' an address on “The Message of Andre Gide.”
The lecture was the last of the semester in the LAS series of Wednesday lectures.
In his discussion of the French writer, Dr. Belle gave six verbal sketches on aspects of Gide's life as a nonconformist. He said that one oi the main reasons for his address on the author was to justify the jury of Stockholm’s awarding of the 1947 Nobel prize in literature to Gide.
WRITINGS UNLIMITED
Opposing factors within the life of the writer were the basis of the first sketch. Gide's mother came from southern France, while his father was from the north, so his j philosophy and his wTitings never were limited to one locale. He was : interested primarily in the conflicts | in men's minds, Dr. Belle said.
“The Disciple of the Devil” was the title of the second and third phases of Gide’s life, Dr. Belle said. In
the first, the author wrote a little pagan prose poem near the end of the 19th century, and it inflamed French thinking. It advised Frenchmen to enjoy the senses and to free themselves from repressive conventionalities.
The second part of his revolt against society wras in the role of exploder of myths, particularly Biblical.
One of Gide's most famous accomplishments was his novel, “The Counterfeiters,” the fourth sketch drawn by Dr. Belle. The writer departed from conventionality in presenting characters by giving many conflicting viewrs of them.
WROTE ON COMMUNISM
The next part of Gide’s life to be explained was his experiment with Communism. He went to Russia, where he was well received, and returned to write two books about his views on Communism. Although he expressed gratitude to his Russian hosts, he said, “Nowhere in Europe have I found the human mind less free, more slave.”
PATTI PETERS . . hands over
RALPH TOWNSEND . . . contributions
Scholarship Fund Donations Pour In
Checks, representing contributions by every member of two campus organizations were given yesterday to the Trovet Living War Memorial scholarship fund.
Presidents Patti Peters and Ralph Townsend, Alpha Omicron Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon, handed Trovet Lars Heske
checks representing $1 contributions*---
by each member of their organiza-
Independent
. . . council meets today. 3:45. In front of Hancock for El Rodeo pic-I ture.
tions.
Townsend described the drive as “very worthwhile and constructive, and wTell organized, which insures I the proper use of each donation.”
“I hope that all other fratemi-! ties, sororities, and campus organi-j zations will follow our example, be-l cause there is need for such a | fund,” said Miss Peters.
Commenting on the contrasting I show spirit between campus organi-j zations and many non-org students, j Norm Evans, Trovet who originated ! the plan, said, "Campus organizations are giving us their wholehearted support, but many of the : thousands of non-org students have failed to contribute. We are de-j pending upon these non-orgs to make the plan a success. We need the dollar of every one of them to raise $10,000 by Dec. 17.”
Seven booths will be open again today to receive student donations. Booths are located in front of the Engineering, Annex, Dentistry, and Administration buildings, the Student Union, Wheel, and Bridge hall.
OTIS HEALY . . . Troyscout
• Todays Headlines*
by United Press
egev Withdrawal Ordered
PARIS. Dec. 8—A special committee on the United Nations Security council tonight gave the Jews and Arabs of Pales-ine 48 hours to begin complying with council orders for withdrawals from the Negev desert and for full-fledged armistice negotiations.
Republican Analyzes Defeat
Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore., yesterday told University of California at Los Angeles students the Republicans were beaten in the recent election because their campaign was based on employers’ economics.
“We deserved tc lose because we tried to disenfranchise the overalls of America,” the senator said.
UN Reconsiders Applicants
PARIS, Dec. 8—The UN General Assembly tonight overrode Soviet opposition and voted to ask the Security council to reconsider the membership applications of seven nations.
The assembly adopted a resolution for reconsideration of Portugal, Trans-Jordan, Italy, Finland, Ireland, Austria, and Ceylon.
Sophs Issue Grid Defiance To Freshman
In scheduling a Freshman-Soph-omore council football battle for Monday afternoon, Sophomore council members are seeking immediate revenge for the 52 to 5 blasting they took in the annual interclass brawl last week.
“We were had,” complained Bill Dineen, Sophomore president, “but we will have our revenge Monday at 3:30 when we meet Fred Harper's ‘Fizzled Freshmen’ on the dental field.”
A feminine suggestion “to .play volleyball instead of football” was promptly squelched by Vice-president Cal Schmidt.
“Patting a volleyball around wouldn’t even begin to give us the revenge wre, as red-blooded SC sophomores, want and demand,” he said.
Harry did it, Navy did it, SC did it, and now the sophomores will do it, he prophesized.
Fred Harper, freshman president, has scheduled two practice sessions for his team. They will hold secret practice this afternoon and tomorrow.
“At ths time I have no comment to make on the game,” Harper said. “I feel sure that the final score will speak for us.”
Cotton Cufies,
Troy Lovelies Vie for 'Maid
Three SC lovelies will journey to Bakersfield Saturday to compete in the semi-finals of the national "Maid of Cotton” contest. The trio was selected in an elimination contest in Elisabeth von KieinSmid hall yesterday.
Winners were Frances Noon, Alpha Gamma Sigma; Margaret Ann Flour, Alpha Delta Pi; and Ruth Prentiss, Pi Phi.
The three winners will vie with entrants from UCLA, California, and Fresno State college to represent California at the finals in Memphis.
The winner there wrill be given a wTorld tour, a new Ford, a months vacation in New York, a set of luggage, and a complete cotton wardrobe by the Cotton Council of America, sponsor of the national contest.
The local competition was arranged by the SC chapter of Gamma Alpha Chi, national retailing and advertising sorority.
Winners w-ere chosen on the basis of personality, appearance, ability to meet the public, and grades.
South Korean Recognition Favored in UN
Nine-man Guiding Commission Plan Goes to Assembly
PARIS, Dec. 8—(UP)—The United Nations Political committee tonight voted overwhelmingly to recognize the American-backed south Korean regime as the only lawful government in Korea, and it set up a new Korean commission despite Soviet warnings that it would be boycotted by the Russian bloc.
The vote was 41 to 6, with two abstentions, in favor of a three-power resolution which laid down a broad program for guiding Korea to independence.
PLAN GOES TO ASSEMBLY The plan, which now goes to the General Assembly for approval, sets up a nine-member commission which would be authorized to travel throughout the American and Russian zones of Korea.
The Ukraine was placed on the commission even after its delegate, Dimitri Manuilsky, served notice he wrould not sit on it.
A similar commission named to observe Korean elections and help the nation to independence was barred from entering the Russian zone last spring.
It was believed that Russia likewise would bar the new commission from its part of Korea, especially as the resolution setting it up ignored the Communist regime which the Russians formed in their zone.
NEW GROUP PERMANENT
The new commission has the same composition as the old one, but it is to be permanent instead of temporary.
Under the resolution, the Political committee would instruct the commission to leave for Korea within 30 days, facilitate the removal of economic barriers between the two parts of Korea and “observe the actual withdrawal of the (United States and Russian) occupying forces.” This withdrawal would be effected “as early as is practicable.”
After passing the resolution, the committee rejected a Soviet demand that it abolish the old Korean commission and denounce it for dividing Korea and approving elections conducted “under conditions of police coercion and repression.” The vote was 40 to 6, with three abstentions.
The two votes completed the committee’s work for this season.
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Registration to Take Place During Enrollment Period
by Bob Pike and Jerry Bres
Election registration plan passed last semester was amended last night by the ASSC Senate to overcome objections to it by the registrar's office.
The Senate also approved an elections procedure report, proposed by a special committee headed by Hugh Greenup,
which strictly defines the types ot ^	~—
campaigning and the amount of ex-
penditures in future ASSC elections .
Originally the registration plan called for the business office to 1 file catalogue cards in a sealed file until the voting period, and for the cards to be filled out as part ot regular academic registration.
TANQUARY PLAN
This plan was devised to lessen I the chances of fraudulent voting, j but has not been used in any elec- I tions here. AMS President Grafton j Tanquary proposed the method last j year, and it was unanimously passed j by the Senate at that time.
The amendment, introduced by j Senator-at-large Chet Carter, puts j the responsibility of collecting and | filing the cards on the election j commissioner. It also changes tne ; filing place to the counselor of men's office.
According to Elections Commis- i sioner BUI McGurty, the registrar's office, which must GK the system. 1 criticized the first plan on grounds ; that it would delay registration.
HANDLED BY STUDENTS Grafton Tanquary, AMS president, said he was certain his plan as amended by Carter would be acceptable to the registrar since the cards would not be handled by
Chinese Troops Rush American Arms to Front
NANKING. Dec. 8—(UJ!)—Chinese Nationalist reinforcements armed with new American supplies were rushed to the Suchow front today.
Both the government and the Communists said they were winning what they called the greatest battle in the 11-year-old civil war.
Despite the claims the highest American military and State department officials, meeting here : and in Shanghai, were understood j to have completed detailed plans
I today for the protection and last-I minute evacuation of Americans in the two cities.
The UJS. aircraft carrier Tarawa
and the destroyers Buckley and Hawkins are scheduled to visit Hong Kong for five days starting Thursday, the navy announced. FEAR RIOTING It was understood American au-j thorities feared anti-foreign riot-I ing touched off by Communist registration or business office per- afth-coliunnists more than an ac-sonnel, but by students.	I tual Red invasion of the capital.
Opposition to the amendment
which was rather an attack on the entire plan was led by Senior Class j President Dave Saunders. He
charged that the plan would make it easier to falsify registration and cause more work and expense.
FALSE ID CARDS
Tanquary earlier had warned that there were four to six various ways of falsifying identification cards or getting new ones. The system used in the past involved checking ID card signatures against duplicate registration blanks.
The amendment passed 23 to 4.
with two abstaining.
McGurty, Senators-at-iarge Bill Hurt and George Burke sided with Saunders against the amendment.
which appeared safe for at least
several months.
The Communists, fighting their longest sustained battle on the Su-! chow front after years of hit-and-! run tactics, said they were cutting j up three government army groups trapped near Yungcheng.
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE
The Ministry said that between j 40.000 and 60.000 Nationalist rein-j fwcements from Hankow arrived today at Pengpu, 105 miles north I of Nanking, and were being thrown ; :to the Yungcheng battle. This report was confirmed by a United ! Press correspondent in Pengpu.
It appeared that the Nationalists,
1 who in the past week have received I great military supplies under the
Burke, an alternate senator, takes I S125.OCO.OCO American aid program,
hoped to hold the Communists north of the Huai river, 125 miles north of Nanking.
Commerce Piledrivers
Pulverize LAS, 12-0
Summer Camp Plans Mapped
Plans for a summer youth camp for under privileged children were pushed forward yesterday when Otis Healy's Troy-camp committee formulated its fund raising policy and planned camp activities.
At present, the AMS project calls fcr a camp in the Barton Fiats-Jenks lake area. It will accommodate 42 beys, and two 10-day sessions will be scheduled. Welfare organizations from the East side will select the candidates.
About $3500 will be needed to run the camp each year. This will be raised by a fund drive during the 11th week of next semester.
Already under consideration for more than a year, the camp idea is endorsed by Dr. Albert Zech, today at the ticket office, second dean of men; Helen Hall Moreland, i floor Student Union. Students and dean of women; Albert Sydney I faculty must present season tickets Raubenheimer, educational vice- !	the ^ree ducats,
president; Johnny Davis, ASSC , Trojans meet the Utah squad president; and Grafton Tanquary, i Friday and Saturday nights in the AMS president.	I Olympic auditorium.
Faculty Offered Basketball Ducats
Free tickets for the Utah basketball series are available to faculty members having season tickets.
Students rushed to get the ducats yesterday and claimed more than 1000 of the 1400-ticket allotment on the first day of distribution.
CThe ticket exchange will continue
A powerful Commerce football team battered fighting LAS pig-skinners 12 to 0 yesterday in a bone-crushing game on the archery field.
In ferocity, the game was comparable to last month’s DT-DB contest, if not to Saturday’s Trojan-Irish clash.
LAS threatened early in the game, plowing to the Commerce 4-yard line under the deft passing of Jack "Rabbit” Silverstein. The drive collapsed, and early in the second quarter, “Bullet” Bill McCarthy sent a long pass to Dan Kubby for a Commerce score.
LAS threatened again in the third quarter when Harry “the Hipster” Wolters snaked his w a y through swarms of tacklers to the Commerce 10-yard line. A Commerce pass interception stymied the LAS men for the second time.
Commerce scored its second touchdown on a pass from Don
Gevirtz to George Wood in the closing seconds of the game.
Wood played standout defensive ball for the Commerce squad as did Johnny Davis, a ringer, whose play was suspiciously professional throughout the game.
over for Lenny Karpel who resigned from the Senate this week.
50 PER CENT FUNDS
The Senate approved the suggestion of Carl Almquist, Trojan Chest chairman, that 50 per cent of the funds collected for the World Student Service fund be allocated to a university in India.
Bill Bretz, Blue Key president.
suggested that help be given to a Gennan university, inasmuch as we are waging a "war of popularity” there and it would “educate the people of Germany to our way of life.” Anne Rose, AWS president, said, however, that investigation
Faculty Plans Dinner Dance
A faculty Christmas dinner-dance will be given Friday at 6:30 in the Student lounge by the Men and Women Faculty clubs and the Faculty Wives club.
A program which includes the dancing of Viennese waltzes and had shown that the universities of I vocal and piano solos has been western Europe were receiving i planned. After the dinner there will enough aid.	j be dancing, bridge, and refresh-
The Senate decided on India j ment3-when Bob Padgett, veterans’ repre- All faculty and staff members are sentative, declared that the choice invited. Club membership is not of India would enhance the success j required. Reservations for the din-of the drive and that "Indian stu- j ner may be made by calling Prof. dents are sorely beset and need a L. R. Schruben, social chairman, at lot of help.” The drive begins Feb. the College of Engineering. They 28 and ends Mar. 4.	i must be in by Friday noon.
Official
Notice
I Hate Women Week Kicks Back In Faces of Befuddled Haters'
by Wayne Pryor
Be-whiskered and be-jeaned ‘haters’ wandered around the campus yesterday in a state of befuddle-ment. Their “I Hate Women’’ week had blown up in their faces.
Stocks and cages were removed from the lawns of fraternity houses. Confused ringleaders of the week told conflicting stories about who did what.
According to Grafton Tanqvary, AMS president, the AMS council knew nothing about “I Hate Wom-
When asked about the AMS paying for the pr.zes. he said, “Don’t say anything about that. Just say a bunch of enthusiastic fellows on the Row thought the whole thing
ed a radio. He with the longest
whiskers was to receive an electric razor. This has been scrapped. CLEAN SHAVEN FACES
Opponents of the “I Hate Wom-up.”	I en” week came to school yesterday
He refused to give specific names,! dressed in suits and ties with clean only a group of “enthusiastic fel- ! shaven chins. They didn’t know who lows’’ seemed to be doing every- j started it,, but they did know one thing.	tiling: they didn’t like it.
CALLS CONFERENCE |	idiotic thing I've ever
After Monday s disturbance on 3een »> sig Ep Ralph Town-the Row, Dr. Albert F. Zech, coun- j
selor of men, asked fraternities to
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 2).
A. S. Raubenheimer, Educational Vice-President.
en” week. “We have nothing to do j remove their torture paraphernalia, with it,” he said in a statement to | Yesterday he called a confemce on the DT Tuesday.	i the future of the women-hater
WHISKERS GET PRIZE ! movement.
But, said Granny Abbott, the As a result, “I Hate Women ’ AMS is paying for the pr zes to be i week has d sappcared. The less ob-
awTarded for the longest whiskers and “most rawnchy-looking'’ character.
“I took the requisition in myself,” he said.
When questioned. Tanquary again denied that the AMS was involved.
“The men’s week plan was thought up by a group of enthusiastic fellows on the Row,” he said.
streperous title of “All Men's” week emerged from the conference, and an attempt was made to spread the soothing balm of good feeling around.
Originally, the week was to end v/ith a “kangaroo” court on the Row. There, the “most rawnchy-looking-’ characters were to be judged and “the rawnchiest” awaru-
Sig Eps and Chi Phis receieved an un-printable serenade Tuesday night for thejr nonparticipation.
WEREN’T CONTACTED
“It wasn’t even discussed at our house,'’ said Chi Phi Morey Thomas. “we weren’t contacted concerning it.”
Several of the women-haters who were interviewed on campus knew nothing about the plan.
“I dont know what it’s all about,'* sa.d one. "I just saw in the paper that we were to wear levis and not shave so I came to school that way.”