SC TO TV FIRST HIGH FREQUENCY PROGRAMS
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Radio Man Criticizes ASSC Senate Action
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Trojan
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Dean Cranston Honored By Ministers
Vol. XLIV
Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, Feb. 9, 1953
No. 70
Fewer Trojans Return To Resume Studies
THEY COME AND CO
7 Faculty Members Return from Leaves
READY TO TELECAST educational programs to the Southland area in March will be SC's own channel 28 station. With studios in Hancock foundation and transmitter atop Mt. Wil-
son, the station is the first ultra high frequency TV outlet in the area and will serve other schools as well as SC. A gift from Capt. Allan Hancock made educational TV here possible.
Channel 28 Slated Richard Gray For March Premier NamedtoHead
by Nick Apple
Associate Editor Daily Trojan
Southern California will score two firsts early next month when TV Channel 28 begins Southland telecasting from Hancock Foundation. The initial telecast will introduce California’s first educational TV station and its first ultra high frequency channcl.
Although there are now approximately 2 million TY sets in the Los Angeles area, only several thousand are equipped to receive the UHF Channel 28. Small installations. priced at from S12 to $25, will convert the ordinary TV sot to ultra high frequency. Helping Hands
And to help seven other educational video stations get started in California, Capt. Allan J’ancock and Director William H. Soncr of the Department of Telecommunications are slated to attend a meeting tomorrow called by Governor Warren.
The two men from Troy and 28 e i hers will confer with Roy E. Simp .on. state superintendent of public instruction, and cover such troublesome points as TV financing and programming.
At present there are two educational TV channels in the immediate offing, the first at SC and the second in the San Francisco Bay area. While educators in this area have been blessed with financial backing. Northern teachers speak confidently without depositing funds in the hank.
Studios Buiit
With Capt Hancock’s support, TV studios have heoti bvftlt in his scientific research building. The Federal Communications Commission has inspected and approved the facilities.
Programming policies will be handled by a committee of 30 members representing public and private schools and colleges, churches. Pasadena Playhouse.
Trovets Start Book Selling
The Trovet Bookmart, non-prof-it book agency, opons lor business at 9 this morning.
Located in the service office of the information buildir.". the Bookmart is designed to bring together students wanting to buy and sell books.
Frospeciive sellers set thoir own price and the Bookmart will try to sell the book at that price.
If the book is sold, the seller is chargrd 10 cenis to h?’p cover operational costs. If no buyer is found for the book, it is returned to the owner and no charge is levied.
The Bookmart will be open from 9 to 1 through Feb. 19.
f and the County Museum. Capt.
1 Hancock selected this advisory board.
In addition, representatives of major civic groups will be included. An advisory council of more < than 50 southern California leaders will also be chosen by Capt. j Hancock.
These two advisory bodies will i hold a joint session later this month to discuss operating plans. Other persons also interested in education TV will also be invited I to participate.
Initially programs will originate only at SC. But it is hoped ; that eventually studios may be established at other nearby edu-! cational institutions.
Row Creeks Start Rushing
Fraternity rushing for the spring semester has already begun and rush lists are available in the IFC office said Ken Shanks. Interfratemity coordinator Friday.
Shanks pointed out that there .ias been no revision in rus.in.fe regulations. He warned rushees that before they pledge they have to be ‘on the rush list and they have to be enrolled in yir university.
George Gottesman. interfraternity council president, said that a definite time-limit on rushing would be set at the lirst council meeting Thursday afternoon. He said that officers for the spring sem sler will also be nominated at that time.
Shanks said that he wanted to see all those who de-pledged last j semcsicr sign up for rushing 1 again.
NROTC Unit
Forty-one new officers of the Naval Reserve Olficers Training Corps were appointed recently by
I Capt. R. M. MacKinnon, commanding officer.
Richard V. Gray was named battalion commander. James E. Cooke, executive officer, Donald R. Thomas, adjutant; and Ruel Cameron, supply officer.
Company commanders are James T. Bowen, Frederick K.
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Gleason, and Charles A. Graves.
| Cqmpany executive officers are Clarence E. Watson, Stuart Smith, Bernard Meyer. Company chief petty officers are Fred H. French, Harry A. Johnson, and Lawrence Maxwell.
Platoon commanders are Donald Brown, Floyd A. Friesen, James W. Bott. Arthur McDermott, Daniel S. McDonald. Robert M. Smith, James W. Beeks, Carl W. Baker, and Donald Eisenberg.
Jam?s M. Sink. Joseph V. Lademan. and Alden D. McKelvey were appointed company guidon bearers. Irwin E. Haegele, Noble A. Olson, Richard C. Hackney, Robert J. Brearley, Wallace Mersereau, Jimmy D. McDaniel. Raymond L. Paulson, Robert B. Carlesori, and Kenneth R. Brown will be the platoon mustering petty officers.
Kenneth D. Lyders is commander. George H. Rodda, executive officer, and William F. Keith, mustering petty officer of the drum and bugle corps.
Gerald P. Carr was appointed national color bearer, Kent A. Mc-Fcrren, battalion color bearer, and John W. Witt and Thomas L. Edwards were appointed escorts.
Seven SC faculty members are returning to the campus this semester following sabbatical and special leaves to engage in research activities and educational experiences. Six others are leaving to take up special studies in their respective fields.
The returning professors are Dr. Herbert Buseman. mathematics; Dr. Henry Reining Jr., public administration; Dr. Ludwig Marcuse, German; Professor Merrell Gage, fine arts; Dr. Bruce R. McElderry Jr., English; Dr. Eleanor Metheny, physical education; and Dr. Louis C. Wheeler, head of the botany department.
European Trip Dr. Buseman, the most widely traveled of the seven faculty members, was granted a Fulbright research fellowship to study and lecture in universities in New Zealand and India. He returned via Europe.
A program of public administration under sponsorship of the Vargas foundation was established at the University of Brazil by Dr. Reining, where he completed a teaching assignment. While in Germany doing re-
Class Changes Listed For Missing Students
This being the first day of school, students are supposed to he happy, excited, and full of en-j thus'asm. If you aren’t happy, not exciied. and lack of enthusiasm. then take a look at these cla*s changes:
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add 202 <£► Klein ntary 1’roprn turship Accounting 1:15 MWF Kill: Anx 104 .Hid -01 <31 Introductory A< counting 8 MW F K150J Anx 113 | Commerce—B.A: add 255 <3> Law of j Contracts Dis 11 Th R1416—Br 10S CM.LIsH
add l«0b <31 Enslish Communication S itWF K3«32—Anx 110
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.Md 25"l> «;>, Readme* in English A tnviniin Lit.iature 1# TTIi US6SI FH j 204
Iil.l 100a tr.) Knglish Communications 12 MWF !> (,«»—FH 213 drop 301a 3<>SS (.KNKKAI. >TI lilKS
add I'".a 43) Alan & Civilization Dis
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add 20O (,r) Problems ol Human Behavior * MWF K430S-FH 204
< l**n-e room of 204b 4344 & 4346 to FH 207
Lirii.iRV SCIENCE
Change 526 H5126 A 528 H512S from I’P to I'C. new claaa numLers to read: 526 F«45. 528 1**53 Ml SH
add Individual Instruction Theory H5i6» Kanitz I'RISKS
dri p 141L Lab R6636 add 141L (41 Basic Physics I Lat 1:15-4:05 M RH637 Schoen SC E 202 SOCIAL WORK
add 694a (2) Tliesis To be arr 7264 Johnson, staff Office drop 580 7239 SOCIOLOGY
add 590 <2) Dlrtcled Research To be arr 734s—Office SPANISH
add 204b <2) Elementary Spanish Conversation A Composition ll*TTh R7442— FH 114
add 100b (3) Elementary St«anish 8 MTWTF R741»—Anx 20S
Retiring Dean Of Education Honored
Dr. Osman R. Hull, retiring dean of the School of Education, was honored at a banquet Friday night in the University Commons.
This banquet was in recognition of the 29 years of service Dr. Hull has contributed to the School of Education. He is retiring as dean to resume his teaching as a professor of school administration after taking a sabbatical leave this semester.
Dr. Hull has been active in the field of education and held many important positions in that field. He was dean of education at SC eight years, was superintendent of schools at Napa and Sebastopol, and was president of the California State Council on Teacher Education.
He has served as a consultant and director of school purveys in communities in southern California, and is a past president of Phi Delta Kappa, national professional educational fraternity.
In 1949, he was elected president of the Kiwanis Club of Los Angeles.
Eight educational groups honored Dr. Hull at the banquet. Dr. Cecil W. Lewis of the SC chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, presided.
Dr. Hull joined the SC staff in 1924.
search on the influence on modern literature of the writings and philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, Dr. Marcuse gav e the principal address at the Shiller theater, Berlin, during Gerhard Hauptmann’s anniversary.
During the past six months Professor Gage has been studying geometric formulas and proportions of Egyptian sculptures in the Louvre, Paris.
Visiting Editor
“Lyrical Ballads, 179£; a Study of Perspective,” were studied in Paris and London by Dr. McElderry. Dr. Metheny served as visiting associate editor of Pageant magazine in addition to doing a series of special articles while in New York. Dr. Wheeler visited desert areas of California and Colorado as well as mountainous regions to conduct investigations of indicator plants for manganese.
The six faculty professors whose sabbatical and special leaves begin with the February semester are Donald C. Cutter, assistant professor of history; Dr. Osman R. Hull, dean of the School of Education; Dr. William D. Tem-pleman, English; Norman Kha-rasch, associate professor of chemistry: Pendleton Howard, professor of law; and D.r Lawrence R. Guild, management.
Special Studies Sponsored by the Del Amo foundation, Dr. Cutter will go to .Spain where he will lecture at leading universities and conduct special studies on the role of Spain in California history.
The services of schools of education to public and private institutions will be studied by Dr. Hull, who will visit leading universities of the nation.
Dr. Tcmpleman plans to spend his leave of absence supplementing his collection of material on the 18th century works of William Gilpin and on Matthew Ar-i nold’s relations with periodical publications.
Two of the professors are doing research for publications. Professor Kharasch will visit the University of Chicago to gather information for a publication of organic sulfur compounds. Professor Howard will do a case book on constitutional law.
Sixth on the list of touring professors is Dr. Guild, who will make a study of management organization and control in local major industries.
Orientation Parties Set for Wednesday
With registration and most of the orientation activities completed last week, Trojans and Trojanes are settling down to battle bookstore lines, class changes, and grade curves. In the meantime, student body leaders are also planning further orientation parties this week.
Although formal registration i
LT. EDREY SCHENDEL . . . wants lady Marines
Coed Marine Candidates Sought Here
Women interested in becoming commissioned officers in the Marine Corps, may -get information about it today and tomorrow from Marine Lt. Edrey Schendel.
Lieutenant Schendel will speak at several sororities and will be available for additional information in 104 PE.
Applicants must be sophomores or above, between the ages of 18 and 27, unmarried, and meet physical requirements. Women ac-ccpted will attend two summer training periods of six weeks each with pay, beginning June 22 at the Marine Corps schools, Quantico, Va.
After successful completion of the two six-week courses and upon graduation from college, candidates will be commissioned as second lieutenants. 1
Women Marino officers are assigned to machine accounting, aerology, communications, intelligence, finance, special services, supply, and public information. They are stationed at all Marine Corps bases on the East and West coasts, in Europe, and Hawaii.
SC-Tribe Cage Ticket Sale To Begin Today
Sale of student tickets for this weekend's Stanford basketball series begins at 9 this morning at the ticket office, 209 SU.
Activity book holders may purchase one ticket for each night at 50 cents each.
Sale of rooters tickets closes at 7 Wednesday night.
The ticket office will be open from 9 to 4:30 and from 5 to 7 for night students on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
A total of 2800 tickets have been set aside for Trojan rooters.
Students who do not have activity books may purchase tickets for $1 each at the ticket office.
SC Faculty Wives To Hear Wallbank
“Impressions of "the Middle East” will be the subject when Dr. T. Walter Wallbank. professor of history, addresses the Faculty Wives club Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Chancellor’s suite.
Dr. Wallbank will base his talk on his personal experiences in the Middle East. He returned here last fall from a year’s trip to Egypt where he taught at a leading Cairo university.
closed Saturday, some students still have to pay their tuition fees. Those who pay this week have only $5 penalty added on. ‘
The penalty will be increased' next Monday.
By the deadline Saturday it j appeared 16,700 students would j register for classes. This is nearly 1000 below the total of 17,610 I day and night students who signed up for the spring semester | last year, according to Registrar ; Howard J. Patmore.
Patmore also predicted a seven-per cent drop in enrollment from the fall to the spring semester.
But, he added, this decline is recorded every February.
Veterans Leaving
He attributed the difference in spring registration figures to the graduation of veterans. Most of the remaining veterans wiil be graduated in June, Patmore said, and enrollment should level off after that.
Patmore estimated that about 9700 students would enroll in day classes and 7000 in night classes this semester.
An unexpected flood of freshmen has necessitated the addition of 11 freshmen English and 6 physical education classes.
Other preparations have also been made for Troy’s new stu- j there, dents.
This week’s orientation activities include an AWS dessert party and AMS smoker, followed by a mixer dance at the YWCA Wednesday night.
Fashion Show
Freshman women will be entertained at the dessert party with a skit based on a fashion show theme. Mrs. Edwarda White, counselor of women, will give a short welcoming speech. Mrs.
White and Mrs. Ruth Grant, executive director of the YWCA, will be honored guests at the party.
Members of Spurs and Chimes will be introduced by AWS orientation Chairman Mimi Sheppard. Members of the organizations will explain the purposes of their I respective group and the qualifi-1 cations for membership. The party will begin at 7:30 at the' YWCA.
A narrated full length color I film of the Rose Bowl game will J be shown for the first time on campus at the AMS smoker. The AMS big brother program will
Ground Broken
For $250,000
Dorm for Men
Ground was broken Thursday for the new $250,000 David X. Marks dormitory, and President Fred D. Fagg Jr. announced that construction would start soon.
The dormitory, which will be located on the northeast corner of West 36th‘ street and Hoover boulevard, is a gift to SC from David X. Marks, Los Angeles business man.
Designed for Fifty
The three-story brick and concrete building will be ready for occupancy in September. The building was designed to house 50 freshmen. Much thought was incorporated into the designing of it to insure the comfort. of the who eventually will live
The basement will not only contain a large playroom but will also have modern laundry facilities where students can do their own washing and ironing. Utility and trunk storage room also will be provided.
The first floor will feature a large lounge with fireplace, a dining room, kitchen, foyer, office, library, and the head resident’s suite. The second and third floors will be devoted to rooms housing two to three men each. Large, centrally-located showers will be installed on these floors.
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Ground Broken
To top it all off, there will be a sun deck on the roof.
Neal Edwards, who will enter the university this fall, represented the class of ’57 at the ground-breaking ceremonies. He, along with David Marks and President Fagg, wielded a cardinal and gold shovel for the event.
C. Raimond Johnson, SC professor of architecture, did pre-* liminary work on plans for the building.
ARCHITECT’S VIEW—This is what the David X. Marks dormitory will look like when i* is opened to 50 freshmen in Septem-
Courtevy L.A. Time#
ber. Ground was broken at ceremonies conducted Thursday across from Founder* Hall. The cost is $250,000.