UNBEATEN GRIDDERS TO LEAVE FOR NOTRE DAME
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Elmer Willhoite Named to Season's First All-American 'Dream Team'
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Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1952 No. 52
Presents for Overseas GIs Begin to Flow in From Campus Groups
Receiving widespread assistance from the Spurs, the Sophomore class council, and other campus organizations, SC’s “Operation Gift Lift” shifted into high gear yesterday with the donation of numerous gift packages, according to George Burns, campus chairman of the nationwide drive.
Spurs and the Sophomore class council added their bit to the drive yesterday while wrapping gift package? at their weekly meeting. One Spur member was credited with wrapping 31 gift packages.
Sponsored in conjunction with the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce. SC participated in the “Gift Lift” to give an otherwise forgotten GI in Korea a gift Irom the United States. The drive has received widespread news coverage by the local newspapers.
Donations to the “Gift Lift” will be accepted today and Monday, Burns said. The gifts, which should be deposited in the booth in front of Bovard auditorium, and preferrably wrapped in Christmas paper with heavy brown paper on the outside.
Each donator of a package is ked to place his name and address on the inside of the gift Gift List
Recommended gifts for the Korean GI include:
Canned meats, homemade candies, cookies, cheese, olives, pickles. flashlights, batteries, wool gloves, mufflers, hand warmers, socks, paper bound books, magazines, tooth paste, combs, razor blades, and cigarette lighters.
Student members of the campus “Gift Lift” committee are Anne Clements, Don Davis, Chris Eaton, Arne Lundgren, Francine Keese, and Suzie Robinson.
BOBETTE BENTLEY .. . goes North
Three Coeds To Vie for Cotton Title
Three coeds, Joan Vasseur, Joyce Newcomer, and Bobette Bentley will represent SC in the Pacific Coast eliminations of the annual Maid of Cotton Contest in Fresno Dec. f„. ft was announced last night.
The three were chosen from among 18 contestants after being given personal interviews by each of three judges. They were selected on the basis of poise, carriage, and general all-around personality.
Miss Vasseur, Alpha Delta Pi; Miss Newcomer, Kappa Alpha Theta; and Miss Bentley, Delta Gamma, will travel to Fresno, all expenses paid, where the state Maid of Cotton wall be chosen.
Should one of them win the state eliminations she will compete in the national contest in Memphis Dec. 29 and 30. The winner will receive an expense-paid trip through the United States and Europe, and a complete cotton wardrobe.
To qualify contestants had to have been bom in a cotton growing state, be at least 5-feet IV inches tall, and unmarried. The contest is sponsored by the Valley Empire association.
WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP
Ike Names 2 Women For Government Posts
From the United Press
President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower announced yesterday the appointment of Republican National Chairman Arthur E. Sum-■aerfield as postmaster general, j He also named two women to j high executive posts. Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, wartime commander j of the Women's Army Corps and I co-pufclisher of the Houston (Tex.) j Post, was appointed Federal Se- i curity administrator.
He also selected Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest of Bountiful. Utah, member of the women's di-on of the Republican nation-, _ committee, as treasurer of United States. Summer-
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appointment as postmaster	filled all but two
posts the new cabinet. To be announced are the secretaries 0f commerce and labor.
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Rep. Harold E. Velde said yesterday the House Un-American Activities committee will concentrate on communist infiltration of college and labor unions next v ear and tone down its Hollywood inquiry. The Illinois Republican who is scheduled to take over as chairman of the grtrnp in January, said the committee “already has spent a little too much on Hollywood. That field should be sub-
ordinated to more important matters.”
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Robert M. Hutchins, former president of the I'niversity of Chicago, advised colleges yesterday to trade in their “high priced” football teams for racing stables. “The jockeys could wear their school's colors,” he explained, “and the horse wouldn’t have to pass entrance examinations.”
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Czechoslovakia’s mass treason trial ntared an end last night as the communists admitted for the first time that Noel Field was under arrest in a satellite country. Prague radio listed a number of defendants and witnesses who said they had talked with Nod, one of two American brothers who disappeared behind the Iron Curtain in 1949.
Official
Notice
The Thanksgiving recc s wi!l
bp frorTi tomorrow throng'’. £ ’> (lay.
All university offices will be closed during this period.
Fred D. Fagg, Jr.
President
Today's Classes Last; Holiday Finally Arrives
The first major holiday of the semester begins today as soon as students finish their last classes.
If past customs hold true, there will be sighs of relief as students trek away from cmapus to celebrate Thaftksgiving.
Messages and greetings will be exchanged and njany thankful prayers will be spoken over meals tomorrow.
Greetings
But today university officials expressed their greetings and thoughts to the students.
Chancellor Rufus B, von Klein-Smid’ said:
“The students in no other country in the world have so v vital causes for thanksgiving as we in the United States of America. Freedom is ours and now the promise of increased and enhanced freedom—what greater gift can come to mankind?”
Dean of Students Bernard L. Hyink wished a happy holiday with this note:
“A day set aside for Thanksgiving has particular significance for those of us who have the opportunity of participating in college and university life. Mindful of the existing world conditions, we can appreciate the many blessings that are ours in an educational institution in a democratic nation.
“Administration, faculty, and students alike can express gratitude through constantly striving to be of more service to the ever-enlarging community in which we live.”
LAS Dean
A wish that we shall all be thankful and constructive was issued by Tracey E. Strevey, dean, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences:
"Let us be thankful that we live in freedom and we have security and the promise of a better future. We take much for granted, yet others have made all this possible even at the cost of life itself. Let us be thankful to them and in turn be willing to assume our share of responsibility.”
President Fred D. Fagg Jr. rounds out the Thanksgiving greetings with this message to all students of SC:
“Best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving, with plenty of turkey and a good vacation with family and friends.”
THE GENTLEMAN peering out at you from behind the football helmet is Elmer Will-hoite, the latest in a long run of all-Ameri-
—Courtesy L.A. Mirror
cans to represent SC. Elmer's picture, which shows him in a more serene mood, will appear in Colliers magazine.
★ A Sendoff to South Bend
Although Jess Hill and ‘his gridders will not be given an official rally-sendoff because of the Thanksgiving holiday, this is to remind them that we’ll be thinking about the Trojans and pulling for them to finish the season undefeated at South Bend.
It has been 20 years since Troy fielded an unbeaten, untied football team. This year’s squad will have a chance to match that record. On the basis of the fine showing they have made all year, we believe they will come through as before.
From our radio and television sets (if the game is televised) let’s be our own private rooting section. Get up a rooters’ party to listen to or watch the game. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to send telegrams to the Trojans at South Bend. Such messages are well received and let the players know they’re not being forgotten even if they’re hundreds of miles away.
The last time the Trojans were at South Bend to play Notre Dame they lost 32-0. That day was bitter cold. Players’ hands were numb. Radio announcers were shivering in the press box.
Notre Dame has the hatchet out again for Troy and would like nothing better
Commie Threat To Japan Topic
“The Soviet Threat to Japan” is the topic of discussion at today’s Faculty club luncheon. Dr.
Rodger Swearingen, assistant professor in international relations, will be the speaker at the noon meeting in the foyer of the Town and Gown.
Dr. Swearingen has had several
with Paul Langer. of “Red Flag I *	| DpV©nue
in Japan: International Com- infernal IVeveiJUS?
munism in Action. 1919-1952”
■which was published last July by the Harvard university press.
He spent two years doing research on the Soviet far eastern policy at the Russian Research center at Harv ard and later served with the State department in 1951.
Dr Swearingen has had several years of experience dealing with far eastern policy as a language officer in the Pacific during World War II. He continued his work in the Army during the occupation of Japan by serving with the Su? preme Headquarters in Tokyo.
Asiatic Studies and Oriental Im.^ungcs were the fields Dr.
3w"»ri ~~?n studied at SC. He Ire': K~ A *5. and A.M. decrees t' -ti sp-nt a year of graduate study at the University of Michigan. Dr. Swearingen received the Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard university.
than to wreck an undefeated season. The weatherman probably will help, too—blizzards are hitting the Midwest. With such a combination waiting for them, Coach Hill’s men will have a tough game on their hands.
An alumni train to Notre Dame will leave this afternoon. On the train will be ASSC President Wendell Casey and Yell King Al Gallion. They’ll spearhead what rooting section SC can muster. A lot of alumni will be in the crowd cheering for Troy. Three Daily Trojan representatives will make the trip and'report the game in next Monday’s paper.
Although the DT has heard no official word, we’d like to recommend to the Rally ipommittee and Knights that, If the Trojans finish the season undefeated, a rally be held Monday noon. Bring out the Victory Bell, set up a loudspeaker near Tommy Trojan, and let’s go wild. It’s been 20 years since Troy had a team like this.
The nation will be watching the Trojans Saturday. Some persons still are critical of SC. Coach Hill’s team can make believers out of the remaining Doubting Thomases over the weekend, and we’re sure they will do just that.
All the way, Troy.
Agents to Hear Secretary Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder will be the principal speaker at 10 a.m. today in Hancock auditorium for ceremonies establishing the Bureau of Internal Revenue's reorganization plan in this district.
The meeting, to be attended by internal revenue agents in this area, also will have as a guest visitor Justin F. Winkle, assistant commissioner of internal revenue.
Robert A. Riddell, a 1927 SC graduate ar.d collector of internal! wonder where the heck he is.
Inflation * * New
Hits Grade Points * * * Standards Set
revenue in Les Angeles, will take over the post of orre cf four acting directors assisting Berkshire.
Following the ceremonies of installation of officials, a seminar for tax practitioners will be held.
Students who find that their i points for each unit of A, 3 for one-point grade average is raised j each unit of B, and 2 for each unit to a two-point next June might be I of C, 1 for each unit of D, or IE
or IW, and 0 for each unit of F.
“By the new system, scholarship requirements will be raised one grade point. A C average will still be required for a bachelor's degree, but the average will be 2 instead of 1. Graduation with honors will be based on a minimum 3 average instead of a 2,” Patmore said.
The present grade n^int system is 3 grade points for each unit of A, 2 for each unit of B. 1 for each unit of C, O for each unit of D or Ie or Iw, and -1 for each unit of F.
able to impress their friends with their studiousness but the university will still consider him a C student.
A “B” student will find in June that by present standards he is an A student, a D student may think that he has lucked out to a C, and an A student will probably
Troy s Lineman Wins Praises of Nation's Coaches
Another milestone in Trojan pigskin history was revealed yesterday when the ranks of immortal Trojan pig-skinners received an addition to its honored few.
Elmer Willhoite, Troy’s great lineman, yesterday achieved the ultimate goal of every college gridster—being named to a fcona fide All-America team.
The 22-year-old senior was named as a first-string selection on the Collier’s magazine 63rd All-America poll. Selected by the American Football Coaches association, which consists of more than 300 members, the Collier’s “dream team” represented a cross-section of leading pigskinners ■	from all over the nation.
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Technicality Delays Tickets For Rose Bowl
Official recognition of SC as the PCC represenative will delay the issuance of Rose Bowl tickets to SC students until late next week, John ' Morley, university ticket manager announced yesterday.
The University Football Ticket committee, which decides on ticket allotment policy, will meet today to decide the fate of those desirable ducats for the 1953 Rose Bowl classic, Morley said. This committee, in turn, will submit its proposals to President Fred D. Fagg Jr. and the Board of Trustees for final approval.
Next Week
President Fagg and the trustees will not meet until next week.
A statement by PCC officials naming SC as the conference representative in the New Year’s day game is needed before tickets can be issued. The polling of conference members a technicality as SC achieved an undefeated 1952 PCC sea son, will be made Monday, Morley reported.
In addition to determining ticket distribution, the university ticket committee will also decide what criteria are to be used in putting tickets on sale for student and alumni purchases. Main issue facing the committee will be if activity books or regular ID cards will be sufficient for a rooters’ purchase and if students will be able to purchase reserve tickets in addition to their rooters’ ducat. Committee Members of the 10-man ticket committee include Wendell Casey, ASSC president; Arnold Eddy, executive director of the general alumni association: E. A. Ellis: John E. Fields, director of development; Robert E. Fisher, financial vice-president; Hoyd Hunt; Willis O. Hunter, director of athletics; John Morley, university ticket manager; Elton D. Phillips, business manager; and Hugh C. Willett, director of university archive and president of the NCAA.
During SC’s last participation in Rose Bowl encounter, against the University of Michigan in 1948, activity book holders were entitled to one rooters’ ticket. No reserved tickets were available to students.
An allotment of 44,000 tickets was granted to SC in the 1948 game.
Trojan teammates Jim Sears and Bob Van Doren also gained recognition on the Collier’s All-America as specialists in their respective positions.
V an Doren gained honor* for his outstanding play as a defensive lineman, while Sears, who has been tabbed as the best all-around backfield star in the country today by Coaches Jess Hill and Red Sanders, was listed as a top performer in the defensive ranks.
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A new grade point system which will start here in June could be the source of all the confusion. The new system, announced by Registrar Howard W. Patmore yesterday, will allow 4 grade
DT Staff
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday DT reporters and copyread-ers will report to the City room today at 1 and 3 p.m. respectively to compile Monday’s DT. Everyone scheduled to work must be present.
Official
Notice
All departmental libraries will be closed from 7 p.m. today until Monday when regular hours will be resumed.
Doheny Memorial Library hours are as follows:
Today—8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tomorrow—Closr d Friday—8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday—8 a.m. to 12 noon. Sunday—Closed.
Lewis F. Stieg Librarian
Members of the Collier’s All-America first team include Ends —Ed Bell, Penn, and Buck Martin, Georgia Tech; Tackles—Ed Meadows, Duke, and Dick Modzelewski, Maryland: Guards—Willhoite and Harley Sewell, Texas: Center —Donn Moomaw, UCLA: Quarterback—Jack Scarbath, Maryland; Halfbacks—Don McAuliffe, Michigan State, an<j Johnny Lattner, Notre Dame; and Fullback—Puck McPhail, Oaklahoma.
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Willhoite, who has played an important role in SC’s h>b>v successful 1952 camoaign rc-vjrd of nine successive victories, wps selected for his versatility in both offensive and defensive play.
The Collier’s All-America selections, which will hit the stands Friday, contained an accompain-ing article by Bill Fay, who gave the following evaluation of Willhoite’* play:
“Over the last two seasons, the rugged Willhoite averaged 45 minutes of playing time per game, In addition to bolstering the middle of the Southern Cal’s defensive line, Willhoite was the Trojan’s best offensive blocker.” Biggest Thrill
In addition to his offensive play recognition, Willhoite was also lauded for his defensive performances. The 216-pound lineman, who admittedly prefers defensive chores “because a good, hard tackle is the biggest thrill in foot-* ball,” was praised as “the key man-in-the-middle in Southern Cal’s rugged five-man line.
During one stretch of six games, the opposition gained a total of only 49 yards through Willhoite’s sector.”
Willhoite’s offensive and defensive play drew praise from Tess McLaughry of Dartmouth, secretary of the coaches association. Commenting on the virtual elimination of the 60-minute player, McLaughry stated that a very few colleges are still blessed with talent that they can use on both offense and defense.
Trojan mentor Hill also bore out the double-duty efforts of Willhoite in the accompaining All-America story.
“On defense, we kept Willhoite in action every play,” the SC headman said. “On offense, we rested Elmer as much as possible. But any time we worked the ball down deep into enemy territory— and Elmer’s blocking was needed to give us that little extra touchdown shove—we hustled Elmer back into the ball game.” Bottom-of-Pile In an added salute to the one SC’s all-time lineman. Hill ranked Willhoite as “one of those bottom-of-the-pile guys.”
Other Trojan coaches were quick to sing the praises of Willhoite yesterday when contacted for comment about the All-America selection.
“He is sincerely an All-American.” End Coach Bill Fisk exclaimed. “Every club we faced this year had their hands full when they came up against Elmer. He gave them all trouble.” Backfield Coach Walt Harge-~h?inv’' a'so commented on the deserving honors awarded to Willhoite.
“The selection was very well justified.” Hargesheimer said. “Elmer earned every bit of it.”
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