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Vol. XUV	Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, Mar. 16, 1953 No. 95
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Afc FORCE officers will attend classes at SC under a new program teaching the scientific approach to accident prevention. Class projects will include experiments with the centrifuge pictured above.
Battle Columns DeadlineToday
Today at 3 p.m. is the deadline for candidates seeking ASSC offices to hand in battle columns to the Daily Trojan.
Following the tradition of previous elections, the DT will run hattle columns containing the aims and platforms of candidates.
The columns cannot be more than 150 words in length and must be typewritten and dopble spaced. Columns must be signed by the candidate and brought to the Daily Trojan city room, 432 SU.
No column which fails to meet the preceding requirements will be accepted.
10 J-School Men Pledged
AF Safety Program To Fraternity
Opens at SC Today
Twenty Air Force officers nation selected to conduct the
trade cockpits for classrooms today in SCs new flight training program, planned to achieve maximum accident prevention through the scientific approach of investigation and engineering techniques.
SC, the first university in the
NO MONEY
Korean Yets Meet at Noon
Veterans will attend a meeting today at noon in the Aeneas hall dining room to discuss the monetary subsistence benefits of the Korean Bill in comparison to the benefits of the World War II bill, Trovets Presioents Bob Hallberg announced Friday.
“Veterans attending SC under the Korean GI Bill are literally starving," Hallberg said.
“Many veterans, now in their second semester, still have not received a single penny to live on," he continued. “Checks are late or do not even arrive and the Korean veteran is forced to borrow and ask for deferred tuition in order to continue his interrupted education.”
Under Public Law 550. Korean veterans attending a private college or university receive $110 a month and must pay their room, board, tuition and book fees from this amount World War n veterans receive $75 a month in addition to their tuition and books under Public Law's 16 and 346.
Hallberg said spoksemen at today's Trovets-sponsored meeting will answer questions of veterans ; Qf and try to do something about the “discriminating” problem.
SC to Receive Freedom Awards Today at Noon
Two gold medals and $100 will be presented to SC by the Freedoms foundation at a regional awards ceremony at the Hollywood Athletic club this noon.
The School of Commerce won one of the gold medals and the $100 for its Business Economics institute conducted last summer for a group of Santa Fe railway executives.
The institute taught the Santa Fe executives the fundamentals of the free enterprise system. The Freedoms foundation judged it the second best college program in the United States promoting the American way of life.
Tommy Walker and the football band will be awarded the other gold medal for its salute, “This is My Country” between halves at the homecoming game last fall. The band is the only
college band to receive a Freedoms foundation award.
President Fagg is a director of the foundation.
program, was chosen because of its past achievements in aviation, medicine, and psychology.
The program, created by the Dii’ectorate of Flight Safety, provides training at professional levels in the flight safety career field. An estimated	Hying
safety officers will be trained through six-week courses during the next three years.
Varied Program The student officers will also be versed in efficient teaching methods, public speaking, graphic presentations, and news reporting before they return to their bases to set up similar training programs.
Also important to the program is SCs centrifuge, a laboratory to simulate G-forces encountered during high-speed flying. It will be used to study the effects of acceleration. During World War II the 42-foot merry-go-round did much to contribute to the development of the famed anti-G-suit.
Administrative director of the program is Carl Hancey, dean of University College. Dr. Louis Kaplan, educational instructor, is coordinator and Capt. Smith W. Ames is liaison officer.
Faculty List Faculty members, who wft give instruction from their own special training manuals, include Kaplan; Dr. Neil Warren, aviation psychologist; Cecil E. Davies and Hugh H. Hurt, aeronautical engineers; Dr. Carl K. Browm, resident physician, Los Angeles County hospital; Dr. Laurence E. Morehouse and Dr. Paul H. Evans aviation physiologists; and Dr. Milton Dickens, head of the department of speech. ‘
Willis S. Duniway, department development, will lecture on public relations and news preparation, and Howard M. Palmer, managing editor of the Alumni Review, will give instructions on graphic presentations.
Ten Daily Trojan staff members have been pledged to Sigma Delta Chi, national professional journalism fraternity, Stan Wood, SC chapter president, announced Friday.
The men selected as pledges have prominent positioris on the paper as well as some years of journalism experience behind them.
Hank Alcouloumre is DT feature editor and has served as assistant city editor. A native of New York, he served in the Navy during the war.
Trojan Owl Sam Feldman, news editor of the Owl and assistant sports editor of the DT, transferred to Troy from Chaffey college.
Jim Frampton, active in NROTC and track, is assistant feature editor and DT sports reporter.
Deke Houlgate Jr., who recently returned to SC after serving in the Army, is a news editor. His father is well-known in the L.A. area as a sports writer.
Marine Vet Bob Krauch, recently returned from Marine corps duty, is an assistant DT feature editor. He transferred from Santa Monica City college where he wras editor of the “Corsair.”
George Lasezkay, another veteran, served in the Navy before he came to SC. He is from Buffalo, N.Y., and is a copyreader and reporter.
Ed Neilan is assistant sports editor of the DT and sports editor of the Culver City Star News.
Winnemuca Don Simonian, another assistant sports editor, is noted for his columns on the feature page.
Bob Stitser came to California from Winnemuca. Nevada, where he was associated with the Humboldt Star. Stitser is an assist-city editor and news editor.
Ted Wilson, active in Alpha Phi Omega and the YMCA, serves the DT staff as a news editor.
PAT HOUGHAM . . . English wit
PAT MADGWICK . . . British comedy
Hay Fever' to Run Thursday
Noel Coward’s three-act comedy “Hay Fever” will open a five performance run Thursday.
The director of the play, Benita Booth, is a British-born actress. Raymond Larson, instructor of stagecraft and assistant technical director for SC, is the set designer.
The plot concerns the antics of I--
an artistic English family and their weekend guests.
Cast members of the British comedy are Patricia Hougham, W. Lee O'Malley, Bobbette Bentley, Charles Charter, Patricia Madgwick, William Bogess, Barbara Elauch, Louis Pollay, and Florence Wagner.
The play will be performed Thursday, Mar. 19 through Tuesday, Mar. 24 in Bovard auditorium. Curtain time is 8:30.
A Cappellans Begin Tour
SC's 40-voice a cappella choir, under the direction of Dr. Charles C. Hirt, begins it’s annual week’s tour of Northern California today.
Starting at Santa Ynez high school this morning, the choir will present 12 concerts in 11 cities. This afternoon they will sing at San Luis Obispo high, and tonight at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall under sponsorship of the Lions club.
Tomorrow they will chortle at Atacadero high in the morning, and in King City auditorium for the Women’s club in the evening.
Wednesday the choir will travel from Palma high in Salinas in the morning to Santa Cruz high in the afternoon. In the evening they*will appear at the Scottish Rite temple in San Jose for the Kiwanis club.
Unity to Discuss Election S-lrategy
Party platform and campus discrimination will be discussed at the Unity party meeting 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the home of chairman Jeanne Warnock, 3939*6 Normandie.
Murry Bring, Unity-endorsed candidate for Independent Men’s representative, will give details of his campaign platform.
A committee report on campus discrimination and a suggested course of action for its elimination will be presented.
18 Years' Experience And Talent Helped A Lot ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ * * Cefalu in Varsity Show Lead
Renee Cefalu. who combined charm and talent to win one of the ; principal leads in the. Varsity show, has 18 years of show business behind her.
Miss Cefalu. who portrays “Penny Burns” in the show, started off on her colorful singing and dancing career at the age of two.
Upon seeing her perform, Director Edward Earle was convinced she would fit the part of the girl who falls in love with the show's hero despite the interferences of her lovable but shady father.
Acrobatic dancing is one of Renee's two top accomplishments.
Renee's other outstanding achievement is her voice. She is featured in three songs in the show and does an excellent job in her clear, soprano voice.
Among the show's she has been in are:
“My Sister Eileen.” “Queen for a Day,” “Beloved Bachelor.” and “North of Sunset.”
She was elected “Miss Talent
several TV and radio shows with such personalities as Joe Gray-don and Al Jarvis.
At the tfrne she w'as doing USO and government hospital shows, she was a featured dancer of the Burbank Ballet company.
Renee appears in the Varsity show' Apr. 8-11. Tickets are on sale now for $1 in the Student Union ticket office.
Registrar's
Notice
RENEE CEFALU
... leading role
of 1951” from her home town of Burbank, and has appeared on
Instructors are reminded that unsatisfactory notices covering the first five weeks of the semester are due In the Registrar’s office today.
D. W. Evans, Assistant Registrar
5 Blood Drive Committee Heads Named
Five committee heads were appointed to positions in the forthcoming Red Cross Blqpd drive by drive Chairman Sally McGrath. Pleased by the cooperation she has received, Miss McGrath said that organization for the campaign is rapidly shaping up.
Mary Barrett, Kappa Kappa Gamma, is chairman of speakers, and Lenore Monosson, Alpha Epsilon Phi, w'as named chairman of registration. Roberta Overhold has been appointed chairman of records, and Steve Mulhollen will handle campus publicity. ‘
A co-chairmanship of public relations is occupied by Nina Moller and Bill Houser. They will make appeals at activities of large attendance, and will enlist the aid of the professional schools.
She said that ROTC units have pledged 100 per cent support of the drive Apr. 21-24. Interest is also rising for fraternity and sorority competition.
Speakers to appear before fraternities, sororities, honoraries, and religious groups will be recruited.
Miss Monosson is to enlist the aid of a man’s group to set up the registration areas and 15 women's groups to staff the tables, one per day, during the two week sign-up period.
A place to set up the blood mobile and donor’s station is still needed. Miss McGrath said she will appreciate any suggestions. She can be reached at Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Science Jobs Offered by Government
Tracey E. Strevey, dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, will discuss the topic, “Inside the I niversity,” before a meeting of the Intersorority Mothers club tomorrow.
Dean Strevey said he will give an informal discussion of the problems of the university.
Mrs. Thomas Clements, club president, will preside at the meeting. Hospitality committee members under the direction of Mrs. J. Bennett Miles are Mmes. Andrew Schoolmaster and Clarence Rotherum. Zeta Tau Alpha Mothers club members will be hostesses.
The meeting will be at 10:15 a.m. tomorrow in the Town and Gown foyer.
15 Candidates Enter Race; More Nominees Expected
Final nominations for four Associated Women Students positions will be made at noon today in an all-women assembly in 133 FH.
♦Elections Co-Chairmen Anne DeFreece and Joan Field said that 15 women have already entered the race, but nominations from the floor will be accepted.
They pointed out that Pat Wykoff, presen t AWS president, was nominated that way
last year. Eligibility of all those f |	—	f
nominated will be verified at the I AWS cabinet meeting this afternoon.
INFLATION
Securities Talk Slated for Noon
“Fundamental Changes Within the Securities Field” will be discussed at the Alpha Kappa Psi national commerce fraternity, luncheon this noon in dining rooms B and C of the Commons.
Charles Sill, resident partner of the Francis I. DuPont Co., New York Stock Exchange Members, will speak. Sill has had 24 years experience in the securities field.
A business meeting will follow.
Price Rises May Effect SC Commons
There is a possibility that the price decontrols in • Washington may hit patrons of the SC cafeterias, said James F. Clark, director of the Commons.
“Prices of milk, coffee, and meats to the university may be changed by dealers, necessitating a change of price in the cafeteria,” said Clark.
Dairy products and meats were decontrolled in the last several weeks and coffee was decontrolled Thursday. Coffee prices have leaped 12 cents per pound since the solons in Washington took action. Dairy products and meats have risen in cost but not as drastically as coffee.
Thirsty Trojans consume about 20,000 cups of coffee or 450 pounds of the beverage in a five day period. Two tons of meat also are devoured by the university in the same period.
Among the items decontrolled last week were beer, industrial supplies, hardware and garbage disposals.	*
Less than 4 per cent of items controlled under the Truman administration remain under control today.
Debaters Here From 6 States
Professors and outstanding students of debate will meet at SC for the Pacific Forensic league conference, Mar. 23-26, league President W. Charles Redding announced.
Redding, assistant professor of speech at SC, said it is the first time the league has met here since T943.
Four faculty and student delegates will be in attendance from each member school. The Universities of Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada, and Oregon State College, Willamette University, Whitman College, Stanford University, and SC will be represented.
Student Contest
Students will compete in debate, discussion, extemporaneous speaking, oratory, and after dinner speaking.	■*
President Fred D. Fagg Jr. named three SC professors to select 16 topics for the extemporaneous speaking contest. Dr. Wilbert L. Hindman, professor of political science, is chairman. Dr. Russell L. Caldwell, associate professor of history and Dr. Bernard L. Hyink, dean of students, are members.
Shanks to MC
Kenneth Shanks, IFC Coordinator, will be master of ceremonies for the after-dinner speaking contest and the conference banquet. The sessions will be held in the art and lecture room of the Doheny Memorial Library.
Wykoff to Preside
Miss Wykoff will be mistress of ceremonies at the assembly. All candidates are* warned that failure to appear at the meeting will automatically disqualify them from the elections Wednesday and Thursday.
Miss DeFreece urged women students to attend in order to decide who is better qualified for the positions. Sororities have been urged to hold late lunch to let their members attend.
Seeking the presidential office are Ann Willson and Joan Vasseur, both juniors and present members of the AWS cabinet.
Qualifications Listed
Miss Willson lists as her qualifications her service as AWS secretary, Chimes, Amazons, and regional director and past president of Spurs.
Currently AWS vice-president, Miss Vasseur has served with Spurs, Chimes, Amazons, and several class councils.
Carla-Lee Conti, a member of the AWS cabinet, and Barbara Goode, present AWS searetary, are candidates for AWS vice-pres-ident. The vice-president takes over Jor the president in her absence, and also presides over the AWS associate cabinet.
Daryl Emerick is campaign manager for Miss Conti, who is a junior. Miss Goode, a sophomore, has served with Spurs and the ASSC Social committee.
Secretary Hopefuls	%
Six women have been nominated for the secretaryship. Sophomores Shirlee Blalock and Jackie Jones and freshmen Marty Christensen, Virginia Lee, Barbara Ryan, and Dorothy Smith are in the race.
Sophomore Jacque Smith has been nominated for treasurer against Janet Fukuda, Muriel Gately, Barbara Huston, and Donna Marsh, all freshmen.
Miss Field said nominations will be in the order of increasing importance of the office. For treasurer, secretary, and vice-presi-dent, campaign managers will give one-minute speeches.
Campaign Managers Campaign managers of presi
JOAN VASSEUR , . . Pres, candidate
ANN' WILLSON
, . . seeks top post
$2 Senior Fee Due Tomorrow
Deadline for payment of the 52 senior fee is tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the bursar's office, Senior ClasS President Larry Spector warned Friday.
He said response to the senior dential aspirants will speak for fee P*a^ bas been poor. About three minutes followed by a seniors had paid their fees three-minute speech by the can- by Friday afternoon, but we exdidates, who will present their P6.0* a ^arSe last-minute rush, he aims and platforms.	said.
Elections will be held in Me-	>nsure the success of Sen-
morial park in front of the Uni- 'or w^ck and other class func-versity library. Candidates were f^ons- it is essential that all sen-w'arned that according to the *ors Pa^ their iee by tomorrow, AWS constitution no posters, i be’ sa‘^-
handbills, or Daily Trojan adver- Included in the S2 fee will be tising are allowed.	a bid to the senior prom, a year's
“This promises to be an excit- mPmbership in the General Alum-ing race,” Miss Field said. “There n* association, a years subscrip-are so many qualified nominees ^on	Alumni Review, and
that there should be several close a special senior edition of the races. In all probability, there Da'Iy Trojan.
all probability, will have to be a run-off election.”
Requirements Told
To run for secretary or treasurer, a woman must have completed 30 units of work with a
In addition, seniors who pay their fees will be able to attend the senior breakfast, ditch day, and vespers. Part of the fee will be used for purchase of the senior gift, which this year will go
taking office. Vice-pre^dential as pirants must have completed 60 units with a 1.3 accumulative grade point.
When the AWS president takes office next fall, she must have completed 76 units, which means she may be a low junior now. Her accumulative grade point must be 1.5.
HOT DOG FEST, A LA 1920 TO KICK OFF 'TGIF MIXERS
T.G.I.F.’ers (Thank Goodness It’s Friday) will be celebrating In force this week when the semester's first TGIF-mixer gets under way at 2 Friday afternoon.
Sponsored by the ASSC social committee and six campus organizations, the mixer will be held Friday from 2-5 p.m. on the south side of the Student l/nion.	*	,
Dancing, refreshments, and ping-pong will be featured at the party, which will bring back the nickel hot-dog, extinct since the days of spats, bustles, and derbies.
Ateo being revived Is the Charleston, the roaring twenties’ answer to chain reaction. A contest will be held, and winners will receive gifts from local merchants and have their pictures appear in the El Rodeo.
A portable floor will be used for the dancing, and music will be provided by the Acacia fraternity combo. Thr^e ping-pongf tables will be set up for the more athletically inclined, and Pi Happa Alpha has volunteered its fire engine for taxi service.
The first of a series of TGIF mixers, the dance’s purpose is to unify campus organizations and make students realize that they are Trojans as well as members of individual groups.
Each mixer will be sponsored by a different group of organizations. Those sponsoring this week’s party are Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Independent Women’s Council, and Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity.
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1.3 grade average at the time of toward erecting the first section
j of the Wails of Troy at the south I end of University avenue.
Both the administration and Senior council have approved the fee, which replaces the $7.50 senior package deal which drew poor response last year, Spector said.
Professors Turn Out As Joe College'
Trojans will be surprised tomorrow to see distinguished engineering professors wearing T shirts with ties, wom-down shoes, Hawaiian shirts, and loud plaids.
Professors will repeat a tradition of Engineer’s week by dressing like students.
All engineers are required to grow beards for the celebration or be penalized. Engineers who won’t grow beards will be charged 25 cents for a clean shave chit. Freshman engineers too young for this sort of thing will win booby prizes.
A Kangaroo court will prosecute cases of beardless engineers. A queen will judge the quality, quantity, and sheen of the beards.
No provision has been made for women engineers in the contest.
Engineer’s week ends Friday with the judging of beards, an assembly, a picnic in Exposition park, and a dance at the Ingle-I wood Country club.	g