Tribal drums
oar tonight
southern California
NO. 16
72
Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1950
SC war pulse taken
(Two ace Summer Trojan reporters were sent out with orders to capture, dead or alive, the war spirit of typical summer students and bring it back to the office where it could be examined and reported. They had little trouble, because everyone has an opinion on war with Russia nowadays.—Fd.)
By ALICE KATEM
A slice of the campus female population was questioned yesterday to determine whether the weaker sex has been giving any thought to a possible World War III.
The questions asked were:
1.	Should we fight Russia now?
2.	Should we use the A-bomb?
The women, being women, bisected themselves into two camps with contrary but clear-cut ideas on either side.
Doris Rodeker, university employee, thinks the A-bomb should never have been used in the first place. “This country should represrnt anything but the A-bomb which stands for the worst kind of barbarism,” she said.
“I think the Kremlin is just trying us out," she said about Russia, “we should use diplomacy through the UN instead of combat, and continue to show the world that wc will keep our word.”
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Blonde physical education major, Jane Hall, coming down the steps of the library was in a hurry but had express ideas on the questions set her.
‘ Were definitely in WW III now, and we might as well fight Russia now since we’re going to have to in the long run anyway. Yes, we should use as many A-bombs as we can— they aren't half as bad as people think—chemical warfare is much worse."
Dolores Fee, reserve book room, was upset and horrified at the whole idea.
“I haven't wanted to think about WW III at all; I’m all confused and don't really know what I think." Mrs. Fee, who is a mother and whose husband is about to try to pass the Bar Exam, says most of her friends feel the same way as she does about war with the USSR.
“The A-bomb—I think it should be outlawed just like gas was in WW II,” she said. Mrs. Fee thinks we have two A-bombs to every one of Russia's.
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Lauha Taal of Finland and Della Gibbons, GI wife, chatting by the pool in front of Doheny library, had similar convictions.
“Yes," said Mrs. Gibbons, “I really think we should fight them now"—“they’ll keep on taking everything unless we stop them," added Miss Taal. Miss Taal remembers fighting the Russians before and has no doubts about fighting them now.
The Finnish girl thought the A-bomb should definitely be used on the Russians, ‘ but not on anybody else."
Her American companion was a little more conservative. “I hate to see them use it unless we really have to, but if it’ll stop them I think we should."
“War with Russia now? I'm not in the mood to think about it—my husband will have to go. No, we shouldn’t use the Bomb—it’s too destructive," said the petite wife of a regular Daily Trojan columnist.
Petticoat opinion was finally punctuated and nearly punctured by the lady at the candy counter in the Student Union who is always a victim of these things.
“I don't even want to talk about it—my son fe in the Navy . .
By BI D HOPPS
Men on the campus are split right down the middle on the question of whether the U.S. should fight Russia now. according to an informal opinion poll made yesterday.
When asked if the U.S. should use the A-bomb. however, there was a two to one “No"* reply, with qualifications.
Quiet, tweedy, pipe-smoking high school instructor Jack Kerr, graduate student in political science, was questioned over his afternoon coffee in the cafeteria.
He states matter-of-factly, “If we are militarily prepared to win, why not an all-out war immediately?”
Then, less militantly, he cautions that he is “opposed to the use of the A-bomb as an instrument of war by any nation under any circumstances.”
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“Tive atom bomb should only be used with the sanction of the UN," said mild-mannered education major W. E. Moore, after weighing his words carefully, and hesitantly wording his reply.
Then he added nervously, “Any further aggression on the part of Russia should involve us in a full-scale conflict."
Stocky education graduate student Jim Halle was questioned as he breathlessly hurried to catch a class in Pounders Hall.
He stopped long enough to state confidently that “If Russia makes further movee to threaten our security, then we would be justified in fighting her now.”
Impatiently looking at his watch, he said “We should use the A-bomb if we engage in a full-scale war, unless lt is outlawed by the UN."
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To the accompaniment of American Indian ceremonial drums and rattles, Te Ata, the Chickashaw nation’s “Benrer of the Morning,” will weave a program of her native rites and folkways in Hancock auditorium at 8:30 tonight.
The free program, “Along the Moccasin Trail,” will be presented in full tribal costume anc.
Indian sonqstress will include interpretations of na-
tive songs, legends, dances, chants, and sign talk.
Noted for her dramatic interpretations of the varying moods of niinii	Indian legend and lore, Te Ata
will draw upon the cultures of Lhe Chickasaw, Ojibway, Seneca, and Dakota tribes for this lectuie-recital.
She was born near the old Chickasaw capital at Tishomingo, Okla., where her father was a member of the last council of the Chickasaw nation. Te Atr received her early education in tubal schools and wa.s sent to an Indian boarding school when she was eight.
The Indian girl then attended the Oklahoma College for Women where her dramatic gifts were discovered. She was directed to the theater school of the Carnegie School of Technology for further i training and later made appear-j ances on Broadway which included the role of Andromache in “The j Trojan Woman."
J It was not the fame of Broadway which held the deepest interest for her, however. Instead, she explored and dramatized the lore of her own people.
! Te Ata later was chosen by Mrs.
! Franklin D. Roosevelt to represent the culture of the American iti-| dian at the American folk-lore pro-! gram which was presented at Hyde Park during the visit of King i George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the United States.
She also has given several com-' .nand performances before other European royalty and has made j tours of England and Scandinavia.
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TE ATA
voice of a nation
Students
Notice
All offices of the university will be closed on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Sept. 2, 3, and 4, in observance of the Lahor day holiday. ....
A. S. Raubenheimer Educational Vice-President
Shirts, Skirts jig tomorrow for starters
Menninger MD. to talk here
Dr. George Devereux. author, anthropologist, and Veterans administration psychoanalyst of the Menninger clinic, Topeka, Kan., will begin a series of four special lectures at 8 tonight in the art and lecture room, University library.
Tonight’s lecture will be on “The Socialization of the Child—Primitive and Modern.” Other lecture dates and topics are:
Thursday, “Personal Problems in Connection with Marginalit.v.”
Aug. 29, “Cultural Factors of Di-| agnostic Testing.”
Aug. 31, “Social Aspects of Phy-
Athlete and political science student Colin McClintock apprehensively commented “Such a war would be. so long and costly, it would probably destroy the American way of life and force us into some totalitarian system of collectivism.”
Leaning over the reporter’s shoulder to make certain he was being quoted correctly, he added, “The A-bomb should only be used in the event of an all-out war with Russia in which such measures were necessary for victory and to avoid unnecessary loss of American lives.’’	q	■
Youthful, studious-looking Bob KnoerschilcTT >ona?a program
after first declining to answer the question at
Wednesday night square dancers will circle to the calls of Walter Hutcherson, one of the organizers of the Shirts and Skirts Square Dance club and instructor of square | dancing at Jefferson high school.
Beginners may take advantage jslca* anc* Mental Disease." of a special instruction period from	spi'es *s primarily planned
7:30 to 8 p.m. conducted by Tom lo1 Paients, physicians, and social Wire.
workers.
At 8, dancers will -swirl across the floor of 108 PE in both square and round dances which, the University Recreation association has promised, will be geared to various levels of experience.
The dances are free, and are open to all students, faculty members, and friends.
Tickets are available through the Schoo1 of Social Work, which is sponsoring the series, and at each lecture.
Beethoven billed for noon music
all, suddenly ventured, "We do not seem to be prepared for such a conflict at this time."
After a long pause, he elaborated "We should not use the A-bomb at this time as it is not necessary."
A mature student in the lounge of the Student Union insisted on remaining anonymous, but was nevertheless the most talkative interviewee of all.
“We are actually lighting Russia now,” he began. “We probably should come to direct grips with Russia immediately rather than wasting our men and resources in lighting Russian satellites.’’	,
He said "We should use every resource at our command, once engaged in such a war. ... It will take all our technological resources and know-how to win an all-out conflict in any case.”
Hancock p.uditorium will wear an air of genteel refinement tomor-
i	nmimac	I row wlien tlie School of Music pre-
nCIS Dig II Cl III © S	sents Music at Noon from 12:15 to
Violinist Alex Murray, with ac- 1 12:50 p.m. companist Theodore Saidenberg, will j Beethoven, in a subdued voice, be presented in a special sonata	be beard when his Quartet
recital by the School of Music at *or Strings in C Minor, Op. 18, 8:30 tomorrow night in Hancock No- 4 is Played. Tlie chamber group
will include Irving Geller and Bernard Levin, violin; Douglas Shelon, viola; and Marie Manahan, celio. Faculty, students and then friends
auditorium.
Murray is concertmaster cf the Republic Pictures recording orchestra and has concertized extensively throughout the United States in are invited to attend this fice prorecitals and as soloist \k ith leading j 8ram-symphony orchestras.
He will be assisted by pianist Saidenberg who recently completed a tour with Yehudi Menuhin. I ... who signed up for the URA Tickets for this free recital may sponsored Huntington library lour, be obtained at the School of Mu- scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday may sic.	I Pick up their tickets in 108 PE.
Students .
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