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Los Angeles, Galif., Monday, Nov. 14, 1949
Night Phone RI. 5472
No. 46
Groups Free Play Tickets Offered
For Stop-Gap One-Act Series
One new committee was formed and an old one was rein-ated by the ASSC Senate last Wednesday and both will Ting into action his week. A Senate liaison committee, eaded by Bob Scoilin, was recommended by President Bob adgett. The committee will see that all Senate resolutions
placed in the proper hands. *--
irst action of the committee il be to take to the Board of stees the Senate's recommenda-p that Padgett be given an hon-iry seat on the board. If the lard accepts this recommendation, idpett •will be the first student to sit on tht board.
RECONSIDER RESOLUTION The Senate action against the unty antivivisectionist resolution :sed last July will be taken to e Board of Supervisors by Scol-and his committee, which in-ucifs Ruk Stoddard and Keith
Mail Sign-Up Test Suggested By Greater U
Use of an SC school or college as a test for mail registration was suggested at the graduate school organizational meeting Friday by Allen Arthur, chairman of the Greater University Special Projects subcommittee.
“The logical start for mail registration is within a group smaller than the entire student body, and, ii it works, then extend it to the entire university,” Arthur told the' graduate students.
Such groups usually have fewer limited section classes and there would be less chance of R-card mixups, Arthur said.
IBM AT IOWA Arthur has investigated different facilities in other schools. At the University of Iowa, he said, regular pre-registration takes about 15 to 30 minutes per student. An IBM system has been used at Iowa since the late 1920s.
Any such system would eliminate or at least reduce the need for mail registration, Arthur said. Purdue university has a 100 per cent ~es according to Howard Kotler, j mechanized system now in use, he •ho recommended it to the Senate, said.
Free Tickets to the three one-act plays to be put on by the Experimental theater of the drama department will be available today at the Drama office, 3709 South Hoover street.
The plays will be presented at the Stop-Gap theater Wednesday through Saturday nights, Nov. 16-19. As they are student-acted and directed, the plays will give additional experience to actors on the campus.
The program consists of “Portrait of a Madonna,” Tennessee Williams, “Wuzzel-Flumery” A. A. Milne; and “The Pot Boiler,” Alice Gerstenberg. Stan Johnson will direct the Williams play, Frank Rowe, the Milne play, and Al Barrett, the Gerstenberg one-actor.
Fund-Raising Scheme Sought For Parking Problem Survey
The resolution asxed the Super-sois to reconsider their resolution hich forbids the release of pound limals to medical schools and jpioved laboratories.
A meeting of the new Student fe committee is scheduled for ;xt week to elect a chairman and d four students and two faculty eirbers to its number.
The committee is made up of the SSC president and vice president, ie AWS and AMS presidents, the junselors of men and women, and ie dean of students.
ASSC BUDGET Under a new budget rule passed y the Senate last week, any stu-ent organization that receives untis from the ASSC budget may :tition to the Senate for addition-J funds if they go over their allotment.
This new rule has two .advan-
Groups Plan Thorough Newcomer Orientation
t will allow the Senate to give ore money to organizations ressed by extenuating circumstances. and it will form a record hich will guide future budget rec-mmendations.
eep's B-17, Blimp early Collide
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13—0!*— n Air Force B-17 bringing Vice-resident Alben W. Barkley back the capital from Paducah. Ky„ kme “within 50 feet"’ of ramming in advertising blimp while landing ere last Thursday night, it was vealed tonight.
The crew of the flying fortress iid the blimp apparently was fly-g without lights in the landing attem of the National airport ere. Barkley, who was not aware f his brush with death, was not formed of it until the following jay.
Capt. William J. Lookado. public elt. tions officer at Bolling Air orce base here where the B-17 af. based, said the near-collision ^curred almost over the Pentagon uilding. Barkley’s plane was flying at about 1100 feet at the time. First Lt. Elmer El Whitten of mpasas. Tex., 29-year-old co-pilot f the B-17. said in his report that J,the distance between the aircraft jid the balloon was so close that he glare of the (plane's) exhaust lacie a reflection on the top skin f the balloon.’*
The blimp also was seen by Capt. | 7illiam R. Hunuchousc. 33, of Dannie. 111., and Staff Sgt. Otheller B. Hoke. *,9. of Mineral WpIIs. Tex., the Air Force said. Three other rewmen aboard did not see the blimp.
Frank Getty, a spokesman for e Goodyear Tire and Rubber company, which operates the ad-*ertising blunp. said the Civil Aero-autics administration investigated the incident after the Air Force complained and the com’iany was iveii a clean bill.
If the university decided to mechanize registration there would still be problems, Arthur continued. New equipment could not be obtained for 10 or 11 months since IBM, manufacturer of the machines, is behind in filling orders.
BORROW MACHINES
One way to overcome this would be to use machinery being replaced by other institutions until the order can be filled, Arthur said.
At the meeting, the graduate school student body elected temporary officers and adopted a temporary constitution.
Bud Mittenthal. social chairman, discussed plans for a dance to be held December 10.
Officers elected were Bill Stevens, president; Marcia lick, vice-president; Helen Sherwin, secretary; and Bert Lamberti, treasurer.
Get-Aquainted Course Studied By Mortar Board
Mortar Board, senior women's honorary, is studying the possibility of setting up of an orientation course to be included in the SC curriculum.
“This course would fulfill a definite purpose in acquainting newcomers to SC with the school.” Rae
Film Classics Alters Program For Our Town'
by CYRIL SCHNEIDER
The movie-making techniques of William Cameron Menzi-- will be shown this .evening at 8 in Hancock- auditorium when the Film Classics series presents “Our Town" in place of the previously scheduled “Carnival of Flanders.” Tickets are no longer available.
Before the movie starts, Menzies, who teaches an art direction class in the cinema department, will give a short talk about the film.
TOP FLIGHT Menzies, an old-timer in Hollywood, did the production design for “Our Town.” He is considered to be one of the top flight production designers in the movie industry. He was the director of H. G. Wells’ famous “Shape of Things to Come,” and also aided in the art work of other Hollywood greats, notably Schiavone said, “is to make the “Gone With the Wind’’ and “Pride
Better Freshmen Counseling Asked By Committee
“A lack of proper counseling for new students means starting off in a hole scholastically,” Dan Schiavone, newly-appointed chairman of the orientation committee, said last week.
“The aim of our committee,”
Hasty Action' Decried as O'Sullivan Seeks Support
Solution of SC’s overgrown parking monster temporarily bogged down over the weekend as Chairman Frank O’Sullivan took time out to devise new methods of raising money to conduct a survey. The parking committee hit a snag last week when the ASSC senate refused to vote S100 to finance
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ture.
Haas, president, said last week. The i camPus less bewildering for all in-
members of the Mortar Board are enthusiastic over its possibilities.
Scope, needs, number of units, and whether it should be a requirement for all students or just for freshmen has not been decided yet, Mrs. Haas said.
The Mortar Board plans to invite Dr. Tracy B. Strevey, dean of Letters, Arts, and Sciences; Helen Hall Moreland, counselor of women; Dr. Julia McCorkle. associate professor of English; and student campus leaders to express their opinions on what the course should include.
“Other schools have required orientation courses which has worked very successfully,” Mrs. Haas said. The board plans to solicit opinions from schools that have 1 such courses.
Mrs. Haas emphasized that the final report will be purely advis- ( ory. The administration of the university ’ must make the final deci- j sion on the course.
The board's report will be sub- J mitted to the Senate who will ex- | amine it and make recommenda tions to the administration.
coming students, and to instill the proper Trojan spirit In them.” Schiavone said that last year's picnics and smokers would be continued as orientation devices.
He and his committee will tell incoming students about such things as counseling services, student government, and social organizations.
He said- the committee would stress the importance of having new students know as much as possible about campus organizations and how the Student Body government functions.
Low freshmen especially, Schiavone said, get very confused in their first few days at SC because they do not know where to turn for proper guidance.
of the Yankees.”
He is currently doing experimental work in television and is developing a video production of Poe’s “Tell-Tale Heart.”
WOOD DIRECTED “Our Town,” based on tohe Broadway play by Thornton Wilder, is a Sol Lesser production directed by the late Sam Wood. The film, starring William Holden. Martha Scott, Thomas Mitchell, and Fay Bainter, is a warm, heart-touching tale of the people in a small country town.
The movie is marked by its skillful camera work and excellent staging. A good example of the art work in the film is tihe dark, lonely effect created by an impressionistic cemetery scene.
An impressive musical background is provided for the film by Aaron Copeland.
LAS President George Woolery dropped the ante to $90 by premising O'Sullivan $10 to help solve the machine age problem. In the meantime, O'Sullivan considered, and then rejected a money raising plan similar to the penny pitching i day two years ago to buy Tommy ! Trojan a new sword.
The greatest hope for raising the money is to have the senate reconsider its action and vote the money at the next meeting. According to O'Sullivan, voting was rather hasty and the members of the ASSC senate did not have time to think over their position.
COMMITTEE MAY ACT As an alternative to senate approval, members of the senate fi-Problems encountered in the LAS i nance committee can meet and college will be presented to Dean ; vote the parking survey money Tracy E. Strevey and division heads without senate approval. Members this week by a new student affairs ' this committee include Tom Per
SC Debaters Take Gaucho Meet Awards
TRACY E. STREVEY To Get Problems
Strevey to Get New LAS Plans
SC Rifle Club Tries, Tries; Can t Outshoot NROTC
China Missionary To Talk at Forum
“Some Chinese Interpretations of Christianity” will be discussed by | Dr. Samuel H. Leger. professor of sociology at George Pepperdine college. in an address before the 39th semi-annual Philosophy forum tomorrow at 4:15 pjn.. Bowne (hall.
During his 25 years in China as an educational missionary. Dr. Leger became acquainted with Chinese leaders who are now cooperating with the Co/.imunist party in China.
Five of these 25 years were spent as nation?1 secretary of the Church of Christ, a union of 17 groups representing the largest Protestant church in China. In addition, he was a teacher of sociology at the Fukien Christian university.
Dr. Leger taught Chinese at the Naval Officers’ Language school, Boulder. Colo., when he first returned to the United States. He is the author of a Fu Chow dialect dictionary which was published in Shanghai.
Graduate
Notice
The third time wasn’t a charm. Saturday morning's fourth return-rifle match with the NROTC team would finally-sink the midshipmen, so said members of the SC Rifle and Pistol club.
But the Middies fired their way to a fourth straight victory over SC riflemen with a close score of 864 to 854.
Midshipman Robert B. Hitchcock
Schedule for candidates seek- | je(j -iavai assault by pin-point
Padgett, Followers Now Happy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Unity To Vote on Gray
Unity party will take official no-tio* of Bill Gray's resignation at its meeting Wednesday.
Gray, whose resignation was told In Friday's ’laily Trojan, has not submitted a formal resignation to the party, a spokesman said “But it is a sale prediction that the steering committee will accept his verbal resignation by unani-ious vote.” said Jim Roberts, Unty chairman.
Roberts and ASSC President Bob ad?ett made a joint statement
i that they are “happy Gray has made- his position clear to Unity and to thc student body.”
Gray, as a member of Unity, was also a member of the steering committee, by ’irtue of his seat on the ASSC senate.
His acfions as a representative of the independent students have drawn sharp criticism from Unity spokesmen. He was read out of the party at one time, but reinstated because he had not been present when thc action was taken.
ing master’s degrees in June 1950.
Tuesday, Nov. 22.
Final day to present to the Dean of the Graduate School petition for admission to candidacy for the Master’s degree (June 1950) on basis of:
at a satisfactory score in the Graduate Record Examination, and
b) satisfactory thesis outline and bibliography.
This petition must be endorsed by the student's chief advistfr.
Tuesday, April ±8. 1950.
Final day to present preliminary draft of thesis to committee.
Tuesday, May 9, 1950.
Final day tc present preliminary thesis approval, signed by each member of committee, to the Dean of Graduate School.
Tuesday, •*:»>- 23, 1950.
Final day U> present final draft of thesis to committee together with blank approval sheets for committee’s signatures. Wednesday, May i 1950.
a)	Final day to present final draft of thesis to the Graduate School, with signature sheets signed by each nembcr ? the committee, and signature *ard.
Thursday, June 1, 1950.
Final day to present final draft to the bindery In Doheny library (north wing, ground floor», for acceptance by the library. When thesis is accepted, the bindery librarian will sign a 4 x 6 thesis approval card, which the candidate will return to the Dean’s office, as a final clearanre ut the thesis.
b)	Final day to pay library thesis binding fee ($13) at business office in Owens hall.
Blank forms for thesis approvals are available in the Graduate School Off’ce. 258 Administration building.
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competition’s high score
SU Committe Tryout Today
Applicants H>r the Student Union committee will be interviewed no later than Wednesday, according to Beth Aspen, chairman.
Interviews will be given between 1:30 and 3 p.m. today and Wednesday in 220 Student Union. Petitions are at the information desk on the second floor.
The committee • has complete charge of the Union building. Plans for the year 'nclude investigation of the bookstore and cafeteria. A perfect Student Union setup is the goal of the committee, which will study the arrangements in other universities and colleges.
Miss Aspen said that only sincerely interested students will be accepted on the committee.
One member of the defeated squad was forced to discard her rifle and borrow another one halfway through the contest.
She had fired 22-blank ammunition throughout the parade’s march and had forgotten to clean the rifle afterwards. At the match her shots were keyholing the targets—the bullets left the rifle normally but by the time they reached the mark, 50 feet %way, they hit the target side-on, not point-first. Hanzal and Terry E. Mann, 167.
The two teams will meet UCLA varsity, Stanford university, and California rifle teams Dec. 3 The fiverway match will be held in the Los Angeles armory, on the SC NROTC range, and at the UCLA range.
Meanwhile talent scouts for the SC Rifle club are searching for recruits with steady trigger fingers and eyes that can hold rifle sights to the bullseye. A representative of the club will be in the Student Union lounge Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Trojan Chest Head To Pick Committee
Interviews for the- Trojan Chest i committee will be held 2:30 p.m. : Wednesday, in the Blue Key office, j 402 SU.
Chairmen for finance, posters, j rally, donkey softball game, Trojan-ality contest, collections, publicity, as well as secretaries will be chosen.
“Freshmen and undergraduates are especially wanted.” Dennis Murphy, chest chairman said.
Any student with ideas for raising funds may contact Murphy either at the interviews or at the Kappa Alpha house.
Pole Sitters Forced Atop Hancock Roof
Two human flies atop the KUSC antenna on the roof of Hanuck auditorium Friday were not flagpole sitters, nor were they perched in that position for a better view of thc west windows of EVK. The truth is a junction box had burned out. forcing them to the roof.
The junc^'on box distributes power to the four radio signal radiators on the top of the tower. Coaxial cable feeds the power to these lines through the junction box. The simple iitlie device Just, shorted out.
The two daredevils were Carson Donaldson, chief engineer, and Howard Cooper, student chief engineer. KUSC, the campus FM station, was off the air all day Friday due to the difficulty.
committee.
The 12-man committee, sponsored by the LAS council, will investigate orientation problems. Members are interested in raising the attendance of new students at orientation meetings. They feel new students have not been sufficiently encouraged to attend the programs.
The committee also feels that many departments have inadequate counseling systems, particularly for the upper classmen.
The merits of certain compulsory courses is to be questioned in the committee’s re-evaluation of curriculum. Other courses, they feel, may be of more value than some which are now required.
FINALS FOR SENINORS?
In its study of teaching methods, the committee is interested in eliminating final examinations for seniors so that they will not have to wait for grades to find out if they have been graduated.
The committee will also push the plan of having lecture notes mimeographed in advance and made available to students so they may listen to the speaker rather than spend their time writing.
Use cf the honor system to alleviate cheating in the large LAS classes will be considered as a solution to cribbing.
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The committee will try to encourage more women to enter SC, particularly to LAS. They are considering addition of a home economics course as a possible drawing card.
Suggestions frcm LAS students are welcomed by George Woolery. LAS president. They may be left in a box on the second floor of the Student Union.
Member^ of the new committee will be chosen by Woolery, Burnell Grissman, and Deidre Broughton.
Their general aims are to improve student welfare and interest in LAS, and to promote better stu-dent-faculty relations.
ry, senator at large; Bob Padgett, ASSC president; and Howard Kotler, IFC president. O'Sullivan hopes to get these three together this week and have them consider the matter.
Actual opposition by the senate to the survey was almost 2 to 1. Of those voting, 16 nos were tabulated and 9 ayes. Some of the senators thought that the parking questionnaire should be more thorough. O’Sullivan was quick to add that he agreed to this in the senate meeting.
DRASTIC PROPOSAL
Another opposing member of the ASSC senate wanted more immediate action. His plan was to get unlimited parking space immediately. The only suggestion he could offer on how to do this was to hire a bulldozer to tear down a few acres of the aging buildings on campus.
Suggestions are still flowing in to the parking committee but the concensus of opinion is that the money and the solution will have to come from the students themselves.
Songfest Contest Pointers Offered
Songfest contestants will receive help and suggestions for improving their choral technique at a meet-
Orgs Obey Race Law or Lose Rights
Led by Al Wiggins and Dean Pic’l, who each won two certificates of special distinction, SC's talented debate squad captured more awards than any other school in the Santa Barbara individual events tournament at Santa Barbara over the wreekend.
The tournament started at 4 pjn. Friday and didn’t end until 6 Saturday evening.
Aside from Wiggins and Pic’l, other SC debaters to receive certificates were Mary Lou Francis, Dale Drum, Lolit Thapar. and Jim Cra-vitz.
Singled out for honorable mention were David Hunter, Anita Ca-missaroff, and Doria Bonham.
SC debaters won more awards in the student congress than in any other individual event, winning four certificates out of a possible six. “The American Foreign Policy in Regard to Problems of the Orient” was the topict in this event.
Impromptu speaking, extemporaneous speaking, oratory, and the student congress were the four events scheduled in the tournament. Twenty-one SC debaters made the trip, each student participating in two events.
Among the 17 schools that entered were UCLA, Loyola, Occidental, Pepperdine, Redlands, Sant* Barbara. Caltech, Whittier, San Diego State, Pomona, and many junior colleges.
“I hope the results of this tournament are an indication of what we will do at the Stanford tournament next week,” said Dr. Alan Nicols, head debate coach.
The debate team held a banquet at the Camillo hotel in Santa Barbara Saturday night following the tournament.
Member organizations of the ASSC who violate the new race, religion. creed, or color by-law passed by the Senate Wednesday night will be denied university facilities for organizational purposes Jack Shaffer, AMS president, said Friday. Shaffer introduced the by-law.
The law as it was passed by the Senate reads:
“Any ASSC organization which was in existence at the time of the approval of the present ASSC constitution and which has any clause in said organization's constitution which is in violation of article seven of the ASSC constitution and which by Dec. 1, 1949, cannot present the ASSC Senate definite evidence to the effect that action is being taken by the local group to effect the removal of such conflicting clause shall, upon the majority ing for all participants tomorrow at ! vote of the ASSC Senate, be denied
4:15 p.m. in 9 Music building.
Aid in the choice and arrangement of music and methods of group direction will be given by Francis Baxter, director of the University Glee clubs.
All dormitories and sororities have been invited to participate in Songfest Dec. 5 at Bovard auditorium.
further authority to exist ASSC organization."
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World Cruise Only One of Prizes for 'Maid of Cotton'
Deadline for entries in the “Maid of Cotton’’ contest is at 5 p.m. today.
The event is sponsored by Gamma Alpha Chi, retailing and advertising sorority. Three coeds will be selected to represent SC at the California “Maid of Cotton” competition in Fresno.
Winner of the Fresno contest will go to Memphis to compete in the national contest. Winner at I^em-phis will receive, among other things, an around-the-world cruise as America’s cotton representative.
Candidates must be unmarried, between the ages of 19 and 25, at least 5 feet 5 inches tall, and bom in a cotton state.
The winners will be selected in a fashion show Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the student lounge.
Critic's Lecture To Be Illustrated
Excerpts from French motion pictures will be shown in Hancock
Misplaced Label Cause of Explosion
The blast in Hancock Wednesday Warning fumes arising from the resulted from a misplaced label on , bottle gave the three persons in
a chemical bottle, investigation disclosed.
The exploded bottle originally carried a label indicating metallic auditorium at 8 tomorrow night to sodium contents, but that label had illustrate the “Cinema in Contem- j come off, leaving a label of “diio-porary French Thought” lecture. dotyrosine” exposed, a report to Jean-Rene Debrix, Parisian film the university stated, critic, will use portions of “Sym- When a research fellow in the phonie Pastorale’’ and "Monsieur biochemistry department began to Vincent,” recent French films, in wash out the bottle, the metallic
presenting the talk. Admission is free.
sodium reacted with the water to cause the explosion.
the laboratory time to reach the c^orway before the blast occurred. Solomon Notrica, research fellow, sustained the only injuries, a slight cut on the nose.
The laboratory sink was destroyed. and a bench and two doors damaged.
In four years of work in room 20 of Hancock basement, Wednesday's explosion was the first accident of importance, the report concluded.