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Vol. XLI
72 Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, Nov. 21, 1949	Phone ri 5472
No. 51
C Orators Co North
tanford Sets -Day Debate
SC’s unbeaten debate team faces its toughest hurdle of he year today at Stanford university where the three-day rest-ern Speech association convenes.
The team shoved off Sunday morning by train and will turn home Thursday evening.
Thirty-six uni\&ersities and col
»es will be represented in this urnament, including schools from "ah, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, d Arizona.
Topic for the important meet is resolved, that the United States ould adept a Marshall plan for e Orient.”
“The strength exhibited by the : uad in our first two tournaments I /e us high hopes of doing quite 11 at Stanford,” said Dr. Alan cols, head debate coach.
SC's debaters swept past all op-jsition in the first two tourna-snts this year at Los Angeles city liege and Santa Barbara. rted Bowman, assistant coach, es-mated that the tournament will 't from 12 to 14 hours a day dur-g the three-day run.
Fourteen SC debaters are making he trip. Each team will debate at ;ast six rounds and each contes-mt will enter two individual ;'ents.
Events slated for the tournament "e extemporaneous speaking, im-=omptu speaking, interpretation, ter-dinner speaking, experimental eaking, student congress, and or-tory.
Dr. Nicols, Bowu.^n, and Omar ureishi will accompany the squad. “The debate squad is doing ex-iptionally well, just as I predicted irlier in the year,” said Kureishi.
If there were a Rose Bowl for de-te, we would be in it for sure.” ‘The team winner of this touma-nt stands an excellent chance of tering the national tournament at ^st Point in the spring,” pointed t Bowman.
debaters making this trip are vid Cooney, Dale Drum, David ^nter, Howard Kotler, Ed Steg->n, James Kraus, Barbara Lohr-nn, Wayne McClaskey, Joseph ;Clure, James Norcop, Dean Pic’l, Ilian Stevens, Al Wiggins, and ilton Yusim.
Mail Plan Would Save SC $7500
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Awarded Band's Arranger
e Squire plaque, surprise part the pregame rally Friday, was ’ardcd to Band Arranger Frank lickson who has arranged all SC ’id music for the football games is year.
resentation of the bronze plaque made by Squire President Bill ements at the rally platform in nt of the new LAS building, tudent spirit was bolstered by rts Commentator Frank Bull A Herald-Express Sports Editor rge Davis, who recalled the rec-of SC victories over UCLA.
band and cheerleaders tried rouse the less-than-expected wd into a confident feeling of other victory this year.
Registration by mail would save the University about $7500 a year, Allen Arthur, chairman of the Greater University Projects committee. said Friday.
“Although there are many obstacles and problems to solve, the program could be started in some form for the Spring semester,” he said.
Arthur said the logical plaCcfe to introduce mail registration would be the Graduate School and University College. The Graduate School has about 3600 students, 1 per cent of whom already register this way.
Research has shown that one of the biggest problems will be the same one faced by UCLA when it tried pre-enrollment. Reports show that about 1800 former Bruin students didn’t re-enroll, but that they held their R-cards out.
Another problem facing the committee is the procurement of an IEM machine. These machines cannot be bought, but must be leased. They are in such demand that it sometimes takes a year to have one delivered. At the present time the university sends som# of its registration work downtown to the IBM bureau to be compiled.
Registration by mail won’t come all at once, but by degrees, Arthur said.
Arthur said that he first became interested in the problem of mail registration when he enrolled at SC a year ^go, after coming from LACC. He stated that while it took him a whole day to register at SC.
' it was a very simple procedure at LACC, where the IBM system is ’used.
ermonters Total O’ Says Registrar
by RUSSELL E. WARD
[Anybody here from Vermont? The registrar’s report on geo-phic distribution of students says re are 15.837 day students at \ There are people with home ad-^ses in 47 states, 45 foreign counts, 4 territories, and the District Columbia. FV>ur foreign students e stateless.
No SC student resides in Ver-ont.
There are two students from Ice-d, three from Afghanistan, five m Australia, three from Egypt, d one from Lithuania, Vermont closer.
California students lead the list ’th a total registration of 13.994, eluding 10.108 living in Los Ange-Next highest states are New rk with 178, Illinois with 132, and ~n& with 100.
Lowest state registrations are from South Carolina, three; and Delaware, two. Vermont has a big. fat zero.
Of the 280 students from foreign countries, 48 are from China, 44 from India, and 16 each from Iran and the Philippines. Vermont is not listed as a foreign country:
U.S. territories are represented by 41 students from Hawaii, three from the Canal Zone, three from Puerto ftico. and two from Alaska. Vermont is not a territory.
The four stateless foreign students no longer reside in their native countries, but have not become US. citizens, said Howard W. Patmore. registrar. Perhaps they could find homes in Vermont.
Nobody from Vermont, hmm—nobody from Russia, either.
Editorial
★ Goodby, Mr. Podmore
The time for action has arrived. It had been the hope of the editor that that time would not come, for the action once started cannot be stopped.
The issue, in case anyone is in doubt, is the Homecoming Queen contest and its chairman, Mr. Richard Podmorfe.
There have been a number of letters, requests, and comments that the story wasn’t clear; that more information was needed; that the Daily Trojan had been "reached;” that news was being suppressed; that Mr. Podmore had made the Daily Trojan look as if it had been influenced by him; that he, Mr. Podmore, had actually written the story; that the investigation and report was all his (Podmore’s) idea; that the story wasn’t true, or at least certain parts of it were not true.
There have been a number of accusations tossed at the Daily Trojan. These have been (1) Daily Trojan was whitewashing Mr. Podmore; (2) Mr. Podmore was making the Daily Trojan look like a pawn in his hand; (3) Daily Trojan was wrong for printing the story.
It has further been brought to the attention of the Daily Trojan that certain facts in the Homecoming Queen contest story were in error.
It is time for action on these matters. The Daily Trojan cannot stand idly by and see its integrity and honesty attacked. The Daily Trojan, interested as every newspaper must be in freedom of the press, cannot afford to have its readers’ trust undermined.
The Daily Trojan has been fair with Mr. Podmore, but Mr. Podmore has not been fair with the Daily Trojan.
And so the story, sordid though it may be, must be told.
The investigation of the Homecoming Queen contest was the sole idea of the editor of this paper. On his ©wn initiative, the editor, after observing the crowning of the Homecoming Queen and after reports had reached him that something was not up to par, launched a three-way investigation by phone, mail, and personal conferences.
The story reeked of great ramifications. The editor, having at heart the interest of the University, thought it advisable to take the matter to Dr. Hyink, dean of students. Further, Dr. Hyink proposed, and the editor agreed, to the formation of a committee. Bill Bird, Homecoming chairman, was asked to serve, because of the reflection the results might have on him. Doug Morgan was asked to be a member because he had factual information vital to the investigation. Dr. Zech, counselor of men, and Miss Moreland, counselor of women were asked for obvious reasons /to serve. Tom Shea was asked to serve because of his connection with the facts and Homecoming.
Mr. Richard Podmore was not a MEMBER of the committee, but he was the star witness.
The first meeting of the committed was held on Monday, Oct. 31, the date of the crowning of the Homecoming Queen. The meeting was adjourned and a meeting was called for Tuesday afternoon.,
At that meeting, the entire committee was given the facts concerning notations in the judge’s notebooks, among other things not pertinent to the discussion at hand. Mr. Podmore was there, but refused to make a statement.
The editor of the Daily Trojan viewing with alarm what would happen if the story broke during Homecoming week agreed to a postponement of further committee investigation until Homecoming week was over. But the investigation itself did not stop.
Monday afternoon after Homecoming week, the committee met with all members in attendance. All the facts concerning the contest and the attempt to fix it were bared. It became increasingly difficult to believe the story.
Mr. Podmore, center of all the fire of the committee, made his statement.' The statement was riddled with inaccuracies and inconsistencies. His statement was more a rationalization of why he had done what he did rather than a denial. At NO time did Mr. Podmore deny annotating the notebooks. At NO time did Mr. Podmore deny that he did this because he wanted to select the few from which the Queen was to be chosen. Indeed at NO time did Mr. Podmore deny that he was trying to pick the Queen.
Evidence at the meeting included copies of the notated books, written communications from the judges, a picture of the Queen and contestants lined up on the stage, written copies of remarks of various people connected with the contest, and a written charge by the editor of the Daily Trojan.
With all this evidence, the committee decided that in the interest of the contestants themselves and that of the University, names of favored contestants would not be released. The committee further decided that some action was- necessary to prevent in the future such attempts to manipulate contests.
Mr. Podmore was well aware of these facts, for he was at the committee meeting, but not a MEMBER of the committee.
Action on the result of the committee’s investiga-
The Daily Trojan thought the there.
case would end
It did no such thing. By 4:30 Friday afternoon, a report was given to the editor of the Daily Trojan that Mr. Podmore was claiming that he wrote the story, that the investigation was all his idea, and that the story should whitewash him.
By Monday, the story was making the rounds that the Daily Trojan had been used by Podmore to clear his stand; that the Daily Trojan editor had been bribed, or if not bribed, at least pressured.
The Daily Trojan could not stand by and see its integrity thusly attacked. The Daily Trojan had not been bribed; it had not been pressured; and it DEFINITELY had not been used by Podmore.
Mr. Podmore had broken the trust placed in him by the investigating committee. Perhaps he thought it was his duty to fix the DT, but. it couldn’t have worked.
Mr. Podmore visited the editor’s office on Monday, after learning from some source that the Daily Trojan was going to “blast” him editorially the next day.
Naturally, the Daily Trojan was interested in Mr. Podmore. The DT wanted to clear its name, to restore to the readers the trust it had held. Mr. Podmore was not easy to deal with. How could one deal with one who had broken a secret trust?
The Daily Trojan editor, thinking quite seriously of blasting Mr. Podmore, finally agreed that if he (Podmore) would sign a statement to the effect that he did not write the story or start the investigation, and that he knew' Dr. Hyink and the DT Editor had conducted the investigation, and that Frank Ashley, DT Editor, had written the story, then action would not take place, PROVIDED no further comment was made by Podmore.
But the trust was broken by Podmore.
Here was a man, a Senator representing the University campus at large. Here was a man, a member of a social fraternity, bound by the initiation rites and a gentleman’s honor, to a code of ethics. Here was a man, planning someday to enter State Department or other Federal service. Here was a man, needing more than any one else, a clear name and an unquestionable reputation.
Here was a man who had broken his trust. A man who actually perjured himself. A man who actually had stood before an investigating committee and lied. A man who had signed a statement unfier conditions and then immediately broke those conditions. Here WAS a man, indeed.
The past tense is correct. For he no longer deserves the title man. He no longer deserves the trust so vitally needed to be a Senator. He no longer deserves to wear the pin of ANY fraternity. He no longer deserves serious consideration by anyone for anything. The Daily Trojan certainly no longer holds any respect for him.
If the Daily Trojan had its way, Mr. Podmore would be kicked out of the fraternity to which he belongs. If the DT had its say so, Mr. Podmore would not be around this University very long.
For if Mr. Podmore is not undermining faith in future Trojans as well as those now on campus, then Mr. Podmore should get a-shining white horse.
Mr. Podmore’s actions are not those of a Trojan. He in no conceivable way deserves to be identified with the University of Southern California.
A repentent crook is one thing. An unrepentent, unsuccessful cheap politician is another. And the latter term fits Mr. Podmore.
He has brought undue publicity to the University. He has brought undue publicity to his fraternity. He has brought undue publicity to the Student Senate. He has gotten himself into a lot of hot water that is not going to be easy getting out of.
Viewing all the facts, the Daily Trojan recommends that action be taken. The action should run along the following lines:
1.	That all fraternities and organizations, honorary or otherwise, bar Mr. Podmore from membership.
2.	That Dr. Hyink convene the investigating committee to consider disciplinary action for Mr. Podmore.
Open the door, Richard, it’s Hello and Farewell.
In short, Goodby, Mr. Podmore.
SC Grids Head East Tomorrow
by GEORGE AMBROSE
Jeff Cravath’s fighting Trojans head for college football’s toughest assignment—to beat Notre Dame Saturday—after a convincing and inspiring 21-7 victory over a fighting Bruin team before 75,000 partisan fans in the Coliseum Saturday.
The Trojans, led by a virtually unknown but extremely
capable quarterback named Dean*——----
Schneider never gave up fighting ■ ■ .
Unity Party Ousts Gray in Closed Session
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tion was delayed until Thursday morning meeting was held.
At that meeting the editor of the Daily Trojan charged Mr. Richard Podmore with fixing the Homecoming Queen Contest. The Daily Trojan thought the evidence in this case warranted the charge. Closer scrutiny indicated this was not true.
A story written for publication in accordance with the wishes of the investigating committee, of which the Daily Trojan editor was a member, was printed Friday morning Nov. 11.
The story was a kid-gloved one. It was meant to be vague in spots. It was not the intention of the DT to crucify any one, for the committee had agreed that none of the information in the committee hearing would be released. Here was the committee, honor-bound not to talk about the facts of the case.
never
until the final gun sounded as they took their traditional cross-town rivals into camp in this, the “biggest game.”
Two other players, along with* the whole Trojan line, played out- ’ standing ball. Don “Boom-Boom Burke, once one of SC’s most high ly touted fullbacks, came into ac tion again and crunched his way through the Bruin line time and time again. Little Johnny Williams played stellar defensive and offen sive ball to pace the Trojan backs.
The plaudits received by Dean Schneider for the magnificent job he did in guiding SC to its great victory were justly deserved. Few in -xperienced performers h a v stepped into key roles and delivered as Dean did.
With no varsity minutes at quar terback under his belt, Schneider displayed signs of nervousness at first, then settled down, calling ’em
DT-DB Jinx ‘Aids’ in Troy Win Saturday
The Daily Trojan jinx worked on the Bruins again.
Tradition has it that when the Daily Bruin defeats the Daily Trojan in the prelude to the “biggest” game, the Trojan varsity always defeats the Bruin varsity. Only once in the 15 odd years the DT-DB classic has gone on has this tradition been broken and that year, crooked SC referees were responsible for the DT win.
Oh yes, Friday the Daily Bruin won, 12-6.
(See* sports page for further details)
smartly and tossing beautiful port-side passes.
The 20-year-old graduate of Dorsey high passed for two touchdowns, the first to end Bill Jessup with but 45 seconds of play remaining in the first half.
DEAN TO SCOOTER
The second payoff pitch came in the final period. With fourth and four on the Bruin 18-yard line, Schneider faded and shot a high pass into the arms of Johnny Williams, who took it in the southeast comer of the end zone.
Although it was Schneider’s day, equal credit should go to the big SC forward wall. At full strength for the first time since the season opener against Navy, the linemen led by Jim Bird and Paul McMurtry were positively vicious.
They never gave the vaunted Westwood running attack a chance to get started. The Bruins advanced the ball 110 yards via rushing but were dumped for losses totaling 67 yards and wound up with a net gain of 43 yards for the afternoon. aOYS WILL BE—
Troy’s first score came after a first quarter of sparring which was marked by hard-fought line play. Tempers flared at times and re-(Continued on Page 3)
Bill Gray was ousted from the Unity party at a closed meeting of the steering committee Friday afternoon.
“This action was taken in view of the fact that Gray had expressed a desire to become dissociated from the party and does not support the principles of the party,” Chairman Jim Roberts said.
The session was a stormy one, ar 4 heated exchanges at times suggest-* ed that perhaps discontented factions might bolt from Unity ranks.
Several members of the steering committee voted against the Gray ouster motion, claiming that they objected to the reasons for the removal not being plainly stated in the measure.
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Gray announced his resignation last week, but never submitted a formal, written resignation to the steering committee although requested to do so, Roberts said.
Unity called a special meeting of its steering committee to take action on Gray’s informal resigrition.
It’s final and official now,” Roberts said. “Gray is no longer a member of Unity party.”
Justifying the expulsion of Gray from the party, Roberts said, “He has repeatedly failed to attend meetings of the party. Due to the trouble that we have in finding Gray, it appears that we don’t spend our time outside of class hours in any of the same places.
“And too, he hasn't performed the duties of the office for which he was elected,” Roberts added.
Explaining this, he said, “Gray has just now begun to appoint his independent council. He was elected last spring and is some six months in carrying out his responsibilities.”
Sendoff Rally Gains Ground
Union station will be swamped with SC rooters between 5 and ® pjn. -tomorrow when private cars and seven chartered busses carry the student body to the trains for the Notre Dame sendoff.
Plans are still developing to make •the huge car caravan a football rally for the Trojan gridmen to remember when they get to South Bend.
Knight Morrle Johnson saw nounced that all sororities and fraternities have agreed to set their dinner hours ahead to 4:30 so that the organizations can make the rally which leaves University avenue at 5 p.m.
UCLA No University Its a...Its a .lts a?
by JOE LIDDY
It took an attorney from the State Board of Equalization to recognize ’ what we at SC knew all the time—(U) CLA IS NOT A UNIVERSITY.
According to Hugh Strachen, the attorney, “The law requires that 500 students be in readiness on a campus before the institution can be called a university and be protected from bars within a one-mile limit.”
This all came about because a request for a liquor license on Westwood boulevard was fought on the grounds that the site., of the proposed bar is too., close., to Sawtelle hospital, the YMCA, and the now indescribable institution...
But, if ?CLA is not a university, what is it? Knowing of no better place to find out than the campus in question, the DT sent a reporter to the Bruin den. As you might suspect, there were a variety of answers, none of them enlightening.
The first student questioned had to have the name spelled out for him several times. A native Angeleno, he seemed to have considerable difficulty in remembering a school in the Westwood vicinity. In order not to get a biased opinion, the DT decided not to
rely on his questionable—but justifiable memory.
The second man was better qualified. He was aware of the Bruin eat of learning, though not quite sure of the name. He thought it was a trade school for painters.
Others polled proved to be equally hazy. One coed took a long guess, saying, “It’s a crime of some sort, isn’t it?”
The chess player in the student lounge had a ready answer. After 45 minutes of careful deliberation, he said, “It’s a — nope; it’s a—
it’s
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no, not that either; was deadline time.
Final results of the completely unbiased opinion poll proved rather startling. The relative obscurity of the Westwooders, except in the narrow confines of Azusa, home of an alumnus, was nothing new to the DT. But tha most amazing fact of all was tha complete lack of surprise over the Bruin school not having the statu3 of “university.” Not one person questioned was even remotely aware that the crosstown institution possessed the distinction in the first place.
The majority of the people queried tabbed ?CLA as a dancehall, a home for the aged, or a brand of soap.