Estimated 4500 New Students Bring Fall Enrollments Near Peak
Freshman Frolic to Open Fall Semester
Centinela Park Chosen for Lark
If swimming, softball, volleyball, dancing, tennis, food, Holiywood entertainment, and hundreds of freshmen could be the ingredients of a big picnic, the “Frosh Welcome Frolic” should be a lulu.
Planned by the university to give new students a chance
to become acquainted, the Frolic
SC Traditions Grow as Each Year Goes By
Although the walls ol the campus buildings are not covered with the green, luxuriant growths of ivy uhich characterizes some eastern universities, SC does have a collection of traditions which are growing year by year.
Thfse traditions—some relatively new and some hoary with age—are coming to be characteristic of SC.
As an example, take the term “Trojans,*’ which is appended to the athletic teams. The origin of the term has been traced back to ltyl2 when a Los Angeles Times ^sports writer said the SC team “fought like Trojans." Prior to that time, the teams were called ••Methodists” as the university was affiliated with the Methodist conference. Since that time, however, the term Trojans has been used by everyone.
A more recent bit of campus tradition is the victory bell, ~ the war prize which goes each year to the I winner of the SC-UCLA football | game.
The school acquiring the bell aft-ler a game—it is mounted on a Irubbe’ wheeled cart—paints it up I in the school colors. At football I games, the team which has it is I spurred on with its ringing each I time they make a touchdown—it | taps out the score.
A tradition not equipped with grubber tires but self-propelled is jrge Tirebiter. Tirebiter is a dog, use the term loosely.
A mixture of breeds that has
will be held in Centinela park, about six miles from campus, Tuesday afternoon. Sept. 13. from 4 until 9.
Arrangements for transportation from campus to the park are being made and will be announced later in the Daily Trojan.
Facilities which will be available exclusively to the picnickers include about 10 acres of the park with the swimming pool, tennis courts, ball diamonds, and picnic grounds.
Stars of screen and stage will be on hand to entertain students, and campus leaders will be on hand to greet the newcomers.
Transportation will leave the campus beginning at 4 p.m. Students with cars may drive to the park, which is located on Redondo boulevard, west of West boulevard in Inglewood. To get there by public transportation, the No. 5 streetcar goes right by the park.
Dancing after the picnic 6upper of hot dogs, salad, ice cream, and coffee will be available on the tennis courts. Dancing will be to popular records.
Vol. XLI
72
Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, August 17, 1949
No. 1
$3 Million Program Underway
Non-Vets Dominate
New Frosh Class
An estimated enrollment of 4500 new students far til* fall term will swell day classes in the university to within 10 per cent of last year’s peak, according to figures released recently by the director of admissions.
Last year 5737 new students entered the University, but a substantial decline in veterans ■ —-	m •
taken a number of years to produce, George is one of the more recent additions to campus lore. Last year he was made official mascot of Trojan teams and makes his appearance at all home football games.
Standing at the southeast comer of the Administration building is the Trojan shrine. It is a bronze statue of a Trojan Warrior, nicknamed “Tommy Trojan.” It was presented to the university by the Alumni association in 1930.
Another tradition which is observed dunng each football game is the Trojan War Flag. A huge cardinal and gold banner, it flies from the Administration building during each game. When the Trojans win, it flies until the following Friday. In defeat, it comes down after the game.
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James P. Clark, assistant controller of SC. has been promoted to director of commons and residence halls, according to an announcement fiom Robert D. Fisher, financial vice-president.
“dark has been head of the veterans accounts and credit division of the controller’s office since February, 1946,” Fisher said.
Under the revised building program, Clark will be in charge of three cafeterias and three dining rooms in the Student Union, a kitchen and two dining rooms in the new women's residence halls, and a kitchen and dining room in Elisabeth von KleinSmid hall.
Clark graduated from the School of Commerce in 1934. He served in the Army for five years and was discharged in 1946 with the rank of major.
PICTUHED ABOVE Is the architect's drawing of the new LAS building now under construction. When completed it will be used t o house classes in LAS on the first three floors, and offices of the College on the fourth floor.
The President's Welcome
WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA! IN COMING TO STUDY AND LIVE WITH US. YOU HAVE ADDED YOUR NAME TO THE LONG LIST OF TROJAN STUDENTS WHO HAVE ENJOYED AND PROFITED FROM THEIR STAY HERE. AND WHO HAVE MADE GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR PROFESSIONS. THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND MANKIND AT LARGE.
YOU ARE ENTERING AN INTERESTING PERIOD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY FOR, WITHIN A YEAR, FIVE NEW BUILDINGS WILL BE COMPLETED TO KEEP OUR PHYSICAL FACILITIES ABREAST OF OUR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENTS.
HERE YOU WILL FIND EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ENLARGEMENT OF YOUR MENTAL HORIZONS. FOR AN ENRICHMENT OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH, FOR THE MAKING OF ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS, AND FOR PARTICIPATION IN STIMULATING RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. HERE, ALSO, WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND ADDITIONAL MEANING IN, AND APPRECIATION FOR, THOSE INSTITUTIONS OF DEMOCRACY BY WHICH THE AMERICAN WAY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.
YOUR DAYS WILL BE EXCITING AND FULL, BUT THE GOOD YOU DERIVE HERE WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON THE CHARACTER OF THE ACTIVITIES TO WHICH YOU DEVOTE YOUR ENERGY AND TIME. MAY YOUR YEARS AT TROY BE REWARDING AND HAPPY. AND MAY YOU EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY THE KIND OF FUN THAT FOLLOWS PARTICULARLY FROM HARD WORK WELL DONE.
FRED D. FAGG JR.
FRED D. FAGG JR. . . . greetings
Student Affairs Under Students Entering Direction of ASSC lASl101861Fe,ed
New students interested in the no farther than ASSC—the Associ-
organization which directs student affairs and serves as liaison between students and the administration, faculty, and community need look
edron Microscope Aids Science
SC icientists who early this I Before they could photograph the photographed the gene with genes, the scientists had to develop
electro* microscope said recent-|that they now believe they can a picture of almost anything la cell
[This Hescs that we shouia be to bfin to leem a great deal re aiHUt many virus diseases as fjiiomyelitis and influen-said the two scientists—Dr. iel C Pease and Richard F.
ising these dis-witli the elec-but only from cells, ipn within damage.
a method of slicing tissue in ultra thin slices.
Electrons have very poor powers of penetration. They will not go through more than a few hundred thousandths of an inch of solid material effectively. This has been the big stumbling block in using the electron microscope on biological materials.
The electron microscope used by the scientists was a gift to the SC School of Medicine from the Mudd foundation. It is housed in a research room in the basement of the Allan Hancock foundation building.
~ Drs. Pease and Baker first devised a method so that slices of tissue could be cut only 1/250.000th of an inch thick. When this technique was perfected, it was almost inevitable that genes would be seen in “giant” chromosomes taken from the salivary glands of fruit flies, they said.
Chromosomes are the carriers of genes in all living things. In man, genes determine height, weight, color of hair and eyes, and many other characteristics.
In spite of magnification up to 120.000 times, the gene particles the SC scientists saw look small. Their average length is only about 1/250,000ths of an inch.
ated Students of the University of Southern California.
ASSC is divided into two main parts—executive and legislative.
Executive offioers include the ASSC president, vice-president, and secretvy; the director of student and alumni activities; and the chairmen of executive committees and councils.
The student senate is the legislative division. Senators and student body officers are elected in student body elections each spring.
The office of president is now open following recall of the newly elected president this spring after a contested election. An election to name the new president will be held in the early part of the fall semester.
The senate, which meets twice each school month, is charged with the determination of policies for the student body.
Voting members of the senate include the ASSC officers, class presidents of the various schools and colleges of the university.
Freshmen entering SC in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences will be welcomed to the university in an informal meeting in the Student Union lounge Thursday afternoon, Sept. 15 at 3.
George Woolery, president of the LAS student body, has announced a short informal program which includes a short welcome by Dean Tracy Strevey, and a few remarks | about advisement by Dr. Paul Hadley, LAS advisor.
ASSC vice-president Eilen Potter will welcome students on behalf of the university student body, and LAS president Woolery will explain LAS council duties and give the opportunities for new students in clubs and activities within the college.
One of the students’ favorite funnymen. Joe Flynn — KTLA (television) star and student in the School of Law—will emcee the program.
Following the short welcomes, representatives of LAS clubs and societies will be on hand to answer questions concerning their organizations.
Old College, for which the cornerstone was laid Sept. 20, 1884, gave way during the Christmas holidays last year for a new $1 million classroom structure to be known as Pounders hall.
When the wrecking crews moved in to dismantle tlie 64-year-old building, they ushered in a year of expansion on the SC campus which has since kept the air ringing with the hum of power tools and hammers.
Founders hall, which will be a general classroom for the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, has been under construction for several months. It will be completed sometime next Spring.
A few steps south on University avenue more workmen are starting on the new $600,000 student cafeteria to adjoin the Student Union. When completed in January, it will give Trojans their first outdoor coffee and snack bar.
Two blocks west of the new cafeteria more workmen are busy constructing a $100,000 building to house the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps unit on campus. The navy will install $500,000 worth of equipment in the rmodern building when it is completed.
Contracts were awarded earlier this month for the construction of an art gallery on campus to hou*e the Quinn jade collection, and later this month, contract bids will be opened for the first units of a $10 million women's residence center.
The first dormitory unit, an H-shaped four-story structure, will cost $1,240,000. The two sections of the building will be known as the Elisabeth van KleinSmid hall, honoring the late wife of Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid, and the International house.
In addition to the several new buildings now under construction and scheduled to be started soon, many of the buildings now on campus were given a major overhauling during the past year.
Science hall, the Physical Education building, the Administration building, the University library, and the Law library were among the spots on campus receiving the attention of roofers, carpenters, painters, and electrician.. The place is leally taking on a new look.
It’s like the oldtimers say, after they’ve been away from campus for awhile:
“Why, you’d hardly know the place.”
entering school this year has shown up in total new enrollments.
The decline in veteran enrollment has been delayed at SC, officials say. Other universities and colleges noticed a marked decrease last year in such enrollments, but because of the number of persons coming into this area to attend school, no .’izeable decrease was evident at SC until this year.
VETS DECLINE
Pre registration figures are down about 10 per cent. Last year, 7890 students took advantage of the early registration period for returning students. Only 6670 registered early this year, it was reported.
For the first time since the war, the freshman class will be made up largely of nonveterans. The veterans, who for the past few years swelled the lower division ranks, are now juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
This movement of the veteran to upper division and graduate classes is reflected in the comparison of enrollment figures between the lower division and upper division levels. There are now more persons enrolled in junior and senior classes than in the freshman and sophomore classes.
PREWAR FIGURES Compared to prewar enrollment figures, however, the freshman class will still be quite large, despite the decrease in veterans’ enrollment.
In the fall of 1938, the freshman class numbered 900. This year, it is estimated that it will be about 1500.
more semesters will register aoaord> in to the following schedule:
F-H Tuesday, Sept, 6, 8:30 ajn.
I-L Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1 pjn.
M-O Wednesday, Sept. 7, 8:30 am.
P-R Wednesday, Sept. 7. 1 P-m.
S Thursday, Sept. 8, 8:30 ajn.
T-Z Thursday, Sept. 8, 1 pjn.
A-B Friday, Sept. », 8:30 ajn.
C-E Friday, Sept. 9, 1 pjn.
Any letter may register Saturday, Sept. 10 between 8:30 and 13 noon.
Church Night Set for Wed.
The comparative enrollments of other classes and divisions are about the same except in such professional schools as dentistry and medicine where the enrollment has tended to be at the maximum which the University is able to handle.
Decline in enrollments have been predicted for the Schools of Commerce, Education, and Engineering, and the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences.
SCHEDULE LISTED Students entering the University for the first time, and students returning after being out for one or
Semester Starts Early for Women
Wednesday evening, Sept 14, will be “Church Night” on campus.
On this evening, the churches and church clubs in the campus area will all hold open house to welcome new students to the campus. and to greet returning Trojans.
Sponsored by the Council of Religion and by the university chaplain, Clinton Neyman, the eveninj will be devoted to acquainting new students with the many church groups and religious activities which are available on campus.
Leaders of such clubs as the Newman club for Catholics, the Canterbury dub for Episcopalians, Hillel for Jewish, and Westminster club for Presbyterians will be on hand throughout the evening to explain the functions of their dubs.
The houses will be open to all students, and refreshments will be served to the visitors in many of them, Chaplain Neyman said. More details of the “Church Night” will be published in an early Daily Trojan.
Daily Trojan Staff For Fall Named
The Daily Trojan commences the new school year Sept. 12 under the direction of Editor F. R. Ashley. Assistant editors are Reid Bundy, who edited the Summer News, and Marlon Sellers, former desk editor.
Ben Weinberg, assistant news editor last year, becomes city editor. Ursula Baumann is women’s editor, with Barbara McGreal as assistant.
Sports will be under the editorship of Cliff Dektar, who retains the position he held last year. Assistant to Dektar is Ernie Beyer.
Positions of news editors and assistants to the city editor as well as feature editor will be announced later.
The special orientation issue has been produced by regular members of the DT staff, under the direction of Reid Bundy.
Activities for new freshman women begin the Friday before the fall semester starts.
At that time the Trojane house-party at Camp Josefo gets under way. Meeting at the Y house at the comer of 36th and Hoover streets on campus at 1 p.m. Friday, the women will go to Camp Josefo in the Pacific Palisades where they will stay until 3:30 Saturday.
The houseparty is an annual event for women, and those who have attended previous outings promise a delightful weekend.
Monday morning, women will attend the breakfast for new students in the Town and Gown cafeteria.
At noon on the first day there will be the dean’s assembly for all new women. Following that with the frolic on Tuesday, the AWS tea on Wednesday, and the first of several teas in the dean of women's home a week later, new women on campus should find it easy to become acquainted with the university and the activities for women.
Grid Year Opens With T Smoker
YMCAs traditional first-week smoker for all the men on campu* will be held Thursday evening. Sept 15, at 8 in the student lounge.
This year’s smoker will be cn the football theme, said Y President Dave Evans. The coming season will be previewed and special emphasis will be given to the Trojans’ first opponent, Navy.
Evans said he hopes to have coaches, former stars, sportswriters, and other persons associated with the sport on hand to give the low-down on the coming year in football.
All men have been invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Early Breakfast To Start Term
Starting off the first day of school, Monday, Sept. 12, will be a breakfast at 7 am. in Town and Gown cafeteria for all freshmen.
Limited to 400 because of the seating facilities, the students attending the breakfast will hear aid* ministration officials and campus leaders welcome them to campus before they start their first day.
Two do-nuis, coffee, orange Juice, and dry cereal will be served to ‘ the 400,” said Albert Zech, counselor of men.
Tickets for the breakfast will be available at the dean of students’ table during the registration period. Cost will be 50 cents.
Tall Schedule
The following orientation schedule for freshmen will obtain for the fall semester:
Sept 9-10 AWS-YWCA Trojane houseparty, Camp Josefo.
Sept. 12 7 a.m. Welcome breakfast, town and gown.
Sept. 12 12 noon. All-women assembly.
Sept. 13 4:30 p.m. Frosh Welcome Frolic, Centinela Park.
Sept 14 3:15 p.m. Women’s tea, Student lounge.
Sept. 15 3 p.m. LAS assembly, Student lounge.
Sept. 15 8 pjn. YMCA smoker, Student lounge.
Sept 21 3 pjn. to 5 p.m. Orientation Teas and Coffee hours at Dean Moreland’s home. To continue through Nov. 1, Dec. 14 Christmas Party for AWS.