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filmland OKs aient Show
A Warner Brothers spokesman has nixed the appearance >f a half-dozen stars at the Nov. 4 Bovard Homecoming rally because he believes “last years guest performers didn’t get Enough publicity.” However, it was learned last night by Ftally Chairman Bud Brooks that Paramount studios has Offered to fill the breach in the pro-* fram by sending a delegation of
Its own notables to the celebration.
‘‘I had definite commitments |rotn Danny Kaye, Gordon McRae, >ris Day, Virginia Mayo, and [thers." claimed Brooks. "This peek, the same Warner Brothers Ifficial who had obtained their jnsent to appear phoned me and i;d the whole deal was off.”
Comic Danny Kaye was to emcee le affair. McRae and Doris Day ►ere scheduled for vocal numbers. (Virginia Mayo had planned to take irt in the afternoon parade as’ ^ell as the Bovard show. Two oth-pr cuties. Pat Neil and Ruth Ro-lan, had agreed to appear.
Brooks is still guessing at the >ssible reason for such a move, ie claims he went through prop-1
’adgett Honored !y Student Co-op
"As part of its program to pronote wider student participation, ie Student Cooperative has chosen >b Padgett, ASSC president, as honorary member, and we arc jroud to announce his acceptance ” id Herbert L. Myers, Co-op edu-ition chairman, yesterday.
A Co-op canteen soon will be in | Operation, selling candy and no-tions Members also plan to buy house to provide rooms for a ited number of students at r* vice rate.
“The group soon will be incor-rated under the corporation laws If California as a st?p toward a lore sound business policy.” he ex-Jlained.
Increased membership has erased ie debt incurred during summer oration, and the books reflect a lbstantial saving above operating The Co-op is a non-profit Organization.
Atomic' Yell Contest Open; Judges Named
Trojan Knights have announced the selection of judges for the “atomic” football yell contest that got under way yesterday.
Tom Shea, head yell king, has been appointed chairman. Aiding Shea will be Bert Coffey, president of the Knights: Patti Pippert, president of Amazons; and Bill Clements, president of Squires
Co-sponsors of the contest, Jack Lindquist and Ron Gordon, said that the response for the first day was very good. A longer yeli than any used at present is being
sought.	Variety Show
A trophy will be awarded to the 1 ————— winning contestant at the Oregon rally Oct. 21, and the yell intro- j duced for the first time at the game on the following day.
Entries are now being receive-! j at the Knight office. 232 Student |
Union. All copies should bear the | student’s name, address, and tele - j j phone number.
GORDON BARTO Griffith Park Bound
SC Students Entertain at Griffith Picnic
er channels and had a definite okay from a spokesman who had contacted the stars individually.
With their consent the spokesman had referred the matter to a higher official for final approval.
Undismayed. Brooks is going ahead with plans to get top-flight talent to supplement the student show. He has scheduled a committee meeting for Tuesday afternoon.
Poe's Genius Still Shines,
Wann Says
“A disagreeable teniperment, an unfavorable biography and unlovely public presentation failed to dim the light of genius in Edgar Allen Poe.” Dr. Louis Wann said yesterday ir. Doheny art and lecture room.
Dr. Wann. professor of English, said that the bedeviled Poe was exceeded in public ridicule only by Byron. He was an excessive drinker, presumably sexually impotent, and apparently devoid of brotherly love.
In a biography by the Rev. Rufus W. Griswold, which Poe has yet to live down, he is accused of being a cynic and of having a morbid sense of success. Griswold in	Llliuiumill aiJU
his memoirs, said that Poes only lale.t eadeets Then vou enter *he !	cl£*ses *** into a11 Pr°’
Hocir„ „.„c	gadgets- men you enter „ne	Qn KUSC and KTRU, ht
desire was to succeed	| ijVjng room and it’s like climbing
Poe s disregard for people and his down a ladder 200 years into the
Lap of Luxury Making US Nuts
Skeleton Crew Faces Layoff On LAS Hall
With 70 workers already laid off, unemployment now faces a skeleton construction crew which is puttering about Founders hall doing minor, time-killing jobs.
“Some of the men are repairin'!; damage done to the weather-warped concrete forms. Others an; doing lath and clean-up jobs about the yard,” said Superintendent Ed Ogle yesterday.
“Skilled carpenters are reduced to doing ridiculous kinds of jobs,” he pointed out.
“If the strike doesn’t end soon, almost every one of these workers will be sent home. The mechanical trades workers—electricians, plumb ers. heating and ventilating men— will be finished by the end of th: week.” the superintendent predicted.
SETTLEMENT FAILS ^The latest attempt for settlement of the sand and gravel strike wa* crushed yesterday morning when representatives from the AFL and I
O Sullivan, Gevirtz Get Top Positions
by JERRY BOYD and BOB HUMAN
Frank O’Sullivan and Don Gevirtz received Senate approval last night as chairman of the Greater University committee and URArespectively.
Du&l chairmanship appointments of Lois Wollenweber and Buck Sherlock to Trojan Chest were met with so much opposition that the motion was tabled until the next senate meeting.
DON GEVIRTZ Continues on URA
FRANK O'SULLIVAN No Objection
4000 Troy Rooters To Make Cal Trip
Students will entertain at the radio department picnic in Griffith park tomorrow night. 5 to 10 p.m.. Picnic Chairman Gordon Bart' said yesterday*
Jack Swee, finance chairman, has i prepared scripts for a comedy-va-i riety show, “There's No Business
Does your home have a split personality?
Dr. Karl With, lecturer in the.,.......
history of architecture, would hive “e RatU?	w^ch wdi
feature taiceoffs on popular radio
you believe so.
“Americans live in the kitchen with electricity and in the living room with a fireplace and surroundings like an English country gentleman of the 18th. century," he said at th^-SC Men s Faculty club lur.oheon yesterday.
“Kitchens and bathrooms shine with tile and chromium and the
uthor to Cive •sychology Talk
A “Noah Webster” of psychology, Herbert Sanborn of Vanderbi’t liversity, Nashville. Tenn. will ad-Dr. Paul Helsel’s philosophy inar tomorrow afternoon at 2:15 Argonaut, Mudd hall.
Besides his “Dictionary of Psy-tholosy.’' Dr. Sanborn has written ly books on aesthetics, philosophy, religion, and psychology. His lubject for the lecture will be [Dingler's Philosophy of Experimental Procedure.”
Dr. Sanborn is professor emeritus psychology, philosophy, anr* Jiodcrn languages at Vanderbilt. All iculty members and students who interested are invited to attend.
brazen attitude as a youth contributed to his poor popularity. At 18. he ran away from home after being thrown out of high school. After a short stay at West Point, he was expellee and then entered the army. His record irr the army wras poor.
In spite of all this, Poe could write great prose, said Dr. Wann. His success came from his great creative ability and his interest in art and beauty. As a poet, his light shone less brightly, mostly because of his intense intellectual artistry, and hi.', lack of human interest, warmth, and emotion. Poe anticipates modem science in some of his work and suggests the coming atomic age.
Criticism is another of Poe's ab-' ilities which is reputable today. ‘The lyrical beauty of Longfellow holds up today greatly because ot past judgements of Poe.” declared Dr. Wann.
past.’
With was puzzled by the “vitamin mania in a land of plenty,’ as well as the dependence upon c#n openers.
Thc lecturer said he has not yet become accustomed to American homes although it has been 10 years since he left his native Germany.
“People in the United States live a semi-nomadic life,” he added. “They are always ready to move. Even their radios and typewriters are made portable.”
come to terms at a joint conference held by Federal Conciliator Commissioner M. C. Garst.
The sand and gravel strike, which has thrown more men out of work than any other strike in Los Angeles history, is being carefully watched by many union workers and companies. If these strikers win their demand for more vacation time and six paid holidays, other workers will strike for similar benefits.
OFFER REFUSED
The strikers have refused the offer to return to work for a two-or three-week period until an arrangement can be satisfactorily reached. They feel that if they do return and break the bottleneck, construction work can be satisfactorily regulated and planned anc1 said. The picnic will allow radi«i ! ^ie vantage point they now enioy students to become acquainted with j be lost* their fellow-workers and other stu- | dents.
Barto described the exact location of the frolic as “the bi.7 fireplace just below the Greek theater.”
Picnic supper—ham. beans, chili, coffee, and the trimmings—will be provided by the radio department.
A $1 admission charge will include the supper.
Tickets may oe obtained from Miss Ruth Williams. 231 Hancoc*. building. All students and guests may attend.
Four thousand SC rooters will trek up to Berkeley this weekend to witness the annual Cal-SC gridfest. There the 13 companies involved failed to wil1 be an organized section, which will handle the card
stunts, and a section top right of it to take are of the overflow.	*-
shows.
A seven-piece orchestra, singers., and guest pianists will round ouf the program. Student Al Rimen will emcee.
“This wili climax the radio de partment's new policy of interclass cooperation,” Barto said.
Work of writing, production, and
Sweetest Coed to Reign Tonight Despite Confusion
Freshman
. . . council interviews will be held in the Blue Key office, names A • P. Monday. 9-11:20, 1-2. 3:30-5; Q-Z. Tuesday. 9-10. 3:30-5.
\Them Hot-Rods Gotta Go' ★ ★ ★ ★ nights Push Safety
‘Be on thc lookout for a hopped* ip gray Ford today somewhere cn lpus,” warns Knight Marv Le«-in connection with the serv-
ifficial
Notice
The University has arranged for special student trains to the California game in Berkeley, Sat-iy. The trains will leave Los tgeles tomorrow evening.
Tomorrow will be observed a» a pgolar school day. The Univer-itj will not otticiaily excuse tudents for absence from class-on that day.
Bernard L. Uylnk Dean of Students A. S. Raubenheimer Educational Vice-President
icc organization's Drive Safe campaign.
“This car that once resembled a Ford has been seen careening wildly in the vicinity of SC. The driver probably is just like the many ‘Hot-rod Harrys’ that endanger the lives of Trojans every day by their lightning pickups down University avenue or by their pavement-scraping stops.” he added.
The Knights are attempting tc curb the needless chances that SC autoists take. The trip to Berkeley will be more pleasant for Trojan drivers if they observe safety precautions, said Lester. Last year a UCLA coed was killed and an SC student seriously injured in a smashup going north for the Cal game, he added
Thi# week the Knights will pass out literature 011 safe driving procedure in conjunction with the j Automobile Club of Southern California.
When all the confusion has cleared away, SC's Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. Barbara Lohrmann, will reign supreme as the “sweetest coed of the year.”
As late as yesterday afternoon the elaborate program arranged for the Hollywood Palladium tonight was in doubt. At one point, Laur-ance See. chairman of the Los Angeles Sweetest day council, said he believed the affair had been canceled. Barbara herself admitted. “I’m confused.”
Much of the mixup was occasioned by the withdrawal of Janet Schmidt. UCLA Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. Originally Janet and Barbara were to have vied for the title of queen of the sweetest coeds.
Sees co-workers finally cleared up thc confusion late yesterday of-
ternoon with the announcement that SC’s “sweetest coed” would receive the accolade from the hands of suave film hero, Caesar Romero, tonight at 9:30.
From that moment Barbara will begin a series of personal appearances in observance of the council’s Sweetest day program. The holiday itself will be Saturday.
Friday will be Barbara's “day at the races” when she goes to Hollywood Park to crown the winner of the 7th race in the “Sweetest Day Sweepstakes.” Each race on this day will have a name honoring the holiday.
Barbara will also» appear as the “Cover Girl” on KTLA's television broadcast of “Magazine of the Week.”
Dance to Feature 'Queen' Finalists
Presentation of the homecoming queen finalists will be the major feature of the Webfoot hop, sponsored by the University Recreation association and the Trojan Knights, Saturday night, Oct. 22, in the studedt lounge.
Finalist for the title Helen of Troy, will be selected in a preliminary judging Wednesday afternoon by a student-faculty committee, announced Dick Podmore, Knight’s homecoming queen contest chairman.
The theme of the dance was selected, said John Roach and Jean Frodsham, URA social co-chair-men, because of the SC-Oregon football game that afternoon.
Music will be supplied by the Glenn Miller-like strains of Jimmy Davis and his nine-piece orchestra. Tickets for the All-U affair, priced at 50 cents per person, will go on sale next, week in the ticket office and in booths in front of Bovard.
Assisting Roach and Miss Frodsham on the social committee are Jack Arnold, Jim Arnold, Allen Arthur, Jerry Block, Ed Eisenberg, Doug Hood. Ralph Peggers, Larry Spector, Dick Swan, and Tony Ward.
University Ticket Manager John Morley said that all tickets allotted to SC have been sold, and the game is a complete sellout. The Southern Pacific office stopped taking reservations yesterday and closed shop on campus.
The SC rooter’s train will have two dining cars, a dance car, a snack car, and a lounge car. Space is also available on the SP crack streamliners, the Starlight and the San Joaquin. The Starlight will leave Los Angeles 8:15 Friday evening and will arrive in San Francisco 6:45 Saturday morning. On the return trip, it will leave San Francisco 8:15 Saturday evening and will arrive at Los Angeles 6:45 Sunday morning.
For students with temporarily limited means, who want to see the game. Alpha Phi Omega, men’s national service fraternity has arranged a car pool. Students with and without cars are asked to sign up. This will give the fraternity an opportunity to assign students to one of the cars listed. A desk is set up in the patio today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for signups. “Students will work out financial arrangements among themselves,” said Bob Middaugh, in charge of the operation.
“Bearskin or Bust” stickers are available for students driving to the game. They can be obtained at the reception desk, second floor, Student Union, or at the Sigma Alpha Mu and Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity houses.
Law Election Results Told
Class officers in the School of Law were announced today following yesterday’s election.
President of the senior class law students for the year is Jack Ry bum. Assisting him will be Thom' as Beatty, vice-president, and Elaine Blaubach, secretary-treasurer.
Daniel Olney was elected president of the junior class barristers; Martin Munson, vice-president; and Ann Stoddeh. secretary-treasurer.
The freshman class chose Ted Farrell, president; Frank Mittauer. vice-president; and Virginia Giese, secretary-treasurer.
Loans Repaid, Record Shows
Most, students repay loans mado to them from the university loan fund, according to Miss Helen M. Haller, secretary to the committee on student aid.
A study she made earlier this year showed that more than 99 per cent of $53,000 borrowed by 848 students during the 1947-48 school year was repaid.
Last year 790 students borrowed $64,000 from the fund.
“We started the system of shortterm loans in 1946,” Miss Haller said. “That was the year when the GIs began arriving with a certificate of eligibility and nothing eloe—some of them didn't even have that.”
Students asking for loans are screened in personal interviews before their applications are submitted to the committee. If granted, the loans amount to not more than $50 for juniors and below and not more than $60 for seniors and graduate students.
The amount used to be $100, Miss Haller said, but now fundj are low. She also told of the student who came in and asked for $1500. He didn’t get it.
Most loans are made to veterans who are hardship cases because of late checks. Time limit for repayment is either 30 or 60 days.
Great Books Course to Start Tuesday
A sense of humor and a liking for people are two of the requirements for discussion leaders made by the Great Books foundation in opening a training course next week.
Dr. Bruce R. McElderry, associate professor of English and former lecturer on Great Books, said yesterday that the training course will begin Tuesday, at 8 p.m., in the County museum and will continue for eight consecutive Tuesdays.
The course will instruct prospective leaders in conducting discussion groups in local libraries, churches, industrial concerns, and adult education classes.
Dr. Gerald Heard and Quentin Ogreu will conduct the course. Dr. Heard, formerly of Oxford university, is an author and lecturer. Ogren is Pacific regional director of the Great Books foundation.
Information on the course may be obtained from Dr. McElderry, 315 Bridge. Applications for registration may be made through the Great Books foundation, 1250 Wilshire boulevard.
About 150 discussion groups will hold meetings this fall in California. Qualifications for their leaders include an interest in reading and discussing great ideas and lit-
erature, a liking for people, and a sense of humor.
Leaders will not be teachers. They will stimulate discussions by asking questions and forcing the members of the groups to express and defend their opinions. They wiil permit other members to ask questions but will guide the discussions along lines pertinent to the material read.
There are four reading lists for the discussion groups, with selections extending from Homer, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius through Shakespeare and Montaigne to Darwin, Thoreau, and William James.
Ten of the 18 selections on the first year’s reading list are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Old Testament, Plato's “Republic”; Aristotle’s “Ethics”; St. Augustines "Confessions”; Machiavelli's “The Prince"; Shake-speares “Hamlet”; Adam Smith's “Wealth of Nations”; and Karl Marxs “Communist Manifesto.”
The Great Books course was introduced into the curriculum of the University of Chicago by Its chancellor, Robert M. Hutchins. Its success inspired the organization of the non-profit Great Books foundation as an adult education program.
Education
Noticc
Those who have filed priority cards in the Office of Directed Teaching, 353 Administration building, may obtain application forms for spring term student teaching, in accordance with the alphabetical list and time schedule below. All applications will-be dated the date of the priority cards, so there will be no disadvantage to those in the last of the alphabet. Initial processing will take at least 15 minutes of the candidate’s time in the directed teaching office. Office hours are 9 to 4:30.
Monday, Oct. 17, A and B Tuesday, Oct 18, C and D Wednesday, Oct. 19, E. F and G Thursday, Oct. 20, II,I,J and K Friday, Oct. 21, L,M and N Monday. Oct. 24. O.P.Q and K Tuesday, Oct. 25, S and T Wednesday, Oct. 26, U,V,W,X,Y and Z.
After that date an effort will be made to take care of applicants as they appear in 353 Administration building, regardless of alphabetical order.
Between Oct. 17 and Oct. 26, those who have not filed priority cards may do so. Their application papers may be obtained beginning Oct. 27 with the application daU*d the date of tbe priority card.
O. R. Hull.
Dean, School of Education
An air of comic suspense hung over the Senate chamber as President Bob Padgett announced his selection of O’Sullivan to the Greater University post. Tense and calm, he announced that the motion for O'Sullivan’s appointment had been seconded. Grimly looking down the table he asked for a voice vote in the affirmative.* A murmur of ayes filled the room. On the call for no's the room was silent. Not one voice wras raised in dissent.	- - ,
Padgett's surprise was matched-by the silence in the room. |j “Thank you very much,” he mut-« tered and the room was filled with laughter and applause.	;!
HUMOR PREVAILS The laughter and good will dis» played at O’Sullivan’s confirmation i was prevalent throughout the meeting until the dual appoint-*' ments for the Trojan Chest were announced.	v
Discussion on this appointment was started when Cal Schmidt! questioned the advisability of a dual chairmanship.	;
“We found that the co-chairmanship caused an overlapping of responsibilities which resulted in unnecessary7 work.” said Schmidt, who served as co-chairman of the drive last year with Howard Hotter.	11 SCHMIDT QUESTIONS f When this failed to arouse opposition to the appointments, Schmidt questioned the qualifications of Miss Wollenweber. , “I know of no duties performed by Miss Wollenweber in the drive last year,” he charged. “I don’t even know if her appointment as i WSSF chairman was legal.”
Miss Wollenweber, defending her-| self, stated:
i “I was an active worker during | the drive. My appointment was legally made by the YWCA.”
After listing her accomplish • ments, she asked Schmidt to den’’ them.
Schmidt refused to reply.
REPORT TABLED Reports from the committee which attended the National Student association convention was postponed until the next Senate ' meeting.
Tom Perry and Howard Kotler were elected to the Senate finance ; committee following heated discussion on the method of election* Jack Shaffer’s move that the finance committee members be elected on a preferential ballot was passed only after several othei methods were offered as altema-* tives.	!*J.
LIMITATION ASKED Limiting of members of the com-’ mittee to senators who did not have a “vested interest” in the budget was proposed by June Lou-in Tapp.	P
This proposal would have elimi«i nated from consideration all memV bers of the Senate who represent groups which are financed by the ASSC budget. The only senators who would not have been eliminated are the IFC president, the Pan Hellenic president, and the senators-at-large.	*
Although Mrs. Tapp's proposal was defeated, no group which has a budget received representation on the committee. Perry is a senator* at-large and Kotler is IFC presi* dent.
Senate Approves Frosh 'Election'
Dick Calhoun and Doria Bonham were unanimously accepted by the Senate last night as freshman president and vice-president following a report by Election Commissioner Bob Reynolds.
Calhoun and Miss Bonham were declared elected to the offices last Monday by Reynolds following the withdrawal of the other two candidates. The point was then raised that the ASSC constitution requires that the two offices be filled by an election.
Reynolds pointed out to the Senate that it woidd be silly to hold an election with only one candidate for each office. He then recommended that the Senate accept Calhoun and Miss Bonham.
School of Music Pow-Wows Today
Bruce Savan, president of thc School of Music student body, will unite the music majors in their first assembly of the semester in Bowne hall at 2:15 today.
He will introduce the faculty, student body officers, council members, and presidents of the muci/j fraternities and sororities to the music students.