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Assembly o Honor MS Men
AMS Recognition assembly, ie culmination of this year’s .MS activities, will be held night at 7:15 in Bovard au-iitorium.
The Order of the Palm will e given to the graduating senior who has contributed ;he most to campus affairs.
Robert F. Craig, professor f trade and transportation, who i-as voted the outstanding faculty Inember in the Squire poll competed last week, will receive the uoe Perez faculty citation.
Awards will also be presented to en in six major sports, to the utstanding men’s organization, ind to the outstanding president f a service group.
Buck Buchberg’s entertainment j iommittee has arranged for acts i to appear between each presenta- 1 Jon. Two comedians, Mort Sahl jid Chuck Steward, will perform Tith vocalist Frank Ashe.
A surprise quartet composed of rack team members will also entertain. according to Jerry Braun, ssembly program director.
Other entertainers will be Jack rawford. who will play a trumpet lo and lead his Delta Sig combo: :nd Pat Wright, who wil do a tap ance. John McEwan will be mas-,xt of ceremonies.
Arnold Eddy, executive director ;f the Alumni association, has jasked that the following students jreport to the left front of the auditorium by 7:15:
Henry Aihara. Francis Ashley, iRichard Attlesey. Bill B. Betz, James W. Bird, Larry Bub. Stanley Christie. Horace B. Comstock, Andrew J. Davis, Robert C. Donaldson. Dale Drum. H. W. Durrett. Theodore Econome. Donald Frazier, William F. Gray, Otis Healy, Theodore King, Howard Kotler. James Lewis. Jerry Malamud, William Martin. Robert McLendon, Gordon Burr Miller, Jack Nix, Robert Ort-lieb. Robert Padgett, Tom Perry. ; Milton C. Peterson, Jim Powers. Robert Pruitt, George Prusseli. j Jack Revbum. Byron Reynolds. Bruce Savan. Marion Sellers, Ed Stegman, Robert Stillwell, Paul . Tav. Jerry Todd. Joe White, Wally ; Wolf, George Woolery, Robert Zuber.
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Three-Day ASSC Election; Parties to Check All Ballots
Vol. XL! 72 Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, May 8, 1950 No. 131
-Editorial
Senate Worked Democracy or Farce-Your Move
And Haggled,
OLLIE RADOS Regal
BARBARA MERRILL
To Reign?
Eliminations to Begin For Moonlight Girl
First-round eliminations in the Phi Sig “Moonlight Girl” contest will begin tomorrow with a dinner at the fraternity house.
Sixteen contestants who were chosen two weeks ago by fraternity
major. An Eagle Rock High School graduate, she is 20. and president of her Tri Delt pledge class.
Education major Barbara Merrill, Delta Zeta, is a sophomore and scholarship chairman of her sorori-
representatives will attend the , ty. A Hollywood High school gradu-three dinner interviews, tomorrow, ate, she is a member of the LAS Wednesday, and Thursday, and the council and AWS Maintenance Moonlight formal at the Shadow Mountain club in Palm Springs, commi
May 20 and 21.	! Winner of “Moonlight Girl” con-
Pictures of two contestants will test will be announced at the appear everyday in the Daily Tro- fraternity's formal May 20. Her pic-jan. A picture of all contestants | will appear May 19.
Miss Rados, junior, is r.
a blond, physical
blue-eyed
education
PiKA Dream Girl' Field Slashed to 20
Twenty of Troy's loveliest coeds remain in the “Dream Girl of Pi Kappa Alpha" contest after the 42-candidates field was slashed at a fraternity reception last week.
The contestants will be narrowed down to five finalists at dinner parties this week in preparation for the final judgment by a three-man jury at the fraternity ball at the Beverly Wilshire hotel Saturday.
This year's winner will be presented the “Dream Girl” trophy by screen actress Rhonda Fleming who will serve as honorary “Dream Girl.” In addition to the trophy, | the “Dream Girl” will get a television school scholarship, silverware. clothes, and a hairdo.
This is the 37th PiKA “Dream Girl" contest. The event has been a tradition since 1913.
Senior Pr<*qi Draws Over 350 Couples
The first successful senior prom in many years came off without a ; hitch Saturday night as more than j 350 couples danced to the music of Keith Williams’ orchestra at the Oakmont Country club.
Credit for the near sell-out was given to the Prom committee by f Larry Bub. senior class president. ' Bub said the committee's publicity stunts and pre-prcm party helped build up the enthusiasm that made the prom a whopping success.
Otis Healy, who won the “Lucky Date” contest, picked Nancy Lang from the bevy of six beauties on the prize panel and squired her to the dance.
Theme of the prom, "Springtime,” was carried out in the setting. Nostalgic couples danced around a multi-colored maypole and past lines of miniature flowering trees as this, the last school dance for the class jf 1950. brought back memories oi past semesters to the graduating seniors.
ture will be entered in the national contest, and the winner will receive a free trip to the national Phi Sig convention.
Paul Mahan will play at the formal. The weekend party will include swimming, tennis, and horseback riding, John Wolfe, publicity chairman, said.
Entries Due Today for Speech Tilt
Record Shows
by JACK MILLER
The elections now being held will result in a new group of students taking office as ASSC senators. The o 1 d group has alternately worked hard and haggled all semester.
This is a look at the record they will leave when they go out of office in June.
The Senate recommenced to the administration that the ■
race and descent questions be de- I leted from the application for admittance to the university. The administration will not take action j on the matter at present, however, j as the 1950 fall applications have ' been printed and some have been ! mailed.
NSA OBSERVERS
The Senate approved sending j five observers to the National Stu- i dent Association congress at Ann j Arbor next August.
It approved a rally committee. The Trojan Knight president will be chairman of the committee of | 25. At least two members must not j be associated with a fraternity or I sorority, according to the Senate | resolution.
The Senate recommended that the administration outline the area : of student activity. Other recom- ! mendations were that the Univer- ; sity Eookstore sell used books and initiate a rebate system similar to that used in other universities. Provisions for more parking space j were also recommended,
The Senate also made provisions j for the general student body to
A long: list of cynics, many of them famous and respected men, have attacked the basic principle of democracy from Plato’s day down to 1950.
The fundamental idea of a bunch of opportunists taking the stump, suiting logic and fact and emotion to their purpose, and sending a misguided electorate streaming blindly to the polls is, they believe, a travesty on responsible government.
As far as their description of campaign procedure is concerned, it sometimes seems they have the system tagged. Their error, we believe, lies in their opinion of the electorate.
We believe the history of democracy has borne out the faith its founders had in the voters. The only times our system has broken down to the state the cynics predicted were when the voters DIDN’T go to the polls.
In a democracy you don’t have to vote. You can call the issues petty, all the candidates incompetent, ignore the polls, and then spend the rest of the year griping about the office holders.
You can do that here at school; many of you do. The Daily Trojan hears an almost steady stream of complaints that elected office holders are mediocre, your
own interests poorly represented. How many of you bothered to do anything about it last spring?
Student government at SC operates within a sizable area of authority directly affecting you. This year both parties have presented you with a long list of things they propose to do in your interest. Some of the planks are platitudes, but each party has pledged itself to some important and constructive tasks.
Each of the candidates has specific merits and specific shortcomings. Among the opponents for each office affecting you, there is one man who is best suited to represent your interests. There is no conceivable reason why you shouldn't step up and say so.
We know you say it’s just kid stuff, but when you’re spending S16 a unit for your time here, getting an education which depends importanly on its quality, and finally getting a degree which you hope will retain its prestige for your lifetime, the argument breaks down. You can’t say, under those circumstances, that activities affecting the University are unimportant to you.
It doesn’t matter to us which way you vote. Pick your man—either way—but get out and use your right to say how you want the place run.
Alumni Park Is Poll Site
Students start the ball rolling ' today on a three-day voting spree that will determine who will con-! trol the student government for i the fall semester.
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Voting will begin at 10 a.m. today and will continue at 9 a.m. tomorrow and Wednesday. ASSC President Bob Padgett said ! he expects “an even larger vote I than that of last spring.” The polls will close each day at 4 p.m.
Alumni park, in front of the University library, has been selected as the site for balloting.
Look, no rain.
The elements are cooperating with the election commission.
Whatever excuse you use for not voting in the ASSC elections, you can’t blame the weather. It ' will be clear and sunny all day— weatherman said so.
Nominees Appear at Rally
Graduate Students
. . . are eligible to vote in the ASSC elections today, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Last call for contest speakers was issued today by Dave Hunter, associate chairman of the Bowen Cup extemporaneous speaking contest.
The contest is open to all students cxcept graduates and former win- ' ners. Three cups will be awarded for first, sccond, and third place- | ments.
Students interested in taking part | -n ths contest, which wili be held at 3 p.m. today and tomorrow in 2C1 Speech B. are asked to sign up on the bulletin board in that room by 12 neon today.
"At the first round today, competitors will cxioose from three topics drawn from current events,” said Hunter. “They will be given 45 minutes to prepare a six-minute speech.”
Finals will be held tomorrow and the presentation ol awards will follow. Judges will be professors in the speech department.
initiate legislation. This may be done by submitting to the Senate a petition bearing signatures equal in number to 25 per cent of the votes cast in the preceding election. The Senate then has 30 days to accept or reject the legislation. If it is not acted on within 30 days, it is submitted to the rules committee to submit to the student body at the next election. The petition must be submitted to the ASSC Rules committee before circulation for titling, summary, examination, and publicity.
OK INITIATIVE
The initiative issue was put before SC voters on the March 14 election ballot and was accepted with 1266 voting for and 506 against it.
Little was done about the student parking problem other than ! the exchanging of a few hot words
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JACK SHAFFER Mr. President?
Court Cuts Chances Of Freeway Reroute
SC's chances of having the Harbor freeway re-routed from its
over the validity of a parking sur- Present ^ath throu*h the Row may
vey made by Frank O'Sullivan, j Greater University committee chairman.	. j
Howard Kotler. then IFC repre- i sentative and later senator-at-large. assailed the report because j O'Sullivan failed to ask the Sen-(Continued on Page Six) j
Graduate Students Begin Week Of Reports on Year's Research sPec|aj DT
Marks Knock Zacarias Out
Data Needed
Doesn't anyone want to help the poor little freshie?
A special orientation issue of the DT was planned to acquaint the incoming freshmen with SC life, customs, traditions, and organizations.
Clubs, colleges, and councils were harmacy, who will review “The of psychology and president of the ^^ed to contribute information for
Research week opens at SC today.
More than 100 graduate students In letteis, arts, and sciences will ’eport in classes and seminars on j-heir research projects of the past ;reax. according to Dean Harry J. ruel Jr. of the Graduate School.
One of the first to report will George Griffenhagen. School of
Co-chairmen of the annual research reports are Dr. Stanley R. Townsend, associate professor of German, and Dr. Richard J. Winzler. professor of biochemistry.
The week will be climaxed Fnday by the 17th annual research lecture and dinner in the Foyer of Town and Gown at 6:45 p.m.
Dr. Jov Paul Guilford, professor
History of Early California Phar nacy” In 306 Science at 2:15 this fternoon.
Other topics during the week range from “Tlie Seven Deadiy Sins In English Literature" to A Study
of the Prediction of Accident ies in Elementary Psychology' Proneness of Motorcycle Operators." ' a number of aptitude tests.
American Psychological association, will speak after the dinner on “Creative Personality.” He is the author of “Laboratory Studies in Psychology," “Psychometric Methods." “General Psychology,” “Stud-
and
the issue. So far. no one has an swered the request.
Information covering purpose, eligibility requirements, and outstanding projects of the group may be dropped in the Letters to the Editor box in the Student Union entrance on University avenue.
Ruben Zacarias, Unity candidate for senior class president, has been disqualified because of a grade change which cannot be acted upon until next week. Frank O'Sullivan, Unity party chairman, said yesterday.
John Trethway will replace Zacarias as senior class president candidate instead of running for senator-at-large. Sullivan said.
“This technical development is disconcerting to say the least,” said I Zacarias. “Trethway is an excellent | choice, and it gives me pleasure to 1 support a well-qualified candidate for any position in student government.”
O'Sullivan explained that under the circumstances. Unity feels Trethway is better qualified for he senior class presidency than senator-at-large, and would be nominated at the nominations assembly today.
have been dealt another blow when a recent decision by the State Supreme Court upheld the State Highway commission's right to decide when and where freeways will be constructed.
According to a recent article in a local Southwest paper, this decision means that the route long favored by state engineers for the Harbor freeway between Broadway and Figueroa street may be demanded. Refusal of the City council to accept this judgment would mean only that the state may abandon the Harbor freeway if it wishes.
The Supreme Court's decision was handed down in a North Sacra- ! men to freeway case in which motel j owners and other parties sought to prevent relocation of a portion of state highway running past their places of business.
Plaintiffs challenged the State
Jack Shaffer, originally scheduled to be the first speaker.
When questioned by the Daily Trojan, Shaffer said he was ill and had overslept.
“Long hours of campaigning coupled with church work must have lowered my resistance,” he | said.
Master of Ceremonies Bob Padgett introduced the candidates.
I who. with the exception of those nominated for ASSC president and vice-president, did not speak. WIGGINS’ PLATFORM Wiggins stressed a program of “rushing” to recruit more high school students, an intensive orientation program to insure that students will not spend their four years at SC buried in the catacombs of Bovard or Doheny, and i increased emphasis on alumni activities.
“The ordinary student.” Wiggins
I said, “walks down the aisle on grad-
. ,	. , . . . . „ I uation day, gets his diploma, walks
different types of state highways | ^ kisses Mama and kisses
goodbye to the university.”
Al Wiggins, GUP presidential nominee, had it all his way at the nominations assembly Friday when shouting ballots. We will have complete con-students cheered him to the troi 0ver all of the ballots,” Rey-platform in the absence of noidS said.
; Seventy-five booths will be set up between the fountain in the middle of the park and University avenue, according to Bob Reynolds, elections commissioner.
VOTERS WILL ENTER
Voters will enter the area by the ! sidewalks that run from the avenue to the fountain. Three tables will be set up at the head of czr'.: walk.
The first table will be used for checking ID cards against the stub that is retained by the university. At the second table election offic r'-: will determine which of the candidates the student is eligible to vote for, and the third table will be used to distribute the ballots.
Forty-two different ballots will be used in the election. “This represents all possible combinations of
AL WIGGINS Mr. President?
Highway commission’s power to abandon 'or relocate highways and the state's right to build “new and
such as freeways.
The court set aside the complaints and affirmed the highway commission’s right “to construct freeways, relocate highways, and take other steps to maintain a state highway system.”
EACH PARTY CHECKS
Ballots will be checked by members of the GUP and Unity parties when they are distributed at the third table. When the ballots are deposited in the ballot boxes, they will again be watched by a member from each party.
When the ballots are taken to the distribution point, the person receiving them will sign for them. They will be signed for in every ' move thaf is made.
THREE BALLOTS EACH After receipt of the ballots, each student will receive only three, voting will take place in one of 75 booths set up in the park. Each student will receive one key ballot, containing the names of the ASSC officers, class officers and other general candidates. The other two ballots will serve as school ballots and for senators-at-large.
Placing senators-at-large on a separate ballot will facilitate counting, Reynolds said. He predicted that a maximum of 7000 students will vote.
ALLOW ID CARDS ONLY Nothing but ID cards will be allowed in the voting area. Stumping
Yell leader aspirants kept spirit j is banned within 150 feet of the high with their try-out cheers, but | polls.
faced stiff competition from horns. I Reynolds’ predicted vote of 7000 bells, and a siren used by sign- ' would top last year’s record-break-bearing students.	ing 6127. The special election last
(Continued on Page Six) September drew in 4672 ballots.
Presidential Candidates Await OK for Noon Debate
World State To be Studied
A symposium on “The Foundations for a World Community” will be held at the spring banquet of Phi Chi Phi, School of Religion scholastic fraternity, 6:30 tonight at the Vermont Square Methodist church, Vernon and Budlong avenue.
ASSC presidential candidates Jack Shaffer and Al Wiggins will debate their qualifications for the top student post at noon today in front of the Student Union, providing the Elections Investigation committee approves the plan.
Shaffer issued the ‘debate challenge to Wiggins after illness had prevented the Unity nominee's appearance at Friday's nominations assembly. Wiggins promptly accepted.
However, approval of the debate by the Investigation committee had not been‘secured by DT presstime.
Wiggins expressed eagerness to meet Shaffer.
Meanwhile, both parties were making final preparations for this week’s elections. Posters and plac-
in an effort to turn out a large
vote.
More than 1000 campaign posters were approved for posting Friday. said Don Gevirtz, chairman of the Investigations committee.
“There have been some infractions of campaign rules which the committee will take action upon unless they are immediately corrected,” Gevirtz said.
He said the committee was trying to trace down the distributors of an unauthorized mimeographed handbill circulated on campus Friday.
During the three election days, the committee will meet daily from 12:50 to 1:10 in 403 Student Union to hear complaints, act on rules infractions, and approve post-
ards were readied by both camps I ers, Gevirtz said.
In addition, committee watchers will be in the polling area, he said.
Both parties and their candidates expressed confidence in the election outcome and the belief that there would be a large vote.
“It looks like it will be a close election, but I feel that the caliber of our party’s candidates guarantees a GUP victory,” George Prusseli, GUP chairman, said.
He joined GUP nominee Wiggins in asking that all students cast their bailor.
‘Unity is confident of victory,” party chairman Frank O'Sullivan said, “if the students come out to vote, and we think they will.”
Both sides praised the work of the Senate Elections commissions headed by Bob Reynolds.
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