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| TALKING OVER MASCOT Hugh Esscee of i SC Engineer magazine are editor Ben |R. Ford Jr.. left, and new business manager IE. N. “Chris" Columbus, right The maga-lzine and mascot Esscee are slated ior ap-
pearance today, the SC Engineer goes on sale for 25 cents and Esscee will promote sales as he hops from class to class on his pogo stick.
Vol. XLIII
Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, Mar. 14, 1952
No. 96
ngineer agazine ue
Today
I The SC Engineer, written and jblished by students in engineer-department. goes on sale today, t 40-page magazine may be pur-used for 25 cents in the Student lion building. Engineering build-aod at night classes.
|The new issue of the Engineer sresents a 12-page increase over last issue and is the largest , according to editor E. N. IhriS" Columbus and business nager Ren R. Ford.
Many ’ interesting articles are the magazine, including com-plans for Engineering week, i will-be from Mar. 17-22. (Engineering week will be higti-ited by the Engineer's ball Mar. Bids for the dance may be krehased from the magazine sales-
I Students will -be introduced to a character during Engineering
ugh Esscee will be on hand to-and next week to promote the of the magazine and remind juderrts of Engineering week acuities.
Everyone will be able to recog-Hugh immediately by has slide and dirty brown bangs as makes 10-second dashes to class
a pogo stick.
Need Money? See Whittier And Get Paid
Have fun and get paid S9 for lt!
A few students are still needed for today's School of Journalism readership study of the Whittier News. Experience is not necessary, and car mileage wi’I be paid ln addition to the $9.
Interviews will be conducted with Whittier News readers from 11:30 a.m. until late afternoon or early evening, and the results subsequently will be published. No selling is involved.
Interested students must see Assistant Professor Fred C. Con-radt in 426 SU or call him at Ext. 603 before 11 this morning. Transportation will be provided for students without cars.
Dr. Ross Berkes Will Discuss Germanytoday
Unification of Germany will be discussed today by Dr. Ross N. Berkes at the International Relations club luncheon forum at noon in Commons B dining room.
Dr. Berkes, associate professor of international relations, believes that the success of American plans for defense of Western Europe depends upon integrating Western Germany into the European community.
According to Dr. Berkes, there is very little prospect of an early integration of Western Germany with France and the other Western European countries in a European army.
Harvard Man To Address Science Group
SC, UCLA Students To Hear Eye Specialist Tonight In Founders
The discoverer of Vitamin A in the retina of the eye, Dr. George Wald, professor of biology at Harvard university, will speak on “The Molecular Basis of Vision” tonight at 8 in 133 FH.
He will speak to a joint meeting of the SC and UCLA chapters of Sigma Xi, national science honorary society.
Dr. Wald is a graduate of New York university and Columbia university. He was awarded a National Research Council fellowship in biology in 1932 and began his work in the laboratory of Otto Warbur at Berlin-Dahlem.
It was there that Dr. Wald discovered vitamin A in the retina. The substance had been isolated only a few months earlier by Paul Karrer. The present Harvard professor completed the identification of the vitamin in Karrer’s laboratory in Zurich.
Elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in 1950, Dr. Wald serves as a National Research Council member of the Army-Navy-NRO vision committee. He is also on the U.S. National Committee of the Internation Commission on Optics.
He is a member of the American Society of Biological Chemists, American Physiological society, Optical Society of America, Society of General Physiologists. American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Association for Research in Ophthalmology.
Ross Says Religion Drug to Intelligence
by Shirley Ickes
“Religion, is the opiate of the people,” Dr. Floyd H. Ross, professor of church history and world religions, told an absorbed and p artially shocked audience at the Conversation tea at EVK yesterday.
Quoting from Karl Marx, who got the idea from a Christian, Dr. Ross said that religion is an opiate in the sense that people take it to drug their intelligence so they won’t
be asking questions that no man
THOMAS Cl .... shows jewels
Professor To Show Gem Stones on TV
>igma Phi Delta ilects Officers
| Sigma Phi Delta, international il and professional engineering frnity, elected officers for the semester Monday night, officers are Don Russell, ident; Larry Maxwell, first vice-ident; Phil Field, second vice-sident: Doyle Olson, correspond-secretary; Todd MacPrang. re-g secretary; Bob Morrell, manager; Dick Gray, treas-Rowan Cecil, chaplain; Roger jundstone, historian; and Neddie iriguez.
edges for the spring semester Charles Bouman. Cal Burns, ^oe Vicelja, John Martenson, Art ; Daniel. Robert Price. Emory t. Bill Jones, Walt Robson. Bon ibbev, Paul Messinger, Bob Booth. Dave Griffiths.
Pictura Gets High Praise
Yesterday's opening of “Pictura-Adventure in Art,” was a decided success with all four performances playing to large audiences. The film will be shown again today in Bovard auditorium, with the first matinee at 2 p.m.. followed by performances at 4 p.m., 7 p.m.. and 9 p.m. Wampus Girl.
Tickets for all performances are | “No expense has been spared for available in front of Bovard for 50 our queen,” said Editor Allen A.
Big Chance to Win Nothing
Wampus Chooses Girl
An all expense trip to Hollywood, dining at an exclusive film-eapital restaurant, and a front row seat at a major studio radio show will go to the lucky person selected as
cents.
The film, which is being sponsored by Delta Kappa Alpha, cinema fraternity, is divided into six episodes, each featuring the works of a famous artist. A Hollywood movie star narrates each section of the filmed art collection. •
The artists represented include Bosch, Carpaccio. Gauguin. Goya, de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Wood.
Questions Asked In Parisian Style
“Twenty Questions.” Parisian style, has been originated by members of the French club.
Each member of the “Twenty Questions" division of thfe club will have the opportunity of selecting a subject, to be guessed from queries asked and answered in French.
The group will meet every Thursday noon under the direction of M. Jacques Poujol, faculty adviser.
Arthur. “Bus tokens have already been purchased, and the studio tickets are ready.”
Wampus girl, whose name will be revealed next Wednesday when the magazine is released, will dine at the exciting Rexall restaurant at the crossroads of Hollywood and Vine. “This is THE eating spot of the film capital,” said Carolyn Mc-
Coy, travel editor. Tickets for the midnight CBS Hawthorn^ show have been gathering dust for some time in the waste-basket file, but they were retrieved when the Wampus hierarchy decided to shower the lavish gifts on the winner.
All this is in addition to the Max Factor make-up kit.
Wan*pus photographer Alan Carpenter said that Twentieth-Century Fox has released the name of the winner, and that she had received front page publicity in the Daily Racing form.
Despite this, the staff is remaining quiet and if she doesn’t accept the additional prizes, a new candidate will be sought.
SCs Consul to Play Frisco for Two Weeks
Gian-Carlo Menotti's ‘The Con- I of contracts,” he said, “to assure
sul” which will close a six-day run at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Saturday night, will “quite definitely’' go to San Francisco for a two-week tour, said Robert Herman. manager of the Guild Opera company.
“All that remains is the signing
.H. Primaries Analyzed by Poll
its opening there Apr. 14.” Originating as an SC opera workshop production, the opera began a series of professional appearances Monday when it opened at the Philharmonic under sponsorship of the Guild Opera company. One-Night Negotiation Negotiations for a one-night ap-j pearance in San Diego's Russ audi-1 torium May 1 already have been completed, Herman said.
Taft is trying to take us back When the guild took over produc-
A 530 karat diamond, acid replicas of diamonds in the king and queen of England’s crowns, and the royal scepter will be shown on SC's “Halls of Science” program, NBC-TV. 9 p.m. Saturday.
Prof. Thomas Clements, chairman of the geology department, will show the stones as he lectures on “Geology of Gem Stones.”
The television audience will see the 530 karat diamond, cut in a teardrop shape, and measuring two inches in length, along with replicas of gem stones in Thomas’ collection, which were made in Germany before WW II.
Indian and Modern Replicas
Clements will talk on the histories of gem stones, where and how they are found, and how they are handled after discovery. Diamonds are extracted by underground mining and by mining river gravels.
The TV audience will see replicas of Indian cut and modern cut diamonds. Indian cut diamonds are oval shaped and have many small facets, while modern cut diamonds have broad planes which give them more brilliance.
Clements will bring replicas of famous cuts from his collection, all of which are the size of bird eggs. He will show natural crystals of gem stones in ingenous ore specimens.
Students Participate
SC students taking part in this week's show are Jack Owen, Beverly Archer, Vanig Chuchian, Irving Buckspan, Nick Archer, and Sylvia Jerson.
Students are wanted for the Mar. 22 program which will feature Harry J. Deuel, dean of the Graduate School, and professor of biochemistry and nutrition, speaking on “Fats and Rats/’ Students may apply in 231 Hancock hall, and must be free from 7 to 9:30 Saturday night.
Hindman to Discuss Europe Aid on TV
Dr. Wilbert Hindman, professor of political- science, will be featured as a panel member on the ABC television program, “America Votes Tonight,” Tuesday night from 9 to 10.
The SC professor will debate the affirmative on the question /‘Shall We Continue Financial Aid to Europe,
The program weekly presents four
Graduate
Notice
prominent local figures, who debate various questions of national, international, and local importace. Nelson Pringle is moderator for the discussions.
Viewers are requested to phone in their votes either yes or no, following the discussion. The 19 operators on duty are able to handle 5000 calls each week, but the phone company estimates that several thousand others never reach the switchboard due to the congested lines which result from so many calls.
★ ★ ★ Will be Featured At YWCA Tonight
“Progress in the Direction7' of a World Community” will be discussed by Dr. Wilbert Hindman, when he speaks tonight at 7:30 at the YWCA.
Dr. Hindman, who analyzed the democratization program in Germany in 1949 for the US Army, will lecture at a meeting of Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology honorary. He will point out the importance of regional organizations for solving problems.
Important steps are being taken to form a real European community, especially in the industrial area, Dr. Hindman recently said. Much progress is being made in the field of agriculture through the Schuman Plan.
For two years Dr. Hindman has been conducting programs for visit-nig German students and officials, designed to give them a geuine understanding of American democracy.
by Bob Stitser	| with the integrity that Kefauver
Opinions of three SC students represents.	j the days of Ooolidge," said Ward. ! tion of the opera, SC loaned it the
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icerning reasons for Ike Bisen-er’s win over Robert Taft and Kefauver's win mer Harry in the New Hampshire ies vary all the way from ‘8 “good looks’’ to the way Reiver wears his coonskin cap. John Bradley, ASSC president; pony Ward. senator-at-large; and Nicholson, former varsity irtermiler and cross-country expressed definite “political-reascns for cnt as it did.
surprised Truman ran so j ^ more popular because his sets, properties, and costumes to
close to Kefauver commented 1	. ... . __,......
Nicholson. “Anybody could win over	llbera1’ Political j lessen the financial risks involved.
him.” Nicholson added.
Kefauver Favored
“Much was in Kefauver's favor j Eisenhower definitely is more lib-due to his recent television appear- j eral than Taft, who is ’Mr. Right-anres while investigating criminal 1 Winger' himseif,” Ward com-activities.” commented Bradley, j mented.
“Kefauver's victory is a sign of _____________
Tn;man's o^n indecision of whether to run for re-election.”
“This primary, plus ^ie results why the \T»te of primaries to come, will move i Truman toward deciding against
Kefauvers victory brought much being a candidate,” said Bradley.
Ion, ment.
Weak Truman Campaign
"I really believe Truman is using the primaries as a means of basing
viewpoints fit the progressive view- | Thirty-eight hundred dollars from points of the present-day voters, j its own treasury was invested by
the guild and another $2600 solicited from 26 donors.
The entire production is the same that opened at SC last De-| cember, with the exception of j Phyllis Althof. who has been replaced by Peggy Bonini. It is co:i-1^1	ductecl by Ingolf Dahl, played by
the SC Symphony orchestra, and ■ I	sung by the same singers.
Official
‘ Kefauver was in New Hampshire his decision to run. even though ranpeigiving, greeting and meeting he has said that primaries are eye-(ne people, while Truman directed j wash,’ ” Bradley added.
luke-warm campaign from out-kf-state,” said Bradley.
Ward said “the people all over
Students enrolled in the university who will complete the twc-yi-ar pre-pharmacy requirements by June ard plan to apply for admission to the School of Pharmacy in September are re-Nicholson said. Kefau\er appeals V qUes^ed to notify the Office of
Truman Antics
to voters by beating Truman at his
ihe country, not only in New j own game. Truman tries to keep Hampshire, are uneasy about the 1 jn the public eye by his antics. Ke-Yien now heading the Democratic fauver does him one better by re-jdnunisuration. Kefauver stands for ■ viving the old coonskin-cap league [trong political integrity f*rtd he is and staging mountaineer picnics.” Democrat. The voters want a j The Eisenhower-Taft tussle was administration, but one I not overlooked.
Admissions by Apr. 1. Applications required of all pharmacy apppMcants may be obtained at the Office of Admissions.
D. P. Nelson Assistant Director of Admissions
Veterans
Notice
Tomorrow is the last day for veterans on PL 346 to purchase required books and supplies at the bookstore, to obtain cash purchase refunds, and to pa^ excess charges.
Office of Veteran Affairs
Friday, Apr. 4. Final day to present preliminary draft of thesis to committee.
Friday, Apr. 25. Final day to present preliminary thesis approval. signed by each member of committee, to the dean of Graduate School.
Friday, May 9. Final day to present final draft of thesis to committee, together with blank approval sheets and cards for committee’s signatures.
Friday, May 23. (A) Final day to present final draft of thesis to the Graduate School, with signature sheets and cards signed by each member of the commit-mittee: (Bi Final day to present final draft of thesis to the office of the university librarian, Doheny library, main floor.
Wednesday, May 28. (A) Final day to secure CLEARANCE from the library. When thesis is accepted, the librarian will sign 4x6 thesis approval cards which candidate returns to the dean's office as final clearance of thesis; (B) Final day to pay library thesis fee ($15) at business office in OWENS HALL.
On presentation of the receipt for thesis fee at the office cf the registrar, a certificate of “completion” will be issued on request.
Blank forms for thesis approvals are available in the Graduate School ffice, room 204,. Administration building.
If. J. Deuel Jr.
Dean, Graduate School
WallbankWill Not Return
Reports that Dr. T. Walter Wallbank, professor of general studies now teaching on a Fulbright grant in Cairo, will come home shortly are unfounded, according to a letter received from him yesterday by the general studies department.
Dr. Wallbank does not plan on returning to the U. S. even after he completes his teaching term at Cairo. He will spend the summer in Europe.
He will make a round-about, trip in going to Europe from Egypt, visiting Near Eastern countries north of Egypt and docking at Greece. Italy and France specifically included in his travelogue.
He will return to SC for the fall semester.
Blood Drive Soon to Cet Underway
Fraternities, sororities, and other residence groups on campus will be the objects of a series of visits by Red Cross committee members Monday night as they seek to explain the importance of giving blood for SC's 1952 blood drive.
Named by drive chairman, Daryl Emerick, to the visitation committee were Sharon Swan ton and Anne Clements. Posters for the drive will be handled by Barbara Johnson and Mary Ann Carter.
Miss Emerick is asking for 900 Trojans to contribute their blood during the drive. This quota is 321 over the 579 pints collected in last fall's drive.
“The need for whole blood is more critical now than any time since the end of World War II,” said Miss Emerick. The West Coast is the chief center for collecting whole blood for Korea, she said.
‘ Since whole blood last§ only 21 days, it must be collected and shipped as rapidly as possible for use in Korea,” she explained. After 21 days the blood is made into plasma.
Besides giving blood for Korean casualties, donations are also important to the individual. Miss Emerick said. In case of emergency, a student can draw on the SC “account” at the blood bank and doesn’t have to pay private individuals from $25 to $60 for a pint of blood.
Blood is available to those who have donated at any time by just calling the health center or Dunkirk 4-5261, she said.
Signups for donations will begin Monday and last until Mar. 26. Members of Troeds will be at the table ki front of the Student Union from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily to make appointments.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be on campus Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Apr. 1 to 3, to make collections.
Dr. Baxter to Address Faculty Members Tonight
Faculty members and their wives are invited to attend University College’s regular weekly lecture on European travel tonight at 8 in 206 Administration building. Dr. Frank C. Baxter, professor of English and literature, will speak on “Institutions of England.”
can answer.
Who Am I?
Such fundamental questions as “Who Am I?” and “What Am I Doing In This World?” are the thoughts driven from man’s intelligence by his religious drugs, Dr. Ross said.
But in another sense, he rhetorically retorted, religion does not act as a drug. "High religion,” as Dr. Ross termed it, encourages man to persist in the investigation of life's meaning and the attempt to answer these fundamental questions.
“I object to passing out marijuana on every street comer,” Dr. Ross said, returning to the opiate religion, “and I’m not sure we need so much drugs to keep people from thinking things out and finding out what they really believe.”
No Growth Value
“Religion seems to have no real value in helping people grow,” he said. Instead it is an excuse for not growing, for avoiding fundamental questions.
“Denominations have value only to the extent that they help a person outgrow his denomination,” Dr. Ross said in answer to one of the many questions raised in the hour and a half long discussion.
No Heresay
“This is not heresay,” he chuckled. EMt it is true of every institution, Dr. Ross explained. “The function of an institution is not to . rixate people on the institution, but help people grow—it is a ladder by which we rise to new expectations.'’
Applying this logic to the university, Dr. R:ss said, the deadest thing around a campus is the faculty, who “uses his original class notes for the next 20 years of lecture.”
“If denominations and religion have so little value, why is ao much emphases placed on church attendance ” asked Jeanne Warnock, ASSC senator-at-large and members of the four-woman panel questioning Dr. Ross.
Culture Patterns
Part of the reason for church attendance emphasis is American culture patterns, the agnostic professor said.
There is a danger in telling people they are “made better” by going to church, Dr. Ross said. Some people become about this and assume they are better than people who don’t go to church, he said.
Motive Value
The value to be found in church attendance is in the person’s motive for being there. Dr. Ross said.
If persons are motivated to attend church for the purpose of exploring, searching, and learning at their own tempo, then church attendance has value for those persons, he said.
“Your church may be Doheny library, a laboratory, or a hill, as in the case of Einstein,” Dr. Roes said, “because of your .motivation for being there.”
“Why are we so often told we must go to church to find a better life?” was the question raised by Darleen Farrell, moderator of the panel and undergraduate coordinator of women’s curriculum.
Dr. Ross doubted if everyone found “a better life” by going to church.
Continued on Page 4
April in Paris' Theme Selected For Junior Prom; Bids Go on Sale
“April in Paris” has been selected as the theme for the Junior Prom, but it may take a flip of a coin to decide who submitted the winning entry.
Don Roe and Irving Dennison submitted 'identical entries. The two men will decide at the next Junior council meeting who will receive the free prom bid and an all-expense paid evening.
Tickets for the dance went on sale today, with booths being set up at strategic campus location*.
100 Entries The winning theme .was selected from more than 100 entries. Decorations wijl follow the theme and the dance will begin and end with the playing of “April in Paris.” The prom is scheduled for Apr. 5 at the Westside Tennis club. A band made up of musicians from well-known bands, led by Ray Linn, lead trumpet for Frank De-Vo], has been obtained for dancing.
RAY LINN . lead trumpet
Co-cha’rmen of the prom committee are Pat Wykoff and Joe Greenway.
Advance Interest Mounts “Judging from the advance interest, the turn-out should exceed last year's attendance ot 400.” said Rudy Fritsch. a member of the bid committee.
Bolstering has claim Jie cited the pledge made by 100 members of the Junior council to attend the event en masse.
The larger attendance also is expected to change the attire for this year’s prom. Semi-formal dress has been adopted for the dance, instead of last year’s formal wear, said Rick Spalla, publicity chairman of the dance.
Bob Hitchcock, junior class president, is very proud of all his workers. Said Hitchcock yesterday in a heartwarming message to his classmates, “I’m proud of you all.”