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Fresh Candidates Tell Views
Vol. XLIV
Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 1952
No. 17
First-Round Balloting Ends Today
U.S. Surgeon General to Talk On Public Health at Ceremonies
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, surgeon general of the U. S. Public Health service, Washington, D.C., will be the principal speaker at the 73rd St. Founders day ceremonies tomorrow.
Public Health in the World Today” will be Dr. Scheele’s address to students and faculty at the 10 a.m. convocation in Bovard auditorium. Students will be excused from classes at that hour to attend the lecture anc’ ceremonies.
Fred D. Fagg Jr., president of
the university, will officiate, and the university concert band will make its first appearance under the baton of its new director, William A. Schaefer.
Troy Stone Dedication Also the dedication of the Troy Stone, a section of the pillar of a ruined building in the ancient city of Troy, will be placed on the campus during the day.
Thc stone, obtained through the government of the Republic of Turkey, is expected to become a campus shrine.
Dr. Scheele also will participate in the dedication Friday of the School of Medicine's new cardiovascular research building across from the Los Angeles County general hospital.
The U. S. Public Health service t contributed $685,000 from its heart and cancer institutes toward the cost of the building.
Heart and Cancer Research The cardio-vascular research center is occupied by scientists who will study heart disease and cancer in its well equipped laboratories.
Dr. Scheele will address SC medical students, interns, and resident physicians of the coanty hospital at this meeting on “Relationship of the Public Health Service to Medical Teaching and Research.”
A specialist himself in cancer diagnosis, treatment, control, and research, Dr. Scheele set up and administered the Public Health service’s first cancer program in 1939. He was director of the National Cancer institute before becoming surgeon general of the Public Health service in 1948.
Only 40 years old when appointed to this post, Scheele became the youngest officer ever to attain _the rank of surgeon general.
SLEEPY PUEBLO
Growth of Trojan Campus Recalled
Dance Bids Ain t Movin/ Davis Says
Homecoming dance chairman Jack Davis took a dim view yesterday on the pace of dance ticket sales.
“They just ian't movin',” he quipped, noting the bids have been
Float Deadline Set
Kirk Nelson. Homecoming float chairman, has set tomorrow at 4 p.m. as the deadline lo file float plans for the Home-coming day parade to be held Oct. 24.
Application blanks are available at the ASST office in 215 Student I nion. Ijite entrants will be penalized.
Entries totaled IS as of Mon-day.
on sale two weeks. Only two bids have been sold to the dance so far. Davis reported.
Davis w'as confident that most students would make a last-minute rush to get dance tickets.
The dance, featuring Les Brown and his Band of Renown, will be held Oct. 25 at the Club Del Mar in Santa Monica and will climax the four-day Homecoming bration.
“Space is not problem this year," Davis said. ‘The Del Mar has five individual rooms for dining and dancing and can accommodate 6000 persons comfortably,” he said.
The main ballroom will be the locale for the floor show and band numbers. Music from the main ballroom will be piped through to the Terrace room. Del Marine room. Quarterback room, and Pelican's Roost.
The Club Del Mar is located on the beach and has a long row of window’s facing the ocean.
“To my knowledge." Davis said, "it is the finest location ever picked for a Homecoming dance.”
by Althea Aleko
Los Angeles was only a sleepy pueblo in 1880. Seventy-two years ago the now thriving metropolis was known as El Pueblo de Nues-tra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles with a population of approximately 10.000. And SC has growTi hand in hand with the surrounding community. In 1880, SC had an enrollment of 53 students. ‘
On Sept. 4, 1880, an important event took place on the SC campus, the laving of the university cornerstone. People came to the ceremony from all parts of the Los Angeles area. They came on foot, on horseback, in carriages, and on a horse car driven by a mule. The horse car started out at the center of town and went up Main street to Jefferson and up Jefferson to Wesley avenue (now’ University avenue) to Agricultural park (now Exposition). Mustard Fields
To those who only had enough vision to see the present, the one unfinished building of the new university was a lonely sight, since it was surrounded by uncultivated. unoccupied fields of mustard seed.
By Oct. 6, 1880, the first building was completed and classes w-ere ready to begin in what is now the Music building. The 53 newly enrolled students took advantage of courses being. offered in the classics, philosophy, and science^ Tuition was $12 to $15 a term.
Library and Museum
As was to be expected, the year of the university’s beginning w^as a year of “firsts,” and as is true of all worthwhile achievements, a year of sacrifice and labor. The “firsts” include a library with books donated by Los Angeles businessmen and a museum with a number of geological specimens given to the institution. 1880 also was the year that saw electricity introduced to Los Angeles.
On June 24, 1881. the first year of the university came to a close. “From all reports it had been a difficult and trying experience. There was practically no money available from the endowment fund and collections of the southern California conference were small, while the receipts and tuitions were not large.
The next two years witnessed a steady growth in the size of the student body. From the 53
students initially enrolled, enrollment rose to 154 by the third year, and by the fourth year there wrere 248 students.
June, 1880, saw- the realization of an event that completed the university. The first class w’as to be graduated. That commencement was the beginning of the first alumni body. Graduation wm the climax of four long years of extensive study. A diploma and an official seal had to be designed. The seal was soon planned. In the foreground 4was a scroll bearing date of the founding, 1880. To the right of the scroll stood a palm tree, the emblem of triumph and victory. Around the border of the seal w’as inscribed “University of Southern California.”
First Commencement
The first graduation exercises were held June 19, 1884. Three students received their diplomas that day.
Many years have passed since the founders, Ozro Childs, a Catholic; John Downey, a protestant: and Isaias Heilman, a Jew, first formulated the idea of the university. Today enrollment exceeds 10,000 students, and tuition j also has increased in 72 years.
Garb Changes
Bustles and full-length dresses have been replaced by skirts and sweaters. A drastic change also has taken place in the wearing apparel of the men going to college. Wing collars and Prince Albert suits are only found in family attics; the college men of 1952 are wearing Balboa blues and cashmeres.
Tomorrow students and faculty once again will observe Founders day. A tribute will be paid to the men who 72 years ago so painstakingly labored and struggled to begin what is now known as the University of Southern California.
Flying Dummy, Aloft Saturday, Still Unfound
No one has found that dummy dressed in a West Point Cadet uniform since it was sent skyward at halftime of the Army game Saturday.
When last seen it was dangling in a very unmilitary fashion from seven helium filled weather balloons traveling upward and onward at an elevation of several hundred feet.
Who would want to find it anyway?
Band Director Tommy Walker has an answer for that. Two free tickets to the SC-UCLA game Nov. 22 will be exchanged for the uniform.
As for the dummy, finders keepers . . .
Election
Predicts
Commissioner
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Record Vote
Balloting for freshman president and vice-president and foreign student representative ends today. The polls open at 8:30 this morning in Alumni park and close at 4 p.m.
Runoffs, if necessary, will be polled Thursday and Friday.
A record balloting was predicted yestreday by Elections Commissioner Jim Lucostic. At closing time yesterday, a total of 230 students had cast votes.
SCribes Elect New Officers
SCribes, SC’s organization for short story and other creative writers, elected new officers at its first fall semester meeting last week.
Paul Dees was elected president. Palmer Van Dyke, vice-president; and Wayne Burkshire, secretary-treasurer.
Independents to Voice Beefs in Suggestion Boxes
Suggestion boxes will soon be placed in Founders hall in order to learn the independent students’ wants and interests, according to William Van Alstyne, Independent council representative.
“We expect to draft a definite program from the suggestions we cele- receive.” Van Alstyne said.
This announcement was the result of a promise made last week by Van Alstyne to plan a program to attract students to the Independent council.
In another move which may rectify the student parking situation. Van Alstyne will meet with Bernard L. Hyink, dean of students, next Thursday.
“The parking situation behind Speech B is terrible,” Van Alstyne said. “Because this particular lot has one entrance which also doubles as the exit, improperly parked cars prevent other cars from getting out.
“What seems wrong is that there are tw’o drivew’ays on West 37th place which have had steel
barriers erected in the middle. If we can get these removed,” he said, “the bottleneck will be broken.”
Trolios Adds 11th Act; Entry DeadlineToday
Deadline for campus men’s groups to submit their acts for the homecoming Trolios will be 2:30 p.m. today, according to Chuck Meerschaert, chairman qf Trolio committee.
Meeschaert will be in 215 SU from 1 to 2:30 p.m. today to accept themes.
Another Trolio entry w’as received yesterday when Lambda Chi Alpha registered its act, “Blazers in Bali.” This makes the 11th fraternity to sign up for the annual variety show.
Trolios almost didn’t make the grade this year because of lack of student interest. A late rush of entries, however, insured the staging of the production and forced Meerschaert to extend the enery deadline another day.
Meerschaert announced dates of the elimination trials yesterday. The 10 best acts will be selected after the trials on Oct. 15-16. from 7 to 9 p.m. in Bovard audi-’ torium.
The skits must conform to certain rules and regulations, according to the chairman. Expenses used in producing the acts must not exceed $25. Only male personnel .are eligible to participate.
The best skits will be selected by a panel of judges on the basis of originality, showmanship, mth-od of presentation, and maximum amount of participation.
Acts must not exceed 12 minutes in length and must be presented exactly as approved by the Trolios committee. If either of these rules are broken the cur* tain will go down on the act immediately.
The committee chairman pointed out that even though vulgarity will not be permitted, something risque can still be humorous and acceptable.
Final dress rehearsal for the show’ will be held at 7 p.m. in Bovard auditorium, Oct. 22.
Public showing of Trolios will be held on the following night at 7:30 p.m. Admission will be 50 cents with all proceeds going to Troy camp.
CHUKUEMEKA OKEKE ... cites precedent
PAT MADGEWICK . . . Hot new office
RON SHIELLDS . . in irosh race
Alaskan Trip Topic of Talk
“Alaska—the Last Frontier,” is the title of a geology talk to be given at noon today in 412 Bridge hall.
Donal Ragan, graduate student of geology, will show colored slides as he recounts his experiences w’hile doing geological mapping for the Standard Oil company this summer.
Ragan viewed thousands of square miles of virgin Alaskan territory with the aid of “bush pilots,” the taxi drivers of Alaska. These are men who hedge-hop their small planes to the desired destination of the passenger.
“A great amount of geological work remains to be done in Alaska,” Ragan said.
“Weather there only permits field work during three months of the year. And much of that is interrupted by rain. Only the land area along the waterways and roads has been thoroughly surveyed by the geologist.”
Officer, Cadets Differ in Tale Of Accident
According to Cmdr. Ralph Benson, Naval Reserve Officers Training corps unit executive officer, he just twisted his ankle.
To hear midshipmen tell the story, his was just a plain case of ra«k fumbling the ball.
At any rate, Commander Benson is hobbling around on crutches today as the result of a broken ankle he received playing football “with the boys” at the NROTC picnic at Griffith park Friday.
Army Came Films Stated
Movies of the SC-Army game, with the highlights narrated by Don Clark, line coach, will be shown in 133 FH at noon tomorrow.
Clark played offensive guard and captained the Trojan varsity which won the Pacific Coast conference championship in 1947.
After playing two years of professional ball with the San Francisco 49ers, Clark coached the Naval academy line under Eddie Erdelatz before coming to SC as an assistant to Head Coach Jess Hill last year.
Boys to See Came Free
One thousand boys from the Variety and Troy Boys’ club will see Friday night’s SC-San Diego Navy game at the Coliseum, courtesy of the SC student body.
Official
Notice
The university library and all departments departmental libraries will be closed Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the duration of the Founders day ceremonies.
Lewis F. Stieg
“Last year’s total vote 315,” Lucostic said. “Since second-day balloting* always surpasses the first, we expect to pass the 500-mark easily.”
The foreign student election for a Senate representative has totaled 45 votes out of about 350 international students now on campus.
The election of a foreign student representative will mark the first time international students have had a voice in the ASSC Senate. SC is the only university in the U.S. which gives representation in student "------—«nt directly to foreign students, according to Chukuemeka Okeke, president of the International club.
Running for freshman president are Barry Coe, Don DavK Barrv F'-°rett, Jack F"'*"'>v, Tom Robertson, and Ron Shields.
Running for freshman vice-president are Gretchen Dockweiler, Jane Heacock, Ann Moore, Linda Ruddy, and Audrey Stone.
Running for foreign student representative are Satinder Kumar Verma, Patricia Madgwick, and John Andrews.
Because of an error in printing, Jack Forney’s name is spelled “Fortney” on the ballot for freshman president.
“Freshmen and foreign students can vote between classes with time to *■»*—* ” said Lucostic, “because it takes only a few minutes. Besides, there are only three names on the ballot.” Students are reminded that they must bring their ID cards to the polls ir r.-'*— to vote.
Votes will be counted tonight after the polls close.-
Runoffs are necessary only in the case of plurality vote. That is, if no candidate receives a clear majority of ballots cast, the leading candidates win *•-> k*d on again.
Commerce Alumni Luncheon Slated
The School of 'V——.~rce alumni luncheon will be held Oct. 22 at 12 noon in the Renaissance room of the Biltmore hotel, Dr. William Wait, assistant dean of the School of Commerce, has announced.
TRY, TRY AGAIN
Students Hold Fate of Rooters' Train
Education
Notice
Official
Notice
Students who expect to complete the requirements for teaching credential with the university recommendation on Jan. 28, 195S, should make application at once.
Application forms are available in 357 Administration building from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday and from 2:30-to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Papers must be completed and returned by Oct. 14, if prompt delivery of the credentials is to be made.
Syra R. Gold Credential Secretary ————— *
On Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. in	i audi4—-'— +,->®
university will celebrate Founders Day. tji. i.eonaru ocii^.c, surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, will speak on “Public Health in the World Today.”
Although this year we are not planning a formal faculty procession, we hope very much that all faculty members will plan to attend the convocation and will encourage their students to attend.
Ten o’clock classes will be dismissed.
Fred D. Fagg Jr.
President
by Ed Neilan
The Trojan Rooters’ Special, which has been derailed in recent years by lack of student support, will become a noisy and colorful example of SC’s winning spirit for this year’s Stanford game if the students want it to, Dr. Aloia, student activities adviser, said yesterday.
“The administration has gone out of its way to provide Trojan students with an opportunity to enjoy a three-day holiday up north,” Aloia said. “If the majority of students making the trip go on the special rooters’ train it will help to generate better spirit for the game.”
Aloia repeated the earlier announcement that the administration would declare Friday, Nov. 7, a school holiday if enough students sign up to take the Rooters’ Special to the game. The Southern Pacific is offering special rates, additional cars and assistance in arranging hotel accommodations in the Bay area.
Advantages Aloia pointed out three advantages of the rooters’ train over other means of transportation to the game:
1. The safety factor. The game is to be played on Nov. 8 and the weather may be acting up. More important, however, is the problem of heavy traffic on routes leading both north and south from Palo Alto. Last year one SC stu-
dent was killed and another seriously injured in a traffic accident on fhe way home from the California game. If most of the students would take the train, the trip would be safer for all concerned.
2. Improved school spirit. The train is scheduled to leave Los Angeles at 8:20 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 7 and arrive in San Francisco that evening around 7:30. Activities on the train will include cheering and singing to the music of the Trojan band, dancing in a special
DR. ALEX ALOIA . holds hhands in Frisco
lounge car, and a good time in general. All of this activity leads to a closer-knit, more spirited rooting section, Aloia believes.
Friday Cut
3. The academic angle. If enough students do not take advantage of the rooters’ train, classes will not be dismissed on the Friday preceding the game, and students cutting class to drive to the game will be penalized.
“We don’t want to force students to accept the rooters’ train idea, but we want to point out its advantages to them,” Aloia said.
George Moran, representative of the Southern Pacific who has set up ticket headquarters in the information office, had more to say about the advantages of the rooters’ train.
“First of all, the round trip fare by rail is one-half the round trip cost by air coach. We have arranged to have first-class chair cars on the Trojan Special, outfitted with the same type seats as we have in our streamliners. There’ll be a lounge car, a snack bar, a dancing car, and two dining cars on the special train,” Moran said.
Blow to Morale
“Banners announcing ‘Trojan Special’ will be placed on the sides of the cars and oh the drumhead at the rear of the last car,” Moran said. “What a blow to Indian mo-
Cardinal and Gold bedecked cars roar through Palo Alto.”
Moran said that groups may reserve entire cars if they so desire. He said that one sorority has already reserved a car. The rooters’ train tickets went on sale yesterday.
The cost of the round trip train ticket is $17.60. The train will leave Los Angeles at 8:20 a.m. on Friday, and arrive in San Francisco at 7:30 p.m. The train wall leave San Francisco at 8:16 a.m. Sunday morning and be back in Los Angeles at 7:30 p.m.
“The schedule gives students plenty of time in the Bay area to dine out, go shopping, attend theaters, hold hands, or any other activities they may have planned.’* Aloia said.
Arrange for Rooms Moran, who keeps office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the Information office, said that his staff would be happy to help students arrange hotel accommodations in San Francisco.
“We can arrange for low-rate rooms at the Whitcomb hotel, in the center of town,” Moran said. “The Whitcomb is one of San Francisco’s better hotels. It is the stopping place for most athletic teams in the Bay area.”
Aloia said that the administration will decide by Oct .20 whether or not to make a holiday of the Friday preceding the game.
“It’s entirely up to yje stu-
rale it would be to see a dozen dents,” Aloia said.
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