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The Daily Trojan today begins its fifth annual Traffic Safety Campaign.
The idea is simple—it is to get you through the holidays in one piece, to persuade you that it can happen to you and that it probably will if you don’t drive safely.
Quite frankly, we hope to scare hell out of you with stories and pictures about the horrors of death on the streets and highways.
If descriptions of warm, sticky blood, misshapen corpses, twisted caricatures of humanity, aftd tangled piles of scrap will do any good, we’ll resort to them. Nothing ts more horrible than dying agonizingly on a lonely road, or slowly at a downtown intersection. We can’t kill you off to prove the point, but we can and will bring you the experiences of those who have almost died, and we can and wjll tell you just how close you are to becoming a statistic every time you push the accelerator.
This isn’t a pleasant, regards-of-the-season sort of campaign. It just can’t be. The stakes are too great, and the odds against success are too high. The time has passed when those who want to die in bed can put their faith in appeal to reason. The traffic maniacs of this city, county, and land just aren’t reached by reason; they have got to be frightened into a realization that 100 or more horsepower and damn-fool carelessness mix only to the extent of death and to the maiming of the countless ones who don’t die.
It would be nice, of course, to say that In the reasoned atmosphere of higher education we don’t need to appeal to the dread of extinction and painful torture. But it would be a lie. College students may be skillful drivers, but they are dangerous. They cause more than their share of accidents. Younger drivers are even worse—to the extent that automobile insurance companies would rather underwrite a fu-
gitive from a geratricist than a person under 25.
You won’t get much sympathy in this campaign, and that doesn’t mean that we except ourselves. Few of us deserve any sympathy. Few of us resist successfully tihe temptation to break one or more traffic laws every time we get behind a wheel. It doesn’t matter whether it’s doing 45 in a 35 or shading a light by a couple of seconds, the danger is still there—just waiting for a chance to stretch us out on the Coroner’s slab.
Maybe you’ve never seen what happens when a head goes through the windshield. Perhaps you haven’t chanced along when five or six bodies—in 70 or 80 pieces—were strewn along the roadside. Some of you probably have never seen a cadaver, and the sight of guts outside the belly would turn your stomach. Well, you are going to be shocked, then, at what can taappen to the human body when the car stops in a sickening impact but the body keeps right on going—into the dash, or through the windshield, or out a shattered door.
We hope you get mad about this—so mad that you’ll do something about the shortcomings of your own driving and something about bringing social pressure to bear upon those who heetr no word of fear or caution. The reckless driver is a killer, and he deserves the same punishment at the hands of society. The careless driver is a possible killer, too, but both his life and those of his potential victims can be saved.
So we hope that you’ll take it as we dish it out—take it in the spirit of a sincere, deeply-felt attempt to end a needless slaughter. Stay with us and learn about the horrors of dying and of the few rather simple positive acts that are necessary to leave human life to the vicissitudes of war and disease. After all, there’s nothing that we want more for you—or for ourselves— than to die peacefully a long time from now—and in bed.
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DT Kicks Off Traffic Safety Drive; Campaign s Success Is up to You
The Daily Trojan kicks off its fifth annual Traffic Safety Campaign today.
During the next five days students will be asked to take a close look at their own driving—and at the driving of those with whom they ride.
Staffers have worked for weeks to provide cartoons, editorials, news stories, feature articles, juizzes, and statistical material about safety.
The objective is to bring about safer Trojan riving over the holidays and for the year ahead. Won Three
ae last four years the Daily Trojan has won Rational traffic safety contests and has fin-econd in a fourth.
is a good record—for a newspaper. But the access of a Campaign must be measured in terms of results and not of prizes won. On the results side, the picture is not so good.
Trojans have continued to die in traffic accidents. Campus speeding and traffic violations continue to be far too numerous. Daily this newspaper publishes in the dread that some morning's headline will relate a tragic crash or the death of a student along University Ave.
The Daily Trojan Editor and staff hope that
you will give the campaign your close attention. But far more than that, we hope that you will consider seriously the preventable cost of traffic accidents and do something positive to prevent them.
The campaign is going to be based upon the engendering of fear within the driver—simply because fear is an absolute essental if highway fatalities are to be reduced markedly—and upon concrete suggestions for safer driving and pedestrian ism.
Plans call for more than just talk. Traffic safety films will be brought to campus and shown. Lectures and demonstrations are scheduled. A traffic safety rally is under consideration.
Safer Place
The Daily Trojan hopes that you will participate in traffic safety events, and that you will respond to the campaigns with comments, letters, and suggestions for making the campus and the city safer places in which to drive and wralk.
If one life is saved, if one injury is prevented, the campaign will have been a tremendous success. We’ll do our best to give you the whole traffic safety picture. The rest is up to you.
Vol. XUV
Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1952
No. 60
HURRY, HURRY
A-Book Tab Sales Will Close Today
More than 2000 activity book holders have yet to claim their single Rose Bowl ticket, according to Ticket Manager John Morley. Sales are scheduled to end at 4 p.m. today.
The A-book ticket office, in the service building, University avenue and 35th place, reported a total four-day sale
of approximately 3530 tickets at
Final Round Of Debate Tourney Set
The final round of the championship debate for team honors in the 17th annual high school Forensic tournament will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. in 203 Speech B.
Tomorrow’s contest, which was postponed from last Saturday night, will bring together the Los Angeles and Marshall high school teams. Five SC professors from the department of speech will judge the debate.
More than 300 students from 25 Southern California high schools took part in this year’s tournament, which is annually sponsored by SC. Contestants participated | soi(j) ticket manager said.
in debate, oratory, after-dinner -Death Ha* No Holiday
speaking, extemporaneous, original oratory, and dramatic interpretation.
Awards were given to the outstanding speaker in each division and the school accumulating the most points in over-all competition won the grand prize. Los Angeles high, defending tournament champions, again won sweepstakes honors with 52 points.
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closing time yesterday opposed to the 5600-plus ticket allotment that was granted to A-book holders.
A total number of 5568 A-books were sold to students earlier this fall.
Students who plan to buy their $2.75 rooters’ ticket today are instructed to bring their activity book with them. If a student pre sents a book wiiich is not his, the book will be confiscated by the ticket office, Morley said.
Bulletin Rose Bowl Tickets
The sale to A-book holders will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Morley also said that there are still a limited number of tickets left for students who did not purchase activity books. These tickets, which represent the remainder of 2500 set aside for non-A-book holders, may be obtained in the store on the corner of 35th street and University avenue.
This office will close its doors as soon as these $5.50 tickets are
LWM Variety Show Won t Run Today
Group Plans Bowl Activities
Plans for a gala reception of the Wisconsin gridders when they arrive at International airport Dec. 17, a televised rally on.the evening of Dec. 30 and a quartet of costumed Tommy Trojans on armored horses at the Rose Bowl parade, are part of the plans for SC’s participation in the Rose Bowl which are now being formulated.
Under the leadership of Dean Bernard L. Hyink, a special Rose Bowl coordination committee has been formed to handle all activities pertaining to the Jan. 1 classic. In addition to arranging pregame rallies and stunts, the committee also has the task of deciding on policy in respect to card tricks and other halftime festivities.
Members of the Rose Bowl committee include Dean Hyink; Dr. Alex Aloia, student activities adviser; Jim Cooke, Knights president; Arnold Eddy, executive director of the Gentral Alumni association; Al Ewen, associate athletic director; Yell King Al Gallion and his cheerleaders; Pat Patterson, Squires president; and Tommy Walker, band director.
Even Trade; $75,000 for Spare Time
Is there anyone on campus who has a few days to spare and who could use $75,000?
Dr. Thomas Clements, head of the geology department, is looking for a student so disposed with whom he can split $150,000.
This is the amount Dr. Clements has been offered for aid in the recovery of a $450,000 treasure.
In unmarked, well-worn, U.S. currency this amount lies hidden in a secret compartment of a truck somewhere in a United States custom office.
The money-laden trunk was sent to this country from Mexico by a man jailed for supposed bankruptcy.
Dr. Clements found out this much yesterday when he received an air mail letter from the owner of the trunk who is in Mexico City.
The geologist is eager to share the reward and also minor expenses with a deserving and ambitious student, because, as he said yesterday, “pressing business at this time of year prevents my following through on this matter.”
The letter which he received was postmarked Dec. 6, was mailed from Mexico City, and was written in English which >vas very difficult to read.
Name and address r the writer wrere withheld at L_'. Clements’ request.
Dr. Clements, who explained that his “pressing business” was Christmas shopping, can be contacted in 412 Bridge.
First Noon Lawn Concert Begins Today
The first in a series of Lawn Concerts will be presented today at 12:30 p.m. in the area between Founders hall and the Administration building.
Under the direction of William A. Schaefer, director of instrumental organization, the 40-minute concert will feature several famous selections by the Trojan Symphonic band.
“Today’s concert, which has been arranged for the student’s interest, will be of an informal nature,” Schaefer commented. “Attending students and faculty members will have the opportunity to hear good music in a comfort-avle. casual atmosphere.
“We feel that we have arranged a selection of melodies that are also appealing to people of all musical tastes,” the symphonic band director reported.
Convenient Time
Special emphasis was also placed on scheduling the coneert at an opportune time for as many
students, as possible, Schaefer stated.
“In the past, these outdoor concerts had been offered at various times in the afternoon,” he said. “By scheduling them at the noon hour, however, we feel that more students will be able to take advantage of hearing the concert.”
Schaefer also commented on the keen interest displayed by the symphonic band in preparing for the outdoor musical. Stating that the majority of band engagements are limited to outside public concerts, Schaefer said that today’s concert will afford band members with the opportunity to perform for students as a campus service.
Concert Program
Selections to be featured at today’s Lawn Concert include “His Honor March,” Henry Fillmore; Overture to “Russian and Ludmilla,” Michael Glinka; “Perpetuum Mobile,” Johann Strauss; Procession of the Nobles from “Mlada,” Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “Lady of Spain,” Torchard Evans; Russian Sailor’s Dance from “The Red Poppy,” Reinhold Gliere; “Toccata Marziale,” Ralph Vaughan Williams; “Semper Fidelis, John Phillip Sousa; and “Fight On.”
Staging of Skits Held Until Monday
“To insure a real top-notch Variety show, the Trovet’s Living War Memorial noon rally which was scheduled for today has been postponed until Monday,” Publicity Chairman Dick Merritt announced yesterday.
“Conflicting schedules of events and the fact that Hollywood entertainers Lena Horne and William Bendix are unable to at-
PHIL MARANTZ . . . soph prexy
Sophomores To Challenge Junior Class
A report from the projects committee were the topics of business at the sophomore council meeting yesterday.
Projects Chairman, Jim Craig, said that a council party would be held at the home of Ann Fisher Jan. 9. The party would be informal, he said.
Following a motion that the council challenge the junior council to a volleyball game, President Phil Marantz appointed Bob Wood a$ chairman of the committee to work out the details with the junior class. Also on the committee are Mary Barrett, Dick Burton, Steve Mulholen, and Mimi Belyea.
Marantz told the council that they had placed second to Gamma Phi Beta in Operation Giftlift with 120 gifts.
The sophomores in placing second in the drive, were victorious over the other class councils in the gift lift contest. Marantz had challenged tae other councils to produce more gifts at an ASSC Senate meeting early in November. He thanked t>.«* council members for backing up his challenge.
tend today forced the postponement,” Merritt explained.
Regret Expressed Miss Horne, who is enroute to a new engagement, regretably could not attend, he said. Bendix has just begun a rigid shooting schedule at Hal Roach studios.
“The Trojan Knight and Squires are the only participants we have been unable to notify of the show’s postponement.” Mel Shes-tack, show chairman said. “They are requested to help out LWM on Monday.”
Personalities scheduled lined up for Monday’s show include a speech by Los Angeles Postmaster Michael D. Fanning, honorary chairman of the 1952 LWM drive, and the comedy dance team of Frank and Joe Martin.
Present Poster LWM Poster Contest winner Dietrich Peter Friesen will present an enlarged reproduction of the winning poster at the show.
“We were also afraid that the Trojan band’s LWM concert, at 12:30 today might conflict with the variety show,” Merritt said.
The band concert will be held on • the grass between Bovard and Founders hall as previously scheduled and Amazons will take col-lectionj, he said.
Tuitions Paid The Living War Memorial is a scholarship hmd which is designed to offer paid tuitions to selected sons or daughters of veterans who were killed in the military service of the United States.
This year’s drive got underway Monday with the canvassing of day and evening classes as well as student activities.
“Collections to date total $441.77,” Don Kimble, finance chairman said. “This includes all canvassing on campus except yesterday’s evening classes.”
Collections chairman Bob Hildenbrand said that additional collections will be made later in the week.
The final canvassing is scheduled for Wednesday evening in Bovard auditorium when Dr. Frank C. Baxter, professor of English will give the traditional LWM Christmas readings.
Music from New Nickelodeon Entertains SC Coffee Hounds
Music, sweet music, is issuing from the Trojan Grill. A'juke box, installed late yesterday afternoon by the Greater University committee, was immediately put to use by happy customers in the basement of the Commons.
The large nickelodeon plays both sides of 52 78 RPM records 104 sides of music. Bill Houser, Greater-U vice-chairman, said ' that the records will be changed regularly so students get a variety of musical entertainment.
New Machine
“It is hoped that the profits from this machine will eventually go to buy a new machine, complete with selection boxes in each booth,” Houser said.
He also said that the Greater-U committee is planning to turn the Commons basement into a student lounge. “When we do this, we can pipe music into the lounge,” Houser said.
Methods of determining the most popular records were also told by Houser. “This juke box automat has an automatic counter on it to show which records are being played the most, he said. These records will be held over until their popularity wears off.
Suggestion Box
To supplement the automat’s meter, Houser will place a suggestion box near the nickelodeon for regulars to recommend favorite tunes.
“The Greater-U committee wants to extend thanks to James F. Clark, director of the Commons and Residence halls, for assisting the committee in acquiring the juke box,” said Houser.
TODAY'S THE DAY
Varsity Show Schedules Tryouts for Three Days
Varsity show tryouts will be held today, tomorrow, and Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the Student Union Lounge, said Director Edward Earle yesterday.
Students with a flair for acting, singing, or dancing or a combination of all three wil find either parts in the cast or chorus of the show he said.
Script writer Tom Pflimlin said that 14 major and minor parts plus 35 chorus positions would be filled frorft the group trying out.
March Production
The all-student show is scheduled for the third or fourth week in March, depending on when Trojan Chest Chairman Bill Rosensweig sets the Trojan Chest Week.
Besides cast and chorus positions, students are needed for technical and musical positions including lyricists, typsts, rehearsal pianists, copyists, production secretaries, script girls, and a stage manager.
Producer Dick Porter said the Varsity snow rehearsal schedule will be prepared to meet the schedules of the majority of the cast but he parned that particip-
ants would be expected to attend all rehearsals.
The two-act musical comedy will include 11 scenes and 27 musical numbers.
Bring Materials Director Earle said students trying out for cast positions will be expected to bring material appropriate to their abilities.
The 11 major roles include eight males and three females, Earle said. He briefly outlined each character. Charlie one of the major roles, calls for a straight
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male lead. Heywood is an egotistical man with a clever wit and a large vocabulary.
Jerry is the young maie lead. He is the average college student. His friend, Woodson Van Buren, is another egotistical person with a good knowledge of Shakespeare and an excellent vocabulary.
Penny is the straight female lead. She is the sweet type with brains besides. Clara is the dumb blonde type. All she does well is sing.
More Characters
Ruby is the Sophie Tuckerish type of woman. She is robust with a heart as big as she is. Mick and Mack are the typical comedy team with a joke or a skit at every flip of the coin.
Gillihan and Stratton are two producers with a quick eye for making money, sometimes dishonestly, the cigar-in-mouth type. Pierpont is a sarcastic indivdual with a pessimistic outlook.
The Varsity show is an annual event held as part of the Trojan Chest Week. All proceeds go to Troy Camp, an SC-sponsored camp for underprivileged children.