CLARK QUITS
COACH
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MCKAY
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Southern
California
DAILY
TROJAN
VOL. LI
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1959
NO. 55
Yule Program Will Feature Frank Baxter
Dr. Frank C. Baxter, television personality and SC English professor, will present his annual Christmas reading program tomorrow night from 7:30 to 9:30 in Bovard Auditorium.
KUSC-FM will broadcast the program live from the auditorium. A half-hour of Christmas caroling, organized by the Student Council on Religion, will precede the readings.
Following his traditional practice, Dr. Baxter will keep the exact content of the readings secret until the program.
He will read selections from Ogden Nash, Robert Benchley,
Robert Frost and Phylis Mc-Ginley.
Old Favorites
A particular favorite of Dr.
Baxters, “The Oxen” by Thomas Hardy', has assumed a tradition- | al spot on the program. Other I selections traditionally included In the readings are excerpts i from Dickens’ “Christmas Car- j ol” and the poem “A Soldier,
His Prayer.”
This poem was composed | anonymously' by a soldier in I North Africa during a Christ- ; mas poetry contest.
Dr. Baxter’s readings have ! been an annua] part of campus j Christmas activities for 22 years, j Originally the program began as an afternoon classroom activity |	Christmas	Carol-Revisit-
but become so popular that it e(j*» a COmical take-off on the hr inched nut to an evening pro- Dickens classic, will be broad-g’-om in Bovard Auritorium. cast over KUSC-FM, 91.5 me, on Bi*npfIt	Dec. 23 at t :30 p.m. as part of
In the past	the	readings have	the stations Christmas celebra-
been held for	the	benefit of the	j tion.
Veterans' Fund for the sons and ; Writen by Andre Sojka, asso-dauehters of	SC	alumni who	citae producer of	Trojan Digest
have se vr>d in the war.	j	for CBS. the comedy is a take-
in addition	to	being an SC	off on Dickens	“A Christmas
professor. Dr. Baxter has done Carol.”
Featured in the cast will be
REGISTRATION BEGINS FOR SPRING CLASSES
Registration materials for students returning for the spring semester will be available at Owens Annex door B, beginning Monday, Jan. 4.
The registrar’s office reports that advisers’ cards can be picked up this wr?ek. A card must be filled out, signed by each student’s major department adivser and returned with the other completed registration materials to the Owens Hall Annex by Jan. 4.
Cards for H classes will be available in the office of departments in which the classes will be given.
The registrar’s office stresses the fact that the time materials are received will be noted on each student’s registration envelope.
Cards for R classes will be issued in the order requests are received during pre-registration.
Each registration packet will include a procedure sheet for students to follow when filling out and returning the materials.
This sheet will provide space for students to list alternate choices for filled R classes.
The Registrar asks that students be certain to list their second preferences to save delay in handling registration materials.
University College students can pick up their registration papers at the Information Office between 5 and 7 p.m. beginning Jan. 4.
Regular registration, for new students and those who fail to pre-register, is scheduled for Feb. 4-6.
Nuclear Lab To Show New Accelerator
KUSC to Broadcast Special Holiday Show
Voting Closes On Constitution
SC students will decide the fate of tli<* new ASSC Constitution today as the general student body election moves into the final day of balloting.
The polls will be open from 9 a.m. 4 p.m. in front of Doheny Library said Margie Ilirsch, commissioner of elections. All voters are required to present an SC ID at the vot!ns: area.
Gary Dubin, Senate parlia-m .nariau, announced that 500 copies of the document will hr* available at the polling area.
Votes are expected to be counted and the results released about o p.m. today, said Dubin.
exten*;ve work in the television field. He has made several series. including “Shakespeare on TV.” which won an Emmy
award several years ago.
Sunday Program
Other television programs in which Dr. Baxter has appeared sre “Renaissance on TV,” “Telephone Time.” “Now and Then” and his latest venture. “Harvest.” a Sunday program in color and b'ack and white.
“Harvest” presents episodes from »-v’n's past and present Achievements in the realms of art. literature, public affairs and sconce.
The SC professor is also well-known for his role of “Dr. Re-sp'-irc’’” in the Bell Syrstem Science S?ries.
He h^s appeared in “Our Mr.
Sun,” “Memo the Magnificent,”
“The Stvarrge Case of the Cosmic Rays." “The Unchanged Goddess,” "Gateways to the Mind1’ ana “The Alphabet Con-^
«piracy."
The series is produced by j Warner Brothers.
Five Emmys
Awards won by Dr. Baxter for 1 his appearances in television ! from the Sylvania Award for the nation’s best local educational program to five Emmys for lo- i cal public service programs, out- j standing new male personality j and best documentary.
He was the first person to re- j reive the George Foster Peabody j Award — TV’s Pulitzer Prize — i for television education.
Most of his visual materials used on his television programs	:
are nv^de by him as part of his hobbies, which have been the subject of articles, in several	;
national magazines.
Honorary Degree«»
Especially singled out for men- I tion are his working model of j Commission yesterday by the
t printing pr lr»o0i arid a
tion of Shake peare's Globe the-	i hearing,	John	Fi-cLer	editor	ot
bier.	' Harper's	magazine, tojd	the com*
l>r. Baxter has received many mission that the government honorary degrees and has l>een might take a fixed percentage of listed by Life magazine as lotal income from stations, per-nmong the eicht most popular haps everything above 6 per university professors in the cent, a« a means of ending com-country.	1	mercialization of TV.
SC Forum and Trojan Digest.
In cooperation with the British Broadcasting Company, KUSC will broadcast “The Singing Valley” on Dec. 23 at 4:30 p.m. In this program from the Rhondda Valley in Wales, Scottish opera singer Ian Wallace, will join one of the choirs during a rehearsal of Christmas music.
“New Songs for Old.’’ a program by the choir of Hampstead Parish Church conducted by the
Wiliam Stedman, director of the 1 organist and choirmaster, Mart-
indale Sidwell, will presept modern settings of traditional carols by contemporary' composers such as Britten, Holst and Bax, “Sweet Singing in the Choir,” a musical program featuring old, familiar carols sung by the Hampstead Choir, will air at 5:30 p.m. These carols will be blended with traditional Christmas music, under the direction of Sidwell.
Dickens Time
Exhibition of a newly-developed 32-million volt linear accelerator will be presented during the physics department open house this Friday in the nuclear phyrsics laboratory, 36th pi. and Hoover st.
Guided tours are scheduled for 10 and 11 a.m. and 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m.
The accelerator was conceived and built by the University of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory. It was then donated to the SC physics department by the Atomic Energy Commission.
In addition, the AEC is financing basic research and graduate student training in this 1 field.
1 Year to Assemble
Dr. Gerhard L. Weissler, professor of physics and chief investigator at the nuclear physics laboratory, and his staff of technicians, headed by James Sirois, spent a year assembling the accelerator and putting it into operation.
This involved laying miles of electrical cables, soldering more than 100,000 electrical connections, installing large vacuum pumps and building massive lead and concrete shields.
The accelerator is in two parts.
The first is a Van de Graff accelerator in which hydrogen nuclei (protons) are moved from 1 rest up to four million volts.
Proton Beam
This proton beam from the Van de Graaff is then injected into the second accelerator system, a vacuum-tight steel cylinder about 40 ft. long and 4 ft. in diameter.
The accelerator within the i steel housing is a copper cylinder connected to high-powered electrical oscillators operating at a frequency of about 200 million cycles a second.
This high frequency produces about three-quarter million volts a foot within the cylinder.
The voltage then accelerates the protons traveling down the axis of the cylinder with a total of 32 million volts of energy.
During the acceleration of a burst of protons, the peak power required of the electrical oscillators is about 2.5 million watts, more than that delivered by 100 ordinary TV' transmitting
Moves to Veep Post at Overall Supply Firm
By DICK PATMAN Daily Trojan Sports Editor
Don Clark resigned yesterday as Troy’s head football coach, thus shocking his friends and ending a short but promising career in the unpredictable athletic profession.
President Norman Topping immediately announced, upon accepting Clark’s resignation, that he would be succeeded by John McKay, back- i	~
field coach during the past sea- i men during his first wear, 1957.
JOHN McKAY
. . new coach
DON CLARK
. . resigns job
On Thursday, Dec. 24, at 8 p.m. KUSC will present “A I stations or 25.000 light bulbs of Charles Dicke.is Christmas,” a 100 watts each.
program of extracts from the Christmas stories of Dickens, written and introduced by his great-granddaughter, Monica Dickens.
The Christmas da.v program at 7:45 p.m. will present two voices of the British theater, Celia Johnson and Robert Spea-light, in “Madonna and Child,” a series poetryr readings. They will a'so present a series of cradle songs to the Infant Christ.
Six to eight faculty members and 12 to 14 graduate students are engaged in nuclear physics
research at this time.
That group, currently t h e same ones which makes up the bulk of Troy’s talent on the gridiron, includes such nationally ranked performers as the Me-Keever twins, Mike and Marlin, George Van Vliet, Luther Hayes, Jerry Traynham, Dan Ficca, Bob Edwards, and Al Prukop. Lured Eastern Stars Also, Clark’s staff managed to lure eastern stars such as Al Bansavage and Jock Wilkins away from their boyhood homes to play football on the major college level.
In the meanwhile, Clark was forced to go with a penalty-riddled squad which had suffered the full wrath of the now dead Pacific Coast Conference. The result was what everyone connected with football expected—
a dismal season.
Despite his poor spason at the outset, £lark set about to re-, build he Trojan grid fortunes of course, thrilled with the op- an<^ ^ now can be said without
The pre-holiday show will give the children, ranging	™	¡*	j SkrtjETn' t^pa^em”'.
in ages from 6 to 11, their only "Christmas” this year.	stunned by coach Clark’s deci- I Inexperience Hurt Troy
They will be transported to 1 sjon. The coaching profession 1	-^1S	second team, though com-
the campus by busses	from j	will	miss a man of his	caliber	Posed mainly of inexperienced
throughout the Los Angeles	and	j’m	honored that	he ex-	sophomores, managed to win
area, including the San Fernan-	pressed his faith in me. I’ll cer- I	^our	games	and was in every
do Valley, East Los Angeles and	tainly do my utrrwst	to justify 1	other	contest	right up to the fi-
San Pedro.	that 'fajth.’>	•	j nal gun. Three of the losses suf-
Most of the children’s names	Topping Expresses	Regret	fered	in the	1958 season were
were obtained from SCerve, the '	President Topping	expressed I	s°Iei.v	due to	backfield mistakes
SC agency for outside charities, regret that Clark is leaving and anf1 Pure inexperience.
Requests were also taken	from	sajd	that	“he has done an excel-	Big things were expected of
campus residence houses	for |	]ent	job	develoing the	univer-	the 1959 team, but few thoucrht
sity’s football program during his they would be as great as the three years as head coach.” j results showed 10 week latef. The surprising resignation 1 There were the Trojans, barelv
700 Kids to Invade
Troy for Yule Show
Seven hundred Los Angeles underprivileged children Trojan campus just six months, will celebrate Christmas early this year when they attend sai(^;
SC’s annual Christmas program as guests of the univer- *m naturally surprised and, sity.
son. McKay is 36 years old and a graduate of the University of Oregon.
Clark, who will take over as Executive Vi&-President of Prudential Overall Supply Co., a multi-plant industrial operation in this area, said, “My staff and our players have successfully answered the challenge presented when I was appointed. I never intended to make coaching my life career and find myself unable to let pass the opportunity now being offered me.
Will Miss SC
“I’ll understandably miss my warm relationship with the university. That and the wonderful friendships I’ve made with coaches, players and particularly my own staff have made these past years extremely gratifying.”
McKay, who has b^?n on the
Today's Weather
The weatherman predicts mostly clear skies today with some high cloudiness. High temperature will be about 75 degrees.
Faculty President Endorses Tax Clamps on Radio, TV
By BARBARA EPSTEIN
President of the Faculty Club. Dr. Rusrell II. Caldwell, gave strong support today to a suggestion that the government begin taxing broadcasters for poor and unintelligent programming.
“The air belongs to the peo-
Dr. Caldwell said that he i ment would force sponsors and would modify Fischer's sugges-1 broadcasters to produce better tion by taxing stations whose I programs than are being aired programming did not come up now.
to high-level standards.	A	taxation	system	which
“By this method the govern- would take away profits from ment would be encouraging good stations who did not come up to
Club to Hear
Medical Man At Luncheon
Dr. Federick J. Moore, professor of public health, will discuss “Health Information Retrieval” at today’s Faculty Club luncheon meeting in the dining room of the Commons at noon.
The Faculty Club will hear Dr. Moore explain how information and files on the health of individuals is stored and retrieved when needed.
Studied Here
Dr. Moore has studied at Hamilton College, Columbia and SC where he received his MD in 1939.
After completing his internship at Los Angeles County Hospital in 1949, he remainded at that hospital as a microbiologist.
Dr. Moore became an instructor in bacteriology at SC in 1940 and is also an attending physician at County Hospital.
He is editor of the SC Medical Bulletin and a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County TB and Health Association.
Writes Articles
He is the author of some 40 articles and a book dealing with various phases of medical science.
At present Dr. Moore is engaged in a research project with the final objective being a health information research center.
The center will compile the latest developments in mathematics, physics and engineering.
“These developments will be : employed in the effective pro- j cessing, storing and coordination j of health information to meet j the ever increasing needs of praclice, education and research in the comprehensive field of health,” said Dr. William Werk-mcister, Faculty Club program chairman.
names from favorite charities. Dorms Participate Dormitories, sorority and fra-
ternity houses will host approximately 20 children each for dinner at 4:30 p.m. This is the first year the dormitories have participated in the program.
two years away from their most disasterous season in history, .amid the top teams in the nation. The final mark showed an 8-2 record, victories over such inter*
comes on the heels of the most successful season for the Trojans since 1956. Perhaps it was even more so since the Trojan gridiron empire is still in the .	. process of rebuilding after the I sectional oopdhents as Ohio
Jim Harom, chairman of riin- penalties and bans imposed by I Stete, Pittsburgh	Baylor,
ner accommodations, said that ■(he pcc 3nd NCAA	and a number of All-Coast and
he hoped the Rowites cooperate	,	A„.American	mentions for indi-
by leaving parking space open	continued ' «¿“Is on the souad.
for the busses bringing the chil- mou&n tne lro.ians continued |
dren to dinner.	fo	win	Saturday	after	Saturday	j	Offense	S'ill Criticized
for the first eight weeks, the	Yet, desnite this winning mark,
youngesh of all SC head coaches i many criticized the offensive svs-was constantly kept off guard ' tem and lack of scoring which by those who insisted the team j characterized the 1959 team.
At 7 p.m. the visitors will be treated to a program in Bovard Auditorium featuring Skipper Frank, star of the KTLA program “Cartoon Carousel.”
The children will then see the academy' award winning film, “Bear Country,” and a Walt Disney cartoon featuring the whole cast of Disney characters.
Santa to Attend Dr. Russeil L. Caldwell, president of the Faculty Club, will don a beard and red suit to play the part of Santa Claus.
To the tune of “Jingle Bells,” the children will “help Santa find his way” to the show. He will finally appear from the orchestra pit to the strains of “Here Comes Santa Claus” sung by the Trojanaires.
PA Program Slated Today
was not winning margins.
by big enough
However, Clark accomplished this remarkable achievement
It's probably the only time in with just six seniors, on the the history of West	Coast foot-;	squad.	Moreover, a good number
ball that a coach of	a team with	i	of his	athletes were just sooho-
a perfect record was	asked to ex-	mores	and transfers who had lit-
nlain his methods of	getting the	i	tie or	no big tim'* experience at
job done.
McKay Rises Quickly
McKay, who served his first year with the staff this season, will be the first non-SC graduate to be head man since the immortal Howard Jones directed Troy’s fortunes from 1925-1940. Jones was a Yale graduate.
th» start of the campaign.
If Don leaves anything with his Trojan athlete«? and those who know him off the f’eld, and he has plre^dv left mneh to the university, it will b*» this;
Above All........a Gentleman
Here was a man completely dedicated to his profession, and more imooortant. to his athletes.
Nine faculty members of the
programming and sponsors from
pie. s:iid Caldwell in support oí i ” he declared.
rent-charging” plan proposed to the Federal Communications Commission yesterday by tht _'(from the year! editor of a national magazine, miniature duplica- ! Testifying before an FCC
Ijv jfc ; (.lobe thc-
He said that sponsors today are making large profits on programs which are "shoddy” and an insult to the intelligence of /ur:e icans.
•'The general public’s appreciation of good programming is far greater than Madison Avenue would tell us it is,” he said.
Mor** Control He feels that a policy which would put broadcasters under
discouraging | high-level standards would be broadcasting an excellent way of achieving this, he believes.
A powerful commission composed of educators from American colleges and universities should be set up by the government to judge whether or not a station is meeting good programming standard:«, he suggested.
“Universities must assume the lead.” he declared. "Madison Avenue has had too much voice in deciding what we are and are
Biology Dept Hosts Meet
The SC department of biology will be the host for the annual winter meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists on the campus December 28-30.
Dr. John Mohr, professor of biology and head of the SC department, is chairman of meeting.
During the 1948 season, Mc-
r, , r	'	Kav led the Ducks in scoring and
School of Public Administration -T .	.	.	b	.
„	,	was	instrumental	in	helping	his
will speak in a program spon-	£	,
sored by the Public Adminbtra-	reach	the	Cotton	Bowl	on
tion Student Council today atj new years a'‘
2:30 p.m. in 229 FH.	He	was equally impressive
Purpose of the meeting is to j during his senior year of 1949. better acquaint the student bodv Instead of playing pro ball with the public administration j he was drafted by the New York faculty said Darrvlle Stafford,
publicity director of the PA1 Conference—McKay chose to Student Council.
Speakers will include Dr. Em ery E. Olson, emeritus dean of | One year later the Ducks’ the school: Dr. Henry Reining j present mentor, Len Casanova, Jr., dean of the school; Dr. Des-1 took over and he retained the mond L Anderson, director of | young backfield coach
McKay’s stay at Troy has been On nr off the field, Don was a | short, though his experience in i gentleman, j football is far from being brief. | No footba,i team
cpn lose
Die new SC coach started his man jj^p dark and rot feel the collegiate careei at Purdue in joss However, long after present-| 1946 soon after release from the day Trojan athletes 3re forgoN Air Corps. However, it wasn t , ten university will miss the long until h? turned up at the j warmth, honestv and dedication University of Oregon.	j	0f soft-spoken guy who re-
McKay Led Ducks	|	built an empire in just three sea-
sons at the helm.
Yankees of the old All-American Conference—McKay chose to remain at Oregon as an assistant ! to coach Jim Aiken.
the watchful eye of the govern- i not to see.”
civic center division and lectur-the 1er; Dr. John D. Gerletti Jr., as-! sociale professor of public ad-Manv scientific research pa-| ministration; and Dr. Frank P. pers will be read by delegates Sherwood, associate professor of from colleges and universities public administration and dircc-throughout the West.	i tor of the Planning Program.
Clark’s Excfeflenr Recruiting
Clark’s era at SC was marked by many things, but perhaps none was more well known than the outstanding group of ath-
Beatnik Dog On the Road
Has anybody seen Gerta, the square greyhound? It seems the cat has flown the coop.
Like the fellow is a two-year-old brown greyhound pet of the fine arts department who took off from his patip pad ten days ago and headed out to dig the sidewalk shows.
So the Fine Arts people are saying Gerta come home, and if you've seen the cat, beg pardon, dog. would you please call the office in Harris Hall, Ext. 423 or 722?
Like this would go over really
letes which enrolled as fresh-1 bis