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Vol. XUV
Los Angeles, Calif., Monday, Apr. 27,1953
No. 119
COMMERCE STUDENTS discuss plans for their first Junior-Senior spring luncheon at which TV-motion picture star Art Baker
will attend. Seated from left to right are Joe Levy, George Griley, Don Robinson, Dave Maddux, and Cleal Kiszer.
Students Make SPECIAL ISSUE will BE
Luncheon Plans devoted to politicians
Members of the junior and senior classes in the School of Commerce are taking care of minor arrangements today in preparation for the first Commerce Junior-Senior spring luncheon May 11.
Terry Gordon, commerce president, said classes will be let out early so students can get to Scully’s restaurant for the luncheon.
Art Baker, motion picture and [television star, will deliver the Ynain address before the meaL Students will get a chance to Reet the newly-elected commerce president after the luncheon.
Although the luncheon begins at 11:45 a.m., commerce classes will be dismissed at 11:20 to al-$>w students and faculty to attend.
A social period will last from 11:45 a m. until 12:15 p.m. Baker will end his address at 12:35 p.m., when the lunch will be served.
Lawrence C. Lockley, dean of the School of Commerce, will speak after the meaL which will be attended by the commerce queen, »elected for the event to serve as official hostess.
O. M. CSiatburn, coordinator of commerce alumni for the luncheon. also will speak to the group.
Scully’s cafe, 4801 Crenshaw boulevard, is the scene of the banquet.
Battle column and political advertising deadline for the special six-page edition of the Daily Trojan, which will be devoted to politics, is today at 3 p.m.
Battle columns of the candidates for student offices will appear in the DT Wednesday. ASSC presidential candidates are limited to 300 words; candidates for voting Senate seats, 200 words; and all other candidates, 100 words.
The special DT edition, which will come out on the first day of the election, will also contain pictures and political advertising of the candidates.
Candidates who want their pictures to appear with the columns or in advertisements must submit 5 by 7 or larger glossy photographs. Deadline for engraving is noo& tomorrow. Engravings will cost $4.30 and must be paid for in advance. Money and photos should be brought to 428 SU; battle columns to 432 SU; advertisement copy to 326 SU.
Since the Daily Trojan is neutral in politics it cannot be responsible for failure of candidates or parties to meed deadlines and assumes no liability for omission of photographs, ad vertisements, and battle columns which fail to comply with the requirements listed above.
MAKE-UP TEST SLATED FOR KNIGHTS, SQUIRES
Applicants for candidacy in Knights or Squires who failed to take the qualifications examination will be able to take a makeup Wednesday, according to Harry Merrill, president of the Knights.
To take the make-up, candi-
dates must turn in an excuse to the Knights office, 232 SU, giving reasons for absence, and then sign up for the special test. This must be done by 4 p.m. today, Merrill said.
The make-up will be given Wednesday at noon in 133 FH.
C, UCLA Professors Agree conomic Decline Possible
and UCLA may not see eye all the time, but economic of both universities do t a recession is possible, nothing with which to Assistant Professor liver of SC's depart -said, referring to a speech &ven by Dr. Paul T. Homan, chairman of ttie department of econoniics at UCLA.
Dr. Homan, speaking at a Town Hall luncheon at the Biltmore hotel last week, said that condi-i tions “could easily exaggerate a downward swing in the nation's i economy.
Recession Likely
“It is likely we are on our way [toward a slight recession this [year—because of an inventory crisis,” Dr. Homan continued. ‘There are many evidences of
E possible recession.*’ Oliver con-urred. “Signs such as the deline of prices on homes, the increase in the level of savings, the rise of interest rates, and the fact that more cars are being produced than sold, are all associated with a possible economic decline.”
Dr. Homan said that the most likely caus? for a sharp decline would be the end of the Korean war.
“We’re riding the waves today,” he said. “We are taking a more broadly optimistic view than we have any right to entertain. The possibility of an end to the Kor-
I ean war could easily bring about a recession.”
Same as 1949 There is jiothing to indicate that the present recession trend ; will “carry us down any further than the 1949 drop if the Korean war goes on at approximately the same level,” Dr. Homan continued.
“If the government decreases defense spending significantly,
| either because of the end of the i Korean war or of de-armament j programs, Oliver agreed, “there is the possibility of a business recession this fall, provided the j government does not simultane-I ously reduce taxes.”
A recession would be unlikely, however, if the administration reduces taxes, which it favors doing, and injects a stronger pur-i chasing power for consumers, Ol-i iver said.
Maybe Worse “Should the government maintain the tax level and yet decrease defense spending by S10 billion or more, the recession would be more severe than that of 1949 just prior to the Korean war,” Oliver said.
At that time, the government was in the process of returning excess life insurance payments to veterans, w’hich. with other actions. increased purchasing power, Oliver explained. Otherwise, the decline would have been more severe.
Agreeing with Dr. Homan’s statement that “the end of the war superimposed upon a mild recession might cause a serious condition,” Oliver said he thought the government should be prepared to reduce taxes to alleviate the situation.
Reduce Taxes “If the unemployment level increases to over 4% million, the government should reduce excise taxes and raise the exemption level on personal income taxes,” he said.
As unemployment increases, the purchasing power of the nation decreases, he said, citing the case of the automobile industry.
More than 7 million cars are being produced now, but only about 5 million are being sold. As the lots become filled, employment begins to decline, and the available purchasing power throughout the nation decreases. With less money for buying, fewer products are needed and more people become unemployed, starting the cycle again, Oliver said. If this cycle becomes active in other industries, a depression will ensue.
Nervous People “Every adjustment overshoots its mark,” Dr. Homan said, speaking along these lines. “People get nervous. A very serious set of psychological factors is created. In some cases people revise their thinking and their investments.
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Graduate Tells Red Methods
A plot using Communist cheerleaders in buses of exchanged prisoners of war to incite joy at being returned to the Communists was described by an SC graduate who heads an interpreter team at Panmunjom.
Lt. James Yarbrough, graduate from the School of Commerce in 1949, said the cheerleaders coached the returning prisoners to sing songs and yell anti-American propaganda.
“Dqwn with American Imperialism. Thank you, Mao Tze-tung,” prisoners shouted as they were carried away from the Communist reception point, Yarbrough said.
He told how one Communist soldier was found with old bread and rotten potatoes in his pocket. A Communist correspondent asked, “Is your economy so bad that you have to feed our soldiers such bad food?”
Prisoners were gloomy the first day at the reception center, Yarbrough said, but the second day their emotionless faces took on life, and they yelled and sang as the Red ambulances carried them away.
Their singing and gaiety “obviously was put on and was not spontaneous,” he told Associated Press correspondents.
Yarbrough is on a five-man interpreter team handling Red prisoners at the reception station in the exchange zone. He learned Chinese in a class taught by Dr. Theodore H. E. Chen, head of the department of Asiatic studies. He continued his Chinese studies under Dr. Chen for two years.
Yarbrough was a member of Delta Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Official
Notice
All students attending school under I-S and II-S student deferments should report to the registrar’s office, Owens hall (Robert DeVries), immediately, to fill out SS Form 109, which must be submitted to their local draft boards at the end of the current semester, June, 1953.
Albert F. Zeoh Counselor of Men + * +
Students who expect to complete requirements for the bachelor’s degree in June of 1953 should check the list that is posted in the corridor outside the Registrar’s office in Owens hall.
Howard W. Patmore Registrar
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Instructors are reminded that unsatisfactory notices covering the first 10 weeks of the semester are due in the Registrar’s office on Monday.
D. W. Evans Asst. Registrar
Over-Discipline Seen as Cause 0( Vandalism
Some Parents Too Strict With Children,
SC Professor Says
Too much parental dicipline instead of not enough is sometimes to blame for such acts of juvenile vandalism as damaging of public school buildings, says an SC social
worker.
John G. Milner, associate professor of social work, made this statement recently in a lecture delivered to 16 juvenile officers attending the SC Delinquency Control Institute.
“In many cases,” he said, “children are not allowed to give expression to certain impulses, which tends to make them self-expressive in undesirable ways such as juvenile delinquency.” “Children yho feel that parental discipline has been too severe think they need to find secret ways to attack authority in the belief that it does not help them to enjoy life,” Prof. Milner said.
Express Hate “Acts of theft and mutilation of school property are expressions of hate and have sexual meanings, in some children ehese tendencies are awakened during adolescence as a desire for sexual drives,” he continued. “The youngsters become afraid by the changes that are happening to them physically and emotionally and as a result they develop a keen sense of anxiety.”
The professor went on to say that juveniles, feeling anxious about themselves, often blame outside causes for their disturbances.
Fear Authority
“The senseless destruction of property comes from the unconscious need of youth to prove to themselves that they are not afraid of the school. Actually they greatly fear such authority or they would not join mobs to exercise such destructive violence,” Milner continued.
“Those who have less fear would be doing their deeds alone without support of gangs,” he said. “To some, school represents a source of danger and one way of getting rid of danger is to attack and destroy it.”
Prof. Milner believes the majority of such children probably have little idea of the real reasons for the seriousness of the offense.
“They simply feel like doing it,” the professor said “and such sentiments are typical of adolescent youth regardless of race, social, or economic backgrounds.”
Hygiene Treatment Concluding, Milner pointed out that “apprehension and punishment of the offenders can stop the epidemic but only mental hygiene treatment can cure the guilty. It will take understanding and mutual confidence between the law enforcement agencies and youth to help the offenders settle their own conflicts.
“Law alone is not the end of the trouble,” the professor added. + * + Milner Coes To Berkeley
Problems and aims of encouraging independence and self-maintenance by adolescence will be attacked by an institute for social work led by John Milner, associate professor of social work, in Berkeley today and tomorrow.
Milner’s panel discussion will be held at the South Pacific regional conference of the Child Welfare League of America.
Titled ‘Helping the Adolescent Achieve Economic Independence,” the panel will deal primarily with adolescents who depend on welfare agencies either because of dependency, neglect, or delinquency.
Milner’s group will attempt to find out from examination of experiences and attitudes of dependents the reasons that tend to keep the adolescent dependent.
They will seek methods of encouraging the dependent adolescent toward a position of selfmaintenance. Such methods will be beneficial to both the adolescent and the parents or foster parents of him.
824 Give to Break Old Record of 770
FREDDY MARTIN
. . . smooth music
Martin Band To Play at Senior Prom
The Senior Prom, to be held May 16 from 9 to 1 at Riviera Country club, will be highlighted by the crowning of the prom queen, and the music of Freddy Martin’s orchestra, it was announced Friday by Prom Chairman Ron Bartholomew.
“Martin’s smooth, danceable music and unique arrangements of latin numbers will provide a pleasant atmosphere for the dance,” Bartholomew said.
Although each sorority and women’s dormitory may enter one candidate in the queen contest, it was disclosed that only nine sororities and one residence hall have submitted applications.
Deadline Set
Deadline for applications, and the 8V2 by 11 glossy pictures is Friday at 4:15 p.m., Queen Chairman Danny McDonald said.
Applications are available in and must be returned to the Associated Students office, 215 SU, McDonald said.
He pointed out that members of the senior council will not judge the contestants, but that seniors will be among the judges.
“We will try to have as well-rounded a contest as soon as possible,” McDonald said, “co-contest-ants will not feel that personal friendships enter into the judging.”
Judging will be on a point system based on looks, personality, and grace. Each contestant will have plenty of time to impress the judges.
First elimination is scheduled for 6 p.m. next Monday at Phi Sigma Kappa house. Only the judges will be on hand for this showing.
The second elimination will be at Delta Tau Delta house at 6 p.m. May 7, with the fraternity looking on, but having no say-so (Continued on Page 4)
By CAROLYN McCOY
With a staggering donation of 270 pints, Trojans Friday-pushed the semi-final total of blood donations to an all-time high of 824.
Extra beds were installed at the blood center and more nurses called to help take care of the overflow. Even so, 30
students were turned away. Twen-ty-two others were medically re-1
jected.
Previous high for any SC blood drives is the 770-pint record set last semester.
Drive chairman Sally McGrath has announced the extension of the drive to May 13, giving 139 students who couldn’t donate because of athletics or inoculations another chance.
Car Pools Set Up
Car pools will be set up to take these students and the remaining 450 students who signed up to the Red Cross blood center, 1130 S. Vermont. Those who need rides may contact Miss McGrath at Richmond 8-8501.
Students with cars who want to donate go directly to the center. It is open 1 to 8:30 pjn. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays. Donors should ask nurses to credit their contribution to the organization they belong to. Minors will still need release slips.
“With a good turnout at the blood center, we can not only make our goal but far surpass it,” said Miss McGrath. “Donations in the next 17 days can make a decided difference in organization percentages.”
Expresses Thanks
“The last two days were magnificent,” she said- “Once SC students get started, there’s no stopping them.”
Trophies will be awarded after May 13, when complete tallies of donations will be compiled- Preliminary tabulations show six sororities and four fraternities are close percentagewise. Leading sororities are: Pi Beta Phi, 25; Delta Gamma, 24; Kappa Kappa Gamma, 19; Gamma Phi Beta, 15; Kappa Alpha Theta, 15.
Fraternities leading are: Phi Delta Theta, 37; Tau Kappa Epsilon, 50; Alpha Epsilon Pi, 14; and Acacia, 29.
The NROTC squeezed ahead of the AFROTC with an approximate 41 to 39 per cent. Navy contributions totaled 116 out of 283 members, and 230 out of 583 Air Force men donated.
Knights Lead
Knights are leading other organizations under the 200 mark with 13 pints donated. Others are Squires, 12; Troeds, 7; Spurs 7; Amazons, 6; and Chimes, 5.
Sophomores lead councils with are LAS council, 11; freshman council, 9; and junior council, 6.
Schools of Medicine and Dentistry are leading in their division with 12 and 11 donations respectively.
Other high marks were set by Alpha Kappa Psi, professional commerce fraternity with 16 pints and the Los Angeles College of Optometry, who contributed 43 pints to the SC drive.
$4000 Blaze Damages Beta Chapter House
Members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity today are drying out their damp chapter house and hoping they’ll soon have electricity again after a $4000 fire which struck Saturday morning.
Cause of the blaze, which damaged the chapter room, the ceiling of the pledge dorm and several walls, is believed to be faulty wiring. The fire also knocked out electric service to the house, which is located at 2714 Portland street. Short circuits at the house also resulted in brief interruption in electric service to the 2700 block on Portland street. Service to the fraternity house, however, has not been restored.
No One Injured Ten persons were in the house when the fire was discovered at 8:30 Saturday morning, but no one was injured. Bill Houser, pledge of the fraternity, said the fire started on the third floor over the pledge dormitory. He smelled smoke and warned others.
Another pledge, Fred D. Fagg III, son of SC’s president, had just driven up to the house when he saw smoke pouring from the upper story. He helped carry out clothing and other personal belongings.
A passerby saw the smoke and alerted the students.
Alarm Believed Prank Fraternity members, believing the cries of “fire!” were only a pledge prank, wouldn’t believe the alarm at first.
Houser praised the fire department for an excellent job in extinguishing the fire. Assistant Fire Chief R. A. Williams said men pumped water on the blaze for 45 minutes before bringing it under control.
'fhe cook-at the fraternity, surveying her water-soaked kitchen, immediately went to work and fixed a late breakfast of pancakes and coffee for Betas and the firemen.
A regional adviser for the fraternity said that damage to the house will take weeks to repair.
Professor Heads Meeting
An SC professor will lead an institute at the Arizona state conference of social work at Tucson, Wednesday.
Mary Louise Somer, associate professor of social work, will direct discussion on the topic, “Individual Development Through Social Group Work.”
Coeds Clash in Volleyball Today
Female volleyball supremacy of the Row will be sought this afternoon when Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity opens its sixth annual tournament on its house courts.
Fifteen sororities, the winner of which will be awarded the perpetual tournament trophy at a special SAE dinner, will start preliminary games at 2 p.m. with Alpha Delta Pi playing Zeta Tau Alpha. At 2:40, Alpha Omicron Pi plays Pi Beta Phi; at 3:20, Alpha Chi Omega plays Chi Omega; and at 4, Kappa Kappa Gamma plays Phi Sigma Sigma.
Tomorrow afternoon’s program schedules Kappa Delta vs. Kappa Alpha Theta at 2, Alpha Gamma Delta vs. Gamma Phi Beta at 2:40, and Delta Gamma vs. Alpha Phi at 3:20.
Four second-round games will be played Wednesday afternoon. Semi-finals will be held Thursday at 2 and 3, and the final game will be played Friday at 3 p.m. at a location to be announced later.
Four previous tournaments were won by Pi Phi’s, who lost only once to Kappa Alpha Theta in 1948.
During the course of the tournament, an “All Sorority” team will be selected from among outstanding players . of each group. Returning members of last year’s team include Renie Haight, Pi Beta Phi; Mary Ann Ryan, Alpha Gamma Delta; Ellgee Wood, Alpha Chi Omega; and Sue Fenton, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Members of SAE will act as judges.
THESE ROW COEDS spent the weekend practicing for the annual Sigma Alpha Epsilon volleyball tournament to be held today. Fifteen sororities will vie for possession of the perpetual
trophy. Play starts at 2 p.m.