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Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, March 9> 1954
No. 89
Noted Russian Expert to Talk
Dr. Fritz Sternberg, noted author, will speak on “The Soviet Union: Its Strengths and Weaknesses” tomorrow at 1:15-3:05 p.m. in 129 FH.
The lecture is one of three under the general title, “The Soviet Union: Abroad and at Home," which is being sponsored by the SC School of International Relations.
Dr. Sternberg is author of “The Coming Crisis,” “How to Stop the Russians Without War,” “Living with Crisis,” and “Capitalism and Socialism on Trial.” The books have been published in 10 countries.
“The End of a Revolution,” his latest book, is an important authoritative discussion on the perversion of the Soviet revolution.
Born in Breslau in 1895, Dr. Sternberg left Germany in 1933 after a career of teaching and lecturing at the universities of Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Heidelberg, and Kiel. He became an American citizen in 1948.	-	•	'	-
DEDICATION — In conjunction with Arbor Day and SC Acacia's seventh anniversary, Aca-cians dedicated a tree to the progress of the University. George Malcolm, national found-
er and the first vice president of Acacia, Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid, and George Hartman, SC Acacia president are shown planting an Acacia Tree near FH.
acia Fraternity Dedicates ree in Arbor Day Ceremony
A prominent judge, who 50 years ago helped found Acacia Fraternity, took part in at the SC chapter dedicated an Acacia Tree to the University yesterday.
The dedication commemorated Arbor Day, the seventh anniversary of the SC chapter, the 50th year since George P. Malcolm and 13 other Masons founded the Acacia Fra-rnity at the University of Michigan.
Chapter President George Hartman presesented the tree and it was accepted on behalf the University by Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid. The Acacia Tree and dedication stands west of the Trojan column near the south door of Founders Hall.
Justice Malcolm, a former justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, spoke at the dedication. He has also served as attorney general of Puerto Rico, and dean
of the College of Law, University
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acific Atoll 'Fanatics' Not ¡Research Work Typical of Most o Be Related Puerto Ricans
“Two Months on a Polynesian ; LtoU,” sixth in a 6erieS of free j latural .science illustrated lec-lures sponsored by the Allan Lancock Foundation, wil be pre-;ntcd tonight at 8 in Hancock Auditorium.
The sixty-minute program with Lodachrome slides of the South facific will be given by John V. lyme, SC geology instructor. Byrne. 25, was one of seven ientists on the Raroia Expedi-fon named by the Pacific Sci-nce Board to do research in Po-^nesia, an island in the Tuamo-group.
Besides Byrne, another geolost, two marine botanists, one Dlogist, one ichthyologist (fish fudy), and one anthropologist, elped on the research studies.
| Byrne, who spent two and one-months on the South Pacific Jtoll, said it was the atoll on Ihich the Kon Tiki was wrecked. |olynesia is about 350 miles rth of Tahiti.
| His slides also include scenes Hawaii. Tahit;. Fiji Islands; itives, and aerial shots of va. Jus isiaiiui.
“In general,” ue said, “this is Dt a science lecture, but more br the layman. The emphasis, Swever. will be on the formation reefs.”
I Byrne will be introduced by Dr. fhn S. Garth, associate profes-of biology, Allan Hancock pundation.
Phe geology instructor received AB degree at Hamilton Col-|»e, New York and his MA at umbia 1 niversity. Byrne is |w working toward his PhD in oiogy at SC.
“The Puerto Rican people do not believe in any such methods,” Justice George P. Malcolm said of the action of three gun-happy fanatics in the US house of Representatives last week;
Malcolm, who served as attorney general of Puerto Rioo during World War II, commented on the Congressional shooting; in an interview following the dedication of an Acacia tree to the University by the local chapter of Acacia Fraternity yesterday. Malcolm is a national founder of Acacia.
“The great majority of Puerto Ricans are highly cultured and democratically inclined,” Justice Malcolm said. “Among the 2 Vi million Puerto Ricans, there are not more than 1000 Communists and Nationalists.”
Malcolm believes the authorities may have been too lenient with fanatic factions lately.
Official
Notice
Applications for make-up examinations to remove marks of Ie earned since May, 1958, are due at the Registrar’s Office and payment of the special examination fees due at the Bursar’s Office by Friday, Mar. 5.
The schedule of examinations will be prepared from these applications and will be mailed to those applying. The special examination period begins Mar. 20.
H. W. Patmore Registrar
of the Philippines.
In presenting the tree, Acacia president Hartman praised the University for its contributions to civic betterment both on local and national levels. The plaque by the tree reads:
“Dedicated to the University of Southern California, recognizing its progress in civic betterment, by Acacia Fraternity, March 7, 1954.”
“Acacia has always stood for the finest things in character building, in service to the community, and in service to our country,” Dr. von KleinSmid said.
Following the ceremonies, Justice and Mrs. Malcolm and Chancellor von KleinSmid, an Acacian himself, were honored at the A-.cacia house for lunch.
Justice Malcolm founded the first law school in the Philippines and the first three presidents of the Philippines were his pupils.
Kreutz to Assist DT City Editor
Gary Kreutz, Daily Trojan news editor, was named assistant city editor yesterday by Hank Al-couloumre, DT editor.
Kreutz vacated his post as assistant featüre editor to take on the new job. Bob Eisner, a copy-reader, was named by Alcouloum-re to fill the vacancy»
Councilman To Talk Here
‘This Is Your City” will be discussed by Don Allen, Los Angeles city councilman, at the Men’s Faculty Club noon luncheon tomorrow in the main dining room of the Commons.-
Councilman Allen served ten years in the California Assembly before his election to the City Council in 1947. He represents the seventh district.
The city official .also holds two certificates in Public Administration from SC and is a disciple of John Pfiffner, professor of public administration. Allan describes himself as “one of John Pfiffner’s trained seals, only built more along the lines of a walrus.”
Reservations for the luncheon ■should be made before noon today, by calling Marie Barrett, extension 314.
48-45 Victory Over | Gridders Root
For Trojan Basketbailers
Beavers Gives Troy NCAA Title Chance
by Jack McCurdy
Hail Welsh! Hail Pausig! Hail Irvin! Hail Hammer! Hail Psaltis! Hail Carr! Hail Twogood! Hail the Trojans!
SC is 1954 undisputed Pacific Coast Conference basketball champion.
Now it’s to storm on to Corvallis, Ore., to the NCAA Western Regional playoffs next weekend to take on the winner of tonight’s Seattle-Idaho State game.
The Trojans’ fabulous 48-45 victory over Oregon State last night at Long Beach’s Memorial Gymnasium will send both teams sailing to Corvallis. The Trojans—to seek more glory as the PCC cage representative; the Beavers—to hang ’em up for the ’54 season. SC and OSC are both headed for the north but here’s where last night’s outcome made the difference in roles. The Trojans will go as players and the Beavers as spectators.
It was just another typical 1954 SC basketball victory. Dick Welsh personally murdered the Beavers with two free-throws to insure the SC victory as 27 seconds were left on the clock. Troy smashed lrom behind in only the last six minutes of the ball game to grimly grab the lead and then win the game in much the «ame style as they won the playoff opener last Friday night.
The game w as never decided or near it. Every thrill possible happened in those last 20 minutes of the last half. The Trojans and Beavers were never more than three points apart in the final
two periods until SC concocted a monstrous four-point lead with just over three minutes to go.
The Trojans blossomed into Cinderellas with, it, seemed, the help of some fairy god-mother as 6 minutes and 30 seconds were
still remaining to be played. Roy Irvin, as brilliant as to be conceivable, ripped in a stray rebound to tie the score at 36-36 with exactly 6:30 to go in the final and decide-all quarter.
Twenty-five seconds later Dick
On to Corvallis . . .
It’s on to Corvallis and Regional playoffs for Coach Forrest Twogood and his heads-in-the-clouds Trojans.
The Trojans, who will depart for the northern city later this week, will meet the winner of tonight’s Idaho State and Seattle game in an opening title Friday night.
Other teams competing for one of four possible berths at Corvallis include Texas Tech and Santa Clara. Colorado A&M, who will meet the winner of the Texas Tech-Santa Clara clash, has already won a regional bid.
Welsh, the hero, popped a set-shot in from the far west corner of the Long Beach gym for SC’s frst lead since mid-way through the third stanza. Just a little over two minutes passed and Ralph Pausig got a free-throw that moved the Trojans into a three-point lead, 39-36, with 4:30 left.
Pausig was on the receiving end of a foul almost a minute later and Troy had a real comfy four-point, 40-36, command.
But Oregon State bulled, back with some of SC’s own determi-naton. Johnny Jarboe made good a free-throw and then Irvin caught the Beavers asleep for two points right under the basket. This gave Troy a five-point, 42-37 unoerhand which seemed un-
beatable with just about three
minutes to go.
But OSC players cool in the clutch with six straight free-throws brought the Northern Di-vison champs off the floor. Reggie Halligan flipped in two straight gift tosses and then Wade Halbrook, known for his inaccuracy at the iree-throw line, put four straight charity • throws through the noop.
The last of Halbrook’s free-throws put OSC into a dangerous 43-42 lead with 1:46 left to be reeled off. But here the gutty Trojans mustered the strength in the crucial spots for which they have become so well-known.
Irvin faked a hook and drove in for a field goal which put the desperate Trojans into a 44-43 lead. But the Big Swede, all 7 ft. 3 in. of him, had his say. He matched Irvin with & simple push from a foot to the side for another OSC lead, 45-44.
While about 3200 fans in the gym and thousands more before their television sets were tearing hair roots from their sockets, the two teams were struggling right down to the wire—the last moments of the last game. •
With less than a minute to play Irvin spun to right left and banked in a winning hook, his speciality which killed UCLA just a week ago. With 27 seconds slowly, too slowly, evaporating, Halligan registered his fourth personal foul, this time against Dick Welsh. The Trojan Captain, who had, up to this time, missed three of eight free-throws,	calmly
swished one, which theoreticaUy clinched for SC a tie, and then two, which seemed enough to capture the victory. His two pres-sure-laden tosses increased the SC lead to two and then to the fipal three points.
(See statistics, page 3)
It was a small, but spirited band of Trojan rooters at last night’s PCC decider . . . seen leading a voiceless group of varsity foot-baUers was Head Coach Jess Hill himself . . . pigskinners included Ed Fouch, Leon Clarke,
Jon Arnett, Orlando Ferrante, Sam Tsagalakis and Dick Nunis.
Opening number by Tommy Walker was a stirring rendition of “Conquest” . . . band members did not limit their contributions to only musical presentations... first yell of the evening was a "Trojan ^yarsity-15” led by mae-stro Walker -. . ..another impromptu cheer by rooters was given to Rod Dedeaux, who recently returned from Japan__________
“it was a public debut” for the horsehide mentor.
Other coaches at the game... Jess Mortensen, track . . . Bill Fisk, George Ceitham and Don Clark, footbail . . . Sal and Stan Charnofsky. baseball . . .and Ken Flower and Ed Simpson, respective coaches of the frosh basket-ballers.
Noted the Trojan Band playing the theme advertisement of a certain razor blade manufacturer at a game sponsored by a gas and oil company.
We wTon’t say Twogood was nervous before the game, but one observe * swears he saw* the Trojan M_____tor surrounded by a
stack of empty cigarette wrappers . . . best yell of the night was by the above footballers: Our team is red hot, your team is all shot. . . . Novel, eh,
It was the final home appearance for the cagers, win or lose, . . . Trojan rooters more than showed appreciation for a job well done . . . each member of the starting five plus Twogood was given an individual yell during pre-game activities.
Among basketball notables were John Wooden, UCLA mentor who was at each of the Dlayoffs.
HAIL THE HEROES — Roy Irvin, who sparked Troy with 18 points last night to lead SC to the PCC title and chance at the NCAA playoffs, is shown in action.