MS PLANS SMOKER FOR NEW MALE STUDENTS
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★★★ ★ ★ ★ Independent Versus Row In Big Debate Tomorrow
PLAN BUILDING—Bill Donovan (I) and Clark Rogers make plans for the International Festival to be sponsored by the YMCA ihis Friday. The Festival is being planned to raise funds for the proposed YMCA building. The affair is open to all.
nternational Fete
IPIanned by YMCA
Participating Croups Should Send Representatives to Meeting Place
All organizations planning to participate in the YMCA International Festival on Feb. 12, are urged to send a rep-isentative to a meeting of the planning committee today It 3:30 p.m., in the Senate Chambers, Chuck Duonovan, Y-ICA president announced yesterday. The festival is bens held to raise money for the [MCA building fund and will be ?ld at the University Methodist Jhurch Social Hall from 6 p.m. to lidnight. Booths will be open fom 6 to 9 p.m., followed by mcing.
Two Trophies
Donovan said any recognized impus organization is eligible to irticipate. Two trophies will be «warded, one for the best frater-■ty entry and one for the best »dependent entry.
Last year's winners were Aca-la fraternity and Westminister lub.
Procedure for entering a booth,
►onovan said, is: (1) get an idea )r an entry, (2) form a booth pmmittee and appoint a chairman, (3) fill out entry form, (4) irn in entry form to a YMCA »presentative or to 210 SU (in »se of duplication, the entry re-;ived first will get preference).
$5 Expenses
A $5 expense allowance will be ven on or after Feb. 9. Sugges->ns for entries are: booths, ta-es. apparatus or roped encloses are acceptable. Simple, at-actively decorated entries are sier to build and have as much iance of succcss as elaborate les.
Entries, Donovan explained, will > judged on the basis of beauty, iginality, simplicity, and inex-?nsiveness. Entries shouid not be rger than eight feet by eight ?t.
Forum Committee Sponsors Meeting
by Jonas E. Halperin
The age-old battle between the Row and the Independent will be exhumed from the smoldering cinders of previous contests tomorrow at the second annual Troy Meeting at 3:15 p.m., in 133 FH, Seyom Brown, co-chairman of the ASSC Forum committee announced yesterday. Four students, representing sorority-fraternity life
Israel Economy opicat Mens acuity Lunch
“The Economic Problems of srael” will be discussed tomorrow j t noon by Dr. Abraham Ernest j lewin. First Secretary and Com-lercial Attache at the Israel em- ! assy in Washington, D. C.
Dr. Wilbert L. Hindman, Men’s ! 'acuity Club program chairman, j esterdav announced the speaker j ar tomorrow’s luncheon and said ' rrangements are being made to j aw other prominent Middle East j ppresentatives speak at future 1 mcheons.
Dr. Lewin was appointed Vice j onsul in the economic depart-ent of the Consulate General of ;rael in New York City in 1949. j In October, 1950, he was pro- 1 oted to the rank of Consul and November. 1951. transferred to le embassy in Washington and ; » the post he now holds.
Born in Berlin. Germany. Dr. pwin studied at the Universities Heidelberg. Berlin. Basle and j »rusalem and received a doc-irate in Economics and Soci-ogy at the University of Basle, aitzerland.
wo Scholarships iffered Students
Seniors Urged To Hunt Jobs At SC s Bureau
“Prepare for the future,” is the advice to June graduates as Florence B. Watts, director of the
Bureau of Employment, urges seniors to use the bureau’s services. Representatives of national and local companies will be on campus this semester to interview candidates for jobs.
Information Blank June graduates should fill out the bureau’s information blank and arrange for interviews by contacting job counselors Tom Rochelle and Jack Rider. Rochelle will see commerce and LAS majors, and Rider will take care of engineering and science majors.
Today Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. of Mountain View will be represented at the bureau by John C. Richards and Ralph Mac-Michael. They will interview students in electronic engineering who are interested in the Syl-vania-Stanford Honors program.
Tomorrow S. L. Scott will interview chemistry majors and chemical engineers with a M.S. or Ph.D. degree for E. I. DuPont de Nemours. Colgate-Palmolive Co. will have representative C. R. Ordal at the bureau to interview students majoring in chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, industrial engineering, and business administration.
More Interviews These same majors will have the opportunity Thursday and Friday of this week to be interviewed by Mills Hudge and Don Hunt of Proctor and Gamble Mfg. Co.
Commerce majors and students I interested in finance will be interviewed Friday by G. M. Ghe-lew of the California Bank, in Los Angeles.
and the independent student will speak on the topic, “Advantages of Joining the Row or Remaining Independent.”
Since the end of World War II, the heavy influx of veterans onto the campuses of American colleges has brought a wave of dis-lavor against “row’' life.
. Older Veterans The reasons stem from the advanced age of most veterans, the sudden realities of life faced by veterans on the field of battle, and the dislike incurred by «nany veterans for fraternity men who never served in the Armed Forces.
With this background, Jim Bi-
by and Virginia Barhouse will discuss opportunities for the row-ites and Murray Bring and Bette Dobkin will speak on the advantages of being independents.
“The sorority more than any other form of group living offers to the collegiate higher standards, ideals and character development, poise and social presence, and a more gracious form of living,” Miss Barhouse said.
Independent Statement
Murray Bring, Independent Men’s president, said in a prepared statement:
“It is my opinion that if your primary purpose in going to college is one of social interest, then you should join the Row. However, if you are a student interested in dividing your time between social and academic endeavors, then you can best accomplish this by being an Independent.”
Jim Biby, past IFC president, said “only through a fraternity is
it possible to obtain the social
life, the close friendship, and the valuable contacts which are so much a part of your college life.” Questions and Answers Bette Dobkin, Independent Women’s president, refused to comment on the debate other than that she would have many criticisms of Row life to offer.
All students are urged to attend this important debate. A period of questions and answers will follow the conclusion of the panel.
WORLD NEWS
Religious Figures Now on Display
Miniature figurines of various trades people and religious figures measuring one-fourth to one and a half inches in height are now on display in the three wall cases of the main foyer in Do-heny library.
The Santons, or Little Saints, are made of terra cotta and hand-painted by residents of southeastern France. Some of the figures include bakers, millers, farmers, and scenes from the nativity.
work for graduate degrees and |io are members of Phi Eta Sig-Freshman Honor Society, ould submit their application to |mes McAree, faculty adviser of jma chapter in FH 303, for to $300.00 scholarships awarded jarly on the basis of student’s lolastic record, creative ability, lancial need, and personality.
BIRDBRAINS GUARANTEE RETURN OF WAMPUS BIRD
When we were assigned to go downstairs to get a story about the Wampus, we really didn’t expect to find anyone there. Much to our surprise, we found Larry Grannis, publicity director, stretched out behind one of the desks, reading a tome called “Animals of the World.” “Sorry to bother you,” we said, “but we’d like a story
This is quite interesting,” he said.
“What is?” we asked, innocently.
“Ornithorhynchus anatinus.”
“Beg pardon?”
“The duck-billed platypus. Its got fur like a mammal, but it has a big bill like a duck and barks like a
dog.”
“Very fascinating, but we’re here to get a little . . .” “Its feet are equipped with claws so it can dig, ¿vebs so it can swim, and it loves to climb trees.”
“Yes, but what about the ...”
“This animal lays eggs like a bird and after the eggs are hatched, it suckles its young like a mammal.” “WHAT ABOUT THE WAMPUS?” we screamed. “Oh, it’ll be out around Feb. 25. Got some stuff this issue,” he said. “Y’know, this darned animal’s got a tail like a beaver and it burrows about 20 feet into the river-bank where ...”
We didn’t want to be rude, so we tippie-toed out and quietly closed the door. Grannis might still be there for
Largest' State Budget Revealed
From the United Press
SACRAMENTO—The first portion of what is expected to be the largest state budget in California history was made public yesterday.
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight’s Finance Department announced it planned to spend $375,192,697 between Jul. 1, 1954, and Jun. 30, 1955, to meet the cost of running state government. The figure was a 5.25 per cent increase over the current fiscal year.
Two other sections of the budget capitol outlay for construe tion, and local assistance for state aid to smaller governmental units for things like schools and highways, will be released Mar. as the legislature begins its 30-day session. All three sections were expected to total about $1,400,000,000. Earl Warren’s proposed state budget last year was $1,326,852,000 and in 1951-52 was $1,068,072,000 (B).
In a statewide radio speech last night Knight said the portion of the budget to come from the state’s general fund was only 1.7 per cent higher than last year. Despite an ever-growing population, which last year saw 500,000 new persons take up residence in California, Knight said the drain on the general fund “has been held to the lowest rate of increase in the 30-year history of the executive budget.”
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WASHINGTON — CIO President Walter Reuther said yesterday the administration is playing into the hands of Communists and alien saboteurs by trying to recruit low-paid Mexicans for farm work in U.S. areas of “widespread unemployment.”
Reuther spoke out against proposed legislation to authorize the labor department to resume importing Mexican farm labor. The program was ended last Friday on a government finding that it was illegal in the absence of the joint U.S.-Mexican labor agreement which expired Jan. 15.
In a statement submitted by aides to the House Agriculture Committee Reuther charged:
1.	There is no need for recruiting Mexican farm hands. American growers in the southeast would find plenty of unemployed Americans available to harvest their crops if they would offer decent wages, instead of “substandard conditions.”
2.	This government after Jan. 15 played “directly into the hands” of Latin American Communists by trying to entice Mexicans over the border against the wishes of Mexico.
SAN FRANCISCO — A new Tokyo-to-Honolulu flying record for commercial planes of nine hours and 18 minutes was set yesterday by the Pan-American /‘Queen of the Pacific” clipper.
The plane, under command of Capt. John Kelly of Palo Alto, ___________(Continued on Page 4)
JIM BIBY
. he's Greek
VIRGINIA BARHOUSE
... so is she
BETTE DOBKIN
. she's independent
MURRAY BRING
... so is he
Vol. XLV
Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, February 9, 1954
Registration
Hits 8184 for Day Classes
Registration of day students this semester reached 8184 at noon last Saturday exclusive of the schools of dentistry, law and medicine, Registrar Howard Patmore said yesterday. These schools may add more than 1200 students to the total, it appeared from previous records.
Enrollment is running a little ahead of last spring when 7876 day students had signed up at this time without counting the three professional schools.
Final registration will be slightly higher than last spring, Patmore said, but undoubtedly will be below last fall’s total of 10,656 day students including those in dentistry, law and medicine. It will be several weeks before a final figure can be obtained.
Squires Orient New Trojans Tomorrow
TROJAN PEP BAND FETES BAY AREA
Official
Notice
All students who are now attending P.E. 160 (Health Problems), may apply for a waiver of the course tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. by visiting Dr. Elwood C. Davis, physical education department.
Activity classes in Physical Education will be re-opened wherever possible on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 3:30 p.m., and Friday, Feb. 12, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.__________________
Twenty-eight tired but happy members of the Trojan Pep Band were back on campus yesterday after a fabulous week-end trip to the Bay area during which they played for two basketball games with the University of California at Berkeley, the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in San Francisco and gave a concert in the main yard of San Quentin prison.
The band men, under the direction of Tommy Walker, rehearsed on campus last Thursday night and then boarded a Trona bus for San Francisco. Arriving at 11 a.m. Friday without much sleep, the boys scarcely had time to check in at the La Salle hotel, get into their uniforms, and have something to eat before getting back into the bus and going to the hospital.
SC Graduate
Mrs. Katherine Connell Berg-dall, occupational therapist at the hospital and a SC graduate, was particularly pleased to have the Trojan band playing “Fight On” for her patients.
After dinner in the city, the band went to Berkeley to help Coach Forrest Twogood’s cagers beat the Bears.
Early Saturday morning the band was on the road again, arriving at San Quentin shortly after 9 a.m. and playing an hour’s concert outdoors in the main yard for more than 1000 inmates.
Believe it or not, the Trojans opened their concert with “The Dragnet Theme” at the request of the inmates. The men of Es-Jue appeared to like every number they heard.
Bandsmen toured the prison,
Students to Hold Mixer Dance Following Program
Incoming new men students, confused, fascinated, and stunned by the sudden plunge into SC college life will be given a helping hand tomorrow night at the annual AMS smoker to be held in the Student Lounge of the Student Union at 7 p.m. An introduction to campus activities will will
on various committees throughout campus, and will help freshmen students to get acquainted with members of various organizations.
“We want to show new students that it is possible to be in
committee work, participate in campus activities and still keep up with studies and obtain excellent grades,” Gerst said.
Motion pictures of the football team in action during the 1953 season are being planned for the men’s smoker.
The AWS dessert will be held at 7 p.m., tomorrow night, at the YWCA.
At the completion of both AMS and AWS festivities, the students will go on to the “Y” to join in a mixer dance.
be offered new and transfer students by the Squires, sophomore service honor organization.
“Because of our experience in working on campus in various types of activities, we can pass on valuable information to now students which will be beneficial to them in their stay at SC,” Bob Gerst, Squire president said.
Gerst said the Squires will offer special assistance to new students, will present information
seeing the gas chamber used for executions, the newest cell block, the recreation areas, and mess halls. They were counted and recounted, examined by X-ray machines to make sure they did not take any contraband into the prison, and were asked to surrender all cameras, aspirin taBlets and other medicine at the gate.
The San Quentin News featured the Trojan band in a front page story since SC was probably the first major college band to play for the inmates.
Then it was back to San Francisco and Berkeley for a 3 a.m. Sunday departure for home.
Fire Damages House at SC
Numerous SC students took time out from registration Saturday morning and looked on as fire partially destroyed a two-story duplex and garage near the PE building.
Leslie Shawhan and his son Robert, the occupants of the nonuniversity owned house at 3511 South Hoover Street, were away when flames shot through the garage and back roof.
Firemen believe the blaze was probably the result of juveniles playing with matches near the garage.
Damages were estimated at $1500 and personal loss of Shawhan, who is partially insured, was about $100.
The half of the building occupied by two SC students was untouched by the fire.
Dress Design Class Offered For First Time
For the first time at SC a course in costume design will be given during the daytime hours this spring by the department of
fine arts.
Every Monday and Wednesday from 8 to 10 a.m., the class will be taught by Florence Shuman, dress designer. She has had more than ten years experience in this field and as an instructor with the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Fine Arts in that city. She is the author of “Dressing by Design.”
Students planning a career as professional designers, and housewives who recognize the need for understanding in the selection of fashions should benefit from the course, the University said.
The class will survey and evaluate fabrics, trimmings and accessories available to a designer; drape and handle fabrics and muslin models; demonstrate completed designs; modify designs for half-size, junior and other figures; evaluate designs from the standpoint of production and commercial sales appeal; visit local plants and showrooms; design for specific activities or occupations.
Project SEA Group to Hear Cal Students
Two members of the University of California’s Project Paki-stan-India-Ceylon (PIC) have arrived in Los Angeles to address a meeting of SC’s Project Southeast Asia (SEA), founded last semester by students interested in international affairs.
The meeting will be held at 7:30 tonight in the International Lounge.
Student Program
An all-student program, Project SEA, is designed to promote better relations between American students and students in the universities of the areas visited.
As already proposed, 12 SC students and one faculty adviser will compose the overseas team for this first year of the project.
A proposed shift of the group s interest and effort to the Middle East area will be discussed. Plans already are under consideration to include Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Attendance Urged
Previous attendance is not necessary and all interested students of all majors are urged to come.
“Committee assignments will be available and explained to a large group of students we expect,” Joel Fischer, student chairman, announced yesterday.
Naval Officer StudyOffered
Officer’s commissions in the Naval Reserve may be obtained by physically qualified freshmen, sophomore, and junior students who enlist in the Navy’s 1954 Reserve Officer Candidate (ROC) program.
Men students who have passed their 17th birthday and who are under 27 years are eligible to participate in the program.
Information may be obtained from naval science professors in the gym building.
This Naval Reserve Officer Candidate program provides an opportunity whereby college students may enlist in the Naval Reserve, attend an eight-week training period for two summers, and upon graduation receive an officer’s commission in the Naval Reserve.
Those selected for the program are entitled to a 1-D classification by their local Selective Service Board.