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Preregistration for the spring semester will start today and will last through Saturday. Designed to ease the rush in February, students may register completely for next semester this week in the basement of com mons. Preregistration is open only to returning students.
Adviser’s cards may be obtained at Owens Annex, door B, and class schedules are avail-
1. XLV
Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1954
No. 63
00 PLEDGES DONATE IME TO CITY OF HOPE
Hospital to Get 'Help Week' Aid
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LOOK OUT!
Authors Say German People
Three hundred pledges representing 34 SC fraternities, *e volunteered to pitch in and work for a week at the r of Hope medical center beginning today.
This program will mark the first day of SC’s third semi-ual “Help Week” and it will be the second time SC ges have been invited to re-and give a hand in the in-Jtion's activities.
Letter of Congratulations a letter to house presidents pledge-class presidents Bob | st, Help Week chairman; j	-	.	^
ie Schag, AMS president; and-' P||f h Afj NA7ICVD Biby, IFC president; said the i lUillCU I
5se of “Help Week*’ is to ! ngthen the fraternity system the University, to help as-ate fraternity members from rent houses in a common ac-cy, and to manifest the fra-jty system’s desire to aid the T.junity.”
e pledges will “mow lawns, furniture, and work in the tenance shops” according to :t.
Other Helpful Activities
he activity is one of several .munity welfare programs be* sponsored by AMS in coopera-with the IFC. ach pledge will work one of j two daily shifts from today 1 Thursday. A car pool will ?t twice daily at 8:15 a.m. and
Modern German authors generally consider the German people responsible for the rise of Nazism and hoid them guilty for its crimes, two doctoral dissertations written for the German department revealed recently.
The German department is conducting a long-range graduate research program in an attempt to answer such questions as, How has modern German literature reacted to Nazism and the war? Who is guilty? What sort of future do the novelists, dramatists, and poets see for Germany?
The two reports, written by Vera Soper and Roger M. Lydon, said that German subservience to authority was the most compelling reason for Hitler’s sucess-ful domination of his country. Factor Named The writers said the mass drift 2:15 by the Alumni Pylon, to away from the ideals and obliga-
1 tions of Christianity is given pro-
HELP WEEK—300 fraternity pledges have volunteered their time to the City of Hope as this year's project for the third semi-annual
heip week which begins today. Last year's pledges are shown above using their energies to clean out the pond in Doheny park.
vide transportation and pled-having cars are asked to g them.
Jon Fitzgerald, Squire presi-t, said “his group has promised support” and Squires will be the City of Hope to supervise ivities.
Zech Praises Action
lbert F. Zech, counselor of i said.
minence as a factor in Germany's disgrace.
“Significantly, however, most authors feel • that in addition to the essentially German weaknesses, part of the guilt for the catastrophe called Nazism must be borne by all of the Western world,” the SC graduate students
n, said he planned to visit the up and. in a letter to Bob t. Help Week chairman, ngratulated the pledges who 1 give so unselfishly of their in contributing their share this project. The University is ud of you and hopes this will rk the beginning of other con-ictive work projects which not ' might aid humanity but will improve your fraternity reins with the community at ?e.”
Free Treatments
"he City of Hope located in rte is a 400-bed. non-sectar-free medical center which ializes in treatment of can-tuberculosis, leukemia and diseases and is now in its t year of operation, quires who will supervise to-r’s activities are Bob Halder-n, Dick Halderman. Paul Fry-Bob Kent, Conrad Solum, Bob ■ndman, Earl Appel, Ron intraub, Jerry Monahan. Ron lin. Sam Shorr, Keith Brandt, Bob Sandell.
Russia Goes Rah. Rah Arctic ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Has 60 Polar Stations
“There was a great and calloused indifference to the fate of peoples and values,” they added.
The reports said Germany’s men of letters are not optimistic over the future.
Respect Human Dignity "If we are to have a new and abiding social order,” they said,
“then it must be based on a respect for human dignity. Never again must the spirit of man be subjected to such withering and lethal humiliation.”	'
Some of the writers see in ] said. Nazism nothing but a symptom of a much more widespread and still deadlier disease—the deoay of Western civilization.
They are as one in their conclusion that the.hour is late, the situation desperate, and the need for moral and political reform imperative.
The absence of strong nationalism and the fact that modern German writers tend to think of themselves as Europeans as much as Germans is heartening, the report added.
Russia has at least 60 polar observation stations for studying ice and arctic weather conditions while America has only one of these posts, it was revealed at the 23rd annual winter meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists at SC, which ran through last Wednesday.
Dr. Norman J. Wilimovsky of the Natural History Museum at Stanford University said the Soviet Union stretches this chain of bases across its far northern boundry from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
In Alaska
The only research laboratory operated by the United States is located at Point Barrow, Alaska, Dr. Wilimovsky said.
“The Russians try to «predict from their observation posts when the Arctic ice will break up and when their northern sea route will open,” Dr. Wilimovsky
“This has been done by sampling the tiny plants and animals in the sea. The amount and type of such food in the ocean indicates how many days or months have passed since the ice broke at distant places and drifted toward the observation stations. Predictions can then be made on future breaks.
Radar Observations “Our Air Force radar observations on polar flights can detect openings in the ice pack, but can
Clrections To The CITY OF HOPE
u00 DUARTE RD.
DOWNTOWN I. A.
Go North on Figueroa which becomes the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Take tft Parkway until you reach the Fair Oaks Avenue Exit. Turn Right on Fair Oaks and continue until you come to Huntington Drive South. Turn Left, continue on Huntington Drive South which ends at Santa Anita Avenue. Turn Right a short block to Duarte Road and then Left. Continue East on Duarte Road for approximately 3 miles to the CITY OF HOPE.
not show how long the ice has been broken,” Dr. Wilimovsky added.
According to Dr. Raymond M. Gilmore, biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wilflife Service, the next time you order a steak, you better look twice—it may be whale meat.
“It’s good red meat I like to call ‘sea beef’,” Dr. Gilmore said.
“Whale meat i6 nutritious, juicy, soft and high in protein. It’s something like veal cutlets, and will be an excellent supplementary protein food as our population increases.”
Likes Beef Too
Dr. Gilmore, who says he has absolutely nothing against good beef steaks, likes his w'hale meat sliced about an inch thick and cooked quickly in butter.
“Whale meat should not be overcooked,” he warned.
One of the most interesting reports of the conference was the revelation that 500,000 years ago, the Los Angeles basin was a grassy woodland covered with large oak and walnut trees and had even less rainfall than at present.
Small Fossils
Bayard Brattstrom, graduate student in zoology at UCLA, said a study of 6mall fossils in the La Brea tar pits revealed small animals that were unable to get away from adverse weather conditions and their remains tell us more about their environment and the climate than the bones of the large animals.
Dr. Arthur C. Giese, professor of biology at Stanford, was elected president of the society, succeeding Dr. Martin W. Johnson, professor of marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla.
Shrew' Tryouts Begin Tomorrow
Tryouts for the next Drama production, “The Taming of the Shrew” by William Shakespeare, will be given'this week.
Tryouts wiii be neia tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday from 3 to 6 at Stop Gap Theater, Hoover Street and Exposition Boulevard.
They will be open to all students including nondrama majors, announced Dr. James H. Butler, head of Drama department.
31 SC Leaders Make College 'Who's Who'
Thirty-one Trojans have been selected among the most outstanding student campus leaders for the 1953-54 academic year, it was announced yesterday.
The list of 18' men and 13 women has been accepted for publication in the new edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” The book is published in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The students were selected on the basis of leadership, activities and scholarship by a committee of students and university officials.
• Letters Sent
Letters were sent by “Who’s Who” to colleges and universities around the nation for nominations to appear in the publication. After the nominations were approved, each selectee wTas sent a biography. to complete.
The biographies will be available to employers around the nation to aid in job placements.
Students selected will receive a certificate telling of their selection.
Women Chosen
Women selected include Janet Anderson, Virginia.Barhouse, Bob-ette Bentley, Mary Barrett, Shirley Blalock, Janet Ewart Eddy, Ann Fant, Anne Odin, Joann Peterson, Joan Price, Pat Salisbury, Joan Vasseur and Ann Willson.
Men honored as leaders are Fred Adelson, Hank Alcouloumre, Mohamed Aman, Jim Biby, George Bozanic, Warren Clenden-ing, Roy Foreman, Tom Graham, Bob Hildenbrand. Bill Houser, Bo Jansen, Melvin Knorr, Arne Lina-gren, Dave Maddux, Bob Maners. George Root, Ernest Schag and Bill Van Alstyne.
Official
Notice
Students who expect to complete requirements for bachelor’s degree in January 1954 should check the list that is posted in the corridor outside the Registrar’s Office in Owens Hall.
Those who have not filled out diploma Application cards should do so at once.
Howard YV. Patmore Registrar
Police Begin Crackdown on illegal Parkers
Starting today, all cars found double or triple parked in the streets near student parking lots will be impounded in the LAPD garage announced Capt. K. W. Lee, in charge of University Police Station.
Captain Lee said that patrolmen had issued citations for double and triple parking because of traffic congestion, but it seemed of no avail.
He said that students’ cars were blocking 35th Street between the barricade and Hoover Street near the student parking lot.
This is caused, said Captain Lee, by students arriving late for clas§. They drive into the parking lot and leave their cars parked in a haphazard manner, blocking the aisles and driveway.
Keys Left in Cars The majority of the students that park in this manner leave their keys in the ignition. When some other student wants to move his car, he has to move the other car, usually into the street or driveway. After moving his own car, he fails to move the other out of the way.
When this happens several times, the street is blocked. Although the tardy student is not entirely to blame, he will have to suffer the consequences, said Captain Lee.
The cars will be towed away and impounded in the police garage. Students will have to go to University Police Station, get a permit, go to the police garage, and pay a fee to have their cars released.
Cars Block Street Captain Lee said that double parked cars not only prevent cars from entering the service station on the corner of University and 35th Street, but also block emergency vehicles from entering University Avenue.
able at the Information Office, on University Avenue.
Registration materials and permits also may be obtained at Owens Annex. Health Center approval will be in the Veteran Affairs Office.
Register in Basement
Approval of restricted class cards and verification of registration materials and fee bills will also be verified in the Commons basement.
The Bursar’s Office in Owens Hall will handle the payment of fee bills.
Final registration for the spring semester will be held in the PE Building, Feb. 4-6.
Students in University College are also eligible to pre-register if they wish. UC class schedules may be picked up at the Information Office or in the UC office, 253 Adm inistration.
Time-Saver
Many of the current 10.558 students in University College are expected to take advantage ot pre-registration to save the time normally used during regular registration.
The regular February registration will be held in the women's gym until classes start. Then it will move back into the Common’s
basement.
Advisers will not be in the preregistration area and students must contact advisers individually to have their programs approved.
Schedule
F-H—Tuesday, 9:00 a.m., Jan 5
I-L—Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Jan. 5
M-N—Tuesday, 1:00 p.m., Jan. 5
O-S—Wednesday, 9:00	a.m.,
Jan. 6
T-Z—Wednesday, 10:30	a.m.,
Jan. 6
A-B — Wednesday, 1:00 p.m., Jan. 6
C-E—Thursday, 9:00 a.m., Jan. 7
Any letter—to noon, Sat., Jan. 9
Hours—9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:00 to 12:15.
Students may come at the scheduled time or at any later time during the week.
Six-Year-Olds May Register For Classes
Children from 6 to 16 may register for classes in the preparatory department of the School of Music on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30. Enrollments will be taken at the Music Building at West 35th Place and Hoover Street.
Classes and individual lessons will be given in piano, rhythm, and orchestral instruments.
Children register for 12-week terms in elementary or intermediate classes.
Instruction is given by members of the regular and part-time faculty of the SC School of Music.
Library Gets Rare Books
Three rare books w^re given to the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library yesterday as a Christmas gift from Mrs. Edward L. Doheny.
One was a facsimile edition in color of the Ambrosian Iliad, the oldest non-religious illuminated manuscript in the world.
This famous Homeric script comprises 52 irregular fragments of parchment which have obviously been cut out of a text of the Iliad for the sake of their miniature paintings.
Another gift was a descriptive survey of the illuminated Italian manuscripts of the sixth to 16th centuries in the Pierpont Morgan library in New York.
The third book, “Bibles of the Estelle Doheny Collection,” is a list of 142 Bibles exhibited last year in the Edward L. Doheny Library, St. John’s Seminary, Camarillo, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Gutenberg Bible.
Cancer Society
Gives $23,105
For Research
The School of Medicine has received a $24,105 institutional research grant from the American Cancer Society to aid research personnel in combating the dread disease.
The presentation was made by Cecil B. DeMille. president of the Los Angeles County branch of the American Cancer Society to Dr. Gordon Goodhart, dean of the medical school.
The grant, only one of its kind in the Southland, is more than double the amount given SC last year.
A wide range of cancer research projects is underway at the medical school including studies of compounds that affect the cell nucleus.
Viruses Being Tested
Tests are being made of viruses that may have a tissue growth effect and which theoretically might check the spread of cancerous cells.
Other studies now being followed show that substances found in the atmosphere may cause cancer. The connection between thyroid hormone and thyroid cancer is being investigated with tests on rats to trace the source of the cancer-causing activity which is thought to stem from the pituitary gland.
Basic research is being done on the chemistry of normal and cancerous growth. Compounds are being screened for their possible effect on certain cancers and leukemia in mice.
Frog Cancer Studied
Frog cancer is being studied to explore its association with endocrine glands and to search for a virus or agent that might transmit the disease in frogs.
In making the presentation, the American Cancer Society said, “the University of Southern California is making an important contribution to the national effort to save lives.
“The suffering and tragedy that cancer causes will be finally ended only through the imagination, the energy, and the courage of the scientist.”
Wamp Held Back Till Ads Come in
Publication of Wampus, campus humor magazine, has been postponed because of lack of advertising, Editor Tom Pflimlin manu- r ..
said yesterday.
Students are needed to sell advertising, Pflimlin said, and can earn 15 per cent commission. Any student interested should report to the Wampus office, 220 SU, between 2 and 4 today.
“The student who sells the most ads will receive a $10 bonus,” Pflimlin added.
El Rodeo Pictures
Intercultural Club mem bers ■vill be photographed for the FI Rodeo Thursday at noon.
Art Nilsson publicity chairman, asked members to meet on the front steps of Doheny Library.
WORLD NEWS ROUNDUP
U. S. Print Bureau Robbed
by United Press
WASHINGTON—A daring thief took $160,000 in new $20 bills from a steel vault in the heavily-guarded Bureau of Printing and Engraving while security precautions were relaxed for the Christmas holidays, it was disclosed yesterday.
H. J. Holtzclaw, associate director of the bureau which prints the nation’s paper money, revealed that the $160,000—in two packets of 4,000 $20 bills each— had been replaced by twro “dummy” packages containing blank paper.
He said the loss was the biggest in the bureau’s history. He did not concede the money has been stolen, but it was gone from the vault and U. E. Baughmann, chief of the U.S. Secret Service, said “it appears to be a theft.” Holtzclaw said a search would be made to see if the missing
bills had been hidden in the building.
Baughmann published the serial numbers of the missing bills,
which were federal reserve notes intended for the federal reserve bank of New York. They were part of a $63,500,000 shipment slated to be sent out tomorrow.
There was immediate speculation that the money was taken out concealed as a Christmas package.
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SACRAMENTO—Gov. Goodwin J. Knight yesterday urged Californiains to make 1954 California’s safest year.
The governor, in pointing out that 3400 persons died on California highways and another 3000 died in accidents in and around the home last year, said in a proclamation:
“In view of the terrible losses and the vastly greater number of painful injuries, causing untold suffering and tragedy in our state, I do hearby urge
that all California» cooperate with the National Safety Council and other safety organizations in a concentrated effort to make the year 1954 California’s safest.”
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Film star Marilyn Monroe was suspended yesterday by 20th Cen-tury-Fox Studios for failure to report for the start of her new picture, “Pink Tights,” a studio spokesman announced.
“We don’t know where she is,” the spokesman said, “and she doesn’t answer her home phone.” The buxom blond actress was slated to report at the studio yesterday morning for opening scenes of the picture in which she was to star with singer Frank Sinatra who flew here from Rome two days ago.
The picture was to have been Miss Monroe’s 12th movie for 20th-Century since she made her film debut three years ago.
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