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Vol. XLV
Los Angeles, Calif., Tuesday, February 23, 1954
No. 79
Queen Candidates
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity members will cut their list of queen hopefuls today to 14 after reviewing 19 campus beauties who dined at their house last night.
Those still in the running for “Queen” include Vi Jameson, EVK; Beverly Reeseman, ADPi; Jan Curry, Alpha Gam; Janice Dodge, University Hall;
MARY LAIRD
JUDY ROACH
JAN CURRY
Mary Laird, Pi Phi; Diane Freeman, Town and Gown; Marlene Becker, AEPhi; Dixie Hix, Theta; Gretchen Kane, DeeGee; and Millie Cordero, Kappa Delt.
Other contestants are Kitty Ratigan, Chi O; Dee Dee Falcone, Alpha Phi; Anita Diamond, Harris Plaza; Diane Richards, Gamma Phi; Doris Ritter, AChiO; Joni Mannix, AOPi; Judy Nelson, ZTA; Nancy Ehler, Tri Delt; and Judy Roach, Kappa.
At Wednesday night’s dinner the contestants will dine in school clothes. And the list of hopefuls, will be cut to 10.
Six Finalists
Six finalists will be selected after dinner Thursday night. These girls will be presented in formals Saturday night at the annual “Queen of Hearts’' ball which will be held at the Statler Hotel’s Pacific Ballroom.
The queen’s crowning and the announcement of her two attendants wil climax the annual Sig Ep event.
When the queen is crowned she will receive two trophies—a large perpetual trophey for her house and a smaller one for herself.
The two attendants will each eceive a 6mall trophy and the remaining three contestants will receive favors.
Actual Voting
Actual voting for the queen will be Thursday night, after the final dinner.
In addition to receiving the two
trophies, the queen will be presented with a bouquet of roses-the fraternity’s flower.
She will reign over all the Sig Ep social functions for the re-
mainder of the year as special guest.
Last year’s queen was Joyce Campbell, ADPi. She was attended by Lynn Scott and Gloria Gould, Alpha Gam.
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GRETCHEN KANE
RELIGIOUS LEADERS MEET AT CONFAB
AMPUS BIRD CHIRPS BOUT LABORIOUS JOB
Willie the Wampusbird, the ienaly mascot and chief pub-atv agent tor Wampus, SC’s hu-or magazine, flew into the DT fices Friday with ink smudges over his face.
‘Been workin’ hard on the
witty bird’s statement and also explained what the readers could look forward to.
Zillions of Laughs
He said there would be zillions of new, hilarious jokes, scores of .	zany cartoons, reams of	shocking
mpus.	Willie	chirped,	it	will, pictures, and a	barrelful of sen-
initely	be	out	March	2,	he	suating stories.
Features will	include	a report
ditor Tom Pflimlin, second in ind to Willie, backed up the
on a famous Chinese sexologist, an article on how to trap a con-i dor, true-life confessions of an SC ! _ _	LJ _ _ A. £ grad, the latest TV guide, a lam-
nema II05T5 basting picture story about Ar-
m	thur Godfrey, a new fotocrime,
Laa X/icif^rC and a big surPrise Mature.
Ill w w ▼ IOII V/1 3 “These are only a few of the
i exciting features that will be in-e foreign film and news- eluded in Wampus,” Pflimlin said, -r leaders, traveling under j He announced that “Roses n’ sponsorship of the United ; Razees,” the notorious gossip col-tes State department, were umn that makes “SCandals’’ look sts
of the Cinema Department erday.
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sick will be revived in this issue. Funny Ads Even the ads are funny,” said
aub, chief editor of the Nord- Larry Grannis, advertising mana-sche Zeitung of Hannover; bert P. Seggelke, Munich au-producer and director of entarv films, and a free-newspaperman; and Jean brique, press attache in the ; of the Governor General ie Belgian Congo and Ruan-rundi.
visitors were shown films ced by the students and of the' department. Seg-e will show three of his docu-tary films Friday noon to personnel.	_________
ger. “In some cases, readers will not even recognize when they are looking at an ad and when they are looking at a cartoon.
Pflimlin claims that the contents will be a two-hundred per cent Improvement over the last issue.
As a feature of Brotherhood Week, a conference of Los Angeles religious leaders met yesterday at the YWCA under the co-sponsorship of the School of Religion and the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
John Anson Ford, chairman of the county board of supervisors, introduced the theme, “Implementing Our Moral and Spiritual Resources in Community Life,” by pointing out “some needs in this unit of the country.”
He particularly noted the need for some agency which would help people with no other motivation. He also spoke of the very urgent need for a better organized chaplaincy in hospitals, prisons, and other public institutions.
Spiritual Counseling
“What a tremendous thing it would be if our society could be organized to give spiritual counseling above what the law provides,” Ford emphasized.
Purpose of the conference fol-lowed national Brotherhood Week’s theme this year, “Let’s Get Together.” The annual observance is sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
The group of priests, ministers, and rabbis broke up into several smaller groups during the afternoon to relate current issues to the theme of the conference. Their topics were “Youth Gangs and Delinquency,” “Interracial and Intercultural Tensions,” “Confusion About Moral and Spiritual Resources,” “Threats to Civil Liberties,” and “Our Moral Responsibilities in World Affairs.”
Each group reported its con-
clusions to the entire body after dinner.
Chairman and Associates Dr. Stewart G. Cole, educational director of the National conference of Christians and Jews was chairman of the meeting. He was
assisted by Dr. William Lindsay Young, executive director of the National Conference. Dean Earl Cranston, Professor Paul B. Irwin, and Chaplain Clinton A. Ney-man represented the university.
The conference opened with an invocation by Father Patrick J. Roche, assistant superintendent of Catholic schools in the Los Angeles diocese, and was closed with a benediction by Rabbi Jacob Kohn of Temple Sinai.
Chancellor Rufus B. vdn Klein-Smid has been invited to be guest speaker today at the annual meeting of the National Conference of Christians and Jews being held at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.
Chaplain Plans
Four REW Talks
Religious Talks Scheduled Today
Pi Sigma Alpha Sponsors $100 Essay Contest
Dr. Eugene Harley, head of the political science department, today launched the $100 essay contest sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, honorary political science fraternity.
The contest “for the best essay or research paper on a political science subject” is open to all except graduate students.
The Committee of Judges will be appointed by the president of Pi Sigma Alpha. Publication of the winning essay and honorable mention essays is contemplated.
Contest Rules
Rules established for the contest are:
1.	3,000-6,000 words.
2.	Three typewritten copies must be forwarded.
3.	Full name and address of author indicated.
4.	Paper must be first submitted to faculty adviser of local chapter (Dr. Harley), who in consultation with other members of the political science teaching staff shall choose best local papers and submit them for the national contest.
5.	Each local chapter may submit two but not more than two papers for consideration by the Committee of Judges.
6.	Winning eassy shall become property of Pi Sigma Alpha.
April Deadline
As local faculty adviser and national vice-president of the political science fraternity, Dr. Harley asked that all essays be submitted to him by April 10.
Outlined in the fraternity’s constitution, the purpose of the contest is to “stimulate productive scholarships and intelligent interest in the subject of government,
Further details can be obtained from Dr. Harley, FH 420.
SC Bookstore Offers Special REW Display
In the spirit of Religious Emphasis Week, the University Bookstore this week is offering a special display of books on religious subjects.
One of the newest arrivals is a small edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible designed for young adults. It is now available in five different editions.
Of special Interest are the books written by SC faculty members and by some of the religious leaders of Los Angeles.
Included in the list of books on display are such popular works as, “The Gospel of the Spirit;” “The Meaning of Life in Hinduism and Buddhism;” “The Kingdom Is Yours;” “As I Remember;” and “Power of Positive Thinking.”
Poetry Topic Of Lecture By Dr. Long
The second in the current series of Philosophy Forum Lectures “Poetry and Metaphysics wUl be
presented this afternoon at 4:15 in Bowne Hall, Mudd Memorial Hall of Philosophy.
Today’s lecturer is Dr. Wilbur Long, professor of philosophy. Dr. Long will discuss poetry as a broad term referring to all the arts.
Dr. Long has been officially connected with SC since 1924 and holds degrees from both SC and Harvard University. In addition to his teaching duties, Dr. Long is also advisory editor of the Per-sonalist, a philosophy journal and a contributing editor of Philosophy Abstracts, another philosophy periodical.
Religious Movement Needs Introduction, Says Dr. Olds
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Notice
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PubUc Law 550, Korean UI should report to the Office eterans Affairs for attend-forms before March 1.
C. S. Jameson Assistant Registrar for Veterans Affairs
Marine Duty Time Upped
All newly enrolled Marine officer candidates will be required to serve an expended period of active duty after being commis-1 sioned, according to Maj. John Finn, Marine instructor in the NROTC unit.
The Marine Corps has completed plans to Insure that a college man who enrolls in the Platoon Leaders Class after July 1 will be required to serve three years of active commissioned service, instead of the present I two year tour.
Medical Deans Plan Program
Dr. Gordon Goodhart, dean of the SC School of Medicine, and Dr. Robert S. Cleland, director of medical extension education, will confer with deans from four other medical schools in the U.S. and heads of post-graduate work to plan a program of continuing education for practicing physicians.
Dr. Edward C. Rosenow, associate clinical professor of medicine at SC and chairman of the post-graduate education section of the California Medical Association, and Dr. C. A. Broadus of CMA, will participate in the meeting with representatives from Stanford University, College of Medical Evangelists, University of California and UCLA.
Dean Goodhart and Dr. Rosenow recently returned from Chicago.
by Jonas Halperin
A new movement is developing in America—the discovery that a fourth R, religion, needs to be introduced into the life of the university campus, Dr. Glenn A. Olds, University of Denver Chaplain, declared yesterday in Bo-vand Auditorium as Religious Emphasis Week got underway.
Speaking on the subject “In Search of a University,” Dr. Olds said there is no university apart from religion—“only a diversity.”
“In the past 30 years a revolution has been sweeping the world that has captured the imaginations of 800 million people,” Dr. Olds said.
World in Flames
The world is in flames. And there—amidst all this conflagration sits the complacent university.
“Instead of providing leadership, the university fears for its own life.
“Where teachers used to kneel to pray to God for assistance in their instruction, they now kneel to look for Communists and subversives.
“The campus is a rocking chair; moving, but not getting anywhere.”
Dr. Olds said the American campus is a place where students are playing and dedicating themselves to man-made gods. “And these gods are beginning to crumble:”
He illustrated this point by
bringing in the concepts taught in Germany and Japan where students were taught and believed in racial superiority, the purity of blood strains, the intelligence of the chosen race.
“Such a nation crumbled into the very dust from whence it camç,” Dr. Olds said.
Playing with Gods
“We are now playing with such gods. Narrowism, isolationism, nationalism—the passionate pursuit of possessions—all contribute to our shallow view of life and the future,” Dr. Olds exr claimed.
He said the climate of the campus is a product of the reflection
Forrest Offers $ For Lost Papers
Publicity minded Milt Forrest finds making the news can be expensive, and this time its out of his own pocket.
Forrest is offering a reward for the following items he lost somewhere on campus Monday.
Parlez-vous Rendezvous membership card, list of entries in SCURATT (Southern California University Recreation Association Table Tennis Tournament) and a 1954 French Almanac.
Forrest can be contacted through the French department, 403 FH, RI 2311 Ext. 320 or by phoning WEbster 39128.
Religious Emphasis Week at SC swings into its second day today with Dr. Glenn A. Olds, yesterday’s convocation speaker, again holding the spotlight. Dr. Olds is scheduled to make four separate speeches during the day.
Highlighting the many religious activities will be a “Fireside Fellowship” tonight at 9 sponsored and h^ld at University Hall Women's dormitory. Dr. Olds will lead the discussion and both men and women are invited.
Counselor of Women Edwarda White yesterday agreed to waive the traditional week night 10:15 lock out so that the discussion will not suffer time limitation.
In other activities, Hershal Ly« mon, Rabbi of Temple Akiba, Culver City, will speak on Human Behavior in Religion.” at the Jewish seminar in 226 Founder* Hall at 3:15 p.m.
Speaker in the Catholic seminar will be Rev. Fr. J. V. Ken-nard, philosophy professor at Loyola University, who will speak on, “Human Choice: The Fact and the Meaning of Free Will.” The seminar will be held at 3:15 pjn. in 129 FH.
★ ★ Panel Teams to Debate Value Of Agnosticism
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of ourselves and renders the student unable to penetrate the thin covering of life.
He likened the American universities to California style ranch houses.
“There is no foundation—no elevation. There is just a flat level view. You cannot see unless you’re on a hill.’
He said the type of religion a university needs must be reasonable, righteous and responsible.
“No religion which coerces, cuddles, codgles, and forces has a right in the university community,” Dr. Olds said.
He left this thought with the gathering.
Find Unity
“How do you find a principal of unity in the midst of the diversity of a university?”
Answer this question, he told the gathering, and you will provide “the blue print to the answer for all our tomorrows.”
The Rev. Clinton A. Newman, university chaplain, opened the session with the invocation, following which, the University A Cappella Choir sang “Sing and Rejoice” and “O Thou in Whose Presence,” under the direction of Dr. Charles C. Hirt.
President Fred D. Fagg, Jr., then introduced Dr. Olds and the convocation ended with a benediction by the Rev. John Fletcher Slec, minister to Episcopalian students at SC
A further investigation into religion will be conducted today when opposing panel teams thrash thrash out the question, “Why Be Agnostic?” at 2:15, FH 229.
Featuring outstanding spokesmen for their respective sides members of the discussion groups will be Dr. Glenn Olds, University of Denver Chaplain, and Lynn Hartzler, divinity student and former SC debater opposing Bill Van Alstyne, varsity debater and philosophy major, and Jim Smith, psychology major and former captain of the debater’s squad.
Former Debater
Dr. Olds, who delivered'yesterday’s opening convocation for Religious Emphasis Week, is a former outstanding collegiate debater. He has taught at Yale and Northwestern universities and is
considered a “modem religionist.”
His religious approach may be defined as progressive; a religion conforming to the needs of people. Dr. Olds and his co-member on the panel, Lynn Hartzler, will present the “pro-religious” side of the debate.
Bill Van Alstyne said he has been interested in religious thesis for the past eight years, and has been collecting pertinent material for that length of time.
Defends Agnosticism
He listed Hobbs, Schopenhauer, Bertrand Russell, Neitzche, and Aristotle, all who have presented arguments defending agnosticism, as some of the pholisophers whose works he has evaluated and studied.
Van Alstyne said that he and Jim Smith will attack religious thesis on three points—logical evaluation, social benefaction, and necessity — and defend agnosticism as a school apart from atheism.
Continued Search
“Agnosticism is a suspension of judgment; the questions religions ask cannot be answered with empirical, evidence. But, suspending judgment on religious questions does not mean inactivity,” the debater continued. Rather it means continued search to answer questions by physical means of proof. To formulate ethics on a “natural” rather than “supernatural” level.
The debate sponsored by sophomore class will be moderated by Sara Donald, REW vice-chair-man.
RABBI LYMAN
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The Squires and the Spurs are combining forces for dinner at the Alpha Phi house at 5. Dr. Olds will address the group on, “Service in a College Society.”
Another service organization, the Chimes, is holding a meeting at the Kappa Alpha Theta house at 4:15 p.m. with Dr. Harley Zeig-ler as speaker.
Dr. Olds, who is rapidly turning into a marathon orater, is also slated for two more addresses today. The first will be at 11:30 this morning when he addresses the School of Religion Faculty Club luncheon in the Commons.
The second will be when he participates in the Sophomore council panel “Why the Agnostic?” See adjoining story.__________
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Notice
Press Club Holds Second Art Show
Los Angeles’ working press, which usually describes with words, will instead interpret with line and color in the second annual “Newspapermen’s Art Exhibit” which opened last week in the Tower Gallery of the Los Angeles City HalL
Mors than 60 newsmen or members of the Greater Los Angeles Press Club, which is co-sponsoring the show with the Municipal Art Department, have submitted paintings, drawings and water-colors for the show.
• According to Bill Best, Press Club president, virtually all of the works to be shown are “hobby” art,
All eligible students who intend to take the Selective Service CoUege Qualification Test in 1954 should file applications at once for the April 22 administration, Selective Service National Headquarters advised today.
An Application and a bulletin of information may be obtained at any Selective Service local board. Following instructions ha the bulletin, the student should fill out his application immediately and mail it in the special envelope provided. Applications must be postmarked no later than midnight, March 8, 1954. Early filing will be greatly to the student’s advantage.
Results will be reported to the student’s Selective Servie» local board of jurisdiction for use in considering his deferment as a student, according to Educational Testing Service, which prepares and administers the CoUege Qualification Test.
Dr. Albert F. Zech, Counselor of Men
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