Blue Book Blues Over
51 Summer Session
Fades Away
riday
Cooke s Tour' Ends Troy Set to Relax
Summer News
Thousands of wilting and aca-demically-weary Trojans will be storming LA. beachheads and other nearby spas Friday as SC’s Post Session for 1951 comes to a screeching halt.
Fourteen glorious days of frantic pleasure-seeking for regular students due bark September 17, and a like number of days respite for Troy’s “teachcr-students” who will again mount the teacher’s podium come this fall.
DR. JOHN D. COOKE . . . great summer
This has been an outstanding successful summer term, according to John D. Cooke, director of the Summer Session.
This is the first summer the Commons dining room has been open, and the new EVK women’s residence hall has made available greatly-needed dormitory space, he said.
Dr. Cooke noted a trend for the Post-Session to become an almost exclusively teacher-attended term, and mentioned as perhaps one contributing factor for this the large number of veterans enrolling to make use of their eligibility prior to the July deadline. Guest instructors from 22 states, including three university and college presidents and innumerable department heads, were members of Troy's Summer Session faculty this year, Dr. Cooke said.
Pres. Harlan H. Hatchcr of the University of Michigan gave three courses in English, Dr. Roben J. Masske, president of Oregon College of Education, conducted two classes in secondary school supervision.
Department heads teaching this summer included Dr. B. von Haller Gilmer, chairman of the department of psychology, Carnegie Institute of Technology; and Dr. Lowell Ragatz, .history department chairman at Ohio State University.
Still others were Dr. Archie N.
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Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1951
Troy Tars Cruising Atlantic In Task Force Training Trip
SC midshipmen, along with NROTC students from 25 other colleges and universities — 1050 NROTC midshipmen in all—are at present engaged in a practice cruise in the Atlantic. They left Norfolk, Va., on Aug. 3 aboard the battleship Missouri and four destroyers.
The task force composed of these five ships visited New York City for four days, Aug. 9-13, then departed for Panama. It arrived at Colon, Republic of Panama, on Aug. 18 for a visit of approximately three days. A stopover at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and firing exercises near that naval base are slated before return to Norfolk, Va., on Sept. 4.
The NROTC program, known as the ‘Holloway Plan,” provides for the regular students a four-year government-subsidized college edu-
cation and a commission in the Navy or Marine corps, with possible retention as career officers in the regular Navy or Marine corps. Regular students receive free tuition and a monthly allowance, and have books and uniforms furnished. They are required to complete three summer training periods.
NROTC contract students receive the same naval science courses as given the regular students, but are required to complete only one summer training cruise. They do not receive free tuition, but are paid a monthly subsistence during their junior and senior years in college. Contract students are commissioned in either the Naval Reserve or the Marine Oorps Reserve upon graduation.
* The Last Word
This is the last issue of the Summer News.
The paper now goes into hibernation until 1952. There is, however, a winter edition of the News; I believe it’s called the Daily Trojan.
I am told an editor has been chosen for the DT, but I can’t seem to recall his name. I understand he’s had quite a lot of public relations experience.
The Summer News is the last SC student newspaper to have a vet for an editor. Next semester’s DT will be staffed almost completely by youngsters. The “old men” are passing on.
Above all I want to thank the volunteer staff that worked so hard and dilligently for the success of the News. They gave their time freely—without this aid, publication of the paper would have been impossible.
1 am especially indebted to Dr. John D. 'I’ooke, director of the bummer Session, whose kindness and praise were a constant source of inspiration to me.
THE EDITOR,
ALTHOUGH MANY of the
a cruise and relax the next
Jones, music department head, University of Texas; Dr. Cyrus La Grone, chairman of psychology, Texas Christian University; and Dr. Minnie Lynn, director of teacher education for women, University of Pittsburgh.
Representing the University of
Trojans who are finishing summer studies would like to take few weeks, the y will have to settle for a paddle board.
Florida was Dr. Kimball Wiles, head of the department of secondary education at that institution. Theodore Jorgenson, chairman of the language ana literature division of St. Olaf College, presented several courses in his specialty.
Other stellar academicians were
Ernest Freed, director or the School of Art, Bradley University; and Dr. Alberi V. House, chairman, department of history, Harper College of the State of New York.
Draft Boards Still Looking ★ . * * *
Manpower Needs Grow
Draft-able men were given no encouragement yesterday when Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfrow, deputy selective service director, warned that draft calls for the coming year will remain at their present level and may climb higher.
In the event that draft calls are accelerated, Selective Service offices wiil have to put tougher deferment policies into effect he said.
But, General Kenfow said that Selective Service officials have been so lenient with deferments up to this time that only one out of every 16 registrants has been inducted.
“In other words,” he said, “we have deferred or recognized the exemption of 15 men for every man we have inducted. That doesn’t sound very tough does it?”
Renfrow discussed the draft outlook in his speech prepared for the National UNICO convention. He said that so far Selective Service has delivered some 650,000 men to the armed forces and undoubtedly was responsible for influencing many more to enlist voluntarily.
Without those men, he said, the nation never would have been able to raise its 3,500,000 man armed force as quickly as it did.
Furthermore, he said, Selective Service will have to continue drafting men to maintain a large enough military force to protect the United States. At present, he said, no one in either the Selective Service system or the Defense department knows exacUy how many persons will be called during the next year.
The last draft call, issued in October, is for 41,000 men. The
heaviest call since the Korean war started was for 80,000.
“I believe,” General Renfrow said, “I can say that if we are to maintained olr armed forces at a strength of 3,pCO,COO then we have only to consider the normal rate of attrition and use” some quite simple arithmetic to reach the conclusion that the induction rate is bound to be as high as it has been and in all probability it will be higher.
“And,” he said. “I am certain you v%ill agree that it will be a very serious mistake if we ignore the fact that higher draft calls will mean tougher deferment policies.
Flynn s Topic To Be Schools
•‘Appraisal of Innovations in Elementary Schools” will be the subject of a talk by Dr. Francis J. Flynn, on Wednesday noon, second floor of the Commons.
Dr. Flynn is Associate Professor of Education and Building Co. oidinator at Long Beach State college. He recently completed his dissertation with SC’s department of education administration on the subject of his talk.
This luncheon is available to all students. The charge for the luncheon is $1, and is sponsored by the Administration Luncheon club.
Reservations should be made by signing the sheet which will be passed around in all education administration classes and posted outside of 355 Adm.
School of Ed. Secretary Dies
Miss Katie L. Humrichouso, executive secretary of the School of Education, died at the age of 59 in the California hospital at 1 p.m. yesterday.
An employee of the university for 30 years, Miss Humrichouse was secretary to President George Finley Bovard in 1920. From 1921 to 1945 she was secretary to Lester B. Rogers, former dean of the Summer Session. In 1945 Miss Humrichouse was made executive secretary to the School of Education.
Miss Humrichouse was a graduate of the University of Illinois and a charter member of the Beta Gnmma Sigma sorority.
She is sur\4ived by three sisters who are residents of Los Angeles.
Funeral arrangements are in the care of W. A. Brown and Son.
Wliats Doin'
SPEAKER
Samuel Morris, general manager and chief engineer of the Department of Water and Power of the city of Los Angeles, will be speaker of the final summer luncheon sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa. Hu topic will be “Sociological and Economic Aspects of Water Supply n Los Angeles.”
The meeting will be held in Commons, noon Thursday, Aug. SO. Lupncheon tickets will be $1.!0, and resevations may be made #in the education office with Mrs.* Ruth Farrar. The meeting is open to all those who wish to attend.
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