ROBBER’ NABS S50 IN COFFEE BAR HOLDUP HOAX
acuity Pay Raise Recommended
ljunman Escapes ith Planted Cash
>tartled Patrons ‘Taken’ in Law School Stunt;
*ase Will Be Tried Friday in Hale Court
[While approximately 200 donut dunkers sat noisely in Commons basement yesterday afternoon, a “gunman” up the coffee bar and escaped with more than $50 in
|Few of the students in the smoke-filled cellar, however,!
Daily
Trojan
Vol. XUI
Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Apr. 4, 1951
No. 101
arvey Open's ursday With iw Night
realized that the holdup was actually a stunt of the School of Law.
The robbery was staged so per- j fectly that it suggested the work of both a professional and an in-; sider.
A student was employed to pull j f	the job and cafeteria employees!
were in on the act.
| Delta Theta Phi, legal fraternity,
I arranged the gag after it had been
Judges Clarify Queen Race
Ruling Foils Dark Horse Contestant
”
Three judges stood grouped
Harvey's opening tomorrow planned, by Volney Brown, law sen-|t at 8 has been designated as ior, and Jim Deitch. DT photog-night ’ by the drama depart- rapher and Owl editor.
in the hope of starting a ..r laid the egg and Brown^n a tight huddle by the end tion ol Row members vie* mg hatched it>» Deitch said. The two of the desk, staring intently night performances as a group. had	p]0ttmg the affair for a down at a photograph,
e play will have its final dress j month tonight, when the last s are ironed out by director.	00	*y
Lm c DeMille	The PurPOse of the robbery, as
. ■ r . explained by Brown, was to create nwar r e.	™ajo * I real witnesses to be used in a mock
P"\of Dw* Harvey, of	mommg in ^ law
hse, will play himself,
L new twist in scenery “gim-[ will make the job of changing lery fest and easy. A room can Ichanged completely by simply leling doors around and shin-different color lights on walls [ are so painted that a mere [ch in lighting will change their
raft Exam hformation ue Apr. 12
school auditorium. But the majority of the witnesses were law students strategically placed to prevent any injury to the gunman from bystanders.
Only a handful of “outsiders” actually saw the holdup. They will be contacted to serve as witnesses Friday.
So that the jury will not be too eager to bring in a guilty verdict, actors may be switched for the trial, Brown said.
“We may use a ringer," he said.
Officials on Inside
Administrative officials, Albert F. Zech, counselor of men; and Bernard L. Hyink, dean of students; Sheldon D. Elliott, dean of law; Elton D. Phillips, university business manager; James F. Clark, di-
ll draft boards in the Los An
area will have full informa- rector of the Commons; Sgt. Art
after Apr. 12 re^dins the ^ <* th* LA-	deJ»rt-
Selective Service tests for draft mcnt’ “d campus Police were all
ibles, Albert F. Zech. counselor in *». rfb<£;	,
Fifty minutes before the act was
ien’	*	produced, the principal actors met
(ie tests are scheduled May 26, an(j went over their respective
16. and June 30 at SC and parts. if an Oscar were to be giv-
colleges throughout the na- en for the best performance, it
They will cover reading com- would go to Willy Gonzales, the
|ension. interpretative materials.; COffee bar clerk.
ability of the person being When interviewed by the police
to deal with words, and and DT reporters, beads of per-
letic problems.	spirafcion showed on his flushed
fie newly devised testing pro- face. His excited description of the
provides deferment for regis- thief and robbery topped the best
ts who pass the test and who efforts of many , screen perform
not deferred before taking ances.	,
Money no Fake
r. Zech said that-registrants Although the gun was a stage Jd not oontact their boards or proP	by the police, the
office until after Apr. 12. After money was reaL Brown- treasurer date, registrants should apply of De'ta Th^IA phl- drew the cash
leir draft boards for informa- out. of the bank for the PurP<**-
As wntten m the script, the alleged culprit casually strolled up raft registrants will be fur- ^ the coffee bar where
postcaras to be billed out wag COunting the planted day's resent to the Educational Test- cejpts. and thrust a .45 against his Service at Princeton university nbs
instruc-tions as to when and “This is a stickup,” he recited as the national test are to be^ true thespian. a, he said.	While Gonzales heart skipped
r. Zech said that there is a a beat, the thief stufied approxi-bility that cards for out-of- mately $25 into a canvas bank bag students may also be obtained which already contained $50. He h his office.	(Continued on Page Four)
They were fascinated by what they saw. After a long; tense silence, one of them spoke.
“She’ll win the Daily Trojan Queen Contest and Spring
Fantasy in a slow foxtrot! Gad, what a frame!”
Then he slowly shook his head, and said with a little sigh, “Too bad we can’t nominate her, but it probably wouldn’t do at all.”
One of the other judges gave a start as he came out of his reverie.
‘Not nominate her? Man, you're crazy. I just nominated her and she's in.”
“Nope,” replied the first, “we just got a new rule—all contestants have to wear clothes.
“It’s too bad, men, but Lili St. Cyr just wasn’t wearing enough when that picture was taken.
The third judge walked to the window and stared down at the courtyard four stories below; then
JOAN WINTER . . . more entrants
he shrugged his shoulders, took a long drag on his cigarette, and muttered something which sounded like, “C’est la guerre.”
The judges went back to the picture Tiles and started thumbing through them, looking for beautiful girls to nominate for the title of “Daughter of the Year.”
Outside the door five husky DT reporters stood guard.
After days of being swept out of their own offices by beautiful women seeking to enter the contest, the judges—all DT editors—
ill
JO ANN SMITH ... in the DT's
were taking greater precautions as campus tension grew higher.
When they started the first annual DT Queen Contest and Spring Fantasy the editors had hated the publicity men who ran queen contests. They had thought nothing could be worse than being backed into corners by the tub thumpers.
Now they knew better, and they had only pity for their erstwhile enemies.
“I'd rather be talking to those publicity men again any day,” a judge said. “How do you suppose
JOAN McGUIRE . . . Queen contest
they stand being mobbed by beautiful women day after day?”
He was talking to himself.
The other judges were in a tight huddle by the picture file, staring intently down at three photographs.
They seemed hardly to notice when the talkative one joined them.
“Boy, one of these will win for sure,” a judge said, “What babes, what babes!”
The picture of Lili lay forgotten on the desk.
Senate Cites Living Costs
Teaching Aides, Lab Associates Covered by Proposed Increase
A 10 per cent increase in salary for all faculty, lecturers, and full-time employees has been recommended by a University Senate subcommittee in a report to President Fred D. Fagg Jr.
The recommendations were unanimously voted by the
University Senate and now await
VA Auditing Saves Money
In spite of protests from checkless veterans that, “You cant buy groceries with valid reasons, auditing of remaining educational time for short-of-time veterans has saved some students as much as $500.
So says William E. Hall, assistant registrar for veterans affairs, of the approximately 800 GI students that had less than a month of PL 346 time remaining at the beginning of the spring semester.
' Of the 800 original cases, all but 75 have been cleared,’ Hall said. “Many letters of award are in the mail, and by the end of the week 99 per cent of the cases are expected to be settled. The remaining few will be contacted individually to discuss the problems involved.” he said.
In most cases, checks will be received two weeks after the letters of award have arrived, which, he said, will be on or about Apr. 15. the date predicted earlier.
Cool Winds, Cloudy Skies Foil Outings
Prize List Announced In Troy Chest Contest
Free dinners, two pair of argyle;nated are a free hair style and socks, sport shorts and many other shampoo from tht House of Troy
prizes will be awarded tht writer of
Outing-minded Trojans had to cancel plans for beach excursions yesterday, as cool winds and threatening clouds hung over the
area all day.	like it to be,” he said, “and we
The cloudy weather, which blew sincerely urge students to sit down in Saturday, ended the long hot and write at least one peppy slo-spell which had brightened the gan.”
Beauty Salon; a tie from Stan
irojan Blood Drive Opens Today
jperation "blood drive" begins1 with donor signups being in front of Bovard from 9
LAnn Dillon, oo-chairman of rive, has asked for at least [Trojans to donate to the mo-[blood unit which will visit SC Wednesday and Thursday.
>ps will continue through lay.
ss Dillon and co-chairman Phil iere haw been canvassing the and living groups m an effort ich the quota early. Strongest in advance publicity has been poup participation plan into SC falls, and under which Istudcnt 1 acuity member, or er of their families can draw in case otf personal need from J “bank.”
fact is not generally known, Dillon and DeBriere said, and its do not realize that their on is a payment on Uns in-, e. Without this plan, stu- day
ANN DILLON
. conducts drive
j tary service and for civilian defense stockpile.
Blood given next week may be shipped to Korea and Japan as whole blood within 21 days, or it may be turned into plasma for future use. Because of the 21-day limit on preserving whole blood it is recruited on the West Coast for immediate air shipment to the bat-j tie front, j "Last fall SC set a record for West Coast colleges and universities with 364 pints donated. Since then. UCLA has established a new record over the 400 mark.
Expected to once again head the list of organizations donating, is the NROTC, which last fall gave 133 pints. The air ROTC has indicated, however, that it will push the Navy group for top honors in this drive.
Those who can give blood axe people between the ages of 21 and
campus last week.
Students were heard to comment yesterday that they “wished it would either rain or clear up.” It was observed that water— whether at the beach or in the air—has a great attraction for Troyvillites.
the winning 1951 Trojan Chest j campaign slogan, Gordon Palmer. ;Hall’s; tw0 Pair of arg>'le socks (slogan chairman said yesterday. :from Phelps-Terkel; a spaghetti “The response isn't what we’d and meatball dinner from the
Wheel; a men's sport shirt from Silverwoods; and two tickets front row center to the all-student Trojanality Show.
Palmer wants a slogan that is catchy, timely, and will make the students want to dip deep into their pockets and support the Trojan Chest.
Judges for the contest will be announced later this week, Palmer said.
Palmer has placed “slogan boxes” all over campus and he wants the slogans to be neatly printed in ink, on any size paptr with the author’s name, address and phone number.
“Most of the campus merchants are really cooperating with us,” said Palmer. Among the prizes do-
Election Report On Legislative Slate Tonight
The when, where, and how of ASSC elections will be set forth to interested politicians in the ASSC Senate tonight by Elections Commissioner Paul Parrish.
Parrish, who was busily working out his report yesterday afternoon will tell how the elections will be handled this year, dates, and gen eral election procedure. By custom elections are held in May. He would not release any further information as his report was only par tially completed yesterday.
A by-law concerning the method of selection of the yell king will be voted on tonight. The head yell leader will be elected in the regular ASSC election if the by-law passes.
New Conditions
The new rule would set up conditions of eligibility. 'Under the proposal, the dean of students, director of athletics, director of the Alumni association, ASSC president, Amazon president, chairman of the Rally committee, and incumbent yell king would have to certify nominees before their names are placed on the ballot.
Assistant yell leaders would be selected by applications to the Rally committee and candidates would have to attend a “yell leader school.” The elections committee would select three assistants by the end of the spring semester.
Freshman Leader The by-law further states that at the beginning of the fall semester. one freshman will be selected.
Sophomore class president Tony Ward will give a report of the Purchase Card committee, of which he is chairman.
Reports still due from tardy organizations are those from AWS. Commerce, Knights, Squires, YMCA, and Council of Religion, ASSC President Al Wiggins said yesterday.
Official
Noticc
Two Coeds Wing South
Two lucky journalism majors, perhaps still wondering if they're not dreaming, will board an American Airlines plane tonight for the annual Fiesta of Spring in Mexico City.
0 and M Crew to the Rescue ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
DT to Get New Knob
It was just a common every-day hardware store door knob, but it raised all kinds of havoc with the publication of the Daily Trojan. Dolores Dietrich, senior in the The glass knob has been falling School of Journalism, will repie- the door between the city sent the California Newspaper Pub- room ancj the copy desk, and boun-lishers association at the fiesta Cjng around the floor like an Eas-Apr. 7 to 15.	ter egg in a cyclone. This has
Accompanying "Miss Newspaper been going on for several weeks, of California” as chaperon is Mrs. consequently the door .couldn't be
Lavonne Gates, also a senior in journalism.
Clarence H. Hoiles. piesident of CNPA, and John B. Long, general manager, will present bouquets to the coeds tonight. A delegation of journalism students will also give them a send-off.
Miss Dietrich and Mrs. Gates will be feted along with a number of queens and stars repre'°nting industries and cities of this country on a four-day tour of Mexico following the fiesta.
or night, and secure blood
60, weighing at least 110 pounds, [would have to rely on private for those in-need.	jwho are in good health. Minors
to supply the blood at . In addition to the insurance plan, | between the ages of 18 and 21 may of from $25 to $60. Mem- Trojans are reminded that there give with parental consent. Minors
in the blood bank group are two other jobs to be done— a person to call DU 45261, i providing blood for men in mili-
in military service may give without consent.
opened.
Traffic between the city room and the copy desk has slowed down to a walk. The detour route amounts to about 40 steps, a little
too far for even the ambitious journalism majors.
Relief was in sight yesterday. Maintenance men, who declined to give their names on the ground that they might tend to incriminate themselves, moved in on the knobless door.
They surveyed the damage, started filling out the necessary requisitions, and promised that repair operations would start today.
A suggestion by the DT editors that swinging doors be installed between the two rooms w-as vetoed by O and M. •
Todays Headljnes
by United Press
GIs Cross 38th in Force
TOKYO, (Wednesday) Apr. 4—American troops swarmed in force across the 38th parallel yesterday and carved out a 10-mile-wide bridgehead in North Korea on the western front above Seoul.
Tire Shortage Seen by Summer
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3—President John F. Collyer of the B. F. Goodrich Co., warned today that new government cut-Howard v>. a ore backs in civiiian rubber use will cause a “severe” tire short-
Registrar	.
_iage by summer.
Registrar's Noticc
Saturday, Apr. 7, is the last day to drop a course with a mark of W if work is not of passing; grade.
Students enrolled in the university who will complete the two-year pre-pharmacy requirements by Sept. 1 and plan to apply for admission .to the School of Pharmacy in September, are requested to notify the office of admissions by Apr. 15. Supplementary applications required of all pharmacy applicants may be obtained at the office of the School of Pharmacy or at the Office of Admissions.
C. R. Bergland
Assistant Director of Admissions
his approval. Also before President Fagg are higher pay-scale recommendations for teaching assistants, laboratory associates, and laboratory assistants.
These two reports were endorsed by the University Senate shortly before Easter recess, so action on them has not yet been taken.
Salary Recommendations Recommendations on salary increases for faculty members, lecturers, and full-time employees are as follows:
1.	A 10 per cent increase of present salary for the remaining six months of ’the current contract year —Mar., 1951 through Aug., 1951.
2.	A continuance of this increase of 10 per cent in all salaries for the contract year 1951-52.
3.	Provision for further consideration of salaries in Sept., 1951* if the cost of living index has changed by more than five points from the present level by that time.
Report Says In commenting on the need for a wage increase, the Senate report said:
“The faculty and otkm salaried
personnel of the universe Me not lacking in patriotism. They are willing to bear their share of the universal burden of irtfcimi defense. But they are not wMing to see their families, hotnw, and standards of living jeopardised, and their group further declassed, while workers in industry continue to maintain or improve their economic status.”
The report cited 10 per cent wage increases given to industrial workers which were approved by the Wage Stabilization Board, along with further approval of increases related to future changes in the cost of living.
Expenses Up “It is a fact that the university is faced with increased costs for all services and materials. It is also possible that the decrease in enrollment for next year will not necessarily be offset by the increase in tuition.
But it is also a fact that salaries represent only a small per cent of the total budget needed to maintain our institution, while the services purchased by those salaries represent the very reason ior the exist -enct of all other costs of mainain-ing tht institution,” the report said.
To improve SC’s position in regard to paying graduate students, the subcommittee on faculty salaries made these proposals of a new wage scale:
^ For teaching assistants, $95 per unit of teaching from which tuition must be paid each semester. The maximum yearly wage would now be $1200 as against the present $102, detucting fees for course work.
Teaching assistants now reieive $80 per unit of teaching. The proposed increase to $95 takes into consideration the higher tuition rate which will hit graduate students next fall.
Laboratory associates under the new salary scale would get $1300 (Continued on Page Four)
Al Jolson's Widow Will Accept Award
Mrs.’ Al Jolson, widow of the | emment in a Free Enterprise Sys-late entertainer, will participate in tem.”
the Freedoms foundation award Don Belding, chairman of Foote, ceremony in Bovard auditorium to- Cone, and Belding and chairman morrow at 11 am.	of the board of directors of Free-
Mrs. Jolson will be present to doms foundation, will preside, receive a medal for her husband.! Freedoms foundation makes who was nominated for the award awards each year to individuals by a combat soldier in Korea. and organizations for their contri-President Fred D. Fagg Jr., a butions to a better understanding
national director of Freedoms foundation, will present the awards, along with Reese H. Taylor, president of Union Oil company.
SC was chosen as one of six locations for regional awards ceremonies.
Leverett S. Lyon, chief executive officer of the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, will speak before the awards presentation on “The Right Role for Gov-
of freedom and the American way of life. Publications, speeches, movies, cartoons, photographs, and community programs are considered for the awards.
Art Baker, familiar to radio and TV audiences, will broadcast the ceremonies for the Pacific Coast network of NBC. KTTV television newsreel will film part of the convocation for telecasting tomorrow night.