udges to Pick Homecoming Queen From 10 Contestants at Noon Today
Daily
Trojan
Vol. XLV
Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1953
No. 32
CONTESTANTS-Ten campus lovelies await decision of judges today on which of them will be 1953 Homecoming Queen. Seven judges will select "Helen of Troy" at a special assembly
at noon in Bovard Auditorium. Pour ot the other contestants will be chosen princesses to serve as the Queen's court while she reigns over the many activities of Homecoming Week.
—Courtesy L.A. Herald & Express
Former Austrian Chancellor Says Germany Democratic
by Larry Pett
Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg, former chancellor of Austria, discussed the overwhelming demo-' cratic trend in Germany in a speech in the Art and Lecture Room of Doheny Library earlier this week.
Dr. Von Schuschnigg, now a political science professor at St. Louis University, said Chancellor Adenauer won the strongest majority in Germany’s history.
Hitler, he explained, gaining control in 1933 and allowing, a "limited” election, was only able
to get a 43 per cent plurality Adenauer received a 45 per cent plurality in a democratic election, giving his party a two-thirds control in parliament.
Christian Democratic Victory The victory for Adenauer’s Christian Democratic Union party was a surprise to political experts, Dr. Von Schuschnigg said. It showed a repudiation of the neo-fascist and extreme right nationalistic parties.
The Communist party was also decisively beaten, receiving only 2.2 per cent of the votes. In
Homecoming Programs Of Schools Continue
Homecoming Week continues in full swing with individual schools ] oi the university holding programs today through Friday.
This noon the School of Commerce has scheduled a banquet at the Biltmore hotel. Highlighting the event will be a talk by Lewis i K. Gough, president of the Alumni Association and immediate j past commander of the American Legion.
Tonight a banquet and program will be presented by the School of Education at Town and Gown. Dean Irving R. Mel-bo’s will talk on the topic “We Serve.” The banquet will be at 6:15 p.m.
Baxter to Speak
The University Club will be the scene of the School of Medicine banquet tomorrow night. Dr. Frank C. Baxter, professor of English and television lecturer on Shakespeare, will speak to the group.
On Friday the School of Dentistry will hold its 46th annual Homecoming meeting in Hancock Auditorium, with a full program scheduled from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. A series of lectures on dental methods will be presented through televised clinics on the University’s Channel 28. This will be the station’s initial telecast for educational purposes. An 8x10 loot screen will be used.
Town and Gown Luncheon
Alumni and students of the
School of Dentistry may attend
a luncheon at Town and Gown following the clinics, after which the new Dental College will be open for their inspection in the afternoon. A Homecoming reunion for all classes in the school will be held at the Statler hotel, and ending the day’s activities will be a general alumni Homecoming party at the Biltmore Bowl.
The School of Pharmacy will also hold its banquet Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Statler hotel. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight, grand marshal of the Homecoming parade, will speak to the group. An-other talk, ‘‘The New Horizons of Pharmacy,” will be given by Dr. Newell Stewart, secretary of the Arizona State Board of Pharmacists and president of the Arizona Pharmaceutical Associa-| tion. He is a nominee for the presidency of tne American Phar-, maceutical Association.
Governor to Talk
Governor Knight, accompanied by his daughter, Caroline, an SC student, will go directly to the Statler from his ride down Wil-shire boulevard as parade marshal at 8 p.m. The time of his speech, on the “Improvement in the Cali-i fornia Food and Drug Laws,” will depend upon his arrival from the Homecoming pageant.
Reservations for the Pharmacy banquet and talks can be made by calling RI 2311 or inquiring , at Science 101.
1948, the Communists received a percentage ot 5.5, he said.
The party in power faces a difficult obstacle of overcoming the split in agreement over foreign policy,” Dr. Von Schuschnigg said.
Foreign Policy
There is no bi-partisan foreign policy in Germany, and the opposition advocates a neutral Germany—being against the European Defense Council and appeals to the German nationalistic sentiment. They fear a rearmed Germany wouid invite Soviet invasion, he stated.
The ex-chancellor thinks thé European voting pian is more fair than the American electoral syes-tm. In Germany and in Italy, the people vote “directly.”
The leading party is the one that wins the majority of seats in the parliament.
People’s Support “This is essential in a demo-1 cratic government,” Dr. Von Schuschnigg continued, "and reveals the people's support of policy and popularity of the dominating party.”
Dr. Von Schuschnigg spoke of other factors which affect international relations. If the Soviet continues her rapid strides in production as she has in the past 20 years, she may catch up with the United States by 1974, he said. This will not happen if the Western nations are united, for the combined production of the United States, Germany, Italy, France, Great Britain, and the other Allies, will then exceed that of the Soviet empire.
Italian Upset The political upset in the Italian elections in June, which reduced the Christian Democratic party’s control in the government, is not as bleak a situation as it appeal's, he believes. Although giving the leftist radical opposition a 37 hi per cent vote, this figure includes the Nennin Socialists, who have worked co-operatively with the government. They represent approximately 13 per cent of the leftist’s votes, he explained.
Dr. Von Schuschnigg believes that people must have faith in a political leader, and that democracy can work in a strong government.
Full Schedule Of Homecoming Events Continue
Here Is the list of Homecoming activities for the week.
TODAY—Homecoming queen .finals will be held at noon in Bovard auditorium. Commerpe Banquet 6 p.m. at the Biltmore Hotel. Education Banquet, 6:15 p.m. in Foyer of Town and Gown.
TOMORROW — Flapper Day parade down University avenue at noon. Trolios at 7 p.m. in Shrine Auditorium. Medicine Banquet at 6 p.m. at the University Club.
FRIDAY—Football rally at noon in Bovard auditorium. Homecoming parade at 8 p.m. on the Miracle Mile of Wilshire Boulevard. Pharmacy Banquet 7 p.m. at the Statler Hotel. Alumni reunion by classes will be held at the Biltmore Hotel 6:30 p.m., Ralph Townsend, chairman, announced. At 9 p.m. dinner and dancing will be held in the Renaissance Room.
SATURDAY—Football game SC-Stanford 2 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum. Homecoming Dance 9 p.m. at the Circus Gardens in Santa Monica.
President Fagg To Crown Helen' In Bovard Fete
by Gary Kreutz
Homecoming—1953 version—with all its pageantry and spirit moves into Bovard Auditorium today at noon to crown a “Helen of Troy” to reign over the week’s activities.
Ten coeds, Troy’s lovliest, will appear in flowing white formals before the student body—and seven judges who will
pick a queen and her court of
four.	•
Bud Dimock, Homecoming queen chairman, will present each queen candidate on stage to one of the judges who will interview her before the assembly. The judges will huddle and choose the court immediately after the interviews.
Dimock will then announce the four attendants, and finally the queen. President Fred D. Fagg will crown the 1953 “Helen.” Finalists Listed
The 10 finalists are Dawna Boiler, Shirley Egland, Mary Jane Mutchler, Shirley Peterson, Judy Shaffer, Betty Metzger, Lynn Scott, Connie Furse, Barbara Hines, and Shirlee Blalock.
The candidates dined with the judges at Bit of Sweden in Hollywood last night.
“We planned the dinner so that the girls will not be so ill at ease*in front of the judges,” Dimock said.
Fall Smoker Slated
Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, will hold its fall pledge smoker this afternoon from 2 to 6 at the YWCA, corner of Hoover and 36th Place.
Official
Notice
TUITION ACCOUNTS:
This is to remind you that there is a payment of one-half your balance due on Monday, November 9, 1953. Please make your payment to the Bursar’s office, located in Owens Hall. Students who fail to make their payments on or before the scheduled date of payment, or who fail to make satisfactory arrangements with the Director of Deferred Tuition for an extension, will be charged a late Payment Fee of $5 for each late payment.
This does not apply to Korean veterans.
B. K. Culver
Director, Deferred Tuition
H.C. Queen Judges
Judges taking part in the important task of selecting Troy’s Homecoming queen today at at noon in Bovard auditorium include Don Allen, Los Angeles City Councilman; Robert Grover, representing the Trojan Alumni Association; Milton Lewis, talent scout, 20th-Century Fox Studios; Al Trescony, talent scout, Universal-International Studios; Tom Tannen-bam, talent scout, MGM Studios; and Phil Benjamin, talent scout, MGM Studios.
Ride In Parade
After her coronation, the queen will immediately be caught up in the whirl of Homecoming duties. Her regular duties will be to ride in the Homecoming Parade with her court Friday night and to appear at the game and the dance on Saturday.
In ‘addition, she will appear on a television program Thursday night and a series of radio programs Friday morning.
The queen and her court will each get a trophy and the queen will also receive a silver serving tray. This has all been donated by Van de Kamp’s Bakeries.
Month Ago
Queen judging began more than a month ago with 101 women entered in the contest. Each judging session lopped a few contestants off the list until 15 were left for the quarter-finals.
These 15 appeared last week in cocktail dresses and the judges chose the 10 girls to appear in the finals this noon.
“I know that Bovard will be packed for the finals because these dolls are really worth looking at,” Dimock said.
All ten women are naturally excited over the contest but each has confided that she doesn’t expect to win.
To Be Tops
“The queen and her court will be tops this year, whoever wins. But I’m glad I haven’t got the job of choosing the best of those ten girls,” Dimock said.
Jack Kaiser, parade float chairman, said that the queen’s float will be “nothing short of marvelous.”
Members of Tau Kappa Epsilon, who won the Grand Sweepstakes award last year, are building the queen float. The irregular base will be done in four shades of blue and the backdrop for the court will be shocking pink popcorn.
A light hidden in an overhead canopy will shine on the queen. Balls of pink popcorn will also hang from the canopy.
The queen and her court will wear white formals and red roses.
Kaiser said that the queen will ride near the first of the parade Friday night to insure her appearance on television. The parade is to be televised over channel 11 from 8 to 8:30 p.m.
SC, Student Authors Wild Western Novel
Novelist Henry Kuttner, an SC graduate student, has recently written a rough and tumble saga of the old West, out Arizona way.
His book, “Man Drowning,” rampant with desert gun battles, and romantic episodes, is now available in a pocket-size edition for 25 cents at the University bookstore.
Noon Deadline Pushes Parade Float Workers
Float workers are working fast and furious to meet today’s noon
entry deadline, according to observers of the Row.
Float chairman, Jack Kaiser announced that many fraternities worked all night to complete entries. Judging from the looks along the row and on University avenue, Friday’s parade down Wilshire boulevard’s Miracle Mile will be one of SC’s best, Kaiser said.
The floats will be moved in a caravan-style tomorrow between 1 and 2 a.m. to the parade site behind the Prudential Building. The parade will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, with the first half hour being televised over KTTV, channel 11.
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight will be the parade grand marshal. Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson has proclaimed this week University of Southern California Homecoming Week.
Bob Hildenbrand, student homecoming chairman, said it was the first time any Los Angeles mayor has proclaimed an SC Homecoming week.
Governor Knight will be the guest speaker at the Pharmacy Homecoming Banquet following the parade Friday evening. He will go directly to the banquet after his grand- marshal duties are completed at the parade.
Counselors To View SC Requirements
Two hundred counselors from 48 Southland high schools will be on campus today to learn about SC entrance requirements. The information gained will be passed on to students planning to attend college.
President Fred D. Fagg Jr. will welcome the counselors at a luncheon in the Town and Gown banquet hall at 12:30. Earl C. Bolton, associate director of admissions, will preside at the luncheon, which will mark the fourth annual high school counselor’s day.
The Schools of Architecture, Commerce, Music, Engineering and Letters, Arts, and Sciences, the five SC schools which can be entered directly from high school, will conduct an academic panel. Dr. H. J. Sheffield, director of admissions and registration, will moderate the discussion which will attempt to explain to the counselors the entrance requirements and the basic steps in entering SC.
CORONATION—Above scene will be duplicated with a new Homecoming Queen today when President Fred D. Fagg Jr. crowns "Helen of Troy" to reign over 1953 Homecoming Week activities>Above he crowns Jan Anderson, queen last year.
FULL HOUSE SEEN FOR TROLIOS SHOW
Trolios, all-fraternity men’s show, will play to what is expected to be a capacity crowd tomorrow night at 7 in the Shrine Auditorium, Burt Wilson, general chairman, said yesterday. .
Nine fraternities, 13 faculty members, and such professional stars as Pinky Lee, April Stevens, Benny Strongs’ orchestra, Don Mason plus special surprise stars will highlight the three-hour show, Wilson said.
Tom Pflimlin, fraternity chairman, announced that the nine fraternities participating in Trolios and names of their acts are: Delta Chi, “Guys ’n Dolls;” Kappa Sigma, “Welcome, Rushee;’’ Sigma Phi Epsilon, “The Alumni Story,” Theta Chi, “Night and Day;” Lambda Chi Alpha, “lili;” Phi Kappa Psi, “Anatole of Paris;” Tau Delta Phi, “From SC to Perpetuity;” Phi Delta Theta, “The Legend of the Drum;” and Sigma Alpha Mu, “I, The Jury.”
All-Americans
The faculty act is called “All-Americans’’ and those taking part include: Harry Nelson, student activities adviser; Bernard Hyink, dean of students; Bob Waldo, IFC coordinator; Howard Patmore, registrar; Clinton Neyman, Uni-vesity chaplain; Bob Downey, instructor in physical education; John Cooper, physical education professor; Ken Shanks, speech instructor and winner of the Ugly Man contest; Charles Redding, professor of speech; Robert Craig, commerce professor; Russell Caldwell, professor of history; James Butler, head of the drama department; and Tommy Walker, Trojan Band director.
Three trohies and an honorable
mention award will be given for the winning Trolios acts, Pflimlin said. Judges will be Johnny Mercer, recording artist and composer; Ben Pollack, dixieland musician; Arnold Eddy, executive director of the general alumni association; Pat O’Brien, movie actor; and Dr. Robert Morrell, Trolios alumni chairman.
Surprise Guests
Morgan Lee, professional talent chairman, said many surprise guests would apear in addition to those already slated to perform.
Wilson announced that the Shrine seats 6000 people and added that “the seats should be filled by 6:45 p.m.”
Doors will open at 6:15 and will ; close 6:55, Wilson said.
Tickets for Trolios can be purchased at Homecoming booths or at the ticket office. The cost is $1 for reserved seats and 50 cents | general admission.
Proceeds go to Troy Camp, an SC-sponsored camp for under-| privileged children.
Entry Deadline For Fine Arts Posts Tomorrow
Candidates for posts in Fine Arts Student Body Association may pick up petitions all day today at the Fine Arts Office.
Elections will be held Monday at Harris HaU Patio.
Deadline for petitions to the elective offices is tomorrow night, Pat MacLean incumbent president of FASB warned yesterday.
DANCE FLOOR IMMENSE
Plenty of Parking Space Assured for HoCo Dance
There will be plenty of room, both in the parking lot and on the dance floor at the Homecoming dance Saturday night at Circus Gardens in Ocean Park, according to Dance Chairman Don Roe.
“The dance floor is immense, 420 by 180 feet,” Roe said. “There won’t be any parking problem this year either,” he added. “The Circus Gardens has more than enough parking space for cars.” Eight bars will be in operation for the dance, which begins at 9 p.m.
The dorm and sorority 2 a.m. curfew having been extended to 3 a.m. by Counselor of Women Edwarda White, because of the dance.
Gray to Play
Jerry Gray and his “Band of Today” will provide dance music, with the 8-piece band of Jacque Robinson featured during inter-
JERRY GRAY
. . . dance music
missions. The Arthur Murray dancers will do several specialty .numbers, including the Bunny Hug, Charleston, Black Bottom, and Chicago Hop.
Tom Norton, holder of both the California and Colorado state
dancing championships, has arranged a Cavalcade of Dances. Norton, who emceed a recent “City at Night” TV show depicting the regional dance contest in Southern California, will be Master of Ceremonies Saturday night.
Tops the List
Gray, who recently skyrocketed to the top of the Decca recording list, is known as the man who arranged the Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw hits. He was responsible for “String of Pearls,” “Pennsylvania Six-Five-Thousand,” and “Begin the Beguine.”
Roe announced that souvenir bids to the dance will be given at the door.
Ticket sales at the booth in front of the Student Union and on the Row have reached the 200 mark. Chairman Roe said. The S3 ducats will also be sold at the door Saturday night.