C, OSC in PCC Playoffs
by Jack McCurdy	I
SC’s title-waving Southern Division basketball cham-ons, with their heads still in the clouds after miracle feats r UCLA last week, and Oregon State’s tree-top-tall North-Division pennant-winners, with their heads always in clouds for physical reasons, dive headlong into the final playoffs tonight, tomorrow evening and maybe Mon-y at the Long Beach Memorial Gymnasium. Games begin 8:30.
This will be the last appearances of the Bruin-battering rojans here before they either go onto the Western Regional NCAA playoffs in Corvallis, Ore., or retire until next fall.
The Trojans may finally arrive at the national prominence and attain the recognition which have eluded them so far this season. By sending Oregon State into retreat back Corvallis in defeat, SC will probably be considered the Western basketball power that it is.
It seems almost unbelievable that just three short ionths ago the Trojans opened their season against San
Diego State with a victory that wasn”t considered to be much of an achievement. Then came double wins over Utah and Hawaii and still no one became elated over SC basketball prospects for the ensuing season.
But as soon as the Trojans were slugged five straight times on their Midwestern trip, where West Coast fans were obviously hoping they would make a good impression, all abandoned every hope for Coach Forrest Twogood and his young club.
Even after the Trojans piled losses on Michigan State and Iowa at the Pan Pacific while UCLA was disappointing with a split against the same two clubs, it still wasn’t enough to redeem the Cardinal and Gold. After those five-straight in the Midwest it didn’t make much difference to most whether SC lost its PCC opener to Stanford, the weakling.
From that point until Chet Carr pushed up his championship shot last Saturday night, you could have had any odds that SC wouldn’t be playing in the PCC playoffs Mar. 5, 6 and 8.
It’s still hard to realize that the Trojans marched over all odds and obstacles to stand in the position of PCC Southern Division champions as they do today. It is probably safe to say that there was not a single prediction of an SC championship basketball team this season. That is, except for hopeful wishes of player or coach, rather than down-to-earth prognosticating. Wire services time and again assumed too much and*“scheduled” Oregon State against UCLA. Then they also called honor-receiving Bruin players members of PCC Southern Division Champion UCLA.
No one dreamed SC could beat UCLA in the Bruins’ own gym where they very seldom lose a basketball game. No one could hardly believe that the Trojans themselves even entertained such a legitimate hope. The Daily Bruin said, “All the Bruins have to do is win one game—either one—and the race will be over. SC is the team with all the pressure on it. Trojans lose if they split; their only chance to win the title rests with a sweep over the Bruins. And the two
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Los Angeles, Calif., Friday, March 5, 1954
No. 87
00 Southland Students to Attend nnual SC Leadership Conference
-PROGRAM-
:80-10:00—Registration	Foyer, Hancock Auditorium
:00-10:15—Welcoming Session	Hancock Auditorium
Greeting-Warren Clendening, ASSC President Invocation—Clinton A. Nevman, University Chaplain Welcome—Dr. Bernard L. Hyink, Dean of Students :20-ll:45—Panel Discussion—“The Problem Student”
Chairman, Dr. Paul Fisher, Principal, Washington High School, Los Angeles :50	—Luncheon Groups I and II
Campus Tour, Groups III and IV :S0	—Luncheon, Groups III and IV
Campus Tour, Groups I and II 5- 2:85—Discussion Groups Group I—Cooperating with School and Civic Authorities
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
Section A—Leader, Warren Clendening	110 FH
Section B—Leader, Patti Wright	212 FH
Group II—Combatting the Use of Narcotics and Alcohol	
Section A—Leader, Bill Howser	106 FH
Section B—Leader, Fred Fagg III	210 FH
ident	
Group III—Controlling Gangs	
Section A—Leader, Mel Knorr	116 FH
Reporter, Dr. Albert Zech, Counselor of Men	
Section B—Leader, Jim Lucostic	208 FH
missions	
Group IV—Respecting Property	
Section A—Leader, Nancy Mispagel	114 FH
Section B—Leader, Jerry Baker	206 FH
Faculty Advisers	112 FH
Leader, Dr. Bernard L. Hyink, Dean of Students
:40- 8:00—Final General Session	Lecture	Hall 229 FH
Conference Summary, Dr. H. J. Sheffield, Director of Admissions and Registration Benediction, Clinton A. Neyman, Univereity Chaplain
Teacher education scholarships for men and women who wish to become elementary school teachers will be available at SC at the rate of 90 a year for the next four years starting this summer, it was announced today by Dean Irving R. Melbo of the School of Education.
The scholarships will be made possible through a $279,000 grant from the Fund for the Advancement of Education established by the Ford Foundation, Dean Melbo said.
Training offered will be through regular courses in the School of Education, he said. This program will be a supplement to SC’s other established teacher-training programs in which the majority of Southland school teachers and administrators have received their professional preparation.
Public school districts in the Los Angeles metropolitan area cooperating with SC in the program will nominate candidates for the scholarships, which will be awarded by the university.
Participating school districts will be announced when all arrangements are completed. The scholarship holders will be prepared to .-receive the State of California regular general elementary teaching credential.
Candidates must have received a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university at least two years before their selection for participation in the program.
Dr. Wendell E. Cannon, director of teacher education at SC, will direct the project. A project coordinator will be employed. Courses will be taught by regular members of the faculty of the School of Education.
Governor Bets Orange Crate on Game Outcome
California’s Gov. Goodwin J. Knight today sent Oregon’s Gov. Paul L. Patterson this telegram:
“I am confident of the University of Southern California defeating Oregon State College in the basketball playoff next weekend that I am willing to stake a crate of California oranges to a seven-pound three-ounce Oregon trout on its outcome.”
CHASE' DANCE BAND BALLOTING O DETERMINE CHOICE TONIGHT
Voting for Tau Delta Phi’s ,hase” feature band contest will d at midnight tonight, accord-to Sherman Weiss, the social ternity’s production chairman. “Selection of the band will be sed on student voting alone so 't forget to get your vote in,” eiss said. ‘The ballot box has n placed in the Trojan Grill greater participation.”
’eiss explained that although
dance will not be held until y 15, a choice must be made to insure the engagement of desired band.
ne other band has already n chosen for the evening but identity will not be disclosed til voting for the feature band completed.
Toting to date shows Jerry y, Harry James, -and Freddy in as tops in campus taste, ’s still anyone’s race though, today’s voting could put any on top,” Weiss said. “Chase,” largest of all dances as proven by ac-attendance records, this year * * * lots to Decide Final Voting
Anthony -Tex Benecke ey Brothers
will be held at the Riviera Coun-1 lined up to provide a 45-minute try Club, he said. Last year’s j tion of a queen, according to El-dance attracted 1500 people. ‘ all-star show and preparations Other entertainment is being | are also under way for the selec-
-Jerry Fielding Le» Brown -Jerry Gray -Harry James Freddy Martin ter-Finnegan
liott Wolf, business manager.
Mike Strumph and Chuck Hyman have been added to the program staff and Jordan Colburn is now in charge of bids. Ron Zane is publicity chairman. “This is the first time we have
attempted a poll of this type and
we would like to thank the students for their participation and
help,” Weiss concluded. “Don’t forget today’s the last day, so get your vote in.”
*/r ^Tioto by Don Desfor
SELECTING A BAND—A! Levy, Tau Delta Phi president, second from right, assists students in voting for a band for the 'Chase' dance. Left to right are Norm Cypers, Tau Delt; Renee La Rosse, ADPi; and Nancee Ehlers, Tri-Delt.
Troy TV Student Is Appointed To Represent SC
Mary M. Alexander, drama and television student at SC, has been appointed to represent the University as a member of the public relations committee of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Association for the United Nations.
A resolution calling for a worldwide holiday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the UN has been adopted unanimously by the executive and administrative committees of the local chapter.
Elizabeth Sands, president, said the holiday would be known as Worldsday and would be given over to peace, good will, and world understanding. It would be celebrated once only, on Oct. 24. il955, the 10th anniversary of the I signing of the UN charter.
High School Leaders Meet Here Saturday
by Rich Reid
Southern California’s top high school student leaders and their faculty advisers will try to cure common administrative headaches -at the conference table tomorrow in SC’s fifth annual Leadership Conference.
The conference, designed to interest high school students in college in general and SC |-r----------------
in particular, is expected to at-
tract at least 400 representatives from Southland schools.
A panel discussion on the conference’s central theme, “The Problem Student,” will launch the day’s program. Campus tours will be conducted during the luncheon hour, students and advisers will meet la^er to air current problems in separate discussion groups, and a summary session will conclude the conference.
‘The Problem Student'
Dr. Paul Fisher, principal of Los Angeles Washington High School, will moderate the opening panel on ‘‘The Problem Student” beginning at 10:20 a.m. in Hancock Auditorium. Three representatives of the SC faculty and two Los Angeles teen-age experts will complete the panel.
Dr. Lester F. Beck, Dr. Edward C. McDonagh, and Dr. Paul R. Saunders will be the three SC faculty members on the panel. Beck is a professor of cinema and psychology, McDonagh is an assistant professor of sociology, and Saunders is an associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology.
Narcotics, Alcohol, Gangs
Mrs. Ruth Hughes and Capt. John T. Powers, the other two panel members, are affiliated with the Los Angeles Times Boys Club and the Los Angeles Police Department, respectively. Mrs. Hughes is director of teen-age social recreation and group work
for the boys club, while Powers represents the police department’s juvenile division.
The student discussion groups,
scheduled to begin immediately after lunch at 1:15, will center their attentions on four main topics—“Cooperating With School and Civil Authorities,” “Combating the Use of Narcotics and Alcohol,” “Controlling Gangs,” and “Respecting Property.”
Two student groups will discuss each of the four main topics. Representatives of SC’s student government and administration will guide the discussions.
Real Rally' Promised at Noon Today
Rally Chairman Bud Stalts, busy masterminding today’s Oregon State noon basketball rally, took time out from his long-distance telephone negotiations yesterday to promise students a “real rally—if that’s what they want.”
Sealts said that he was “beginning to wonder if SC students come to rallies to give their teams a boost or just to see some big-name personality.” He said that he could “see no use for a rally that’s nothing but a high-powered talent show.
“The team showed real gutty spirit in beating UCLA,” Sealts said, “and it’s going to take the same thing on the part of the student body to boost them past Oregon State.”
Sealts said that the two guest performers at today’s rally, KOWL disc jockey Joe Adams and bandleader Howard Rumsey, are “deep-down Trojan fans.” He said that they “promised to appear for absolutely nothing.”
Courtesy L. A. Times
BEAVER TRAPPER—Most of Troy's hopes for a series win over the highly-touted OSC Beavers will be dependent upon the play of Trojan Center Roy Irvin. Irvin was by far the outstanding player in the recent UCLA series—scoring 56 points. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ SC.OSC LINE-UPS
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Trojans Name Tony Psaltis Ralph Pausig Roy Irvin Dick Welsh Dick Hammer
Dick Nagai, g Jack Lovrich, c Ralph Pausig, f Tom Cooke, c Tony Psaltis, f
Ted Romanoff, f Don Robins, g Bill Toole, g
LONG BEACH TipofF—8:30 p.m.
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Pos. Hgt. F 6’6” 6’5” 7’3” 5’9” 5’10”
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Tex Whiteman 20 Jay Dean	26
Wade Halbrook 36 Ron Fundingsland27 Bill Toole	17
Trojan Roster
13	Chet Carr, f 20
14	Jack Dunne, f 21
15	Dick Hammer,g 22 17 Pinky Thompson, f 23
19	Roy Irvin, c	26
Beavers Roster
20	Tex Whiteman, f 26
23	Tony Vlastelica, c-f 27
24	Larry Paulus, f 34 Reggie Halligan, f 25 Jerry Crimin, g 36
Al Luer, g Dick Welsh, g Al Ludecke, c Jack Findley, f Dave DeGroote, c
Jay Dean, f Ron Fundingsland, g Johnny Jarboe, g Wade Halbrook, c
FORMOSA BOUND
Official
Notice
Applications for make-up examinations to remove marks of Ie earned since May, 1953, are due at the Registrar’s Office and payment of the special examination fees due at the Bursar’s Office by Friday, Mar. 5.
The schedule of examinations will be prepared from these applications and will be mailed to those applying. The special examination period begins Mar. 20.
H. W. Patmore Registrar
Chen to Help Form University
To help start a new Christian university on the island of Formosa, Dr. Theodore H. E. CUen,
head of the department of Asiatic Studies, will leave for the Far East Sunday.
Dr. Chen will be in Formosa six months to set up the administration, curriculum, and faculty of the new university under American sponsorship.
Flies to Alaska He will represent the United Board for Christian Colleges in China, a New York organization of all Protestant missions.
Leaving Los Angeles by United Air Lines on Friday, Dr. Chen will transfer at Seattle to a North west Airlines transport which will take him to Alaska, Tokyo, Okinawa, and then Formosa.
There were 13 Christian colleges in China before the Communists overran the country, Dr. Chen said. He was formerly president of Fukien Christian University in Foochow for two years and dean of its administration for eight years.
Turned Down Post The United Board started a Christian university in Indonesia two years ago, and Dr. Chen was
asked a few months ago to serve as the first chancellor of the Formosa university. He declined,
however, preferring to remain at SC.
“When we talk about Formosa as an anti-Communist base we tend to overemphasize the military,” Dr. Chen said. “The ideological front to combat Commun-
DR. THEODORE H. E. CHEN
. . . leaves for Far East
ism is just as important and essential. Its results are not as conspicuous as a few divisions, but in the long run they may be.”
Likes Idea He believes that this is a promising undertaking. Funds are availabe, and a university on Formosa founded on Christian and democratic principles can be an important weapon against Communism in China, he said.
“The importance of this insti-| tution can be seen by the fact that when Vice-President Nixon visited Formosa recently one of his chief tasks was to break ground for this new university,” Dr. Chen said.
Veteran Professor Dr. Chen has been on the SC faculty since 1938, and head of the department of Asiatic Studies since 1941. He is a graduate of Columbia University with a Master of Arts degree in comparative education, and of SC with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the 1 same field.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, scholarship fraternities, Dr. Chen also belongs to Phi Delta Kappa, educational fraternity, and Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology fraternity.