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Vol. XLIV r.:^ ^ Los Angeles, Calif., Wednesday, Apr. 8, 1953 No. 106
Senators to Set Date For Grade-Pt. Election
ASSC Salaries, Constitutional Clarification Also on Agenda
by Charlie Barnett
Proposed changes in the ASSC Constitution will provide most of the business when the ASSC Senate meets at 7:15 tonight in 418 SU.
The Senators will set a date for the special Gonzales grade-point amendment election. Election Commissioner Jim Lucostic will report to the Senators that he has verified the 1100-name petition which AMS President Geroge Gonzales submitted at the last meeting.
According to the ASSC Constitution, the Senate must now provide for a special election within three weeks so the student body may vote on the issue.
Will Vote Before Apr. 29
The Senate voted down the amendment by an overwhelming majority when Gonzales first presented it a month ago. Since then, however, Gonzales, backed by the All-U party, gathered more than the 1003 signatures needed to force the special election. The Senate’s only say over the matter now is the setting of an election date sometime before Apr. 29.
If passed by the students, the amendment will lower the grade-point requirements for ASSC officers to 1.0 cumulative and 1.3 the semester before their election. The present standards of both are 1.5. Other sections of the amendment remove the sex restrictions from the qualifications for ASSC offices. Under the present Constitution, the ASSC president must be a man while the vice-president and secretary must be women.
The ASSC general election this year will be held on May 5, 6, and 7. The new amendment will apply at this election if approved earlier.
Another constitutional amendment will come up for a Senate vote tonight. Introdyced at the last meeting by Greater University Chairman Tony Ward, the proposal would provide a salary of $65 a month for the ASSC president and a salary of $30 per month for the ASSC secretary. Both salaries would be based on a 10 months a year basis and would begin in September if. the proposal is approved.
Two-Thirds Vote Needed on Salary
A two-thirds vote o fthe Senate is needed to bring the salary proposal before the students. Under th epresent arrangement, no ASSC officer receives a salary.
Scheduled to report at tonight’s meeting is the Constitution committee. This committee was formed to study the ASSC Constitution and recommend to the Senate any clarification of wording or changes which the committee felt should be made in the Constitution. Committee members are Anne Clements, ASSC secretary; Bo Jansen, senator-at-large; and Bill Van Alstyne, former independent men’s representative.
President Wendell Casey will read a letter from the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce inviting SC to enter a representative in the “Miss Football” contest at the Berkeley Football Festival next fall.
FAST SWITCH
Russ Policy Changes SC Reps Plans
The sudden reversal of Russian attitude has caused a scurrying among SC’s Model UN delegates to revise their tactics when they represent the United States in the mock United Nations sessions at the University of California next week.
Dr. Ross N. Berkes, acting head of the School of International Relations, will brief the 22 delegates and observers on new strategy Thursday at 2 p.m. in 418 SU.
The delegates had already formulated their strategy when the sudden peace overtures called for revisions.
The problem confronting the delegates is whether to reject or accept the “new look” in Russian 'politics.
“If we reject them we’ll be branded as warmongers. If we accept, we may be taken in,” explained Jim Ivanoff, one of the delegates.
The prisoner exchange in Korea and the unification of South Korea will be two of the main topics according to Ivanoff.
Delegates are also revising material concerning the discussion of regional organization within the UN and the part they play.
Jock Thomson, chairman of the delegation, is ill and will be unable to attend the sessons. A replacement will be chosen at the Thursday meeting.
There is still space for two or three more observers. Attendance at the sessions will necessitate the missing of three days of school. The Model UN begins next Wednesday and will end Sunday.
Official
Notice
SC students who plan to qualify for admission to the School of Pharmacy in September 1953 are requested to file application with the Office of Admissions by April 15.
D. P. Nelson Assistant Director of Admissions
India Is Called Nation of Unbelievable Contrasts
Club* Hears WSSF Officer
by Dortha Fox
India is a nation of amazing contrasts with its unbelievable wealth and poverty, its dryness, its drenching monsoons, its travic death rate, but it is a nation of optimistic and generous people and is destined to become a world leader.
These were only a few of the impressions of India expressed by Richard Thomas when he spoke before members of the Intercul-tur. i club yesterday.
Describing himself as no expert on India, but merely a man who was fortunate enough to tour parts of that country, Thomas, regional secretary for the World Student Service fund, explained he would not attempt to compare India with the United States. Vast Difference«
“All I can say is that it is a land of tremendous differences, and the longer you stay there, the more you realize how little you know about it.”
Thomas attended two educational meetings of WSSF in India, one in Mysore, the other in Bombay. Between and following these meetings he was taken on two study tours, during which he met many of India’s leading politicians and educators.
While attending the conference
at Mysore, he and the other representatives were guests at the maharaja’s guest hotel. The hotel, one of five palaces belonging to
the maharaja, is a beautiful combination of the old and the new, Thomas said.
The largest palace, Thomas recalled, has solid gold and silver doors inlaid with precious stones. Even the seemingly most exaggerated descriptions of these palaces could not do them justice, he told his audience.
A lawn, of about 500 yards radius, surrounds the guest hotel where the representatives stayed. That lawn is hand-cut with 5-inch knives by Indian women, Thomas said.
Mysore is one of the most progressive states in India, Thomas informed the group. Its rulers of the past few years have come to realize they must put some of their wealth back into the state, he said.
Modern Trend
Consequently, many hospitals and universities have been built, and some of the villages have electricity.
In contrast to Mysore is the poverty stricken state of Hyderabad, which is ruled by the wealthiest man in the world, the famous Nizam of Hyderabad.
Even though these people have very little according to our standards, they are very generous, Thomas said with sincerity and admiration.
They are plagued by all kinds of diseases, their average life span
is only 27 to 30 years, 14 million became refugees when India was divided, and in Bombay, for example, it is said that one million people sleep in the streets, Thomas related.
The average yearly income is $50, there is one university student to every 6000, in the U. S. the ratio is 1 to 33, many of the people must search through garbage in order to eat, and there are thousands of beggars throughout the villages and cities, Thomas continued.
People Hopeful
“And yet in spite of all this, the people of India are hopeful,” Thomas said. “They seem to have just awakened, and thiy see before them the promise of a great future.
“Much of India’s future depends on her students.” Thomas feels, “and her tremendous problems will have to be solved by them.”
Thomas expressed great faith in the students of India and feels they will meet and solve these problems.
It is the purpose of WSSF, Thomas explained, to help students, not only of India, but throughout the world. WSSF tries to help students establish self-help activities, endeavors to stimulate cultural and intellectual activities, and studies the problems of students of all nations.
NO, MARILYN MONROE ISN'T in this year's Varsity show (unfortunately) but she reportedly has accepted a personal invitation from Director Ed Earle to attend the show. Bearers of the invitation are Paul Glass, one of the show's composers, and Orbun Powell, public relations.
Campus Leaders to Get Pie-Eyed' in Contest
Students to Smear Big Wheels Today
Cream pies and campus wheels will meet ignobly this afternoon in the annual pie-throwing contest.
Kicking off the third day of the Trojan Chest campaign, Hugh Kelley, law student, will begin auctioning off day-old pies at noon in the booth south of Founders hall.
ASSC Vice-President Joan Field will get the first faceful of pastry. She will be followed by Jack Durrett, Squires president, and Wendell Casey, ASSC president. A Life magazine photographer will photograph Casey’s plight for a possible article on the president.
Thirty-six students will appear before the pastry-wielding throng between noon and" 3 p.m., said Ted Harper, contest chairman.
Kelly Plays Auctioneer
Kelley, decked out in derby, cigar, and cane, will auction off 300 pies donated by the Bowie Pie company. Bidding will start at 50 cents, and the highest bidder will get .the pastry of his choice.
Voting for “Mr. Trojanality” will begin at 10 a.m. in front of the Student Union. Votes will cost 10 cents and students may vote for as many of the 32 candidates as they desire. Write-ins will be allowed.
Row donations and classroom collections have continued to swell the Chest coffers, said Len-ore Monosson, financial chairman. Figures at 3 p.m. yesterday showed a total receipt of $842.72.
Campus Contributions
Row contributions amount to $294, with five sororities and three fraternities having donated to date.
Sororities which contributed 100 per cent are Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Phi, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Phi Sigma Sigma. Fraternity contributions have come from Alpha Rho Chi, Beta Sigma Tau, and Tau Epsilon ¡Phi.
Classroom collections Monday afternoon and evening netted $321.75 said Bob Hildenbrand, collections chairman.
Educational
Notice
Applications for student teaching assignments for the Fall
semester may be filed until Friday. Students who plan to do directed teaching next fall should contact the Office of Directed Teaching in 353 Administration building to make an appointment for application and interview.
Those who have papers on file and have not yet taken directed teaching should reactivate their application at this time.
W. E. Cannon
Director of Student Teaching
Ray Dewey Orchestra To Play for Dance
The Friday-afternoon Sunlight Hop will feature the Ray Dewey combo and a vocalist, said Dance Chairman Sara Donald. Tickets for the dance will be sold at the pie-throwing booth today for 25 cents.
Human targets for the pie throwers today are Joan Field, noon; Jack Durrett, 12:05; Roy Foreman, 12:10; Wendell Casey, 12:15; Pat Wykoff, 12:20; Nina Moller, 12:25; Barbara Hines, 12:30; Arne Lindgren, 12:35; Alicia Carillo, 12:40.
Targets Listed
Johanna Pick, 12:45; Jan Anderson, 12:50; Larry Spector, 12-:55; Sydne Moore, 1 p.m.; Bill Van Alstyne, 1:05; Warren Clen-dening, 1:10; Bob Hildenbrand, 1:15; Radmilla Gogo, 1:20; Ron Bartholomew, 1:25; Tony Ward, 1:30; George Gonzales, 1:35; Bill Houser, 1:40.
Fenn Newmark, 1:45; Bill Ros-ensweig, 1:50; Ed Ripley, 1:55; Parry O’Brien, 2 p.m.; Bill Mea-cham, 2:10; Donna Meadors, 2-:15; Phil Marantz, 2:20; Tom Pflimlin, 2:25; Herbie Burstein, 2:30; Harry Merrill, 2:35; Zoe Thompson, 2:40; Jim Biby, 2:45; Bob Wood, 2:50; Jim Decker, 2-:55; and Ted Harper, 3 p.m.
Campus Wheels
Candidates for the “Mr. Trojanality” contest include Ron Bartholomew, Jim Biby, George Bo-zanic, Jim Bragg, Bob Carter, Wendell Casey, Warren Clenden-ing, Jim Cooke, Bud Dimmock, Ron Ettinger, Ken Flower, Art Ford, Roy Foreman, George Gonzales, George Gottesman, Bob Hitchcock, Bo Jansen, and Ken Kruger.
Bill Meacham, Harry Merrill, Bob Murrell, Ed Ripley, Ernie Schag, Dean Schneider, Dave Silver, Verle Sorgen, Larry Spector, Howard Speer, Larry Stone, Jim Strode, Chuck Sweet, and Tony Ward.
June Graduates' Announcements To Co on Sale
Orders for graduation announcements will be taken beginning today at 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a booth in front of the Student Union, according to Laree Moeller, Commencement committee chairman.
The plan of selling the announcements on a non-profit basis is something that has never been done by a class before and was adopted at the last Senior class council meeting.
The announcements, which sell for 12% cents apiece, may be purchased in any quantity. They are formal, double folded, and have two envelopes, said Miss Moeller.
Orders for name cards may be made at the same time. They sell for $1.75 per 100, and a minimum of 100 must be purchased. Students may have their degree printed on these cards at no additional cost.
Stars Expected to Join Premiere Throng in Bovard
ED EARLE . . . directs
SC performers will combine their talents for charity tonight at the Varsity show, annual Trojan Chest benefit, which premieres in Bovard auditorium at 8:30.
Tickets can be purchased for $1 apiece at the Student Union ticket office, at booths around school, or at the Bovard auditorium box office prior to performances, said Ticket Chairman Steve Mulholland.
Proceeds go to Troy camp, an SC-sponsored camp for underprivileged children, and various student organizations.
Many guest stars and a special “surprise” will highlight tonight’s activities.
Stars expected to join the first nighters include Donald O’Connor, well-known for his comedy and dancing; Lu-rene Tuttle, featured in “Niagara”; Frank Loesser, composer of “Guys and Dolls”; and Alfred Newman, musical director and two times Academy Award winner.
The “surprise” will be divulged tonight, according to Director Edward Earle.
Titled “So Long to Love,” the show is an original musical comedy by Tom Pflimlin.
3-Hour Show It runs two hours and 45 minutes and includes 15 student-com-posed songs, “The Perils of Pauline Ballet,” “History of the Dance,” and “A Show Within-a-Show.”
Charles Perchesky, a student of John Charles Thomas, is the show’s singing lead. He plays the part of Charlie Riley, a broken-down vauaevillian.
The female singing lead is Winifred Sinai, playing Ruby, an old vaudeville trouper who loves Charlie.
Ted Donaldson is cast as Sylvester Burns, scheming arch enemy of Riley’s who tries to ruin his career in show business.
Alternate Boles Tom Exley and A1 Golbrot will alternate in the role of Jerry,
Charlie’s nephew who brings a group of collegiates to New York in hopes of breaking into show business.
Renee Cafalu sings and dances in the role of Penny, Burns’ daughter and Jerry’s sweetheart.
A comical touch is added to the show by Ed Earle as Woodson Van Buren, a Shakespearian ham and all-round good egg, and Barbara Hines, who portrays Clara, the original “hot spook.”
V e r n Cooney is Pierpont,
Burns’ sarcastic agent who, with Burns, adds some funny moments to the show.
Giles Robinson and Bill Cornell play Gillihan and Stratton, two promoters.
Others in the cast are Bud Ash-brook as Ken and Carol Sidmund as Carmen Viranda.
Cut-Throat The story concerns itself with two vaudeville promoters who continually sabotage each other’s shows in hopes of winning supremacy in the vaudeville circuit.
When vaudeville shows signs of fading, Burns forsakes it for sound movies but Riley sticks by it with the idea that "it will never die.”
As Burns jumps from movies to television’ and adds to his bank account, Riley remains in his deserted theater, broken and lonely, until his nephew and the college folk come to the rescue.
Composers Songs for the production were composed by Dick Allen, Pete Daniels, Earle, and Donaldson.
They range in variety from ballads to satires.
“We’re On Our Way” and “Movies Are Better Than Ever” add a touch of comedy to the musical score while “Lament,” “To Be My Own,” and “So Long to Love,” highlight the more serious numbers.
Perils of Pauline Paul Glass’ original composition, “The Perils of Pauline Ballet,” features Jane Podalak in a 12-minute ballet interpretation of the many dangers encountered by Pauline.
“History of the Dance,” written by Earle and Donaldson, shows how dancing progressed from medieval to modern times.
“The Show Within-a-Show” is a 30-minute satire on the evolution of drama from the Greek era to modem times. It features a takeoff on Tennessee Williams’
“Streetcar Named Desire.”
30-Piece Orchestra A 30-piece orchesrta will accompany performers on their musical route. Sam Dennison is the orchesrta conductor.
Ted Donaldson is production coordinator and Dick Porter is producer, with Larry Grannis assisting.
Art direction is being handled by Patrick McClean. He is assisted by Bob Fowler.
BARBARA HINES . . . spook
TOM PFLIMLIN
. . . author
GRILLS FRANKFURTER TIREBITER'S MEMORIAL
George Tirebiter has become a “hot dog.” Figuratively not literally, that is.
The once proud mongrel who pranced and danced before crowds at the Coliseum football encounters was placed between buns yesterday.
This dubious distinction was cast in Tirebit-er’s direction when the Trojan coffee bar started serving “Tirebiter hot dogs.”
The cry of “give me a Tirebiter and hold the onions” was resounding throughout the coffee bar. Some students asked for a Tirebiter with mustard, some asked for a Tirebiter with relish, and some students just called for a Tirebiter.
At present, George Tirebiter m is carrying out his duties as the third of the SC Tirebiters.
George n is at a canitarium attempting to recover from his many excesses while at SC.
And George I, the fellow who started the whole thing, is being perpetuated between a bun.
It’s a dog’s life.
Russia's Tactics May Be Trickery, Says Rodee
by Don Desfor
Russia’s new tactics as regards to the Korea truce issue aren’t so new according to Dr. Carlton C. Rodee, professor of Political
Science.
“Down through the years she has pulled sudden shifts but the Russian theory remains basically the same,” Dr. Rodee says.
It may be only a “strategic retreat” while the Russians reorganize or the new trend may be an attempt to slacken our defense and separate us from our allies, in Dr. Rodee’s opinion.
Heavy Burden
By raising the hope for peace, the Soviet Union may hope that England and France will urge the United States to negotiate an easier settlement. Dr. Rodee’s belief is based upon the heavy burden England and France are carrying in Malaya and Indo China, and their understandable desire to lighten it.
The Russians are of the opinion that the only thing holding up the American economic prosperity is the armament and foreign aid program. They believe that a military slack will cause a depression affording the communists opportunity to popularize their doctrine.
The Korean war is a possible drain on the Communist world.
Long-Range Plan
The Russians have a reason for all their actions and whatever the real reason may be, it is probably the result of careful and long range planning, says the political scientist.
“The present big issue is the forced repatriation of prisoners.
The acid test will be the result of the negotiations on this point. This has been the stumbling block in the past.
Dr. Rodee’s pessimistic attitude regarding the sincerity of the Russian peace ventures is partly based upon the actions of the Russians since World War I.
After World War I they made a strong outward bid to spread communism later reverting to A more pacific appearance.
Form Alliance
Then with the rise of Hitler, the Russians attempted to form an alliance with the United States and England to fight fascism. This was reversed by the Munich settlement and pact with Germany in 1939.
Again the Russians reversed their field and sought Allied aid in 1941.
Dr. Rodee summed up the Russian attitude as based upon Stalin’s theory of the ebb and flow of the revolutionary tide. When the situation is advantageous the policy is to act tough.
When circumstances are adverse to communism a watchful and peaceful attitude is pursued. The Russians have a remarkable facility for being patient. They believe time is on their side and consequently are willing to wait for a better opportunity.
Daily Trojan . . .
. . . staff will meet today at noon in the city room. All reporters and copyreaders must attend.